Upskilling as an antidote to Deaths of Despair

Andre Richier recently suggested some readings that are eye-opening. Andre clearly sees the link between the lack of skills and stress at work, poor (mental) health, diminishing productivity etc. The book “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism” by Case and Deaton speaks directly to the dramatically increased death rate (including suicides) of less …

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HICSS 2022: Call for Papers

Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS) HICSS-55 2022, Jan 4-7, 2022, Hyatt Regency, Maui, HI USA [1] Call for Papers (Deadline June 15th) – some ISSIP.org related Sessions Track: Decision Analytics and Service Science [2] Co-Chair: Christer Carlsson (Abo, Finland), Haluk Demirkan (UWashington Tacoma, USA) Minitrack: Smart Service Systems Design [3] Co-Chairs: Ralph Badinelli …

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ISSIP Discovery Summit: AI and Automation

Call for Papers/speakers AI is increasingly being applied in use cases involving optimization, decision support, and automation. AI-powered systems are poised not only to assist, and augment human capacity in some cases, but also carry out routine to complex tasks in other cases freeing up human time for innovative tasks. This is already starting to …

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Call for Papers: HICSS 2022 – Smart Service Systems Design Mini-track

Call for Papers: HICSS 2022 – Smart Service Systems Design Mini-track Please consider sharing with your colleagues and/or submitting a paper. Hopefully in person event – Jan 4-7, 2022, Maui, HI USA Many thanks and please share with colleague who may have an interet, Ralph, Jim, and Haluk (co-chairs)Minitrack URL: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/decision-analytics-and-service-science/#smart-service-systems-design-minitrack References Alter S. Applying …

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Registration is now open for the Global Grand Challenges Summit, to be held in London, England on March 12-13, 2013.

Registration is now open for the Global Grand Challenges Summit, to be held in London, England on March 12-13, 2013. Registrants are considered “Delegates” and you can now sign up as such at this website: www.raeng.org.uk/grandchallenges Based upon the initial response to the Summit announcement (http://www.nae.edu/Activities/MediaRoom/News/55955/65132.aspx), we anticipate this event to sell out quickly. If you …

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2013 International Conference on Economics and Social Science (ICESS 2013)

Website: http://www.icess-conf.org/ January 20-21, 2013, Melbourne, Australia We are delighted to invite you to participate in 2013 International Conference on Economics and Social Science (ICESS 2013), Melbourne, Australia. ICESS 2013 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of advances in Economics and Social Science. This Conference provides a chance for academic …

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PICMET 13

PICMET’13 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference will be held at the San Jose Marriott Hotel in San Jose, California on July 28 – August 1, 2012. The theme is “Technology Management in the IT-Driven Services” The papers accepted for and presented at the conference are included in the refereed Proceedings, …

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4th International Conference on Exploring Service Science, Porto Portugal

CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS ******************************************************************* IESS 1.3 – The 4th International Conference on Exploring Service Science Proceedings of IESS 1.3 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) 6-8 February 2013, Porto, Portugal www.fe.up.pt/iess1.3 iess1.3@fe.up.pt 36 Hours in Porto: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/travel/36-hours-in-porto-portugal.html SUBMISSION DEADLINES Deadline for paper and short paper submission: …

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