May 26, 09.00 – 13.00 (Torhaus, central library, Room ULB 101)

The workshop focuses research in designing resilience into regions and organizations so they display a sustained capacity for change, therefore increasing their ability to survive a crisis and thrive in contexts of high uncertainty. Relevant research must address the role Information Systems and Technologies can play in managing the collective and distributed capacities to (1) anticipate potentially disrupting events; (2) avoid or prevent their occurrence;  (3) plan and prepare for disruption required to protect the organization / community /region; (4) recover to a new fully functional state and assure continued operations.

The workshop addresses, more specifically, the following aspects of resilience and information systems and technologies:

• How people, resources, information systems and infrastructures be designed and managed so that the organization/community/region displays a high level of resilience to economic crisis (Economic crisis can be triggered by many factors, including severe environmental hazards, war, depletion of traditional energy resources, major demographic changes, generalized social uprisings, cyber-attacks, pandemics, major market changes - demand, supply, technology - and questionable business and financial practices);
• The connection between resilience and the creation of smarter cities. (Planning for resilience to the impacts of stressors within cities requires an evaluation of the vulnerable components of cities, an understanding of the key processes, procedures, and interactions that organize these components and develop the capacity to address various structuring of components and their interactions with the ultimate goal of achieving resilience);
• The need for IS solutions that leverage indigenous knowledge and are built with frugal engineering practices. (A focus on indigenous knowledge is important for creating solutions that make sense within emerging economies. Frugal engineering is a new method of development that assesses the needs of the market as well as what the market can spend to respond to growing demands and tighter budgets);
• The need for appreciation of how crowdsourcing solutions can drive entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of economic resilience by supporting new models for growth of enterprises;
• The role that Information Systems/Technologies can play during and after a disaster to enable local disaster management and resilience (e.g. crowd and mobile apps).

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together IS scholars who are conducting research into Information Systems to support/enable resilient organizations, communities and/or regions to economic crises, which is a topic within the field of IS that is gaining relevance given the many sources of uncertainty lying ahead. The workshop will provide a forum within which participating scholars and practitioners can collaborate to determine the scope and thematic content of the area of IS for Resilience.

Duration

Half day

Submission handling

6 papers for presentation and a special issue to publish accepted papers
In order to create an adequate environment for fruitful discussions a maximum of 30 participants will be admitted to the workshop.
Papers must be submitted to the organizers of the workshop.
Submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.

Importante deadlines

March 6th, 2015 - submission deadline
April 3^rd, 2015 - notifications due
April 24^th 2015 - revised submissions due
May 8^th  2015 : final notifications due

URL to the workshop’s own website

http://ris2015.apsi.pt

Short Bio of the organizers

Anabela Mesquita Teixeira Sarmento - Prof. at ISCAP / IPP, member of the Agoritmi Center (Minho University) and Director of CICE. Her research interests include Knowledge and Innovation Management, Lifelong Learning at Higher Education and Social Media.
She has been involved in several European (Socrates and Lifelong Learning program) and National projects, both as a partner and as a coordinator. She has published books and numerous papers in international journals and Conference Proceedings.
She is a member of the Program and Scientific Committee of several Conferences. She serves as Member of the Editorial Board and referee for IGI Global and as Associate Editor of the IRM Journal and is the Editor in Chief of the IJTHI. She has also been evaluator and reviewer for European Commission projects. For more information, please visit:

http://ipp.academia.edu/AnabelaMesquita

Arminda Guerra Lopes is a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco/Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal. She is a research collaborator in the group of Information Systems and Technologies for the Transformation of Organizations and Society (ISTTOS) of the Algoritmi centre of the University of Minho.  She is a vice chair of the IFIP working group 13.6 on Human Work Interaction Design.
Arminda main research interests are: Information Systems; Human-Computer Interaction and Research Methods and Methodologies. Other research interests include: Agility and Resilience, Organisations’ behavior, Social Informatics and Human Work Interaction Design. She has a PhD on Human Computer Interaction.
Arminda has co-organised several international events (workshops, seminars) in information systems, research methodologies and interaction design. She was member of two international research networks: Leonardo Network – culture, creativity and interaction design and White Rose Network for Affective Communication in Consumer Products and Exhibition Design, both led by U.K.
Arminda is member of the program and scientific committee of several international conferences. She has a published book, several book chapters and papers in conference proceedings.

For more information, please visit: http://ipcb.academia.edu/ArmindaGuerraLopes

Carl Adams is a Principal Lecturer/Researcher in the School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, UK. He has over a decade of professional experience as a software engineer, analyst and consultant before going into academia. His research interests explores the wider impact of the digital economy and includes e/m-commerce/government, mobile information systems, social media, electronic money, and impact of technology on society. He has over 100 peer reviewed publications in journals, international and national conferences as well as several book chapters and a book. He has been a key note and invited speaker at conferences and workshops, he is on the editorial board of journals, he has been on the program committee on several conferences as well as being conference chair and track chair.

For more information, please visit: http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-computing/staff/dr-carl-adams.html

Isabel Ramos is Assistant Professor with Aggregation at the Department of Information Systems of the University of Minho in Portugal. Isabel Ramos is Director of the Doctoral Program in Information Systems and Technologies and President of the Portuguese Association for Information Systems.
Isabel is also President of the Portuguese Chapter of the Association for Information Systems and the Secretary of the Technical Committee 8 (Information Systems) of IFIP – International Federation for Information Systems, as well as the Portuguese representative.  She is member of the AIS Communications Committee and the AIS LEO award Committee.
Isabel coordinates the research group Information Systems and Technologies for the Transformation of Organizations and Society (ISTTOS) and the Thematic Research Stream Resilience and Agility of Organizations of the Algoritmi centre of the University of Minho. She advises several PhD and Master dissertations in the areas of Knowledge and Innovation Management and IST for Organizational Resilience.
Isabel Ramos was awarded the IFIP Outstanding Service Award and the Silver Core Award.

For more information, please visit: http://www3.dsi.uminho.pt/iramos/

Kevin C. Desouza serves as the Associate Dean for Research at the College of Public Programs (COPP) and is a Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. He is also serving as the Interim Director of ASU’s Decision Theater and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Organization Research and Design. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Desouza has authored, co-authored, and/or edited nine books.  He has published more than 150 articles in scientific journals across a range of disciplines from software engineering, to information science, public administration, political science, technology management, and urban affairs.
His work has also been featured by a number of publications such as Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Research, Businessweek, Wall Street Journal, and Computerworld, among others.
Desouza has advised, briefed, and/or consulted for major international corporations, non-governmental organizations, and public agencies on strategic management issues.

For more information, please visit: http://www.kevindesouza.net.