Deadline Expired

 

Aims of ICOS 2007 [pdf flyer download here]

The conference in 2007 will continue the efforts of the international research community in the development of the emergent discipline of Organisational Semiotics (OS). It will focus not only on advancing the theory of OS but also on sharing the practical benefits gained so far through applications of methods and techniques derived from various OS approaches.

Contributors to the conference may present theoretical investigations and address practical problems from a range of perspectives, such as:

  • Organisational Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques.

  • Fundamental notions in Organizational Semiotics and their practical applications.

  • Semiotically based analysis of problems and of data.

  • Semiotically motivated approaches to information and communication systems.

  • User-centred approaches to information systems and information management.

  • Semiotics of interactions and user interface design.

  • Language-action paradigms.

  • Organisational Semiotics and Systems Theory.

  • Semiotically based methods for systems development: requirements, design, implementation, evaluation, maintenance, and the documentation of these activities.

  • Semiotically inspired approaches to the management of knowledge and of documented information.

  • Semiotically based approaches to multimedia.

The main theme of ICOS 2007 is Complexity in Organisational and Technological Systems.  Papers related to this theme are particularly welcome. However, contributions on other aspects of Organisational Semiotics are also acceptable.

 

All contributions will be peer reviewed. Both papers of a theoretical nature and papers that discuss empirical or historical research are welcomed. Extended versions of a selection of papers will be considered for further publication in a special issue of a journal or a book (to be announced).

Contributions will generally take the form of spoken presentations.  However, poster presentations are acceptable as an alternative.  Authors of posters should submit for review a short paper, containing the main points of their presentation.

Submission of Papers

Contributors are requested to submit a full paper, in pdf format and contained in a zip file, which should reach the Conference Secretary by Monday, 26 March 2007. 

Final, camera-ready versions of accepted papers should be produced in Word, with at least 1.5-line spacing, and submitted along with a pdf version.  These documents, contained in zip files, should reach the Conference Secretary by Monday, 9 July 2007.

A submission procedure will be provided in the conference website at www.orgsem.org.

Important Dates

Full paper submission:         26 March 2007
Notification of acceptance:  28 May 2007.
Camera-ready version:        9 July 2007.
Conference:                        24 – 26 July 2007.
 

Programme Committee

Peter Bøgh Andersen

(University of Aarhus, Denmark)

Cecilia Baranauskas

(IC-UNICAMP, Brazil)

Joseph Barjis

(South Georgia University, USA)

David Benyon

(Napier University, Edinburgh, UK)

Pierre-Jean Charrel 

(Université Toulouse 2 Mirail and IRIT, France) 

Rodney Clarke 

(Wollongong University, Australia)

Samuel Chong

(Accenture, UK)  

John Connolly

(Loughborough University, UK)

Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza

(PUC Rio, Brazil)

Junkang Feng

(University of Paisley, UK)

Joaquim Filipe

(Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal)

Tim French

(University of Bedfordshire, UK)

Daniel Galarreta

(Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France)

Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin

(FEEC-UNICAMP, Brazil)

Kecheng Liu

(University of Reading, UK)
Pericles Loucopoulis (University of Manchester, UK)
Mark Lycett (Brunel University, UK)
Grethe Mitchel (University of East London, UK)

Shaleph O'Neill

(University of Dundee, UK)
Steef Peters (Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Iain Phillips 

(Loughborough University, UK)

Pete Sawyer

(Lancaster University, UK)
Boris Shishkov (University of Twente, The Netherlands) 
Ronald Stamper (University of Twente, The Netherlands) 
Lily Sun (University of Reading, UK)
Renchu Gan (Beijing Institute of Technology)
Henk Gazendam (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) 
Rene Jorna (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Hans Weigand (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)