AG 2009 - The 2nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2009

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Category AG 2009

Deadline: February 11, 2009 | Date: July 10, 2009

Venue/Country: Florida, U.S.A

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Jointly with

The 13th Multi-conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2009

July 10th - 13th, 2009 ¨C Orlando, Florida, USA

http://www.iiis2009.org/ag/

Honorary Presidents of Past Conferences:

Bela Banathy, Stafford Beer, George Klir, Karl Pribram, Paul Jensen and Gheorghe Benga.

Honorary Chair: William Lesso

Program Committee Chairs: Jorge Baralt and C. Dale Zinn

General Chair: Nagib Callaos

Organizing Committee Co-Chairs: Belkis S¨¢nchez, Andr¨¦s Tremante

Conference¡¯s Major Themes

• Imp-act of the Globalization Phenomena on Higher Education.

• Academic Consortia.

• Institutional Networks.

• Success and Failure Factor in Higher Education Internationalization.

• Comparative Higher Education Research.

• Transnational Education.

• Quality and the Internationalization of Higher Education.

• Research and Global Networks.

• Research and Global Knowledge Infrastructures.

• Strategies and Organizational Models.

• Academic Globalization.

• Impact of Higher Education on the Globalization Phenomena.

• Relationships of Academic Globalization and Internationalization of Higher Education.

• Globalization, Regionalization and Higher Education.

• Globalization and Scientific Research.

• Relationships between Academic Globalization and Knowledge Society/Economy.

• International Academic Networks and Alliances.

• Academic Cooperation.

• Academic Associations.

Program Committee

The Program Committee has about 190 members, who are complemented by about 1090 reviewers, from about 77 countries. The names, affiliations and countries of the PC¡¯s members as well as the additional reviewers could be found at the Conference¡¯s web site, or more specifically at www.iiis2009.org/ag/PCommitte.asp.

The Program Committee is mostly formed by 1) the authors of the sessions' best papers of AG 2008; 2) its effective invited session organizers who also were co-editors of the conference proceedings; and 3) some members of past WMSCI Conferences, who were also authors of best papers. (Those who manifested no interest in participating in the Program Committee have been removed).

Ways of Participation

Participation in the conference could be done by means of one or several of the following activities:

• The submission of a paper/abstract.

• The organization of Invited Session(s)

• Tutorial proposals

• 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.

• Panel Presentation.

• Proposing Organizations/Institutes/Universities as Academic/Scientific Co-Sponsors.

Kinds of Participants

Participation of both, researchers and practitioners is strongly encouraged. Papers may be submitted on: research in science and engineering, case studies drawn on professional practice and consulting, and position papers based on large and rich experience gained through executive/managerial practices and decision-making. Hence, the Program Committee has been conformed according to the criteria given above.

Types of Submissions Accepted

1. Papers/Abstracts

• Research papers

a. in science

b. in engineering, including systems analysis, design, implementation, synthesis, deployment, maintenance, etc.

• Review papers

• Case studies

• Position papers

• Reports: technical reports, engineering reports, reports on a methodological application, etc.

2. Invited Sessions

Data regarding invited session to be organized by the submitter (title of the invited session, name of the organizer, affiliation, titles of the papers accepted for the invited session, authors¡¯ names, etc.). More details could be found below or at the conference web site.

3. Panel Presentation and/or Round Table Proposals. Panel or round table proposals can be made using the web page related to invited sessions proposals.

4. Focus Symposia (which should include a minimum of 15 papers). Focus symposia proposals can be made using the web page related to invited sessions proposals.

5. Tutorial or workshop presentation, which can be proposed sending an email tutorialmail.wmsci2009.org