Call for papers --- ESSA 2005: Representing social reality: approaches and results --- The third annual conference of the European Social Simulation Association --- Koblenz, Germany, September 5 to 9, 2005

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ESSA 2005

Representing social reality: approaches and results

The third annual conference of the European Social Simulation Association, together with

· the autumn meeting of the Research Committee on Modelling and Simulation of the German Sociological Association and

· the third Model to Model Workshop

will be held at the Koblenz Campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau from September 5 to 9, 2005.

Streams

“Representing social reality” is a very broad theme, and ESSA 2005 is open to all applications of simulation to social science; so all submissions under the main theme will be welcome — the discussion should be about social reality represented in models, not just about representing at large, and results are more welcome than just approaches. Anyway, we want to invite submissions particularly from the following fields:

· Involving users: participatory methods

· Microanalytical simulation models: supporting social policy

· Modelling culture, norms and reputation

· Replication and verification

· Agent-based models: supporting sociological theory building

· Qualitative and non-numerical approaches to simulation

· Physics based approaches to economics and social science

Tutorials

Applications to run tutorials will be welcome.

Program committee

Frédéric Amblard Francois Bousquet Claudio Cioffi Helder Coelho Rosaria Conte Paul Davidsson Guillaume Deffuant Andreas Diekmann Alexis Drogoul Bruce Edmonds Nigel Gilbert David Hales Cesareo Hernandez Iglesias Wander Jager Ben Jann Andre P. Meyer Michael Möhring Scott Moss Jean-Pierre Muller Juliette Rouchier Nicole Saam Jaime Simão Sichman Flaminio Squazzoni Klaus G. Troitzsch Gérard Weisbuch

Local organising committee

Klaus G. Troitzsch Michael Möhring Ulrike May

Venue

The conference will be held on the Koblenz campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau, one of the newest campuses in Germany (built 1998–2000), and hosted by the Faculty of Computer Science and its Department of Information Systems Research.

Koblenz can be reached easily by train from the Cologne and Frankfurt airports and by bus from Frankfurt-Hahn airport (timetables will be available from the website) and is located at the northern entrance to the Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage, at the confluence of Rhine and Moselle.

Accommodation

A number of Koblenz hotels offers reduced rates for guests of the university. A list and a map of those hotels with which we have made provisional reservations can be found on the website (but not before January 2005). Participants will have to make final reservations directly with their preferred hotels. Reasonable prices are between 40 and 60 € per night.

Schedule

September 5 (Monday): arrival of those participants who want to join tutorials

September 6 (Tuesday): parallel tutorials; arrival of most of the other participants; get-together event (perhaps on a river boat, except the conference dinner can be organised on a river boat)

September 7 (Wednesday): conference starts with a plenary session, lunch, parallel sessions; evening free to visit wineries or breweries.

September 8 (Thursday): conference continues with plenary and parallel sessions; conference dinner (either on board a riverboat or in a winery in a village near Koblenz)

September 9 (Friday): if necessary: more parallel sessions, closing session (student paper award, panel discussion ...), departure before or after lunch

If you want to spend the weekend before or after the conference in the Middle Rhine valley, in order to obtain cheaper weekend flights or to spend a few days as a tourist, you should ensure that you book early, as hotel accommodation is in short supply during September.

Registration and submissions (more details on http://www.essa.eu.org/ESSA2005)

Extended abstracts: 15 January 2005 Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2005 Full papers due: 31 May 2005

Early registration (25 € fee reduction): 15 April 2005

Fees

Fees cover the book of abstracts (or pre-proceedings, resp.) and CD-ROM, get-together meeting and conference dinner, coffee and soft drinks during the conference and lunch in the university restaurant.

Regular fee

ESSA members 125 € DGS-RC members 125 € others 150 €

Early registration: 25 € less Students: 25 € less Late registration at the conference desk: additional 25 €

Fees can be paid via the ESSA website (using PayPal) or to the ESSA bank account, but not before January 2005.

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Prof. Dr. Klaus G. Troitzsch Institut für Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsinformatik Universität Koblenz-Landau e-mail: kgt@uni-koblenz.de www: http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~kgt http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~kgt