General Chair
Wolfgang Hofkirchner, President, ISIS, 2013-2015; President, BCSSS 2004-2016
Chairs
David Chapman, The Difference that makes a Difference (DTMD 2015)
Christian Fuchs, Fifth ICTs and Society Conference (ICTS 2015)
Pedro C. Marijuán, Sixth International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science (FIS 2015)
Kun Wu, Second International Conference on Philosophy of Information (ICPI 2015)
Co-Chairs
Walter Baier, transform!
Gerhard Banse, Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Berlin
Kirsten Beuth, Evangelische Akademie Wien
Stefan Blachfellner, Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science
Ulrich Brand, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
Mary Jo Deering, Deering Health Associates, Washington, D.C., USA
José María Díaz Nafría, BITrum Research Group
Gandolfo Dominici, B.S.Lab
Petr Doucek, Department of Systems Analysis, University of Economics, Prague
Kristof Fenyvesi, International Symmetry Association
Francis Heylighen, Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Stefan Hügel, Forum Computer Professionals for Peace and Social Responsibility, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Michael Jursa, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna
László Z. Karvalics, Szeged Information History Workshop, Hungary
Graeme Kirkpatrick, Media, Technology & Culture Research Group, University of Skövde, Sweden
Jörg Matthes, Department of Communication, University of Vienna
Michael Nentwich, Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Marianne Penker, Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Markus F. Peschl, Cognitive Science Research Platform @ University of Vienna
Alfred Pritz, Sigmund Freud Privat Universität, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Ljubljana, Milano
Christian Stary, Department of Business Information Systems, Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Albert Steinvorth, Katholische Hochschulgemeinde Wien, Austria
Mariarosaria Taddeo, International Association for Computing and Philosophy
Edgar Weippl, sba-research, Vienna, Austria
Konstantin Zenkin, Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Russia
Rainer E. Zimmermann, Institut für Design Science, Germany
International Programme Committee
Marcus Abundis, Bön Informatics, Switzerland
Frank Adloff, Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Mustafa Ali, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Doris Allhutter, Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Thomas Allmer, Institute for Education, Community and Society, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; UTI Research Group
Carmelo Ardito, IVU Lab, Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Alexander Banfield-Mumb, Vienna University of Technology; UTI Research Group
Gerhard Banse, Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Germany
Shima Beigi, Department of Civil Engineering, Bristol University, UK
Robert Bichler, Communication Department, University of Salzburg; UTI Research Group
Chris Bissell, Institution of Engineering and Technology; Higher Education Academy – The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Johan Bollen, Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, Bloomington, USA
Heinz Brandl, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology; President, Österreichischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein; Austria
Joseph Brenner, Switzerland; International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET), Paris; UTI Research Group; Board, Foundations of Information Science; Vice-President for Transdisciplinarity, ISIS
Søren Brier, Department of International Business Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Vicepresident for Research, ISIS
Luis Emilio Bruni, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark; Vice-President for Conferences, ISIS
Elizabeth Buchanan, Center for Applied Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA; Vice-President for Educational Affairs, ISIS
Mark Burgin, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; UTI Research Group; Vice-President for Publications, ISIS
Evo Busseniers, Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Rafael Capurro, Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart, Germany
David Chapman, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Gerhard Chroust, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria; Board Member, BCSSS
John Collier, Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Takehiko Daikoku, School of Info-Communication, Meiji University, Japan; Vice-President for Regional Chapters, ISIS
György Darvas, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Director, Symmetrion; International Symmetry Association (ISA)
Terrence W. Deacon, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Mary Jo Deering, Deering Health Associates, Washington, D.C., USA
Yagmur Denizhan, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Giuseppe Desolda, IVU Lab, Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Giovanna Di Rosario, Departament de Filologia Romànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
José María Díaz Nafría, Faculty of Systems and Telecommunication, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador; Faculty of Education, Universidad de León, Spain; UTI Research Group; Vice-President for Communication, ISIS
Anke Dittmar, Institut für Informatik, University of Rostock, Germany
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University; Chalmers University of Technology; University of Gothenburg – Mälardalen and Gothenburg, Sweden; Board, Foundations of Information Science; President Elect, ISIS
Schahram Dustdar, Distributed Systems Group, Information Systems Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Josef Eberhardsteiner, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria; Dean
Péter Érdi, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Kristof Fenyvesi, Department of Art and Culture Studies and Research Center for Contemporary Culture, University of Jyväskylä, Finland; CEO, International Symmetry Association (ISA)
Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Institute for Design and Assessment of Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Peter Fleissner, Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria; UTI Research Group; Board Member, BCSSS; Vice-President for Funds and Vice-President for Special Interest Groups, ISIS
Luciano Floridi, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
Peter Forbrig, Institut für Informatik, University of Rostock, Germany
Christian Fuchs, Communication and Media Research Institute, Centre for Social Media Research, University of Westminster, London, UK; UTI Research Group
Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Gerald Futschek, Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Carlos Gershenson, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Ted Goranson, Sirius-Beta, USA; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Radu Grosu, Institute of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Armin Grunwald, Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe, Germany
Graham Harvey, Department of Religious Studies, The Open University, UK
Dirk Helbing, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Thomas Herdin, Communication Department, University of Salzburg
Francis Heylighen, The Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Lorenz Hilty, Informatics and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich; Technology and Society Lab, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen; Switzerland
Marc Humbert, Faculty of Economics, Université de Rennes 1, France
Ebba Þóra Hvannberg, Computer Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Derek Jones, Department of Engineering and Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Cliff Joslyn, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
László Z. Karvalics, Department of Cultural Heritage and Human Information Science, Faculty of Arts, Szeged University, Hungary
Cornelia Kasper, Institute for Applied Microbiology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Mixel Kiemen, Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Konstantin Kolin, Institute for Problems of Informatics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; Board, Foundations of Information Science; Immediate Past President, ISIS
Peter Kopacek, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Klaus Kornwachs, BTU Cottbus; Humboldt Study Center for Humanities, University of Ulm – Germany; Intelligent Urbanization Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
Asimina Koukou, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria
Hans-Jörg Kreowski, Department of Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
John Krogstie, Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Marios Kyriazis, British Longevity Society, UK
Cadell Last, Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Marta Lenartowicz, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University Kraków
Michael Leyton, DIMACS Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Zong-Rong Li, Department of Psychology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China; Board, Foundations of Information Science; Vice-President for Archives, ISIS
Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland; Steering Committee, Foundations of Information Science
Robert K. Logan, University of Toronto, Canada
Rüdiger Lohlker, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
Astrid Mager, Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Pedro C. Marijuán, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón); Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) – Zaragoza, Spain; Chair and Steering Committee, Foundations of Information Science; Vice-President for Protocol, ISIS
Krassimir Markov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI BAS), Bulgaria, Sofia; Steering Committee, Foundations of Information Science
Ruth Mateus-Berr, Art Sciences and Art Education, and Arts and Society, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Koichiro Matsuno, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Gerald Midgley, Hull University Business School, University of Hull, UK; Scientific Council, BCSSS
Gerd Müller, Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Austria; Chairman, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg, Austria; Vice President, BCSSS
Alexander Nolte, Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Kai Nothdurft, Information Security Officer, Munich, Germany
Veronika Nowak, SBA Research, Vienna, Austria
Franz Ofner, University Klagenfurt, Austria; UTI Research Group
Stefan Oppl, Department of Business Information Systems, Kepler University of Linz, Austria
Kang Ouyang, Director, Institute of Social Information Studies, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, PR China; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Alois Paulin, Institute of Computer Aided Automation, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Marianne Penker, Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Board Member, BCSSS
Markus F. Peschl, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria
Michel Petitjean, University Paris 7, France; International Symmetry Association; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Sergey Petoukhov, Biomechanical Systems Laboratory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Chairman, Advisory Board, International Symmetry Association (ISA)
Michael Prilla, Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Peter Purgathofer, Institute for Design and Assessment of Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Werner Purgathofer, Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Marco Ragni, Center for Cognitive Science, Institute of Computer Science and Social Research, University of Freiburg, Germany
Magnus Ramage, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Martin Rhonheimer, School of Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy
Marko A. Rodriguez, Aurelius LLC, USA
David Rousseau, Centre for Systems Philosophy, Surrey, UK; BCSSS
Robert Sablatnig, Institute of Computer Aided Automation, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Francisco Salto Alemany, Logic, Universidad de León, Spain; UTI Research Group
Marisol Sandoval, The Department of Culture and Creative Industries, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London; UTI Research Group
Katharine Sarikakis, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria
Britta Schinzel, University of Freiburg, Germany
Ulrich Schmid, Institute of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Sebastian Sevignani, Institute of Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany; UTI Research Group
Tomáš Sigmund, Department of Systems Analysis, University of Economics, Prague
Brigitte Sindelar, Department Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Sigmund Freud Privat Universität Wien, Austria
Christian Stary, Department of Business Information Systems, Kepler University of Linz, Austria
John Stewart, Evolution, Complexity and Cognition Research Group (ECCO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Stefan Strauß, Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Wojciech Szpankowski, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University; NSF Center for Science of Information – West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
A Min Tjoa, Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Paul-Francois Tremlett, Department of Religious Studies, The Open University, UK
Viktoras Veitas, Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Clémant Vidal, Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Thomas Wallner, School of Management, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Steyr, Austria; Board Member, BCSSS
David R. Weinbaum (Weaver), Global Brain Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, Vienna, Austria
Liss C. Werner, Tactile Architecture, Berlin, Germany
Jennifer Wilby, Hull University Business School, University of Hull, UK; Scientific Council, BCSSS
Kun Wu, Department of Philosophy; Director, International Center of Philosophy of Information – Xi’an Jiaotong University, PR China; Board, Foundations of Information Science
Xueshan Yan, Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, PR China; Board, Foundations of Information Science; Vice-President for Institutional Membership, ISIS
Yi-Xin Zhong, Center for Intelligence Science and Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, PR China; Chair and Steering Committee, Foundations of Information Science
Liqian Zhou, Department of International Business Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Tom Ziemke, School of Informatics, University of Skövde, Sweden
Rainer E. Zimmermann, General Studies, University of Applied Sciences Munich; Scientific Director, Institut für Design Science – München, Germany; UTI Research Group; Scientific Council, BCSSS
Organising Committee
Robert Jahn, Secretary General, ISIS
Local Organising Committee
Alexander Banfield-Mumb, UTI Research Group
Lin Bi, BCSSS
Stefan Blachfellner, Managing Director, BCSSS
Peter Fleissner, Vice-President for Funds, ISIS; Board Member, BCSSS
Clemens Knezu, Austrian Computer Society Working Group Information Studies
Asimina Koukou, BCSSS
Natalia Kudriavtceva, BCSSS
Franz Ofner, Deputy Head, Austrian Computer Society Working Group Information Studies
Dietrich Rordorf, MDPI AG, Basel
Jian Wang, BCSSS
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Publication Committee
Søren Brier, Editor-in-Chief, Cybernetics and Human Knowing
Luis Emilio Bruni, Member, Editorial Board, Biosemiotics
Mark Burgin, Vice-President for Publications, ISIS; Editor-in-Chief, Information
György Darvas, Editor, Symmetry: Culture and Science
José María Díaz Nafría, Co-ordinatio, Consilium Editorum, Glossarium BITri
Gandolfo Dominici, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Market and Business Systems
Christian Fuchs, Editor, triple-c
Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Krassimir Markov, ITHEA International Journals
Basarab Nicolescu, Editor-in-Chief, Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science
Magnus Ramage, Editor-in-Chief, Kybernetes
David Rousseau, Editor-in-Chief, Systema: connecting matter, life, culture and technology
Marisol Sandoval, Editor, triple-c
Katharine Sarikakis, Editor, International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics
Brigitte Sindelar, Member, Editorial Team, SFU Forschungsbulletin; Redaktion, Zeitschrift für freie psychoanalytische Forschung und Individualpsychologie
Christian Stary, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Interaction Science
David R. Weinbaum (Weaver), Guest Editor, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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