2009 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society

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CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND SESSIONS

2009 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society
Albuquerque, New Mexico July 26 - 30, 2009

CONFERENCE HOSTS:
-Sandia National Laboratories -Argonne National Laboratory
-Idaho National Laboratory -Paul Scherrer Institut

CONFERENCE PARTNER: The Boeing Company

KEY DATES: Papers, workshops and session proposals may be submitted from January 2, 2009 to March 23, 2009

VENUE: The Hotel Albuquerque is located a short distance from the airport, nestled in Old Town, at the heart of the city's historic center. The hotel offers spacious, high-tech conference facilities. Visit http://www.hhandr.com/albuquerque.php

PROGRAM: The program will emphasize high-impact applications and research on the difficult issues at the leading edges of the field. It will consist of invited and contributed sessions and workshops demonstrating the state of the art in the theory and application of system dynamics. We will also schedule exhibits, model-assistance workshops, panel discussions, special sessions, a student colloquium and meetings.

THREADS: Full papers must be submitted on line and placed in the existing conference threads:
-- Business applications
-- Complexity/agent-based/nonlinear
-- Economic dynamics
-- Education
-- Energy and resources
-- Environment and ecology
-- Health
-- Information science
-- Methodology
-- Military applications
-- Operations management/ supply chains
-- Organizational dynamics
-- Psychology/social dynamics
-- Public policy
-- Qualitative system dynamics
-- Security
-- Strategy
The conference team is open to receiving proposals for new threads and is encouraging new threads in the following topical areas:
-- Climate change, mitigation and adaptation
-- Infrastructure resilience
-- Emergency preparedness/response
-- Challenges of terrorism
The deadline for submitting proposals for new threads is November 15, 2008.

NEW BONUS DAY: A new feature will be the addition of a "bonus" day, on Friday, July 31st. The extra day will be useful for groups that wish to organize informally. Proposals for activities on the Bonus Day are due by November 15, 2008.

For more conference information and submission guideline please visit:
http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/current/index.htm

CONFERENCE CHAIR: Leonard A. Malczynski, Sandia National Laboratories

PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Andrew Ford, Washington State University
E-mail: forda@mail.wsu.edu
David N. Ford, Texas A&M University
Edward G. Anderson, University of Texas

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Aldo A. Zagonel, Chair, Sandia National Laboratories - George A. Backus, Sandia National Laboratories - Stephen H. Conrad, Sandia National Laboratories - Tracy Benson, Waters Foundation - Dan S. Compton, The Boeing Company - Jacob J. Jacobson, Idaho National Laboratory - Ignacio J. Martinez-Moyano, Argonne National Laboratory - Dennis R. Powell, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Silvia A. Ulli-Beer, Paul Scherrer Institut

WORKSHOP CHAIR: Jack B. Homer, Homer Consulting
E-mail: jhomer@comcast.net

CONFERENCE MANAGER: Roberta L. Spencer, System Dynamics Society
E-mail: conference@systemdynamics.org

SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY
Milne 300, Rockefeller College, 135 Western Avenue
University at Albany, State University of New York Albany, NY, 12222
E-mail: office@systemdynamics.org
Phone: (518) 442-3865 Fax: (518) 442-3398
http://www.systemdynamics.org/