CSM'98 Workshop

CSM'98
12th JISR-IIASA Workshop on Methodologies and Tools
for Complex System Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment

September 24-26, 1998, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

Deadlines (all dates in 1998)

Preregistration - April 30
Submission of extended abstracts - April 30
Acceptance of presentations and sending out invitations for CSM'98 - May 15
Final registration - June 15
Submission of full papers - September 10

The opening and closing of the CSM'98 workshop are planned for Thursday, September 24 at 9:00, and Saturday, September 26 at 16:30, respectively.

Basic organizational assumptions

In order to meet the aims of the workshop and due to logistic's constraints, the number of participants of the workshop has to be limited. This will provide all participants with good opportunities for presenting their own work, for learning from the experience of colleagues working in related research areas, and for establishing new contacts. The schedule of the workshop will provide ample time for discussions and interactions.

Extended abstracts of the proposed contributions are the primary criterion for selection of the presentations. Abstracts of accepted presentations will be available on the Web in May'98.
Following suggestions expressed after the 1997 workshop, we plan also to make available on the Web full papers related to the presentations. Participants are encouraged to submit such papers before the workshop (the details about submission will be distributed in May'98). Therefore a wide audience will be able to consult all abstracts and submitted full papers via the Web.

Organizational details

Abstracts and papers:

Extended abstracts of accepted presentations will be available on the Web in May'98.
Submitted full papers related to the presentations will be available on the Web in September'98.

Presentations and sessions:

30 min. are allocated for each presentation (which includes at least 5 min. for questions and discussion).
An OHP is available for all presentations. Additionally, a Pentium PC (running Windows/NT and connected to the Internet) and a video recorder (both connected to a display panel) will be available for the presentations of the participants who will request this hardware during the final registration.
The agenda of the workshop will be fixed a few days before the workshop. It will be posted on the Web and it will be available in the workshop hotel. The agenda will be developed with a primary goal to keep related presentations in one session and to avoid similar topics in parallel sessions. Participants will have an opportunity to express in the final registration constraints for a day or time of his/her presentation. Organizers kindly ask to use this opportunity only if really necessary. Such wishes will be accounted for, if they will not be in conflict with reaching the primary goal for setting the agenda.
Chairpersons of sessions will be selected during preparation of the agenda. Participants, who do not wish to chair a session are kindly requested to select a corresponding option in the final registration form.
Several papers will be presented on plenary sessions. Majority of papers will be presented on parallel (two at the same time) sessions. The organizers kindly ask:
- the authors to make sure that their presentation will be finished on time, and
- the chairpersons of the sessions to rigorously keep the schedule.
These measures are common for conferences with many parallel sessions, hence we should have no problems with adopting them to our workshop which has only two parallel sessions. The organizers would like to thank the authors and the chairpersons in advance for their cooperation in the smooth running of the workshop.

Miscellaneous:

Please consult the accommodation information well in advance.
All workshop participants are welcome to use the workshop bus.
All workshop participants are cordially invited to a Heuriger, a traditional Austrian dinner, which will be held on Thursday (September 24) evening (starting at about 18:30) at:
(place to be decided).
All participants are also invited for self-service lunches at IIASA's restaurant during all three workshop days.

Please e-mail questions and/or suggestions regarding the organization of the workshop to:
csm98@iiasa.ac.at

Aim, scope, participation
CSM'98 home page

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