The Competence Center for Crisis Management

19th ASIM Symposium on Simulation in Production and Logistics
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-17
C³M presenting results from the BISKIT project
The C³M team is happy to present some of our results from the BISKIT project: Improving Blood Supply Chain CrisisManagement by Simulation-based Optimization. Please find more information on the conference website: http://www.asim-fachtagung-spl.de/asim2021/en/.

31st European Conference on Operational Research
2021-07-11 - 2021-07-14
C³M presenting first results from the BISKIT project
Within the “OR in Health and Healthcare” (ORAHS) stream and the session “Advances in Blood Supply Chain Management” at the EURO ’21 conference, Dennis Horstkemper from the C³M team is presenting first results from the BISKIT project : “Hybrid Simulation-based Optimization for Decision Support in Blood Supply-Chains”.
Check the conference website for more information: https://euro2021athens.com/

ORAHS: OR in Health and Healthcare
2021-07-11 - 2021-07-12
EURO2021
EURO21 is organising the stream ” ORAHS: OR in Health and Healthcare ” at the next conference in Athens. The idea is to collect all the contributions in the area of OR applied to Health Services in one stream to avoid overlaps in the final program. This document summarises the 8 sessions currently planned and organised by our colleagues to which you can refer for more details about their session(s).
The Stream Organisers, Roberto Aringhieri and Melanie Reuter-Oppermann
Submission details

Submission deadline is February 28, 2021
Abstracts: max. 1500 characters
Abstract submission system: https://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro31/
Conference format: a hybrid conference in Athens with synchronous online and physical delivery of some streams. More detailed plans are being developed and a final decision will be made on 15th January 2021.

Sessions on this stream

Title : Advanced Disease Policy Modelling and Decision Support
Session organiser(s) : Marion Rauner < marion.rauner@univie.ac.at >
Session code : 2a2830a1
Title : Advances in Blood Supply Chain Management
Session organiser(s) : Melanie Reuter-Oppermann < oppermann@is.tu-darmstadt.de >
Session code : b032377b
Title : Modelling on the interface between primary, acute and social care
Session organiser(s) : Christos Vasilakis < C.Vasilakis@bath.ac.uk >
Session code : 5a5a25f0
Title : Healthcare in developing countries
Session organiser(s) : David Barrera Ferro < O.D.Barrera@soton.ac.uk >, Honora Smith
< Honora.Smith@soton.ac.uk >
Session code : 1d3469eb
Title : Personnel scheduling with training in health care
Session organiser(s) : Jens Brunner < jens.brunner@uni-a.de >
Session code : f3114d33
Title : Optimization for Cancer Treatment
Session organiser(s) : Joana Matos Dias < joana@fe.uc.pt >, Humberto Rocha
< hrocha@mat.uc.pt >
Session code : 81005781
Title : Scheduling in Healthcare
Session organiser(s) : Elena Tànfani < etanfani@economia.unige.it >, Paolo Landa
< paolo.landa@fsa.ulaval.ca >
Session code : d6ec5e8d
Title : Online optimization in Healthcare
Session organiser(s) : Roberto Aringhieri < roberto.aringhieri@unito.it >, Davide Duma
< davide.duma@unito.it >
Session code : ccff6aef

18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2021-05-23 - 2021-05-26
C³M presenting a paper with UW HCDE on congestion management
Conference website: https://www.drrm.fralinlifesci.vt.edu/iscram2021/about.php

18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2021-05-23
The annual ISCRAM conference is held each May and it provides the opportunity for researchers and practitioners from across the world to meet and share their expertise in the design, development, and implementation of information systems that are focused on improving the management of crises and disaster situations.
The ISCRAM Association, which sponsors the annual conference, is a vibrant international community of researchers and practitioners. It is dedicated to providing free access to the full proceedings of each annual ISCRAM conference through the ISCRAM digital library.
Due to the travel restrictions and limitations on large gatherings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the likelihood that such limitations will persist in some form through the end of May 2021, the ISCRAM Board and the ISCRAM 2021 conference organizers have decided that it will be best to present ISCRAM 2021 as an interactive virtual event rather than in its traditional face-to-face format.
More details about the format of the actual conference will be posted as they become available, along with information about the various opportunities that will be provided for dynamically interacting with the ISCRAM community during the event. No changes are being made to the paper submission and review process and accepted submissions will be published in the ISCRAM 2021 Proceedings, as always.
For more information please visit the conference website.

POMS 31st Annual Conference
2021-04-30 - 2021-05-05
C³M chairing the track “Applications of Simulation in Humanitarian Logistics”
Conference website: https://pomsmeetings.org/conf-2021/

31st Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
2021-04-30 00:00 - 2021-05-03 20:21 (Europe/Berlin)
POMS 2021: Building a Sustainable, Responsible, and Resilient Global Future
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) is an international professionns gemangegetal organization representing the interests of production and operations management (POM) professionals from around the world. The purposes of the Society are:

To extend and integrate knowledge that contributes to the improved understanding and practice of POM;
To disseminate information on POM to managers, scientists, educators, students, public and private organizations, national and local governments, and the general public; and
To promote the improvement of POM and its teaching in public and private manufacturing and service organizations throughout the world.

The society’s web page may be found at: http://www.poms.org/ The annual conference provides an opportunity for faculty, doctoral students and practitioners to share knowledge and insights through research presentations, tutorials, workshops and panel discussions.
Bernd Hellingrath and Adam Widera from the C³M are chairing a mini-session within the “Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management” track. The session covers the topic of simulation-related research in the context of humanitarian logistics. Since the rise of research activities in the context of humanitarian logistics in the past two decades, a special emphasis has been placed on the design and application of simulation-based approaches. Those research activities cover a wide range of different simulation paradigms as well as a very diverse range of application cases. This session aims at providing a structured overview of the different approaches and to present and discuss selected simulation-based concepts to better understand and improve humanitarian logistics practices.

C³M @ Risky Monday organized by the Institute of Rescue Engineering and Civil Protection of the TH Köln University of Applied Sciences
2021-04-12 17:30 - 19:00
Practitioner-centered Assessment of Socio-technical Innovations in Crisis Management: Insights from the DRIVER+ Demonstration Project
Abstract: The scale and pace of crises pose enormous challenges for the crisis management (CM) community, with new threats emerging all the time. An already complex field must strive to integrate new technologies and methods; cope with a rapidly changing infrastructure; understand evolving risks; be effective across cultural, administrative and national boundaries as well as engage with populations to enhance their resilience. In this context, crisis management innovation must be capable of meeting these multifaceted challenges and delivering solutions that are modular, flexible and adaptable.
The aim of the EU-funded DRIVER+ project, which concluded in June 2020 and was labelled by the Research Executive Agency (REA) of the EC a “success story”, has been to accelerate capability development and crisis management innovation by delivering these main outputs to the European crisis management community:

The pan-European Test-bed consisting of the Trial Guidance Methodology (TGM), a Trial Guidance Tool (TGT) supporting the TGM application as well as an appropriate Test-bed Technical Infrastructure (TTI) enabling the simulation of a crisis environment including the connection of the innovative solutions and the respective legacy systems;
The Portfolio of Solutions (PoS) covering innovative crisis management solutions at different technology readiness levels, according to a well-structured taxonomy of crisis management functions and gaps.
The Crisis Management Innovation Network Europe (CMINE) enhancing the shared understanding of crisis management in Europe.

After presenting those three key DRIVER+ outputs and sharing several insights from the project, one out of the five trials will be briefly presented. The Trial was held in The Hague, Netherlands, and it covered a flood scenario triggering a mass evacuation in the affected region.
Further information: https://riskncrisis.wordpress.com/events/weekly-events/risky-monday/

International Scientific Conference „Evaluation Mechanisms in Safety and Security Related Exercises”
2021-04-08
C³M is co-organizing an online-conference on CM exercise evaluation mechanisms
PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE
Exploring scientifically sound mechanisms for assessing the preparation, conduction and evaluation of research and exercises that shape the level of public safety and security.

PROBLEMS OF THE CONFERENCE
What methodological instruments of public safety and security related exercises evaluation are available to their organizers?
How to use the conclusions of universal safety and security research to organize exercises?
How to use foreign principles of evaluation of research works and exercises in Polish conditions?
How to improve the process of evaluation of public safety and security related exercises?

DATE, April 8, 2021

METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE CONFERENCE
online with the use of ZOOM platform with streaming through a YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p0j7JICG2U)
Conference Website: https://wsb.edu.pl/index.php?p=m&idg=ISC,5795

ORGANISATIONAL COMMITTEE
Lt. Col. Klaudia MADEJ
Artur SZELA, PhD

THE ADDRESS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
The Main School of Fire Service
52/54 Słowackiego St.
01-629 Warsaw
Poland

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

No.
ISSUE
TIME
RESPONSIBLE BODY / SPEAKER
PICTURE/SHORT CV

1
2
3
4
5

1.
Registration
8.30-9.00
Organizational Committee

Conference opening
(in English with translation into Polish if required)
9.00-10.00
Chairman:
Lt. Col. Tomasz ZWĘGLIŃSKI, PhD, Fire Eng.

2.
Conference opening
9.00-9.15
Col. Mariusz FELTYNOWSKI
Assoc. Prof. PhD, Fire Eng
Rector-Commandant
the Main School of Fire Service
.
Zdzisława DACKO-PIKIEWICZ
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Rector
WSB University

3.
Conference Patronage speech
9.15-9.30
The Chief-Commandant of the State Fire Service – National Civil Protection Executive Director
has been invited to accept the patronage

4.
Co-organizers’ representatives speeches
9.30-10.00
Marek LINK
Assoc. Prof., PhD
Rector of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (Estonia)
Adam WIDERA
M.A.
Director of the Competence Centre for Crises Management, University of Münster (Germany)
Lt. Col. Peter PANTYA
Assoc. Prof., PhD
University of Public Service (Hungary)
Kees BOERSMA
Prof.
Vrije University Amsterdam
(The Netherlands)

Col. Alin MOCIOI
PhD
Police Academy – Fire Officers Faculty (Romania)
Col. Andrii KUZYK
Prof.
Vice-Rector of Scientific Research
Lviv State University of Life Safety (Ukraine)

Session 1
(in English):
„Experiences in organization and evaluation of exercises”
10.00-14.00
Moderators:
Lt. Col. Tomasz ZWĘGLIŃSKI, PhD, Fire Eng.
Bernard WIŚNIEWSKI, Prof.

5.
Exercise evaluation model
10.00-10.20
Ralf BEERENS
Senior Researcher
Institute for Safety
The Netherlands
Senior Researcher at the Institute for Safety (IFV) of the Netherlands. He has shared responsibility for the Institute’s Master’s programme in Crisis and Public Order Management (MCPM). In addition, he is a PhD candidate, focusing on improving multi-organisational emergency response (exercise) evaluation at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety at Lund University in Sweden. He is particularly interested in improving the evaluation of the operational performance of (international) emergency response organizations, teams or modules during exercises and crises, which reflects his professional experience as an evaluator.

6.
Firefighting exercises evaluation – good practices from a scientific perspective
10.20-10.40
Meinald THIELSCH
Assoc. Prof. PhD
University of Münster
Germany

Christoph LAMERS
PhD
State Fire Service Institute North Rhine Westphalia
Germany
Research focus on leadership and teamwork in high-risk environments as well as human-computer interaction and user experience.

Senior Fire Officer and an expert in Command and Control. He holds a PhD in physics and published several books and papers on Civil Protection and Crisis Management. Currently he is the Head of the section for Crisis Management and Research at the State Fire Service Institute North Rhine Westphalia.

7.
UCPM trainings and courses exercises evaluation
10.40-11.00
Chris ARCULEO
Independent Advisor, UCPM expert
United Kingdom
Former Senior Fire and Rescue National Security Advisor, Deputy Assistant Commissioner London Fire Brigade and member of Her Majesty`s Fire Service Inspectorate.

8.
Union Civil Protection Mechanism full scale exercises evaluation
11.00-11.20
Paolo VACCARI
Italian Civil Protection Department
Italy
Emergency management expert at the Italian Civil Protection Department. Over the past 14 years, he has been involved in over 30 international missions for both the Italian government and the European Commission.

9.
Evaluation of exercises in public health facilities
11.20-11.40
Erika WICHRO
PhD
Independent Advisor on Crisis and Outbreak Management
Austria
Austrian Medical Doctor and Public Health Expert, whose expertise spanned several years and programs in different countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and Sierra Leone with focus on Outbreak Management, Containment, Disease Surveillance and Risk Assessment and Decision Support in international Emergencies (Ebola, Polio, Measles) for WHO, Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Planning in Austria, and Acute Crisis Intervention. A participant of WHO emergency program related negotiations and management tasks. A technical expert in the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, who participated in a joint UNDAC/EUCP Ebola mission. International observer in EU large-scale exercises.

10.
Fundamentals of exercise evaluation in the Netherlands
11.40-12.00
Peter GLERUM
The Resilience Advisors Network
The Netherlands
Experienced disaster response manager. Project manager and expert in capacity building and disaster risk reduction. Result driven attitude, focussed on achieving long lasting results. Experience in organising large scale exercises. Experience in several EU programmes: UCPM; Horizon 2020; EU-aid volunteers, IPA, Erasmus+.

11.
Fundamentals of exercise evaluation in Sweden
12.00-12.20
Peter HOLMSTROM
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
Sweden
Highly experienced Team Leader in frames of the EU and UN systems incl. numerous civil protection and humanitarian missions all over the globe. An evaluator and organizer of numerous EU, NATO and UN trainings and exercises.

12.
Search and rescue teams evaluation for certification purposes
12.20-12.40
Col. Mariusz FELTYNOWSKI
Assoc. Prof., PhD, Fire Eng.
Rector-Commandant
The Main School of Fire Service
Poland
More than 20 years of regular practical experience in different int. missions (German flood 2002, tsunami Sri Lanka 2004, Pakistan eq 2005, Haiti eq 2010, Nepal eq., etc. incl. being a Team Leader) and numerous of annual exercises of EU, UN and NATO. Worked as a deputy director of National Centre for Coordination of Rescue and Protection of Population (24/7 international operational centre of Poland for ERCC, UN OCHA, EADRCC NATO, crisis management centre of MoI). Supervised directly processes and procedures of creation, training and deployment of CP modules, groups and experts of the State Fire Service, as well in case of receiving int. assistance. Former chair of INSARAG regional group Europe/Africa/ Middle East for 2012, Polish INSARAG and UNDAC focal point, UNDAC member and EU expert, Polish heavy USAR TL and INSARAG IEC / IER TL of classifiers teams. Lectured during EU Mechanism courses (HLC, ICC), int. projects and conferences.

13.
LUNCH BREAK
12.40-13.20

14.
Emergency response exercise – US perspective
13.20-13.40
William PETERSON
Senior Vice President for Public Safety Recruitment and Consulting at Strategic Government Resources in the United States
USA
40 years’ experience in the public safety sector. Former Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator for Region VI (covering 5 states: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma) appointed to this position by the President of the USA – George W. Bush, after the poor federal government performance during Hurricane Katrina. Former Fire Chief in Plano (Texas).

15.
Discussion
13.40-14.00
Moderators

Session 2
(in Polish):
„Universal principles of preparation, execution and evaluation of exercises”
14.00-16.20
Moderators:
Marcin SMOLARKIEWICZ, Assoc. Prof.
Andrzej CZUPRYŃSKI, Assoc. Prof.

16.
Methodological rules of exercises organization
14.00-14.20
Robert SOCHA
Assoc. Prof.
WSB University
Poland
Specializes in the issues of security management, local security, organization of police formations, security law and security education.

17.
Exercises preparation process
14.20-14.40
Robert GWARDYŃSKI
PhD
WSB University
Poland
PhD in physical culture (2002) and Ph.D. in security sciences (2019), retired police officer, assistant professor, author of numerous scientific publications on praxeology in security, public safety, police functioning and protection of cultural heritage.

18.
Exercises participation preparation
14.40-15.00
Andrzej CZUPRYŃSKI
Assoc. Prof.
WSB University
Poland
The main areas of research and teaching interests: methodology of security research, security theory, research on peace and armed conflicts, art of war.

19.
Research groups in exercises – is it needed?
15.00-15.20
Bernard WIŚNIEWSKI
Prof.
WSB University /
The Main School of Fire Service
Poland
Specializes in national security, internal security, security management, security systems and security education. An expert working in the past for Ministry of Interior and Administration and the Government Centre for Security.

20.
Performance Indicators Uncertainty Estimation Method
15.20-15.40
Lt. Col. Tomasz ZWĘGLIŃSKI,
PhD, Fire Eng.
Adjunct
The Main School of Fire Service
Poland
The Union Civil Protection Mechanism and disaster environmental expert of the Joint Environmental Unit UNEP/OCHA. EU CBRN Security Manager graduated from international post-graduate study (EU Internal Security Fund). National and international research and capacity building projects manager (incl. EU funding as well as Official Development Assistance funding). Table-top and field civil protection exercises organizer, trainer and evaluator (incl. UCPM Training Programme).

21.
Interregional exercises of the National Fire and Rescue System – evaluation rules
15.40-16.00
Col. Marcin KĘDRA
National HQ of the State Fire Service
Poland
Experienced evaluator of practical exercises on different levels: regional, national and international. Acted as evaluation expert in the national level exercises (as head of evaluation team – in more than 50 exercises), within NATO framework (in more than 10 exercises), Union Civil Protection Mechanism exercises (as full-scale and modules exercises evaluator), as UN expert for external evaluation of international USAR Teams within INSARAG (in more than 30 exercises). Involved in preparation of standards for exercises organization and evaluation on national and international level, within UE, UN and NATO

22.
Discussion
16.00-16.20
Moderators

Conference conclusions and closure
(in Polish with translation into English if required)
16.20-17.30
Chairman:
Lt. Col. Tomasz ZWĘGLIŃSKI, PhD, Fire Eng.

23.
Debate and summary remarks
16.20-16.40
Lt. Col. Tomasz ZWĘGLIŃSKI,
PhD, Fire Eng.
Adjunct
The Main School of Fire Service
Poland

24.
Final conclusions
16.40-16.50
Lt. Col. Tomasz ZWĘGLIŃSKI,
PhD, Fire Eng.
Adjunct
The Main School of Fire Service
Poland

25.
Speeches
16.50-17.10
Organizers and Co-organizers’ Representatives

26.
Conference closure
17.10-17.30
Col. Mariusz FELTYNOWSKI,
Assoc. Prof., PhD, Fire Eng.
Rector-Commandant
The Main School of Fire Service
Zdzisława DACKO-PIKIEWICZ Assoc. Prof. PhD
Rector
WSB University
Poland

51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
2020-11-21
Decision Sciences in the Age of Connectivity

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2020
2020-10-29 16:30 - 2020-11-01 16:30
erThursday, October 29, 2020 – 16:45 to Sunday, November 1, 2020 – 16:45, Seattle, WA (USA)

17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2020-05-24
C³M co-chairing the track “Practitioner-centered Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Crisis Response”

The ISCRAM Association is an international community of researchers and practitioners who are focused on information systems for crisis and disaster management. ISCRAM’s annual conference includes research presentations on such topics as social media in crisis situations, decision support systems, planning and risk analysis, intelligent systems, and geographic information systems (GIS), among others. The conference also includes keynote presentations by experts in the field, along with a series of interactive workshops and technology demonstration sessions, and a doctoral student consortium. The ISCRAM Association is particularly interested in the participation of students and other attendees from developing countries.
The annual ISCRAM conference has traditionally alternated its location between Europe and the Americas, with previous conferences being held in Belgium (Brussels: 2004 & 2005), New Jersey (Newark: 2006), the Netherlands (Delft: 2007), Washington DC (2008), Sweden (Gothenburg: 2009), Washington (Seattle: 2010), Portugal (Lisbon: 2011), Canada (Vancouver: 2012), Germany (Baden-Baden: 2013), Pennsylvania (State College: 2014), Norway (Kristiansand: 2015), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro: 2016), France (Albi: 2017), New York (Rochester: 2018), and Spain (Valencia: 2019).
ISCRAM also supports several regional conferences such as ISCRAM-med, which was held most recently in Greece in October 2017, and ISCRAM Asia Pacific, which was held in New Zealand in November 2018.
C³M continues hosting the “Practitioner-centered Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Crisis Response”
Logistics and supply chain management play a major role for the effectiveness of crisis response operations. Information systems can significantly support and improve the performance of disaster relief logistics. However, there is a need to improve the freshness, effectiveness, appropriateness, and accessibility of information and communication systems intended to facilitate logistics and supply chain management in the face of devastating disasters. Such improvements cannot be driven by cutting-edge technologies alone, but they must be based on an in-depth understanding of the practitioner realities and the decision maker’s needs. Therefore, humanitarian information systems need to be examined critically, both from scientific and practitioner perspectives.
The objective of this track is to present, discuss and reflect upon practitioner-centered contributions to the design, application and evaluation of information systems for logistics and supply chain management in the area of crisis management. For this purpose, potential contributions have to provide rigorous research methods and relevant approaches reflecting the practitioner’s realities. To ensure an appropriate balance of both criteria, humanitarian logistics practitioners will be involved in the review process. Each submission will receive feedback by recognized experts from the respective scientific disciplines and the application domain.
The track “Practitioner-centered Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Crisis Response” combines a classical track format as provided during the logistics tracks at the last three ISCRAM editions and additional input of humanitarian logistics practitioners. Thus, for each submission at least one practitioner review per submission will be provided on the top of the regular review process. The practitioner reviews will be provided thanks to the active support of the Humanitarian Logistics Association. This support is likely to increase the review quality and to foster knowledge sharing between research and practice.
Possible topics of interest for this track include the following:

Process modeling and analysis of disaster relief chains
Quantitative methods and simulation in disaster relief logistics
Performance measurement and monitoring of disaster relief chains
Logistics decision making in crisis management
Transportation in crisis situations
Warehousing and inventory management for disaster relief
Emergency procurement
Coordination and collaboration in disaster relief chains
Humanitarian logistics and supply chains
Governance of ad-hoc logistics networks in crisis management
Early detection and assessment of requirements for disaster relief chains
Humanitarian supply chain resilience
Big data for supply chain management in crisis situation

Important dates

Dec 6, 2019: Submission deadline for CoRe papers
Jan 17, 2020: Notification of decision for CoRe papers
Jan 28, 2020: Submission deadline for WiP and Practitioner papers
Feb 28, 2020: Notification of decision for WiP and Practitioner papers

Paper submission
Submissions should present original results and substantial new work not currently under review or published elsewhere.
This conference accepts:

CoRe – Completed Research papers (from 4000 to 8000 words)
WiP – Work In Progress papers (from 3000 to 6000 words)
Practitioner papers (from 500 to 3000 words)

CoRe papers are longer in length and describe completed research studies. WiP papers are shorter and meant to describe smaller, more focused research findings or research that is still in progress. Both of these paper types undergo a rigorous peer-review process and will be archived in the ISCRAM digital library.
While practitioners are also invited to submit a CoRe or WiP paper, we recognize that an academic review process is often not appropriate for practitioner contributions. These authors may instead submit a 500-3,000 word Practitioner paper — a format new to the conference this year.
Please use the following templates for all submissions:

MS Word template available here
LaTeX template available here

For further information related to the papers submission procedure, please visit the “Call for papers” webpage, at https://www.drrm.fralin.vt.edu/iscram2020/call-papers.php
Track Co-Chairs
George Fenton george.fenton@humanitarianlogistics.org Humanitarian Logistics Association
Bernd Hellingrath bernd.hellingrath@wi.uni-muenster.de University of Muenster/European Research Center for Information Systems/ Competence Center for Crisis Management
Gyöngyi Kovács kovacs@hanken.fi HUMLOG Institute / Hanken School of Economics
Adam Widera* adam.widera@ercis.de University of Muenster/European Research Center for Information Systems/Competence Center for Crisis Management
* Corresponding Chair
Contact Information
If you have any question or information request, please don’t hesitate to send an email to the track co-chairs.

DRIVER+ Final Conference
2020-02-19
Unlocking the Innovation Potential in European Crisis Management
Be part of a unique conference that will report on the EU-funded DRIVER+ project. It will provide valuable new insights into approaches and methodologies for assessing crisis management solutions in light of climate change-related threats such as wildfires and floods. The conference will feature reports and analysis from leading crisis managers and other experts involved with the DRIVER+ project alongside climate change specialists. Attendees will also have access to a solutions marketplace of technologies and tools tested at DRIVER+ Trials.
OVERVIEW In a series of keynotes, plenaries and specialist demonstrations, participants will learn about and experience actively:

the development of a scientifically based trial methodology, the DRIVER+ Trial Guidance Methodology for conducting trials of crisis management solutions and the Test-bed Technical Infrastructure that underpins it;
large-scale trials conducted in Poland, France, The Netherlands and Austria for assessing technology and other crisis management solutions in realistic scenarios.

There will also be presentations on:

the establishment of an open, cooperative information-sharing network, the Crisis Management Innovation Network Europe
the DRIVER+ Portfolio of Solutions – an online database of crisis management technologies
the establishment of a network of DRIVER+ Centres of Expertise to ensure the sustainability of project outputs

The DRIVER+ Advanced Crisis Management Conference will provide an overview of how crisis management organisations can use the project’s outputs to select and evaluate solutions addressing identified crisis management gaps on a thorough, methodological basis. It will constitute an invaluable opportunity to access cutting-edge research, trial feedback and technological solutions assessment insights from leading researchers and practitioners.
Register now!

The 6th International Conference on Preparedness & Response to Emergencies & Disasters
2020-01-12
The Israeli Ministry of Health and the Home Front Command will be hosting the Sixth Israeli International Conference on Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters. This conference will provide an opportunity for professionals from around the world to share the latest findings and new experiences concerning health system readiness for disasters and emergencies of all types.
Come join us, together with participants from 30 countries from across the globe, and take advantage of this great opportunity to network.
Following the great success of the previous five IPRED conferences conducted in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, IPRED VI will likewise provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences and lessons learned, for practitioners and researchers involved in the field of preparedness and response to emergencies and disasters.
Conference Aims
To promote international networking between all emergency professionals in the fields of preparedness and response to emergencies and disasters.
To enhance international research collaboration in the field of emergency and disaster medicine and public health preparedness.
More information can be found here.

"Information and Communication Technologies for Crisis and Emergency Management" at the HICSS 2020
2020-01-07
Minitrack on ICT in crisis management within the track “Collaboration Systems and Technologies”
This minitrack provides a venue for collaborative systems and technologies related to all phases in the disaster management cycle: prevention and mitigation; preparedness; alert; response; recovery; and post disaster. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Collaborative systems and technologies in disaster or emergency situations aimed at citizens, NGOs, non-government officials, and victims
Early warning systems
Social media in emergencies and disasters
Human Centered Sensing for collaboration and communication
Privacy, security and ethical issues in crisis and emergency management
Artificial Intelligence (AI) based content management, disaster mapping
Crisis informatics
Pattern recognition, triage and prioritization of assistance
Case studies; theory and practice
Advances in crisis management methods and practice
Security and safety models for emergency management systems
eHealth for disasters and emergencies
Drones for disaster response and management
Disaster robotics
Computational simulation of crisis or emergency situations, including agent based modeling and social simulation
Culture-dependent learning and training
Collaboration and interoperability at technical and/or operational level
Mobile ad-hoc networks for emergencies

You can find all informations related to the author instructions here: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/
Paper submission deadline is JUNE 15 (11:59pm HST)
Minitrack Co-Chairs:
Julie Dugdale (Primary Contact)
Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble
Julie.Dugdale@imag.fr
Elsa Negre
Université Paris-Dauphine
elsa.negre@dauphine.fr
Murray Turoff
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Murray.Turoff@gmail.com

DRIVER+ Policy Research Dialogue Roundtable Meeting
2019-12-18
DRIVER+ POLICY-RESEARCH DIALOGUE ROUNDTABLE – DISCUSSING THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROGRAMMING OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF HORIZON EUROPE

After the PRDR kick-off meeting in February 2019, where Adam Widera together with Chiara Fonio (EC JRC) moderated a brainstorming session on gaps and challenges in the area of crisis management and security research projects, the second meeting will cover the results achieved since then. PRDRs are convening representatives from EC DGs (in particular DG HOME, DG ECHO/ERCC, DG RTD and DG CLIMA), the JRC/DRMKC, international organisations (UNISDR), national civil protection authorities from Member States and selected Research & Innovation projects and/or initiatives to look into the possibility of a pan-European approach to capability development and innovation management in Disaster Risk Reduction and Crisis Management.
Part of a sequence of events, PRDR2 will build upon the outcomes of the Program Committee meeting (17 October 2019) and the Security Research Event (6-7 November 2019) with the aim to further debate and generate ideas in line with the ongoing strategic planning process of the EC (see for more details: Orientations towards the first Strategic Plan implementing the research and innovation framework programme Horizon Europe).
The PRDR2 is specifically targeted towards generating inputs for the ongoing co-design process in relation to the priority ‘Disaster-resilient societies’ of the envisioned Horizon Europe cluster “Civil Security for Society”. The event will therefore focus on the needs and requirements for an improved capability development process regarding climate-related risks (wildfires and floods) as well as CBRN-E, that should be addressed in Horizon Europe and other Union programmes.
The following three questions will be discussed:

How can the future program for research and innovation improve the current capability development process by ensuring a better uptake of results from previous projects?
How can these elements be best implemented in the Horizon Europe Work Programme and other funding instruments?
How can the synergies between the Community of Users framework and the envisioned UCPM Knowledge Network be best exploited to enhance the European capability development process in Disaster Risk Management?

You can download the agenda here. Registrations can be made here.

DRIVER+ Final Demonstration
2019-11-26
The Final Demonstration (Final Demo) is the last Trial, concluding the series of DRIVER+ Trials. It also provides an opportunity to showcase the main outcomes of the Project.
The event has been tailored to the needs of the main End-User – the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – and will be conducted in accordance with the project’s methodology. The ERCC, situated in Brussels, was created in 2001, following the European Parliament Decision on Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM). It is the highest Crisis Management coordination body in the European Union. The primary aim of the UCPM is to strengthen cooperation between Participating States – Members States and others affiliated in the UCPM – in the field of civil protection, in order to respond to disasters as effectively and synergistically as possible. Since 2001, the UCPM has been activated over 300 times and each year the number of activations is growing. New innovative solutions, improving the realisation of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism tasks, are continually being sought.
The ERCC monitors the situation from Brussels and has an expert support group deployed on the ground called the European Union Civil Protection Coordination Team (EUCPT). The main role of the EUCPT is to coordinate activities in the field by liaising between the UCPM Modules and the Local Emergency Management Authority (of the country stricken by a disaster), in order to provide a common understanding of the needs and to ensure a relevant and timely response.
The Final Demo addresses the communication aspects between the UCPM components, mainly the ERCC, the EUCPT and the Modules, which are sent to the country in crisis by states affiliated within the scope of the UCPM. The main areas to be addressed are:
• reporting on the operational activities from the field to the ERCC;
• information exchange among Team Leaders of the Modules, and the EUCPT;
• geo-information support for situation assessment and decision-making for Team Leaders of the Modules and the EUCPT.
The Final Demo’s overall goal, similar to the other four Trials, is to follow the DRIVER+ methodology and show if, and how, the innovative DRIVER+ solutions can minimise a specific set of identified gaps in Crisis Management.
The Final Demo is being organised by the Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences with the support of Consortium Members, including: The Main School of Fire Service, the Joint Research Centre, Thales Communication & Security SAS, XVR Simulation BV, Frequentis AG and the Safety Region Haaglanden in The Hague. The Final Demo, as a command post exercise, has several locations. The different locations are expected to simulate remote conditions, in which different actors of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism work on a daily basis.
The fictional country Driverstan, situated outside the European Union but relatively close, is a democratic republic, however, is not yet as fully developed as the EU countries – it is lacking solid Crisis Management structures, a stable economy and a strong civil society. The scenario of the Final Demo will focus on largescale forest fires in a rural area with potential developments, causing a complex humanitarian crisis.
Due to high temperatures and lack of rainfall during recent weeks, the number of forest fires is multiplying in the country. Domestic response capabilities are not sufficient to cope with the fires alone. Driverstan creates a Request for Assistance (RfA) that is shared with the ERCC, EU Member States and affiliated countries. The Union Civil Protection Mechanism is activated and offers of support from different countries are gathered.
The scenario is expected to trigger an exchange of information between the ERCC, EUCPT and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The use of the DRIVER+ selected innovative solutions, tested alongside the standard operational procedures of the ERCC, EUPCT and Modules, will show the potential added value of the solutions in such a Crisis Management situation.

ConTEL 2019 Special Session on Crisis Management
2019-07-03
Information and Communication Technologies for Crisis & Disaster Management

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for all phases of the disaster management cycle (prevention, preparedness, response and recovery). This special session aims to bring together experts from academia, industry, governments and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations. In this way, this special session will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers and practitioners involved in application focused research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope:

Communication infrastructures, technologies and services for crisis & disaster management
Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies for crisis & disaster management
Data/information management and analysis for crisis & disaster management
Detection algorithms & advanced data post processing
Evacuation and rescue geo-planning
Geo-Information technologies for crisis & disaster management
Internet of things for crisis & disaster management
Interoperability of heterogeneous systems
Mobile and wireless communication networks
M2M communications management and operations
Public warning and alerting systems
Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming data in crisis & disaster management
Remote Sensing
Search & Rescue Technologies
Social media and networks for crisis & disaster management
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Disaster Management

Background and objectives:
The goals of crisis & disaster management are manifold including the reduction or avoidance of potential losses from technological, naturalal or societal hazards. The assurance of appropriate measures for human, material, the economy and the environment affected by crisis and disasters are one of the main pillars in this domain, which are directly connected to the rapid and effective recovery from crisis and disasters. The objective of the session is to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations for the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the efficiency in Crisis and Disaster Management.
Submission of full papers:
Prospective authors are invited to submit novel, previously unpublished full papers (up to 8 pages), addressing the topics of interest, for consideration for the special session. All papers submitted to the special session will go through the regular peer-review process. Accepted papers will be presented within the ConTEL program. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
For paper formatting, style, and submission guidelines and deadlines, please refer to the ConTEL main website.
Important Dates

March 24, 2019 Extended to April 12: Full Papers, Due
May 10, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
May 24, 2019: Final, Camera Ready Papers, Due
Please read the full Call for Papers.

4th International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters
2019-07-01
DOD 2019

Humans experience a wide array of disasters that generally fall into two categories: natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, etc.; and unnatural, or man-made, disasters such as wars, explosions, wildfires, chemical spills, etc. Such disasters wreak havoc and provoke extensive and large-scale devastation, and carry extremely serious financial repercussions for nations, organizations, and individuals.
The study of dynamics of disasters is an important and worthwhile endeavour, with huge benefits for everyone. Join us in beautiful Kalamata, Greece on July 1 to 5, 2019, where experts share the latest findings on natural and unnatural disasters. We extend an invitation for those studying topics related to disasters to submit an abstract and paper and everyone to register to attend this fascinating and must-see conference.
Important dates:
April 30, 2019 — extended abstract submission deadline
April 15, 2019 — abstract submission deadline
May 15, 2019 — notification of acceptance
Conference dates:
July 1-5, 2019
More information: http://www.caopt.com

4th International Conference on Dynamics of Disaster, DOD 2019
2019-07-01
Humans experience a wide array of disasters that generally fall into two categories: natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, etc.; and unnatural, or man-made, disasters such as wars, explosions, wildfires, chemical spills, etc. Such disasters wreak havoc and provoke extensive and large-scale devastation, and carry extremely serious financial repercussions for nations, organizations, and individuals.
The study of dynamics of disasters is an important and worthwhile endeavour, with huge benefits for everyone. Join us in beautiful Kalamata, Greece on July 1 to 5, 2019, where experts share the latest findings on natural and unnatural disasters. We extend an invitation for those studying topics related to disasters to submit an abstract and paper and everyone to register to attend this fascinating and must-see conference.

Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM)
2019-06-12
4th I4CM on Volunteer Management in Crisis Response
The 4th edition of the I4CM event organised by the DRIVER+ project has been designed for you
and will be visiting Denmark in 2019. This event will provide a platform allowing practitioners, experts and
solution providers from the region and beyond to meet and exchange best practices and lessons learned. Focusing on Volunteer Management in a crisis situation, with special attention being paid to issues around organised volunteers, spontaneous volunteers and psychosocial support. This event will also be the occasion to pave the way for the
DRIVER+ fourth Trial to be organised in Styria (Austria) in September 2019 whose focus is on Volunteer Management.
Please find more information and register here.

C³M contributing with HumLogSIM to the DRIVER+ Trial in the Netherlands!
2019-05-21
Assessment of socio-technical innovations for crisis management

DRIVER+ Netherlands Trial is being organised by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Safety Region Haaglanden (SRH). It will be conducted as a tabletop Trial at the premises of SRH in The Hague from Tuesday 21 May 2019 to Thursday 23rd May 2019.

THE SCENARIO: A FLOOD IN THE HAGUE

Severe weather causes the Scheveningen lock to fail, flooding The Hague city centre, putting more than 500,000 people at risk. Cascade effects will be (partial) loss of electricity, gas, drinking water, telecoms networks and damage to roads, houses, cars, shops, tram lines.
The scenario requires decisions about the necessity for evacuation of inhabitants of the area afflicted by flooding. A large amount of emergency workers and rescue equipment is needed to deal with the increasing number of exposed people and to manage aforementioned cascading effects. Thus, the situation cannot be handled by Safety Region Haaglanden and regional crisis partners only, but requires deployment of additional evacuation forces, volunteers and resources from national and potentially international networks.

THE ACTORS INVOLVED

Crisis Management practitioners of several different disciplines (fire service, police, health service, military defence, water utility, municipality) will be involved in order to work with and evaluate a number of innovative technical solutions to assess whether they improve practitioner response to a severe flooding incident.

THE OBJECTIVES

Enhance the capability to plan and coordinate resources for response
Improve the ability to exchange crisis-related information
Facilitate the planning and management of large scale evacuation of population

ISCRAM 2019 in Valencia, Spain
2019-05-19
16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

ISCRAM is a forum where researchers and practitioners from all around the world meet every year to share experiences and raise challenges in all the aspects related to the design, development, and use of information systems to improve the management of crisis and disaster situations.
During the last editions of the conference, we have assisted to the emergence of new types of actors that, in one way or another, have influenced the way the responses to emergencies are performed nowadays, especially from the knowledge management perspective. We refer to the citizens immersed in the emergency, whom, using their mobile phones or other computing devices are valuable information sources about the context of the emergency. Very interesting publications about this topic can be found at the ISCRAM Digital Library. However, little work has been done so far exploring the possibility of providing context-driven, personalized emergency response services to citizens. Depending of their particular situation, different citizens may require different attention. Thus, intelligent context processing can be the driving force to improve the effectiveness of teams in providing help to the people suffering an emergency. Something similar can be said about responders facing specific contexts for their performance.
To enforce the discussion about the above and other related topics, we propose the following theme for the conference: “Towards individual-centric emergency management systems”. This theme has several derivatives, like the ones listed below:
What are the requirements of personalized response support systems?
How should emergency plans be adapted to fit these requirements?
What services should be provided by individual-centric emergency management systems?
How can personalization help response teams and/or citizens?
How would citizens be integrated in emergency management teams?
What improvements can citizens bring to emergency management?
Case studies/real-life experiences
We look forward to receiving contributions dealing with some of the above topics, as well as other covering the wide spectrum of crisis response and management. The conference will be arranged in technical tracks. You may find the track list at the Call for Papers.

Digitalisierung im Bevölkerungsschutz
2019-02-06
Veranstaltung „Digitalisierung im Bevölkerungsschutz“ am 6. Februar 2019 in Münster

Wie sieht ein digitalisierter Bevölkerungsschutz aus? Wie lassen sich „digitalisiert“ Leben retten? Was braucht es, um Bevölkerungsschutz zu digitalisieren? Das sind die Leitfragen, mit der sich die Tageskonferenz „Digitalisierung im Bevölkerungsschutz“ im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe „DRK goes digital“ auseinandersetzt.
Apps, soziale Medien und Einplatinencomputer transformieren den Bevölkerungsschutz. Doch in welche Richtung? Wie müssen wir unser konservatives Konzept des Bevölkerungsschutzes „von heute“ so entwickeln, dass wir für die Gefahren von morgen organisationsübergreifend leistungsstark bleiben?

Sie sieht ein digitalisierter Bevölkerungsschutz aus?
Wie lassen sich „digitalisiert“ Leben retten?
Was braucht es, um Bevölkerungsschutz zu digitalisieren?

An der Veranstaltung beteiligen sich: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Ruprecht-Karls-
Universität Heidelberg, Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Social Media und Technologie im
Bevölkerungsschutz (DGSMTech), Mobile Retter e.V., VOMATEC Innovations GmbH mit rescuewave,
Team Westfalen des DRK-Landesverband e.V.
Website: https://www.drk-bildungsinstitut.de/

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week
2019-02-04
C³M at the HPNW2019

C³M is happy to participate again at the HPNW2019. We are delighted to represent our DRIVER+ project with a booth. Next to this, we proud to have Kristin Jenssen presenting our ongoing work in the context of assessing the application potential of Vendor Managed Inventory in humanitarian logistics.
What is Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW)?
Held at the International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG), HNPW is a unique forum for humanitarian Networks and Partnerships to hold their annual meetings and consultations, network and discuss key humanitarian issues.
At this year’s edition UN OCHA, together with the HumTechLab of TUDelft is launching a new network to help connect current humanitarian community with the next generation, and vice versa: the University Surge Support Group (USSG).

CRISIS-MGMT 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management
2018-12-04 - 2018-12-06
Next ICT-DM taking place in Sendai, Japan

The 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM’2018) aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in appliedfocused research. The conference accepts three types of submissions, specifically full papers (5 to 8 pages), short papers (3 to 4 pages), and posters & demos (1 to 2 pages). The presented full and short papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. The posters & demos will not be included in the conference proceedings. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
– Big data analytics in disaster management
– Cloud computing, context-aware computing, mobile computing
– Communication infrastructures, technologies and services
– Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies
– Crowd sourcing, remote sensing, cyber-physical systems
– Data/information mining and management
– Disaster relief logistics, E-governance, evacuation and rescue geo-planning
– Internet of things for disaster and emergency management
– Interoperability of heterogeneous systems
– Modeling and simulation tools for crisis and disaster situations
– Open source data and space based resources
– Performance measurement, prediction and early warning systems
– Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source disaster data
– Risk, damage and loss assessment
– Security and privacy issues in information sharing
– Service oriented architectures, situation awareness
– Social media and networks
– Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery
– Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
– Wireless networks based solutions for disaster management
– Other related topics in the domain of ICT-DM
General Co-chairs
Hideaki Sone, Tohoku University, Japan
Soufiene Djahel, MMU, UK
Yusheng Ji, NII, Japan
Advisory board
Shigeki Yamada, NII, Japan
Kiyoshi Takano, University of Tokyo, Japan
Takuo Suganuma, Tohoku University, Japan
TPC Co-chairs
Celimuge Wu, UEC, Japan
Said Yahiaoui, CERIST, Algeria
Carlos T. Calafate, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Publication Co-chairs
Guohui Zhang, University of Hawaii, USA
Imane Horiya Brahmi, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
Zhi Liu, Shizuoka University, Japan
Publicity Co-chairs
Cong Chen, University of South Florida, USA
Nafaa Jabeur, German University of Technology in Oman, Sultanate of Oman
Kun Wang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Adam Widera, University of Muenster, Germany
Poster Co-chairs
Osamu Uchida, Tokai University, Japan
Keisuke Utsu, Tokai University, Japan
Sponsored by
IEEE, IEEE ComSoc,
Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University, IEEE ComSoc Communications Software TC, and TC Big Data

EURO HOPE MINI-CONFERENCE ON 13 AND 14 SEPTEMBER 2018 IN LEUVEN
2018-09-13
C³M participates in the upcoming EURO HHpe 2018
The European Working Group on Humanitarian Logistics (EURO HOpe) and the Research Center for Operations Management of KULeuven are organizing the third EURO HOpe mini-conference in Leuven. The dates are 13 and 14 September 2018.
Check out the website for more information: EURO HOpe Website

3rd I4CM upcoming in September 2018
2018-09-03 - 2018-09-05
C³M participating in the INNOVATION FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT (I4CM) EVENT

This edition of the I4CM event will take place in Poland, at the Copernicus Research Center on 3rd-4th September 2018. Focusing on standardisation, regional-national pressing issues, this event will also be the occasion to present the results of the first Trial organised in the frame of the project and to pave the way for the second Trial to be organised in France in October 2018.
ITTI SP ZOO, the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the Public Safety Communication Europe Forum (PSCE) are pleased to co-host this interactive regional workshop.
The event will be structured around two parts: the CONFERENCE and the OFF Programme. It will comprise keynote speeches, plenary discussions, dedicated workshops and hands-on sessions with mini trials and roundtables.
In order to provide a dynamic environment that is ripe for interactivity, this OFF Programme will alternate parallel workshops, hands-on sessions with mini-trials and roundtables and will be opened by a Forum of Ideas where attendees can present their Crisis Management related ideas, activities or solutions. It will allow attendees to partake in interactive sessions, to meet, share experiences, and learn more about EC-funded projects as well as other ongoing Security / Crisis Management initiatives.
On that specific part of the programme, four rooms will host sessions and activities with a particular focus, allowing the audience to move from one area to another to discover innovative presentations, workshops and demonstrations about (1) DRIVER+ trials, (2) related projects and initiatives, (3) Innovations in the field of Crisis Management. In addition to this, a room will be provisioned to host the CEN/TC 391 (WG3) meeting (closed session) and another one will be used to conduct interviews and to register to the CMINE (the confessional).
Get the chance to come and walk by:

The trial room
The related projects and initiatives room
The research & innovation room
The practitioners room
The confessional room

In addition, let us hear your voice! Visit the Forum of Ideas:
The Forum of ideas will take place at 5:30pm on September 3rd, 2018. Attendees can register until 02:30pm the same day, to deliver a presentation or a speech during the Forum of Ideas: an open unprogrammed space intended to gather inputs from the public as well!
For more information see: http://www.driver-project.eu/events-2/3rd-i4cm/

C³M co-chairing the logistics track at ISCRAM 2015
2018-05-20
15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response
CALL FOR PAPERS: T4 – Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Crisis Response
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRACK
There is a need to improve the freshness, quality, effectiveness, appropriateness, and accessibility of information and communication systems intended to facilitate logistics and supply chain management in the face of devastating disasters. This improvement must be based on an increased understanding of the disaster relief realities, faced difficulties and the decision maker’s needs: Crisis scenarios and phases have to be differentiated; inducers of evolution of crisis or changes in its nature must be highlighted; all involved actors and entities, their interests, motivations, and strategies as well as the existing interrelations and interdependences have to be considered; the existing practices in the crisis management sector need to be understood and reflected; problems, limits, barriers in relief supply chains must be formalized; supporting humanitarian information systems need to be examined critically. Organized by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on behalf of ISCRAM association. The overall objective of this track is to discuss and reflect contributions on the design, deployment, application and evaluation of information systems for logistics and supply chain management in the area of crisis management, including all relevant actors with a special focus of humanitarian actors. For this purpose potential contributions need provide both rigorous research methods and relevant approaches reflecting the practitioner’s realities. In order to ensure an appropriate balance of both criteria practitionercentered reviewer will be involved in the review process.
TRACK TOPICS

Possible topics of interest for this track include the following:
Process modeling and analysis of disaster relief chains
Quantitative methods and simulation in disaster relief logistics
Performance measurement and monitoring of disaster relief chains
Logistics decision making in crisis management
Transportation in crisis situations
Warehousing and inventory management for disaster relief
Emergency procurement
Coordination and collaboration in disaster relief chains
Humanitarian logistics and supply chains
Governance of ad-hoc logistics networks in crisis management
Early detection and assessment of requirements for disaster relief chains
Humanitarian supply chain resilience
Big data for supply chain management in crisis situation

4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM’2017)
2017-11-11
The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM’2017) will be held in Münster, Germany from 11th of December to 13th of December 2017. ICT-DM’2017 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning and disaster management and recovery, in order to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations.
We invite you to submit your original technical papers and demos to this event.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Authors of selected papers from ICT-DM 2017 will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to a special issue of the International Journal of Information Technology and Management (see also our recent Special Issue in the IJITM). Next to this, the conference will have a best paper and a best student paper award.
Submit your paper here!
Call for Papers:

ICT-DM’2017 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in applied‐focused research.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope:

Big data analytics in disaster management
Cloud computing
Communication infrastructures, technologies and services for crisis management
Context-aware computing
Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies and systems for disaster management
Crowd sourcing
Cyber security
Cyber-physical systems
Data mining from multiple information and huge sources
Data/information management and analysis for disaster management
Disaster relief logistics
E-governance
Evacuation and rescue geo-planning
Geo-Information technologies for disaster management
Human-system interactive information extraction
ICT-CDM technologies in developing countries
Internet of things for disaster and emergency management
Interoperability of heterogeneous systems
M2M communications management and operations
Mobile and wireless communication networks
Modeling and simulation tools for crisis and disaster situations
Ontology based approaches
Open source data and space based resources to support disaster management
Opportunistic communications
Pervasive and mobile computing
Performance measurement in disaster management
Prediction and early warning systems
Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming disaster data
Remote sensing
Risk, damage and loss assessment
Security and privacy issues in information sharing
Sensor networks
Service Oriented Architectures
Situation awareness
Smart cities for disaster and emergency management
Social media and networks
UAVs for crisis and disaster management
Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery
Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Other related topics in the domain of ICT-DM
