conference day
with a plenary session that sets a powerful tone for the sessions and
activities that follow. We are pleased to announce our 2010 plenary sessions:
1. An NGO-led Plenary on Haiti led by George Fenton, Associate Director,
Humanitarian Logistics at World Vision Internaitonal and Chairman of
Humanitarian Logistics Association. This session will cover (a) early stages
of assessment among the chaos, (b) challenges of communication and
coordination, and (c) recovery and resilience issues.
2. A session on next generation precision information environments for crisis
management decision-making by Dr. Joseph Kielman, Science Advisor, Science and
Technology Directorate (S&T) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS). Dr. Kielman is Chief Scientist and Lead for Basic/Futures Research in
the DHS Command, Control and Interoperability Division (CID)
3. A session on visualization and geo-collaboration by Alan M. MacEachren,
Ph.D., Professor of Geography, Affiliate Professor of Information Sciences and
Technology, and Director of the GeoVISTA Center at the Pennsylvania State
University. Dr. MacEachren's focus includes geographic visualization,
geo-collaboration, visual analytics, interfaces to geospatial information
technologies, spatial cognition, human-centered systems, and user-centered
design
Please go to our recently updated website at www.iscram.org/iscram2010 for
more information and other news such as our banquet speaker and a draft list
of reviewed papers. The full program will be posted soon.
We have over 120 registrants already and are looking forward to seeing you all
in Seattle for an exciting international event.
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