International Society for the Systems Sciences - Cancun 2005 Retrospective - Comments http://www.isss.org/world/en/cancun-2005-retrospective Comments for "Cancun 2005 Retrospective" en Cancun 2005 Retrospective http://www.isss.org/world/en/cancun-2005-retrospective <h1>Cancun 2005 Retrospective: The 49th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences</h1> <a id="Top" name="Top"></a> <center><a href="#Friday">[Friday, July 1]</a> | <a href="#Saturday">[Saturday, July 2]</a> | <a href="#Monday">[Monday, July 4]</a> | <a href="#Tuesday">[Tuesday, July 4]</a> </center> <br/> <p>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 <a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Cancun_Program.pdf">final conference program</a> (1.1 MB) summarizes the activities from the meeting.</p> <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="Friday" name="Friday"><h4 class="bordered">Friday, July 1</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/>&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/advisory.htm">Russell Ackoff</a>, "Why Organizations are Slow to Adopt Systems Thinking"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050701_0920_isss_ackoff.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/352">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(24 minutes, 12 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>10:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.capsis.com.ar/herrscher_en.htm">Enrique Herrscher</a>, "The Systems Approach: An Area of Knowledge, or a Passion?"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050701_1000_isss_herrscher.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/353">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(30 minutes, 14 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/advisory.htm">Russell Ackoff</a>, "Questions for Russell Ackoff"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050701_1020_isss_ackoff_questions.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/354">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(21 minutes, 10 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Friday,<br/>11:15 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/advisory.htm">Russell Ackoff</a>, "Discussion for Russell Ackoff"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050701_1115_isss_ackoff_discussion.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/355">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(22 minutes, 11 MB)</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> <a id="Saturday" name="Saturday"><h4 class="bordered">Saturday, July 1</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">Saturday,<br/>&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.botany.wisc.edu/allen/bio.htm">Timothy F. H. Allen</a>, "Narratives and transdisciplines for a post-industrial world"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050702_0920_isss_allen.html">[Digest as HTML]</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Allen_NarrativesTransdisciplines.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a> (4 MB)<br/><br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Allen_Giampietro_NarrativesTransdisciplines.doc">[Research paper as Word document]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/356">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(48 minutes, 23 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Saturday,<br/>10:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/~gossimit/ifsr/francois/biography.htm">Charles Francois</a>, "Commentary on Timothy F. H. Allen's presentation"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050702_1045_isss_francois_discussant.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/357">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(14 minutes, 6 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Saturday,<br/>&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.botany.wisc.edu/allen/bio.htm">Timothy F. H. Allen</a>, "Questions to Timothy F. H. Allen"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050702_1120_isss_allen_questions.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/358">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(15 minutes, 7 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Saturday,</br>&nbsp;9:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://systemicbusiness.org/about/daviding.html">David Ing</a>, "Launching the ISSS Web Site &mdash; Interactive"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Ing_WebSiteInteractive.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a> (1 MB)</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/359">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(30 minutes, 15 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 1</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"><a href="http://almaden.ibm.com/coevolution/bio/index.shtml?spohrer">Jim Spohrer</a>, "Why the world needs more systems thinkers.focused on service systems"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Spohrer_ServiceSystems.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a> (3.5 MB)</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/360">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(68 minutes, 33 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Monday,<br/>&nbsp;3:00 p.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.sonoma.edu/hutchins/hammond/">Debora Hammond</a>, "The Systems Approach: An Area of Knowledge, or a Passion?"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Hammond_Sonoma2006.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a> (1.5 MB)</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/361">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(38 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 1</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/> 9:10 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.hull.ac.uk/hubs/staff/profiles/mjackson.htm">Michael C. Jackson</a>, "Creative Holism: A Critical Systems Approach to Complex Problem Situations"</td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050705_0910_isss_jackson.html">[Digest as HTML]</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Jackson_CreativeHolism.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a> (600 KB)</td> <td valign="top">MP3 audio being edited<br/>(48 minutes, 23 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/> 10:20 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.hull.ac.uk/hubs/staff/profiles/mjackson.htm">Michael C. Jackson</a>, "Questions to Michael Jackson"</td> <td valign="top">MP3 audio being edited<br/>(26 minutes, 13 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>10:50 a.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.titech.ac.jp/whoswho/Profiles/0023/0000028/prof_e.html">Kyoichi Jim Kijima</a>, "New Directions of Systems Research in Japan"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/050705_1050_isss_kijima.html">[Digest as HTML]</a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/node/362">[MP3 audio]</a><br/>(44 minutes, 21 MB)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuesday,<br/>12:00 p.m.</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.sonoma.edu/hutchins/hammond/">Debora Hammond</a>, "Sonoma 2006"</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.isss.org/conferences/cancun2005/2005_ISSS_Hammond_Sonoma2006.pps">[Powerpoint show]</a> (1.5 MB)</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <a href="#Top"><p class="bordered">[jump to top of page]</p></a> Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:24:44 +0000 admin 73 at http://www.isss.org/world