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<DIV><FONT size=4>I agree with your ideas.<BR><BR>There is one basic question
which has to be solved in advance.<BR>It is: What conference platform to be
used?<BR><BR>About collection of abstracts – it may be only in an e-book
variant.<BR>In this case it may be prepared easily and quickly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Finally, at this very beginning stage, it is needed to decide how many
streams will be supported. <BR>What is preferred short multi-stream conference
or long as one stream.<BR><BR>Friendly greetings</DIV>
<DIV>Krassimir</DIV>
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<DIV>PS: Sorry to delay with my answer, but I had used my three FIS attempts for
last week.<BR>Because of this, I answer in the first second of the new one <IMG
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:44 PM</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default>Dear Krassimir, Pedro and other FIS colleagues,</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default>Thank you for your response and interest in helping to
organize the FIS Conference in the 2021 IS4SI Summit.</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default>It is a very difficult time and the preparation of the
IS4SI Summit is a big challenge. It will be the first online summit, this means
a big risk of the unknown. I am scared, but I try to think about it not as a
risky business, but as an opportunity. What kind of opportunity? At the moment,
I think about it as an opportunity to build connections. The more we are
separated by the pandemic, the more we need cooperation, connection, mutual
understanding. So I try to organize the Summit as a medium for getting to know
each other. This is why I am approaching different communities interested in
Information or Related Concepts Study. At the moment I have confirmations from
the organizers of seven conferences contributing to the 2021 IS4SI
Summit:</DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">
<DIV class=gmail_default>1) MORCOM (Gordana & Marcin)</DIV></SPAN>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"'>2) Global
Forum on Artificial Intelligence, GFAI (Yixin)</SPAN><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"'>3)
Symmetry and Information (Denes Nagy & Marcin)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"'>4) Intl.
Workshop on Natural Computing (Masami Hagiya, Yasuhiro Suzuki &
Marcin)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"'>5) TIS
(Mark Burgin)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"'>6)
</SPAN><FONT face="times new roman, serif">Habits and Rituals
(Raffaela).</FONT></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT face="times new roman, serif">7) </FONT><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-INDENT: 28px'>The 5</SPAN><SUP
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-INDENT: 28px'>th</SUP><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif; TEXT-INDENT: 28px'> International
Conference on Philosophy of Information (ICPI) at the 2021 IS4SI Summit.(Wu Kun,
Joe Brenner)</SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">Two other conferences
hopefully will be confirmed soon. I haven't heard yet from some other
communities. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>I think that this would have been a
real loss, if we don't have the next FIS Conference at the Summit. After all,
the FIS </FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">community always was the
driving force beyond the information study. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>Someone could ask about
</FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)"> </SPAN>why<SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)"> so many conferences. As I wrote, I would like to
foster communication and interaction. The conferences do not have to be big.
Actually, more important than arranging many</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)"> presentations is a generation of many </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">discussions. Mark Burgin, Joe Brenner and others
were very supportive of the idea to generate discussions. My original idea was
to prepare discussions on specific topics only, but (I agree now) we should be
open to more spontaneous discussions on topics which are generated by
presentations or earlier discussions.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>The limit is logistics. I have to
admit that my background in IT is limited. As probably everybody else, I taught
online courses, organized some online discussions and workshops, but on a
relatively small scale. I will need a lot of help. So, I am really happy that
Krassimir offered his help. I will contact you Krassimir directly by email.
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<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>I will be really happy to hear from
everyone suggestions, advice, etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>Regarding the publication of papers
presented at the Summit, there will be different venues. I promised some
organizers the right to publish their own proceedings. Other conferences may use
the arrangements made by IS4SI. It is important that Extended Abstracts are
published BEFORE the Summit (see below).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>Now, back from the dream to
reality. I organized two earlier FIS Conferences, but this time I will mainly
support conferences of newcomers from the communities in which I have been
active, but which did not have any contact with IS4SI. This is why it is
important that someone could take care of organization of the FIS Conference. I
really don't see I can commit to the organization of any additional conferences.
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<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>What does have to be
done?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>1) SOON</FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">: Writing the Call for Papers, including the title
for the conference. Mark Burgin suggested and I am in full support of this idea
that all conferences should have calls for Extended Abstracts (a couple of
pages)</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)"> to be published BEFORE the
Summit. This will help in generating discussions. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">2) MUCH LATER: Review
of submissions and preparation of the program for the conference. Program means
list of presentations, Invited Lectures, etc. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(80,0,80)">3) Cooperation in
building the schedule. We have to coordinate schedules of most likely more than
10 conferences. It will be possible only after we have programs of all
conferences. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>I am looking forward to hearing
from you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT color=#500050>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default><FONT
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