PISTA '04 Issues Call for Papers

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Call for Papers:
2nd International Conference on Politics and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications (PISTA «04)
July 21 - 25, 2004 - Orlando, Florida, USA
http://www.confinf.org/pista04.

PISTA '04 Organizing Committee invites authors to submit their original and unpublished works, innovations, ideas based on analogical thinking, problems that require solutions, position papers, case studies, etc., in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

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 Societal systems and political processes.

Politician 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 researcher/practitioners and political consultants or politicians are highly encouraged.

Submitted papers must describe work not previously published. They must not be submitted concurrently to another conference with refereed proceedings.

You can find complete information about the conference in our web page http://www.confinf.org/pista04

PISTA '04 Organization
General Chair: Prof. Jose Vicente Carrasquero
Organizing Committee Chair: Prof. Angel Oropeza

Organized by the IIIS: The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics

• Informatics And Society
• Informatics, Voting and Political Parties
• Informatics And Government
• Ethical and Legal Issues related to Informatics

Abstracts and Paper Drafts Submission Form
Papers might be submitted via web page http://www.confinf.org/pista04/website/submission.asp, as extended abstracts (500-1500 words) or as full papers drafts (2000-5000 words).

Reviews will be done for both kinds of submissions.

Invited Sessions proposals can be done filling the form given in the web page http://www.confinf.org/pista04/invitedsession/organizer.asp

More information about Invited Sessions Organization could be found at http://www.confinf.org/pista04/website/ISOrganization.asp

• December 22nd, 2003: Submission of extended abstracts (500-1500) words or paper Drafts (2000-5000) words.
• December 22nd, 2003: Invited session proposals.
• February 13th, 2004: Notifications of Acceptance.
• April 13th, 2004: Submission of final versions: hard copies and electronic versions.

Some invited sessions might have a different timetable according to its organizer and chair.

Papers Reviewing And Publication
Submitted papers will be reviewed. Accepted papers, which should not exceed six single-spaced typed pages, will be published by means of paper and electronic proceedings. Authors of accepted papers must sign a copyright release form.

The Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics will publish, at least, the best 10% of the papers presented at the conference.