International Society for the Systems Sciences - Sonoma 2006 retrospective - Comments http://www.isss.org/world/en/sonoma-2006-retrospective Comments for "Sonoma 2006 retrospective" en Sonoma 2006 retrospective http://www.isss.org/world/en/sonoma-2006-retrospective <p>The 50th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, was held in Sonoma, California, USA from July 9 to 14, 2006. This page includes materials released publically, for individuals who were unable to attend the conference.</p> <p>Sonoma 2006 Retrospective: The 50th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences</p> <a id="Top" name="Top"></a> <center><a href="#Sunday">[Sunday, July 9]</a> | <a href="#Monday">[Monday, July 10]</a> | <a href="#Tuesday">[Tuesday, July 11]</a> | <a href="#Wednesday">[Wednesday, July 11]</a> | <a href="#Thursday">[Thursday, July 12]</a> | <a href="#Friday">[Friday, July 13]</a></center> <br/> <p>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.</p> <a id="Sunday" name="Sunday"><h4 class="bordered">Sunday, July 9: Conference Opening</h4></a> <table frame="void" rules="rows" width="90%" summary="Time, Session, Subject, Speaker(s)"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top"><b>Time</b></td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><b>Speaker</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Slides / Digest</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Audio</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Sunday,<br />&nbsp;7:30p.m.</td> <td valign="top">"Conference Welcome": &nbsp;<a title="Debora Hammond, at Sonoma State University" href="http://www.sonoma.edu/hutchins/hammond/">Debora Hammond</a>, <a title="Larry Robinson, on City of Sebastopol directory" href="http://www.ci.sebastopol.ca.us/cityroster.shtml">Larry Robinson</a>, <a title="ASC Officers" href="http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/organization/officers.htm">Lou Kauffman</a>, <a title="Ackoff Center faculty" href="http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/faculty.htm">John Pourdehnad</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060709_1930_isss_opening.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/314">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(28 minutes, 13 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Sunday,<br />&nbsp;8:00p.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a title="fritjofcapra.net" href="http://www.fritjofcapra.net/">Fritjof Capra</a>, "Complexity and Life"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060709_2000_isss_capra.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/315">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(90 minutes, 42 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <a id="Monday" name="Monday"><h4 class="bordered">Monday, July 10: The Dynamics of Complex Systems</h4></a> <table frame="void" rules="rows" width="90%" summary="Time, Session, Subject, Speaker(s)"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top"><b>Time</b></td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><b>Speaker</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Slides / Digest</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Audio</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Monday,<br />&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">"Welcome",&nbsp;<a title="Debora Hammond, at Sonoma State University" href="http://www.sonoma.edu/hutchins/hammond/">Debora Hammond</a>, <a title="Larry Robinson, on City of Sebastopol directory" href="http://www.ci.sebastopol.ca.us/cityroster.shtml">Larry Robinson</a>, <a title="garymetcalf.com" href="http://garymetcalf.com">Gary Metcalf</a>, <a href="http://www.syntonyquest.org/who_peop.html">Alexander & Kathia Laszlo</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060710_0900_isss_welcome.html">[Digest as HTML]</a><br /></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/316">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(33 minutes, 15 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Monday,<br/>&nbsp;9:35 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.math.ucsc.edu/faculty/abraham.html">Ralph Abraham</a>, "The Dynamics of Complex Systems"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060710_0915_isss_complex.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/317">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(14 minutes, 7 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Monday,<br/>&nbsp;10:00 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://necsi.org/faculty/bar-yam.html">Yaneer Bar Yam</a>, "The Dynamics of Complex Systems"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060710_0915_isss_complex.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/318">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(30 minutes, 14 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Monday,<br/>&nbsp;10:25 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.albany.edu/rockefeller/pad/faculty_1/richardson.htm">George Richardson</a>, "Dynamic Complexity"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/2006_ISSS_Richardson.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a><br/>(900 KB)<br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060710_0915_isss_complex.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/319">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(27 minutes, 12 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Monday,<br/>&nbsp;10:55 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.physicscentral.com/people/people-03-05.html">Geoffrey West</a>, "The Dynamics of Complex Systems"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060710_0915_isss_complex.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/320">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(40 minutes, 18 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <a id="Tuesday" name="Tuesday"><h4 class="bordered">Tuesday, July 11: Self-Organization and Living Systems</h4></a> <table frame="void" rules="rows" width="90%" summary="Time, Session, Subject, Speaker(s)"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top"><b>Time</b></td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><b>Speaker</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Slides / Digest</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Audio</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:15 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">Plenary Session Opening</td> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/media/20060711_0915_isss_plenary_opening.mp3">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(9 minutes, 4 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:25 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/aboutjb.html">Juanita Brown</a>, "New Views of Evolution"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060711_0915_isss_evolution.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/324">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(7 minutes, 3 MB)<br/><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/327">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(2 minutes, 0.8 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:30 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.integralscienceinstitute.org/about_ISI.html">Sally Goerner</a>, "Today's Copernican Flip: How Dynamic Evolution Changes our Picture of the World & Improves Our Chances of Survival by Putting Collaborative Learning at the Hub of Human Evolution"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/2006_ISSS_Goerner.pdf">[Slides as PDF file]</a><br/>(2.8 MB)<br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060711_0915_isss_evolution.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/325">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(30 minutes, 14 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>&nbsp;10:07 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a>Susan Oyama</a>, "Developmental Systems and Evolution"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060711_0915_isss_evolution.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/326">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(22 minutes, 10 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>&nbsp;11:04 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/news-events/media-directory/b/bunnell-pile.htm">Pille Bunnell</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060711_0915_isss_evolution.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/328">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(34 minutes, 16 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <a id="Wednesday" name="Wednesday"><h4 class="bordered">Wednesday, July 12: Ecology and Sustainability</h4></a> <table frame="void" rules="rows" width="90%" summary="Time, Session, Subject, Speaker(s)"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top"><b>Time</b></td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><b>Speaker</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Slides / Digest</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Audio</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:15 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">Plenary Session Opening</td> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/331">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(14 minutes, 6 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:30 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">Vickers Award Announcement</td> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/332">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(5 minutes, 2 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:35 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.saybrook.edu/academics/faculty.asp?strLetter=A&strSearchType=last_name&strFac=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2083">John Adams</a>, "The Psychology of Sustainability: Mental Models @ Work"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/2006_ISSS_Adams.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a><br/>(500 KB)<br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/2006_ISSS_Adams.doc">[Speaker notes as Word document]</a><br/>(1.4 MB)<br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060712_0930_isss_adams.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/333">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(30 minutes, 14 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;10:15 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.greenmba.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=32">Jane Lorand</a>, "Demystifying Two Systems Behind Pioneering Initiatives ..."</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/2006_ISSS_Lorand.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a><br>(64 KB)<br><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060712_1000_isss_lorand.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/media/20060712_1005_isss_lorand.mp3">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(22 minutes, 10 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;10:25 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/erg/people/faculty/norgaard.shtml">Richard Norgaard</a>, "The Ringing Call that Clanks"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060712_1025_isss_norgard.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/335">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(26 minutes, 12 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;9:30 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">Vickers Award Presentation</td> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/340">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(27 minutes, 13 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wednesday,<br/>&nbsp;8:00 p.m.</td> <td valign="top">Bridging Generations Panel</td> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/341">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(113 minutes, 53 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <a id="Thursday" name="Thursday"><h4 class="bordered">Thursday, July 13: Social Systems Design & Practice</h4></a> <table frame="void" rules="rows" width="90%" summary="Time, Session, Subject, Speaker(s)"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top"><b>Time</b></td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><b>Speaker</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Slides / Digest</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Audio</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Thursday,<br/>&nbsp;9:15 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">Plenary Session Opening</td> <td valign="top"></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/342">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(13 minutes, 6 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Thursday,<br/>&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top">"Social Systems Design" Panel<br/>Moderator: <a href="http://www.tomorrowmakers.org/todd-johnston/">Todd Johnston</a><br/>Panelists: John Broadbent, <a href="http://www.syntonyquest.org/who_peop.html">Alexander & Kathia Laszlo</a>, <a href="http://www.tomorrowmakers.org/gail-taylor/">Gail Taylor</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060713_0920_isss_design.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/343">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(14 minutes, 6 MB)<br/><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/344">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(85 minutes, 40 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <a id="Friday" name="Friday"><h4 class="bordered">Friday, July 14: Integrative Synthesis</h4></a> <table frame="void" rules="rows" width="90%" summary="Time, Session, Subject, Speaker(s)"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top"><b>Time</b></td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><b>Speaker</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Slides / Digest</b></td> <td width="20%" valign="top"><b>Audio</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>9:15 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.valdes.titech.ac.jp/~kk-lab/">Kyoichi (Jim) Kijima</a>, ISSS Incoming President</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/2006_ISSS_Kijima_IncomingAddress.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a><br>(2.7 MB)</a></td> <td valign="top"></td> </tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>10:35 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="">Pille Bunnell</a>, "Future Scenarios"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060714_1035_isss_bunnell.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/348">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(16 minutes, 7 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>10:45 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="">Peter Bishop</a>, "Futures"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060714_1045_isss_bishop.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/349">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(2 minutes, 1 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>11:30 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.joannamacy.net/html/about.html">Joanna Macy</a>, "The Great Turning"</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/sonoma2006/060714_1130_isss_macy.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/350">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(40 minutes, 19 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>12:05 p.m.</td> <td valign="top">Conference Closing</td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a></td> <td valign="top"><a href=""></a><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/351">[MP3 audio]</a><br />(8 minutes, 3 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <p>Lyrics to <a href="http://projects.isss.org/Main/LyricForEvolutionByLaneTracy">"Evolution" by Lane Tracy</a> and <a href="http://projects.isss.org/Main/PoemsByLarryRobinson">Poems by Larry Robinson</a> are now available online. 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