[AISWorld] 17th UKSS International Conference 2013

[Christine Welch]

Call for Papers


17th UK Systems Society International Conference, St Anne’s College,
Oxford, UK; September 9-11 2013


The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Systems and Society: ideas from
practice’.


Living In the 21st century, it is difficult for anyone to be unaware of the
interconnectedness of ‘things’. To take just one example widely covered in
the Press, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010
had far reaching consequences, causing extensive damage to marine and
wildlife habitats, to the Gulf's fishing and tourism industries, and hence
to the livelihoods of many people in the USA and Mexico. The subsequent
White House commission reported that *"The root causes are systemic and,
absent significant reform in both industry practices and government
policies, might well recur" *(The Telegraph, 5 January 2011)*.* This shows
that there is a great need for effective Systems thinking, and that it is
vital for industry, government, academics and practitioners to engage with
one another. Society, which transcends any national boundaries, requires
appropriate tools for systemic inquiry, together with both a spirit of
collaboration and the political will for change.


Systems tools, techniques and methodologies can only be helpful in
addressing real world problems if there is opportunity for feedback from
companies and government agencies on their use, usefulness and usability in
practical contexts. There is a continuing need for Systems research to take
existing ideas forward and build on them so that they remain relevant to
the kinds of problems faced by new generations.

Contributions are invited from all sections of the Systems community,
whether concerned with Information Systems, management systems,
environmental systems or development and application of theory in Systems
or cybernetics. These could be accounts of the kinds of problems faced by
organizations for which Systems tools are required; presentations of
feedback on use of systemic approaches to tackle such problems; suggested
new approaches or adaptations to those we already know; or developments in
Systems theory to inform our thinking for the future.


Abstracts and proposals, or full papers are invited by May 31 2013


For further details, visit http://www.ukss.org.uk or email
conference2013 at ukss.org.uk

-- 
Dr Christine Welch
Programme Chair
UKSS Conference 2013
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