The American Creativity Association has announced that its 2006 International Conference will be March 22 through 24, 2006 in Austin, Texas (woo-hoo!!). Contact Executive Director Barry Silverberg at barry --at-- amcreativityassoc.org with questions or suggestions.

The call for papers for this conference has been announced. Proposals must be submitted before October 31, 2005, and you can get information from the ACA website, linked above.

Paul Schumann contacted me about putting together a conference track on advances in the understanding of innovation in organizations. He's hoping to have seminars, workshops and panel discussions on new systems and knowledge of organizational innovation, especially open, collaborative ones.

Topics of interest for this track would be:

* Developing insights in a complex future
* Discovering opportunities and threats
* Attracting collaborators and leading collaborations
* Open systems for innovation
* Issues of recognition and reward in open collaborations
* Microeconomics of innovation
* Measurement systems for innovation

Anyone interested in participating in this special track on organizational innovation should contact Paul Schumann, paul -- at-- theinnovationroadmap.com, before submitting a proposal on the ACA website.