The 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems will be held in Beijing during October 22-24, 2011.

　　The theme for KICSS2011 is  "Creative Economy and Creativity Support"

　　Detailed information can be found from    http://meta-synthesis.iss.ac.cn/kicss2011/

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　　The 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems

　　Beijing, October 22-24, 2011

　　Call for Participation

　　Creativity enters into virtually every aspect of life. Every one of us is creative, to a degree. Facing the ever-changing and full-of-conflicts world, creative thinking, innovative ideas and implementation are barely needed, and supporting creativity is very natural and becoming one of most challenging areas. Research on creativity support systems and its relevant fields is emerging. It is a multidisciplinary field where advances and innovations rely on the combined efforts of a wide range of scientific, technological and management disciplines along with systems practice. KICSS conference is to facilitate technology and knowledge exchange between international researchers/scholars in the field of knowledge science, information technologies, system science and creativity support systems. The conference will cover a broad range of research topics in the fields of knowledge engineering, science and management, information technology, creativity support systems and complex system modeling.

　　To be held in Beijing, a vigorous big city with an unparalleled wealth of discovery from long history and modern development, KICSS2011 is the 6th event in the series of KICSS, which started in Ayutthaya (2006) and successfully was held in Nomi (2007), Hanoi (2008), Seoul (2009) and Chiang Mai (2010). We hope to exhibit the latest research work on effective concepts, methodologies, and advanced knowledge intensive tools to tackle with a variety of complex problems in this colorful while conflicted world.

　　A broad range of research topics in the fields of knowledge science, engineering and management, information technology, creativity support systems and complex system modeling are welcome.

　　*** Confirmed Invited Plenary Talk ***

　　"Designing Life Worth Living: Knowledge Creation Media Will Bring Innovative Lifestyle",

　　Kazushi NISHIMOTO (JAIST, Japan)

　　"Health Informatics",  Yanchun ZHANG (Victoria University, Australia)

　　"Web Intelligence: Next Decade", Ning ZHONG

　　(Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan; International WIC Institute)

　　Innovation Lecture:

　　"Process Innovation by W-type Creative Problem Solving Methodology"

　　Susumu KUNIFUJI (国藤进, professor and dean, School of Knowledge Science, JAIST)

　　A Workshop on Service and Mind Innovation will be held on October 21 (Friday) with

　　following lectures:

　　"Case Studies on Mind Innovation in Japan"

　　Takashi ASANO (浅野隆, president, Japan Management Association, 日本管理协会会长)

　　"Creative Thinking Method Idea-Marathon for Mind Innovation"

　　Takeo Higuchi (?口健夫, Idea Marathon inventor，创意马拉松的提出者)

　　"Field Innovation and Service Science"

　　Youji Kohda (神田?治, professor, JAIST)

　　"Emerging New Perspectives in Modern Innovation Engineering"

　　Toshihiko Yamakami (山上俊彦，senior specialist, ACCESS)

　　Co-organizer

　　Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences  (http://www.iss.ac.cn/iss/chinese.html)

　　Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (http://www.jaist.ac.jp)

　　Dalian University of Technology   (http://www.dlut.edu.cn/dutn/dut-e/main.htm)

　　Shanghai Academy of Systems Science  (http://www.sass.sh.cn/)

　　Systems Engineering Society of China  (http://www.amss.ac.cn/sesc/)

　　IEEE SMC Beijing Chapter (http://www.rccm.tsinghua.edu.cn/smc-bj/)

　　University of Hull

　　*** Paper Submission and Publication ***

　　Online submissions are accepted at  http://meta-synthesis.iss.ac.cn/kicss2011.

　　The accepted papers will be selected for post-proceedings in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), a subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) published by Springer.

　　Selected papers will also be recommended based on topics to Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, a SCI journal published by Springer. Other journals are in discussion.

　　*** TIME SCHEDULE FOR SUBMISSION ***

　　July 31 (EXTENDED): Paper submission deadline

　　September 1         Notification of acceptance

　　October 1           Final camera-ready paper

　　October 21          Workshop on Service and Mind Innovation

　　October 22-24       Conference 

　　*** Contact Information ***

　　General contact email address: mcs@iss.ac.cn (Subject: KSICSS2011)

　　Email of organizing chair:

　　Xijin Tang   xjtang@amss.ac.cn 

　　Tel: +86 10 62553291，62651427