CCDM 2016 - 5th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making

The AHFE Cross-Cultural Decision-Making (CCDM) conference examines human cognition and its interplay with various cultural constructs, such as geographical, historical, sociological, and organizational cultures. This conference invites researchers, scholars, and industry practitioners from diverse backgrounds, including sociology, linguistics, business, military science, psychology, human factors, neuroscience, and education. Together, through multidisciplinary collaboration, we will seek to understand the impact of culture on people's cognition and behavior.
This study has broad application. For international business, for instance, it’s important to understand how and why groups from different cultures make dissimilar decisions when faced with the same data. Or for military leaders, understanding the triggers and warning-signs of potential societal unrest and instability are paramount. By combining neurocognitive studies with the academic disciplines described above, we are able to develop a fuller, more holistic understanding of the decisions that people, groups, and societies make, and this understanding gives us a greater ability to forecast and plan for the future.
Analyses of historical events that have shaped cultures
Cross-cultural (or inter-cultural) competence
Civilization change: Ideological, economic, and/or historical changes
Commercial applications of social-cultural science
Countering cross-cultural radicalization and violent extremism
Decision making similarities and differences across cultures
Extracting group or society-level understanding from diverse data sources
Human, Social, Cultural Behavioral (HSCB) modeling and simulation technology
Impact of culture on collaboration and negotiation
Social networks and group communications
Use cases: Real-world case studies relevant to cross-cultural decision-making