July 14 - 18, 2002

　　Orlando , Florida, USASheraton World

　　http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/

　　Honorary Presidents: Bela Banathy, Stafford Beer and George KlirProgram Committee Chair: William LessoGeneral Chair: Nagib CallaosOrganizing Committee Chair: Belkis Sanchez

　　MAJOR THEMES

　　* Information Systems Development* Information Systems Management* Management Information Systems* Virtual Engineering* Mobile/Wireless Computing* Communication Systems and Networks* Emergent Computation* Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing* Computing Techniques* Human Information Systems* Education and Information Systems* Control Systems* Economic and Financial Systems* SCI in Biology and Medicine* SCI in Psychology, Cognition and Spirituality* Conceptual Infrastructure of SCI* Natural Resources* Human Resources* Globalization, Development and Emerging Economies* SCI in Art

　　ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC CO-SPONSORS

　　?WOSC: World Organization on Systemics and Cybernetics (France)?The Center for Systems Studies (UK)?Systems Society of Poland?Society Applied Systems Research (Canada)?Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society?Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela)?Polish System Society (Poland)?Italian Society of Systemics?ISSS: International Society for the Systems Sciences (USA)?ISI: The International Systems Institute (USA)?IFSR: International Federation of Systems Research (Austria/USA)?Cybernetics and Human Knowing: A Journal of Second Order Cybernetics and

　　Cybersemiotics (Denmark)?CUST, Engineer Science Institute of the Blaise Pascal University (France)?Concurrency and Architecture Group, the Telematics Engineering Department of

　　the Univesity of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria (Spain).?The Tunisian Scientific Society (Tunisia).

　　Technical Co - Sponsor

　　?IEEE, Computer Society (Chapter: Venezuela)

　　ORGANIZED BY THE IIIS

　　The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.

　　ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

　　Those interested in participating in:?The Organization of Invited Session(s)?The Organization of Focus Symposium?The Reviewing Process?The Conference Promotion?Recommending Scholars/Researchers in order to have an active

　　participation and/or submit the papers.?Proposing Organizations/Institutes/Universities as Academic/Scientific

　　Co-sponsors.

　　Please, enter to the conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/, and fill the respective form. If by any reasons you are not able to access thepage mentioned above, please, try the following page:http://www.iiisci.org/sci2002/.

　　If you have any problems linking to the conference web pages, or you needto send or receive additional information, contact the General ChairProfessor Nagib Callaos to:ncallaos@ callaos.com

　　ncallaos@ aol.com

　　callaos@ telcel.net.ve

　　PARTICIPANTS

　　Participation of both, researchers and practitioners is strongly encouraged.Papers may be submitted on: research in science and engineering, casestudies drawn on professional practice and consulting, and position papersbased on large and rich experience gained through executive/managerialpractices and decision-making. For this reason, the Program Committee isconformed according to the criteria given above.

　　TYPES OF SUBMISSION ACCEPTED

　　1. Papers

　　?Research

　　?Review

　　?Position

　　?Report2. Panel Presentation, Workshop and/or Round Table Proposals3. New Topics and Invited Sessions Proposals (which should include aminimum of 5 papers)4. Focus Symposia (which should include a minimum of 15 papers)

　　EXTENDED ABSTRACTS AND PAPER DRAFTS SUBMISSION FORM

　　Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent taking into account thefollowing Format:

　　1. Major theme of the paper, related to the major themes given above.2. Paper title.3. Extended abstract of 500 to 1500 words and/or paper drafts of 2000 to5000 words, in English.4. Authors and/or co-authors with names, addresses, telephone and faxnumbers, and     e-mail addresses.

　　Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent to the conference webpage: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/, filling the respective form anduploading the respective paper or extended abstract. If by any reasons youare not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the followingpage: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2002/.

　　If the conference web pages are not accessible for you, you can also makeyour submission by e-mail, attaching it to the following e-mail addresses:nacallao@telcel.net.ve and WMSCI2001@aol.com.

　　DEADLINES

　　December 19, 2001: Submission of extended abstracts (500-1500 words) orpaper drafts (2000-5000 words).

　　December 19, 2001: Invited session proposals.

　　February 20, 2002: Acceptance notifications.

　　April 10, 2002: Submission of camera-ready papers: hard copies andelectronic versions.

　　PAPERS REVIEWING AND PUBLICATION

　　Submitted papers will be reviewed. Accepted papers, which should not exceedsix single-spaced typed pages, will be published by means of paper andelectronic proceedings.

　　Best papers will be selected for awards and might be recommended forjournal publications.

　　Multiple author books will be published by IIIS based on, the best-invitedsessions, the best focus symposia or the best mini-conferences and thetopic of the papers.

　　INVITED SESSIONS

　　Based on past conferences experience, we suggest the following steps inorder to organize an invited session:

　　1) Identify a special topic in the scope of SCI 2002, and the invitedsession title. Fill the invited session organization form, provided in theconference web page:  http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/. If by any reasons youare not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the followingpage: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2002/. If you don't have access to the web,contact the General Chair, via e-mail: ncallaos@callaos.com;ncallaos@aol.com; callaos@telcel.net.ve.2) If the identified topic is suitable, the General Chair will accept theproposal, and you will receive an acceptation by e-mail, in a few days.This acceptation is not a final approval of the proposed session, but apre-approval. The final approval will depend on identifying at least fivepapers for the proposed session and informing, at least, about theirtitles. With this acceptation: a) the proposed session will be included inthe conference web page as well as its organizer and the chairs' name, andb) its organizer will be able to announce his/her invited session in thecontext of SCI 2002, by any media that he/she thinks appropriated, such as:

　　Web page, hard copy call for papers, call for papers attached to e-mails,etc.3) Contact researchers and/or practitioners in your field to see if theycan contribute a paper to your proposed session and attend at SCI 2002.4) Collect the extended abstracts or the paper drafts from each prospectiveparticipant.5) Write a summary (1-2 page) with the main objectives, which must berelated to the invited/selected papers.6) As soon as you have 5 papers, you will complete the form regarding theinvited session papers, provided in the conference web page:http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/.7) Step 7 will take your invited session to the status of an approved oneif the papers fulfil all the requirements (i.e. quality). All the approvedinvited sessions will be included in the SCI 2002 conference program.

　　PROGRAM COMMITTEE

　　Integrated by (197) prestigious scholars/researchers from 48 countries:Details can be found in the conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/,or asked for a detailed Call For Papers, by e-mail.

　　Conference fees

　　The conference fees will be $340 before the deadline, and $390 after thedeadline.

　　This fee will include exclusively:

　　* A CD-ROM version of the Proceedings* One volume of the hard copy version of the Conference Proceedings.

　　(Other volumes will be available with a 40% of discount for participants)* Coffee breaks* Welcome Reception

　　Each registration fee might include a maximum of one paper, whichpresentation will be included in the conference program and published inthe conference proceedings.

　　Any other expenses must be afforded/provided by the participants. Theregistration fee does not include any post-conference services. There willbe additional shipping and handling costs for those registered authors who,for unforeseen reasons, could not go to the conference. Any post-conferenceadministrative requirements will be charged $20 per staff hour required toelaborate such a requirement, with a minimum of $10. Post-conferencerequirements will have their own deadline, which in no case will be morethan three months, after the last day of the conference.

　　Conference CONTACTS

　　Prof. Nagib Callaos (General Chair)E -mails: ncallaos@ usb.ve(Academic)ncallaos@ aol.com(Personal)ncallaos@ callaos.com(Business)callaos@ telcel.net.ve

　　USA Tel/Fax: +1 (407) 856-6274Venezuela Tel/Fax (office): +58 (212) 962-1519

　　Conference Secretariatscio98@ cantv.net

　　Details can be found at the Conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/.Answers to specific questions can also be requested by e-mail.