System Dynamics Conference Reminder and Update

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Bob Eberlein
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System Dynamics Conference Reminder and Update

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System Dynamics Society - 20th International Conference
Palermo, Italy July 28 - August 1, 2002

Dear Bob,

Conference planning is progressing splendidly! The website lists all
updates and new information: http://www.systemdynamics.org - click on "2002
Conference."

NEW DEVELOPMENTS:

The deadline for "weekend tours" offered by Sicila Dreams had been extended
to June 14.

Full papers will be available on-line mid-June.
Tentative conference schedule will be on-line in late June. The conference
organizing committee reserves the right to change the program without
notice.

REMINDERS:

June 26: Conference pre-registration deadline.
June 28: Hotel reservation deadline. After this date rooms at the conference
site and sister hotel are accepted on a space and rate available basis. For
room reservation information, please visit the website.
***Please book your travel as soon as possible!***

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ITEMS:

*Special sessions:

Russell L. Ackoff and Peter M. Senge will speak on "The Dynamic Concept of
an Enterprise" and "Managing and leading Organizations as Communities"
respectively, sponsored by IBM.

"An Expert View of the System Dynamics Modeling Process: Concurrences and
Divergences Searching for Best Practices in System Dynamics Modeling." This
session will be a facilitated face-to-face discussion. Presented by George
Richardson and Ignacio Martinez, sponsored by HVR Consulting Services Ltd.

The Presidential Address by James H. Hines

The Jay W. Forrester Award Presentation

*Workshops:

-- Modeling Assistance Workshop (Tuesday and Wednesday):
MODELING ASSISTANCE is available at the Conference. Modelers questions may
relate to a specific model that modelers are developing or studying, or to
something that modelers dont understand in one of the system dynamics
textbooks or software packages. Questions may range from problem
articulation, formulation of a dynamic hypothesis, formulation of a
simulation model, model testing, or policy design and evaluation. If you are
even tentatively interested in receiving assistance on your modeling
question(s) at the conference, please notify us in advance of the conference
by writing to <paulnewton@StewardshipModeling.com>. Your writing in advance
will help us arrange for sufficient coaching resources, and will also act as
an early registration (first come, first served) in case we can arrange only
a limited number of coaches. For this to be successful, we need volunteer
modeling coaches. If you are tentatively interested in coaching, please
write to <jack@homerconsulting.com>. More information about modeling
assistance at the conference is available on the Societys conference
website at
http://www.systemdynamics.org/conf2002/ ... ewton.html.

-- Thursday Workshops: If you are planning to attend any of the Thursday
workshops, please visit the web to see if the workshop presenter has
material to download and bring to the conference. These workshops will
run
in parallel sessions, between 8 am and 1 pm.
- How To Inject System Dynamics Successfully Into Your Curriculum
- Fast Track Strategic Modelling
- Digest Workshop: Automatic Detection Of Most Influential Structure In
System Dynamics Models
- Introduction To The Feedback Phenomenological Method (FP)
- Starting A System Dynamics Program In Your School For Students In Grades
K-12
- Developing Causal Loop Diagrams Using Group Model Building Methods
- Where The Model Meets the User: An Interface Design Workshop For Creative
Learning Environments
- Modelling Complex Enterprises: Combining The Strengths Of Cybernetics And
System Dynamics
- Introducing/Using System Dynamics In Six Sigma Programs
- Creativity Workshop: Introducing The Method Of Unlearning
- New Technologies and Techniques for Building Web Simulations
- Matching SD with Accounting Models to Enhance Performance Evaluation in
Companies Coping with Major Change

-- Post Conference Workshop (Thursday and Friday): Third Annual Strategy
Dynamics workshop. Contact Andrea Albertson at
<andrea@strategydynamics.com>.

*Convened Sessions: Topics will include:

- Consultants Roundtable
- Military Roundtable
- Environmental Issues in Commercial Exploitation
- System Dynamics in Finance
- Electricity Based Energy
- System Dynamics and Applications of Optimization
- Strategy and Operations in Network Economies: System Dynamics Based
Approaches and Solutions
- System dynamics of strategy - multiple dimensions, multiple insights
- Research and Practice Issues in System Dynamics for Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises
- Oil and Gas Industry

SOCIAL PROGRAM ITEMS:

Sunday: Informal Gathering
Monday: Wine Tasting Welcome Reception at the Palazzo Steri, sponsored by
Cantine Settesoli Scarl (Winery) and tour of Palazzo Steri
Tuesday: Conference Banquet sponsored by Comune di Palermo (Municipality of
Palermo). Entertainment is scheduled.

LOCAL INFORMATION FOR TRAVELERS including travel information, weather, local
currency, tipping and visa requirements: please visit the conference website.

For more information please contact the Society office at the address listed
below or E-mail <system.dynamics@albany.edu>

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches (ACASA)
Adirondack Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Alitalia
Amber Blocks Ltd.
Amia (Waste Management Company of Palermo)
Assindustria
Banca Nuova
Banco di Sicilia
Business Dynamics
Cantine Settesoli Scarl
Center for Technology in Government (CTG) Univ. at Albany/SUNY
CUSA-System Dynamics Group
Comune di Palermo (Municipality of Palermo)
Forio Business Simulations
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Global Strategy Dynamics Ltd.
High Performance Systems Inc.
HVR Consulting Services Ltd.
IBM
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
KBS (Knowledge Based Simulation)
PA Consulting Group
Pegasus Communications Inc.
Powersim Solutions
Sicilia Dreams Travel Agency
SoL (Society for Organizational Learning)
SYDIC (SYstem Dynamics Italian Chapter)
Università Bocconi
University of Palermo
Ventana Systems Inc.
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