REMINDER System Dynamics Conference Modeling Assistance Work

["Paul Newton"]

This is a reminder of the Modeling Assistance Workshop at the
upcoming International System Dynamics Conference in New York
City.

GENERAL

This offering enables modelers to obtain feedback on their specific
modeling questions from modeling coaches.

Modelers questions may relate to a specific model that modelers
are thinking about, studying, or developing. Questions may also
relate to something that modelers dont understand in one of the
system dynamics textbooks or software packages. You might even
get the author of the textbook or software as your coach!

This workshop is for modelers with all levels of modeling ability,
from beginners to advanced. Questions may range from problem
articulation, formulation of a dynamic hypothesis, formulation of a
simulation model, model testing, or policy design and evaluation.

Modelers may bring whatever materials they need to describe their
modeling question, ranging from pencil and paper, to books, to
posters, to laptop computers. If you bring a computer, be sure your
battery is fully charged, as we cannot guarantee AC power.

SCHEDULE

Most of the MA sessions will be scheduled for one of the two MA
Workshops to be held 1100-1230 on Monday and Tuesday, July
21st and 22nd. Although each workshop is formally only 1.5 hours
long, the workshop is intentionally scheduled before the open lunch
period so that modelers and coaches may continue their
discussions into the lunch period if they so desire.

SIGNING UP

Modelers: 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. Finally, if you would like
some help framing your modeling question(s), Paul will be pleased
to work with you via email to help you clarify them.

Coaches: If you are tentatively interested in coaching, please
write to Jack Homer at jack@homerconsulting.com. Jack will work
with you via email to ensure that the modeling question(s) assigned
to you are commensurate with your system dynamics abilities and
interests.

Spectators: Last year in Atlanta, we had numerous spectators at
the Modeling Assistance Workshop. Feel free to join either of the
sessions as a spectator.

Sincerely,

Jack Homer and Paul Newton

jack@homerconsulting.com
paulnewton@StewardshipModeling.com