Re: Possibility of a paper?

Hi Kristin,

I think the idea is good in general. Writing a paper will be a great way to
showcase and publish some of the results from this group. I am not too sure
if this is however the appropriate conference for a paper on interop and
related standards in disaster management. Still I do encourage you to do it
irrespective, as we should get the message out as much as possible. Would
certainly value a primer if you can create one as well for us to distribute
around our respective networks.

thanks,

Chamindra de Silva
http://chamindra.googlepages.com

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Kristin Hoskin <kh@kestrel.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi All
> I just got the call for papers for a conference in November called Talking
> Risk, Taking Risk <http://www.confer.co.nz/risk2008/>. 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
>
>


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Chamindra de Silva
http://chamindra.googlepages.com