[NORSLIS] CfP: Well-being in the Information Society (WIS) 2014

[Gunilla Widén]

CALL FOR PAPERS
 
University of Turku and the  Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association
organize the fifth Well-Being in the Information Society (WIS 2014)
conference in Turku 18-20.8.2014.
See more on the conference in www.wis.fi <http://www.wis.fi>
 
The general topic of the 2014 conference is
 
WIS 2014 ­ safe and secure cities
 
SUGGESTED TOPICS
We want to focus on livability and quality of (urban) living in this year¹s
conference, with safety and security strongly in the foreground.
Issues of interest include but are not limited to:
 
-       health promotion, assessment and management in communities

-       secure and equal use of information resources

-       preparing for major catastrophes such as pandemic, infrastructure
breakdowns and natural upheavals

-       safe and secure work and education institutions

-       safe living and working environments

-       management of climate change and environmental pollution

-       cyberaggression and cybersecurity

-       management of aggression between population groups

-       e- and m-Health

-       information ethics

-       traffic management

-       safety in medicine

-       policing and firefighting activities

-       impact of culture on urban safety and security

 
FORMATS AND PUBLICATIONS
All accepted conference papers will be published in Springer series CCIS
(Communications in Computer and Information Science).
Take a look at the 2012 proceedings:
http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-3-642-32849-7
Best papers as further developed versions are published also in a special
Issue of International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations:
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijnvo
 
Papers are presented in two tracks: scientific research and
practice-oriented cases, and in two forms: full papers and posters. The word
count of submitted abstracts should not exceed 2000 words. The final papers
are expected to be 3000 - 5000 words long.
Please submit your abstract through the link in the conference website
www.wis.fi <http://www.wis.fi>
 
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstracts
17.03.2014
Notification of acceptance
30.04.2014
Final versions and author registration 01.06.2014
 
ORGANIZERS
Turku School of Economics and Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku and
Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association ­ WHO Collaborating Centre for
Healthy Cities and Urban Health
in co-operation with Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied
Sciences, 
the Finnish National Institute of Health and Welfare and University of
Eastern Finland.
 
If you do have any inquiries do not hesitate to contact us.
 
Please feel free to circulate this further to potential interested
recipients.
 
Looking forward to see you in Turku in August 2014!
 
 
Reima Suomi        
Maaret Castrén     
Kaija Saranto
  
WIS 2014 General Chair                                           WIS 2014
Program co-chair                                   WIS 2014 Program co-chair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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