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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:16.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">Dear Distinguished Scholars,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;"> This is the International Research
Center for Philosophy of Information.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> In accordance with the plans of
International Society for Information Studies (IS4IS) and multi-national
universities and institutions, the 2</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">nd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> IS4IS Summit will be held in
Gothenburg, Sweden on June 12-16, 2017, which incorporates the 7</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Conference of Foundations of
Information Science (FIS) and the 3</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">rd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> International Conference on
Philosophy of Information (ICPI). <b>This notice calls for papers and participations exclusively for
the 3</b></span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt "><b>rd</b></span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b> ICPI</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Previous ICPI conferences were held in
Xi’an, China on October 2013, and Vienna, Austria on June 2016. These
conferences brought together scientists and philosophers in the academic field
and industry from all over the world, and have achieved fruitful results.
Currently, the ICPI is a biennial conference and has been incorporated into the
IS4IS Summits jointly organized by IS4IS and related multi-national
universities and institutions since the 2</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">nd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ICPI. The 3</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">rd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> IS4IS Summit will be held at the
University of California, Berkeley in 2019, as well as the 4</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ICPI.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Since the 2</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">nd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> International Conference on
Philosophy of Information (ICPI), the world has witnessed further development
of studies in the area of the Philosophy of Information. Based on that, we
present the theme and topics of the 3</span><sup style="text-indent: 28pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">rd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ICPI, as well as certain research
topics in related fields, as the basis for this Call for Papers and invitation
to you to participate in the Conference. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:19.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt "><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:19.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">Overall Theme</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The Philosophical Spirit of the
Information Era: the philosophical foundation and development prospects for
Information Science and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Technology, an Information Economy, an
Information Society and an Information Ecology.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: 28pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:19.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">Scope and Topics:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">1. Basic theoretical studies on the
Philosophy of Information.</font></p><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">2. Studies on the relationship between the
scientific revolution, technological revolution, engineering revolution and
philosophical revolution brought about by the contemporary information paradigm
shift.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">3. Studies on the administration and
education of the Philosophy of Information. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">4. Studies on the philosophy of an
information economy and of information society. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">5. Basic philosophical studies on
information-ecological civilization. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">6. Comparative study of the Philosophy of
Information and other kinds of philosophy.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">7. Cross-disciplinary studies of related
issues of Philosophy of Information and specific scientific fields. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:19.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">Submission and Registration </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">Meeting
to attend language is English, adopt the mode of online submission and
registration. Please follow the indicated link to the website of the
Conference Contractor, MEETX to start the process of registration. <font color="#0000ff">http://is4si-2017.org/contact/</font></font><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Deadlines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">- April 1, 2017 Submission deadline for extended
abstracts. please find here: <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><a editorwarp__="1" href="http://is4si-2017.org/submissions/" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">http://is4si-2017.org/submissions/</a> </span></font></p><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; display: block; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">- April 15, 2017 Program & Proceedings with extended
abstracts prepared</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; display: block; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- April 30, please find the 2017 Conference Program on the web page</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> <a editorwarp__="1" href="http://is4si-2017.org/program/" style="display: inline; font-size: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">http://is4si-2017.org/program/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; display: block; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; display: block; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">- June 12 -16, 2017 Summit Gothenburg</p></font><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
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Studies (IS4IS)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">International Study for Information Studies - Chinese Conference (IS4IS-CC)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:13.0pt ; ; ; ;;mso-font-kerning:0pt ">Preparatory Team of the Third International Conference of Philosophy of
Information</span></p></div></div><div>_________________________________________________________________________</div><div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000;">
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<div><br></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Lin Bi</span></div></div>
<div>International Research Center for Philosophy of Information</div>
<div>Xi'an Jiaotong University, China</div>
<div><a href="mailto:bilin1001@qq.com">bilin1001@qq.com</a> / <a href="mailto:bilin.xian@foxmail.com">bilin.xian@gmail.com</a></div></div></div>