May 15, 2006
ISCRAM 2006
It’s the first afternoon of ISCRAM 2006 (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management). I’m giving the keynote speech on Tuesday morning - but right now I’m sitting in front of a panel which includes both Hans Zimmerman and Art Botterell, wondering why I get to make the speech instead of them!
ISCRAM has come a long way in just three years, in terms of size and scope. The number of participants this year is up by about 50%, I think, and the papers being presented are more interesting than ever. Last year it was held at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, this year at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, next year - who knows? It would be nice to hold it somewhere outside the Europe / America axis.
Now I have to write my speech.
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James @ 9:10 pm
Sounds Cool.
What is it about Standards. I find myself preaching about the need. I see others preaching about the need etc. However when I see a summary about something completely agree with I just want to yawn. Why is it that a topic I am so greatly interested in sound like such a great cure for insomnia. Anyways Paul if you have the time to go to this http://iscram06.njit.edu/sessions.htm#Standards and report on it - I’d read the posting.
Enjoy
Oh yeah, are you going to speak about that mythic sport called soccer again?
:-p
Paul Currion @ 6:13 am
I failed to attend most of the sessions at ISCRAM (I had to be in NY for meetings) but I did have some interesting offline discussions with a range of people. We’re now discussing about running a session dedicated to international work at ISCRAM2007, which should broaden the range of interest from the sector.
You’ve correctly identified the problem with standards - they’re inherently dull. I still haven’t worked out a good way to sell the idea of standards to non-technical folk - as soon as you mention the word, their eyes glaze over.
By sheer coincidence, the same thing happens when I talk about soccer with most Americans.