UPDATE SD PhD Colloquium this Sunday (July 29th) (SD6508)

[SDMAIL Stefan Grösser]

Posted by  Stefan Grösser <stefan.groesser at ikaoe.unibe.ch>

Dear System Dynamics Students, Scholars and Practitioners,

There are three reasons why you should be at the SD PhD Colloquium this
Sunday (July 29th):

1. Opening guest lecture by John Sterman,
2. Exciting lineup of plenary and posters presentations inclusive
discussions,
3. Closing panel discussion featuring George Richardson, Peter Senge, Andy
Ford, Ed Anderson and Rogelio Oliva.

You can download the program under:
http://www.systemdynamics.org/chapters/student/docs/2007ProgramFinal.pdf

You find a difficult to read txt-version of the program at the end of this
email. Better check the link provided above.

Your Organizers: 	
Stefan N. Groesser, University of Berne and University of St. Gallen,
Switzerland
Chintan H. Vaishnav, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

We are looking forward to see you in Boston,
Stefan and Chintan


Best personal regards,
Stefan Groesser
Research Associate, University of Bern, Switzerland
Master of Science in Management (Dipl.-Kfm. techn.)
Tel.: 		+41 (0)79 295 42 70
Email:		stefan.groesser at ikaoe.unibe.ch
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Final Schedule:
Arrival of Participants
Groesser & Vaishnav - Welcome and Introduction

Professor John Sterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
The Systems Dynamics of Systems Dynamics: A Systems  Dynamics  Approach, or,
How to Succeed in Modeling with a lot of Trying

Start of Plenary Presentations (the presentations are always in Plaza C)
Gokhan Dogan – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Improving Product Quality
David Lyell - University of New South Wales, Australia
A Dynamic Balanced Scorecard for Managing Health Systems Performance
Parallel Workshop (Moderated by Groesser & Vaishnav, Plaza B&C) 

Chintan Vaishnav - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 
The End of Core: Should disruptive innovation in telecom invoke
discontinuous regulatory response? 
Matthias Müller - University of Berne, Switzerland 
Towards a Conceptualization of the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Renovations
in Switzerland’s Built Environment
Parallel Workshop (Moderated by Groesser & Vaishnav, Plaza B&C) 

Lunchbreak

Switbert Miczka – University of Mannheim, Germany
Looking at System Dynamics from a Resource-based Point of View: Can SD
Models Become a Source of Competitive Advantage?
Nicole Zimmermann – University of Mannheim, Germany
System-Dynamical Analysis of Systemic Mutability and Commitment in
Organizational Changes
Parallel Workshop (Moderated by Groesser & Vaishnav, Plaza B&C)

Start of Poster Presentation (Plaza B)
John Ansah - System Dynamics Group, University of Bergen, Norway
The Dynamics of Indebtedness and Integrated National Development Planning in
Less Developed Countries. The Case of Ghana

Salima Delhoum - University of Bremen, Germany
The Choice of an Order Fulfillment Ratio Function for Inventory Control
Models: The Case of the Supply Net Game

Rajat Dhawan - University of Sydney, Australia
Systems Thinking and Modelling: If, When and How Do They Influence Our
Decisions

Gary Linnéusson - University of Skövde, Sweden
Manufacturing Organization Development Efficiently Using System Dynamics

Angèle Pieters - Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Using Group Model Building with many Interdependent Organizations to Create
Integrated Health Care Networks

Martin Rafferty - London South Bank University, United Kingdom
Reductionism, Holism and System Dynamics

Rosemarie Sadsad - University of New South Wales, Australia
Using Multi-Scale Systems Simulation to Evaluate Health Record Solutions to
Improve Medication Use by the Elderly in the Community

Timothy Taylor - Texas A&M University, USA
Influence of Expert Domain Knowledge on Public Policy and Natural Systems

Panel Discussion (Moderated by Prof. George Richardson) (Plaza C)
“Academic vs. Action Research in System Dynamics”
Panelists:
Prof. Peter Senge and Prof. Andy Ford (representing action research)
Prof. Ed Anderson and Prof. Rogelio Oliva (representing academic research)
Closure of 8th PhD Colloquium (Groesser & Vaishnav)

Meeting of the Student Chapter (Plaza B)
Election of Student Chapter committee 2007/2008
President - Chapter Representative - PhD Colloquium Organizers - Webmaster –
Listserver Master – Newsletter Master
Informal Gathering of the Members of the Student Chapter
(for directions see: http://www.beerworks.net/#)
Posted by  Stefan Grösser <stefan.groesser at ikaoe.unibe.ch>
posting date  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:30:38 +0200