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The 5th International Conference on
  Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: PISTA 2007  

in the context of
The International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics: IMSCI 2007

July 12-15, 2007 – Orlando, Florida, USA.
 
Conference tutorial

One Day Tutorial

Pre-conference Tutorial: An Assessment of Risk Management

July 12th, 2007 – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

To register, please, fill in the Registration Form and fax it to (407) 816-4909

Please be advised that the Conference registration fee does not include Tutorials. Tutorials require an additional registration fee (see Registration Form)

Professor emeritus of The University of Texas at Austin

International Consultant

Short Abstract
In This Seminar/tutorial, we will review the concept of Risk Management from several perspectives. We will illustrate the methods used in various applications and to different segments of society. We will point out the common basic principles that underlie this field. We will also show that many of these methods have transferability to other areas.
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About the Conference

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are transforming our societies, our governments, and other political systems, at a remarkable speed. Government departments are seeing the importance of ensuring services which are delivered electronically. Political parties are increasingly using ICT in their political processes. Despite this fact, we find a Dialogue of the Deaf (as John Harvey-Jones named it) between politicians and the ICT community. Politicians need to understand the internet much better and the ICT community needs to understand politics more if this Dialogue of the Deaf is to be transformed in a mutual comprehensive dialogue and in a synergic relationship. The purpose of PISTA '06 is to contribute with the bridging efforts done in order to get an approach in the dialogue between both communities.

Invitation to participate

In order to accomplish the purpose of contributing to get an approach between ICT and Sociopolitical communities, ICT researchers are invited to present their research results. Practitioners and consultants are invited to present case study papers and innovative solutions. Corporations are invited to present political information systems and software based solutions. Public servers are invited to present case studies, information systems developed for specific purpose, and innovative ideas and designs. Political and social scientists are invited to present research or position papers on the impact and the future possibilities of ICT in Social systems and political processes. Politicians and political consultants are invited to present problems that might be solved by means of ICT, or solutions that might be improved by different approaches and design in ICT. All are invited to organize panel or invited sessions. Panel sessions with panelists coming from both: ICT researchers/practitioners and political consultants or politicians are highly encouraged.

Non-exclusive questions need some answers

The main objective of PISTA '06 is to provide a forum for the presentation of both: solutions and problems of the applications of ICT in Politics and Society. The following questions need answers from different perspectives: What is the impact of the Information and Communication Technologies in Society? How are information and Communication technologies affecting democracy and making joint and collective decisions? What new networks and models are emerging to pave the way for decisions? How are political parties, governments and campaigning groups making use of IT and especially electronic communications? What electronic tools are there to facilitate democratic discussions and decision-making? What ethical and legal issues should be considered in the social transformation produced by the Information and Communication Technologies?

Is the responsibility for content production being left to the entertainment industry? Is the government under obligation to influence the trend in information society, and if so, what is its role and scope? What do the new trends have to offer different groups or the individual?

Acceptance decisions related to submitted papers will be based on their respective content review and/or on the respective author’s CV. Invited papers will not be reviewed and their acceptance decision will be based on the topic and the respective author’s CV.



 
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