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The System Dynamics Society is an international, nonprofit organization devoted to encouraging the development and use of system dynamics and systems thinking around the world. With members in seventy countries, the Society provides a forum in which researchers, educators, consultants, and practitioners in the corporate and public sectors interact to introduce newcomers to the field, keep abreast of current developments, and build on each other's work.
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News
Future International Conference of The System Dynamics Society
2012, July 22 – 26, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2013, July 21 – 25, Cambridge, MA, USA
| Dr. John Sterman Awarded with a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree |  |
The University of Lugano (Universita della Svizzera Italiana – USI), Switzerland, has unanimously decided to award professor John Sterman a Doctor Honoris Causa degree. The prestigious honorary doctorate, the highest academic honor conferred by the University of Lugano, is awarded each year to a single individual chosen for academic contributions and international impact. As a recognized leader in his academic field, Professor Sterman will receive the award from the Faculty of Economics for his pioneering contributions to System Dynamics, Organizational Dynamics and Behavioral Decision-Making. The award ceremony will take place in Lugano, Switzerland on May 12, 2012. The Corriere del Ticino news report and the University of Lugano Media Communication Service announcement, both with photos, are available. |
Dr. Mila Sherman Received a Research Excellence Award
Society member Mila Sherman received a Research Excellence Award on May 2, 2012 from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. This award identifies Dr. Sherman as one of the most successful scholars among the Isenberg research faculty in 2011. The Research Awards Committee considered Dr. Sherman’s rich portfolio of scholarly activity, including the record of publication in premier and top quality journals.
MIT News Features Article on the Beer Game
An article titled “The secrets of the system” about the Production Distribution Game, commonly referred to as the Beer Game, along with a photo of Jay Forrester, was featured in MIT News on May 3. Peter Dizikes, writer for the MIT News visited the Operations Academy, MIT Sloan School of Management for this lead story. Patricia Robertson, Director of the Operations Academy recently commented to Jay Forrester, developer of the Beer Game, “The game continues to be an essential piece of learning for our groups.”
New E-mail List Links System Dynamics to Public Policy Research
David Andersen and George Richardson have been working with a team to establish a system dynamics community of practice at APPAM, the premier public policy research group in North American. In this effort, system dynamics is being grouped with other methods such as agent-based simulation, social network analysis, and data visualization to create a new cluster that is being called, “Policy Informatics.” One outcome of this larger effort is a new “PIN-L” e-mail distribution list for scholars and practitioners interested in the area of policy informatics—including system dynamics and public policy. Those interested in strengthening ties and promoting a tighter linkage between system dynamics and main line public policy researchers are encouraged to subscribe to this list by sending a blank message to the following e-mail address: pin-l-subscribe-request@listserv.albany.edu.
| John Richardson Honored as Faculty Member of the Year; Announces Retirement! |  |
Dr. John Richardson was honored by American University's School of International Service (SIS) as the SIS Faculty Member of the Year. Dr. Richardson joined the American University faculty in 1975 as the Director of the Center for Technology and Administration. His time at SIS began in 1980, when he continued his research in global modeling. Please read more about Dr. Richardson's accomplishments and the dinner honoring him here. |
Symposium: Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launching of Limits to Growth, the first report to the Club of Rome, a joint symposium entitled “Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet” was hosted in Washington, DC by the Club of Rome and the Smithsonian Institution’s Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet.
Speakers and panel discussion members at afternoon session.
The symposium was held on Thursday March 1st, in the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall. A reception followed. Please see program statement for other details.
The program was webcast live, and is archived at: http://www.si.edu/consortia/limitstogrowth2012
Contact Information
| For information contact Roberta L. Spencer, Executive
Director: The System Dynamics Society Milne Hall 300, Rockefeller College University at Albany 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 USA |
Telephone 518 442-3865 |
