Possibility of a paper?

Hi All

I just got the call for papers for a conference in November called  
Talking Risk, Taking Risk. I would like to put together an abstract  
for it on the EIIF development either as a research presentation or a  
poster. Research presentation papers will be submitted to the journal  
"Risk Management - An International Journal". I would like a consensus  
on whether people think this would be a good idea or not and also if  
anyone would like to contribute to developing the presentation/paper.  
The conference details are at http://www.confer.co.nz/risk2008/

I would be happy to deliver the presentation either on behalf of  
myself and others or in conjunction with another presenter but would  
want collaboration on the associated paper, submiting it to the  
Incubator Group for comment and contribution before providing it to  
the conference organisers.

Although this group isn't dealing with risk communication in it's more  
usual form and isn't strictly research it is certainly related and I  
believe would attract considerable interest and possibly further  
contributors from both the conference and the potential journal  
publication. I think it would also be a good primer for forwarding to  
people to know what we are trying to achieve and we could post on the  
wiki to supplement the charter. The poster/presentation/paper would be  
pitched at an vaguely informed, intelligent layman audience.

I believe that a starting outline for the paper/presentation would be  
structured something like:
1.1 The need for interoperability - lessons from experience  
(background/introduction)
	Real problems that highlight the need for information  
interoperability in emergencies (and Sahana)

1.2	"Talking" to each other - simple in theory, but in practice ...
	Explaining why sharing information isn't as easy as people might  
think - drawing on the variety of vocabs, taxonomies and 	symbols  
including an example.

2.0	EIIFIG - Building a Babel Fish (body)
	What the EIIFIG is doing, our place within wider activities,  
methodology and progress to date (PDOM), obstacles(?)

3.0	Silos to Community - Achieving an uncommon understanding  
(conclusion/summary)
	What we see EIIFG achieving in the near future and how we would like  
to see this work adopted.  Summary of achievements 	since the  
project's inception and potential applications in the future.


Thoughts? Comments? Feel free to say you think it is a naff idea but  
if you do please say why.

Cheers
Kristin