May be of Interest for Citasa members Gustavo -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Society and ICT: Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:57:09 -0400 From: "IMSCI 2010" <imsci@mail.2010iiisconferences.org> To: <GUSTAVO@SOC.HAIFA.AC.IL> Dear Gustavo S. Mesch: We would like to invite you to participate (submitting an abstract/paper and/or proposing to organize an invited session) in The 4th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics: IMSCI 2010 to be held on June 29-July 2, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. (http://www.2010iiisconferences.org/imsci) The deadlines are the following: Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: February 3rd, 2010 Authors Notifications: February 27th, 2010 Camera-ready, full papers: May 26th, 2010 You can also submit your abstract/paper to any of the following conjoined and/or collocated events, which have the same deadlines: ======================================================= The 8th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2010 (www.2010iiisconferences.org/eista) The 6th International Conference on Social and Organizational Informatics and Cybernetics: SOIC 2010 (www.2010iiisconferences.org/soic) The 8th International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: PISTA 2010 (www.2010iiisconferences.org/pista) ======================================================= Submissions for Face-to-Face or for Virtual Participation are both accepted. Both kinds of submissions will have the same reviewing process and the accepted papers will be included in the same proceedings. Pre-Conference and Post-conference Virtual sessions (via electronic forums) will be held for each session included in the conference program, so that sessions papers can be read before the conference, and authors presenting at the same session can interact during one week before and after the conference. Authors can also participate in peer-to-peer reviewing in virtual sessions. All Submitted papers/abstracts will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2) non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those papers/abstracts that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal. Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers/abstracts, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors will not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions. Registration fees of an effective invited session organizer will be waived according to the policy described in the web page (click on 'Invited Session', then on 'Benefits for the Organizers of Invited Sessions'), where you can get information about the ten benefits for an invited session organizer. For Invited Sessions Proposals, please visit the conference web site, or directly to http://www.2010iiisconferences.org/imsci/organizer.asp Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference (included those virtually presented) will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Best regards, IMSCI 2010 Organizing Committees If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please send an email to remove@mail.2010iiisconferences.org with REMOVE MLCONFERENCES in the subject line. Address: Torre Profesional La California, Av. Francisco de Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.

> May be of Interest for Citasa members IMSCI looks a lot like a re-branding of (or something linked with) WMSCI, which is often invoked as the quintessential example of a "spamference". (Just google "spamference".) See in particular: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7036/full/nature03653.html - yuri