The Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of the Information Science (FIS-2013)
Conference concept
The FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (FIS-2013) will be held under the motto of:
Perspectives of Information in Global Education
as a New Approach for the 21st Century.
Within the information society, education will be the strategic, competitive edge for future communities. Although technological improvement is actually, primarily driving the development process of communities, the focus on the humanities aspects of information handling will be the critical success factor for communities to a successful sustainable enhancement of its society within a competitive environment. Education on all levels, primary, advanced and academic, has to consider this fact and develop future oriented strategies to meet this challenge.
Within the general ISIS concept of being an open platform for all fields of information research, this conference especially aims to address the topic of “Global Education” for future generations which occurs in all academic disciplines of knowledge development like information philosophy and ethics, humanitarian aspects, economy, life science and the technical development of information systems.
Therefore, this conference will present the past development of the field, as well as the actual status of research and knowledge and ongoing activities to shape the future towards an integrated view on “Global Education”.
We invite all research institutions, researchers, governmental and non-governmental institutions, as well as industrial establishments, interested in this field, to join the conference in order to learn about the actual status, discuss future ways for the development and contribute to the shape of this strategic field for the future.
The Main Topics of the Conference:
1. The History and International Experience of Studying on the Information.
2. The Philosophy of Information and Philosophical Foundations of Information Science
3. The General Theory of Information and Knowledge.
4. The Theory and Methodology of Artificial Intelligence.
5. Psychological and Cognitive Problems of the General Theory of Information.
6. Information in the Animate and Inanimate Nature.
7. Information and Knowledge in Social and Economic Systems.
8. Global Information Society.
9. The Philosophy, Theory and Methodology of Information Culture.
10. Study of the General Theory of Information in Education.
11. The Prerequisites of the Information and Computer Sciences Convergence.
Principal Structure of the Conference
The conference is divided into 2 parts:
Open conference for all participants — 3 days.
ISIS General Assembly (ISIS members only) — ½ day.
The open conference is scheduled for 3 days with around 5 plenary sessions and one round table discussion for a half day. The speakers for the plenary session will be preselected and invited by the Program Committee. Every plenary report is an invited report. A conference fee of USD 100 will be obligatory for every participant.
During the conference the speeches will be translated in Russian and English.
During the conference there will be an exhibition of new books and publications.
Conference Organization Procedure
To meet the time schedule, selection and invitation of speakers took place in November 2012. As a prerequisite the financial conditions and funds have to be clarified.
The speakers are requested to send the theses of their reports to the program committee at the latest the end of March 2013. The thesis reports will be published on the ISIS webpage and the website of Moscow University for the Humanities.
A Chinese website has been requested and it may be organized by the Chinese section of the ISIS.
It is planned to publish the reports and proceedings via Internet on the ISIS web portal and the portal of Moscow University for the Humanities. Afterwards, a print version is aimed to be created in English and Russian and published.
Organizers and Committees
Organizers:
- The International Society for Information Studies (Austria);
- The International Academy of Science (Russian Branch), Russia;
- The Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
- The Russian Program Committee of the Program of UNESCO “Information for All”, Russia.
Parent Organizations:
- Moscow University for the Humanities (Russia);
- The Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- The Institute for Development of the Information Society (Russia);
- The Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
- The Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Russia);
- The National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" (Russia).
Organizing Committee:
The chairman — I. M. Ilinskiy, rector of Moscow University for the Humanities (Russia);
Vice-presidents:
- Luis Emilio Bruni, vice-president of the ISIS (Denmark);
- O. S. Glazachev, vice-president of the Russian Branch of the International Academy of Science (Russia);
- Val.А. Lukov, pro-rector of Moscow University for the Humanities (Russia);
- J.E. Khokhlov, president of the Institute for Development of the Information Society (Russia);
- S.Ya. Shorgin, deputy director of the Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia).
Members of the Organizing Committee:
- E.I. Kuzmin, chairman of Russian Program Committee of the Program of UNESCO “Information for All” (Russia);
- E.L. Kudrina, rector of the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts (Russia);
- S.A. Podlesnyi, Siberian Federal University (Russia);
- V.A. Pristupko, pro-rector of Moscow University for the Humanities (Russia);
- R. B. Sejful-Muljukov, the Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- V. P. Tikhomirov, scientific advisor of the Moscow State University of Economy, Statistics and Informatics (Russia);
- Y.Y. Chiorny, deputy director of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- M. Petitjean, vice-president of the ISIS (France);
- J.M. Díaz Nafría, vice-president of the ISIS (Spain);
- Zong-Rong Li, vice-president of the ISIS (China).
Program Committee:
The chairman — K.K. Kolin, president of the ISIS, president of the FIS-2013 (Russia).
Vice-presidents:
- J. Brenner, Vice-president of the ISIS (France);
- W. Hofkirchner, vice-president of the ISIS (Austria);
- Val.A. Lukov, pro-rector of Moscow University for the Humanities, vice-president of the Russian Branch of the International Academy of Science (Russia);
- Vl.A. Lukov, director of the Theory and History of Culture Center, the Institute of Fundamental and Applied Studies, Moscow University for the Humanities, International Academy of Science (Russia);
- P. C. Marijuán, vice-president of the ISIS (Spain).
Members of the Program Committee:
- A.Y. Alekseev, the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (Russia);
- L.E. Bruni, vice-president of the ISIS (Denmark);
- E. Buchanan, vice-president of the ISIS (USA);
- S.V. Butsyk, pro-rector of the Chelyabinsk State Academy of Culture and Arts (Russia);
- N.I. Gendina, Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts (Russia);
- G. Dodig-Crnkovic, vice-president of the ISIS (Sweden);
- D.I. Dubrovskij, the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- P. Fleissner, vice-president of the ISIS (Austria);
- V.F. Vzjatyshev, National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" (Russia);
- Kang Ouyang, honorary president of the IAB (China);
- A.I. Kovaleva, pro-rector of Moscow University for the Humanities (Russia);
- V.V. Lectorsky, the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- V.V. Nechaev, the Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Russia);
- E.A. Nikitina, the Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Russia);
- T. Nishigaki, vice-president of the ISIS (Japan);
- A.S. Sigov, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, rector of the Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Russia);
- K. V. Sudakov, full member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, vice-president of the International Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- A.D. Ursul, full member of the Academy of Science of Moldova, president of the International Academy of Noosphere(Sustainable Development), Russia;
- Yi-Xin Zhomg, honorary president of the IAB (China);
- Xueshan Yan, vice-president of the ISIS (China).
General Secretaries of the Conference:
The head — N.V. Zakharov, Moscow University for the Humanities (Russia);
- S.N. Grinchenko, the Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
- T.V. Ershova, the Institute for Development of the Information Society (Russia);
- R. Jahn, the ISIS Secretary General.
Information Sponsors of Conference:
- Information Society;
- Information Technologies;
- Knowledge. Understanding. Skill;
- Open Education;
- Space and Time;
- The Bulletin of the International Academy of Science;
- The Bulletin of the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts;
- The Bulletin of the Chelyabinsk State Academy of Culture and Arts;
- TRIPLEC — Cognition, Communication, Co-operation (International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society);
- Social Information Science Newsletter (China);
- “E” and “M” Euro Education (International Journal for European Intellectual Elite);
- The European Journal of Economic Studies.
THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
May 21 — The First Day of the Conference’s Work:
Plenary Session 1 (10:00 — 14:00):
10:00 — 11:00 — Opening Ceremony: Welcome Statement
11.00 — 14.00 — Plenary reports:
1. The Modernization of Russian Education in the Context of a Globalizing World (I.M. Ilinskiy, rector of Moscow University for the Humanities, Russia).
2. Information — From an Evolutionary Point of View (W. Kofler, president of International Academy of Science, Austria).
3. Information Bases of Ability to Live (K. Sudakov, vice-president of the International Academy of Science, Russia).
Plenary Session 2 (15:00 — 18:00):
4. Information Conversion: The General Theory of Information and Intelligence (Yi-Xin Zhong, China).
5. Information Thinking and System Thinking: A Comparison. (J. E. Brenner, France; Kun Wu, China).
6. Consciousness and a Brain: the Information Approach to a Problem. (D. Dubrovsky, Russia).
7. Theoretical Framework for Applied Knowledge Creation Modeling (I. Zatsman, Russia).
May 22 — The Second Day of the Conference’s Work:
Plenary Session 3 (10:00 — 14:00):
1. The History and Prospects of the Development of the International Cooperation in the Field of Studying of Fundamental Problems of Information Science. (W. Hofkirchner, Austria; P.C. Marijuán, Spain; Yi-Xin Zhong, China; V. Annenkov, Russia).
2. The Study of Information and Global Processes: Interdisciplinary Approaches (A. Ursul, Russia).
3. The Structure of the Reality and Philosophy of Information (K. Kolin, Russia).
4. Same Perspective Problems of Information Science (W. Hofkirchner, Austria).
5. Information Approach in the Research on Biological Systems (P. Marijuán, Spain).
Plenary Session 4 (15:00 — 18:00):
6. Social Information Science in China: A Modern Condition and Development Prospects (Kang Ouyang, China).
7. The Global Developments of Information Society and Russia (T. Ershova, Y. Khokhlov, S. Shaposhnik, Russia).
8. Information Culture and Media Literacy in Russia (N. Gendina, Russia).
9. The System Memory of Life and Social Media as the Substrate of Information (S. Grinchenko, Russia).
10. The Structure and Properties of Water Information (S. Zenin, Russia).
May 23 — The Third Day of the Conference’s Work:
Plenary Session 5 (10:00 — 13:00):
1. The Quality of Higher Education: the Informational Aspects (A. Sigov, V. Nechaev, Russia).
2. The Information Aspects of Smart Education (V. Tikhomirov, Russia).
3. Information Education in Russia (S. Beshenkov, E. Rakitina, E. Mirzaeva, Russia).
4. Information in the Animate and Inanimate Nature: the Scientific and Methodological Problems of Science and Education (R. Sejful-Muljukov, Russia).
13:00 — 14:00 — the General discussion and performances of participants of Conference.
15:00 — 17:30 — Round Table: The Experience of the Studies on the Problems of Information in the System of Education
Moderators: V. Vzjatyshev (Russia), A. Kovaleva (Russia), V. Annenkov (Russia), V. Nechaev (Russia), S. Beshenkov (Russia), Zong-Rong Li (China):
a. Information Approach in Education.
b. International and Russian Experience to Generate a New Information Culture in the Education.
c. Scientific and Educational Centers for the Study of the Problems of Information.
The Closing Ceremony (17:30 — 18:00)
Moderators: T. Ershova, R. Jahn, N. Zakharov
The Final Resolution of the Conference.
May 24
The ISIS General Assembly (11:00 — 14:00):
1. Welcome and Opening Session [R. Jahn, secretary general (30 min)].
2. Principal Statement [K. Kolin, including presentation of the Moscow Declaration (40 min, incl. discussion)].
3. The Past and Future Activities of the ISIS [P.C. Marijuán, vice-president for the Protocol of the ISIS, Spain (30 min, incl. discussion)].
4. Financial Report (K. Sarikakis, vice-president for Funds).
5. Voting and Election of the New President.
6. Targets for 2014-2015 (W. Hofkirchner).
7. The Future Activities of the ISIS and Closing Statement (R. Jahn).
Walter Kofler. Information — From a Evolutionary Point of View (Draft)
