Cancun 2005 Retrospective: The 49th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
The 49th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, was held in Cancun, Mexico from July 1 to 5, 2005. This page includes materials released publically, for individuals who were unable to attend the conference. The final conference program (1.1 MB) summarizes the activities from the meeting.
Note: These digests do not reflect the entire conference program. They reflect only observations contributed by members of the Systemic Business Community and the ISSS.
Friday, July 1
| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Friday, 9:20 a.m. |
Russell Ackoff, "Why Organizations are Slow to Adopt Systems Thinking" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (24 minutes, 12 MB) |
| Friday, 10:20 a.m. |
Enrique Herrscher, "The Systems Approach: An Area of Knowledge, or a Passion?" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (30 minutes, 14 MB) |
| Friday, 9:20 a.m. |
Russell Ackoff, "Questions for Russell Ackoff" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (21 minutes, 10 MB) |
| Friday, 11:15 a.m. |
Russell Ackoff, "Discussion for Russell Ackoff" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (22 minutes, 11 MB) |
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Saturday, July 1
| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Saturday, 9:20 a.m. |
Timothy F. H. Allen, "Narratives and transdisciplines for a post-industrial world" | [Digest as HTML] [Powerpoint show] (4 MB) [Research paper as Word document] |
[MP3 audio] (48 minutes, 23 MB) |
| Saturday, 10:20 a.m. |
Charles Francois, "Commentary on Timothy F. H. Allen's presentation" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (14 minutes, 6 MB) |
| Saturday, 9:20 a.m. |
Timothy F. H. Allen, "Questions to Timothy F. H. Allen" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (15 minutes, 7 MB) |
| Saturday, 9:20 a.m. | David Ing, "Launching the ISSS Web Site — Interactive" | [Powerpoint show] (1 MB) | [MP3 audio] (30 minutes, 15 MB) |
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Monday, July 1
| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Monday, 9:20 a.m. |
Jim Spohrer, "Why the world needs more systems thinkers.focused on service systems" | [Powerpoint show] (3.5 MB) | [MP3 audio] (68 minutes, 33 MB) |
| Monday, 3:00 p.m. |
Debora Hammond, "The Systems Approach: An Area of Knowledge, or a Passion?" | [Powerpoint show] (1.5 MB) | [MP3 audio] (38 minutes, 18 MB) |
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Tuesday, July 1
| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Tuesday, 9:10 a.m. |
Michael C. Jackson, "Creative Holism: A Critical Systems Approach to Complex Problem Situations" | [Digest as HTML] [Powerpoint show] (600 KB) |
MP3 audio being edited (48 minutes, 23 MB) |
| Tuesday, 10:20 a.m. |
Michael C. Jackson, "Questions to Michael Jackson" | MP3 audio being edited (26 minutes, 13 MB) |
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| Tuesday, 10:50 a.m. |
Kyoichi Jim Kijima, "New Directions of Systems Research in Japan" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (44 minutes, 21 MB) |
| Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. |
Debora Hammond, "Sonoma 2006" | [Powerpoint show] (1.5 MB) |
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