Recent Presentations

There are many benefits to membership.

 

Most weeks on  Saturday and Mondays or Wednesdays   ISSS members meet for a couple of hours to attend a mini-symposium, webinar, share knowledge, conduct roundtables, work on Special Integration Groups, and other activities.

 

Below  are some recent presentations. Following presentations there is a question and answer period and general conversation. Shown here are just the presentations.  Members have access to the full presentation and the question and answer session following the presentation by logging in to this website.

 

In 2021 and 2022 the ISSS Annual Conference was all online. Some of the keynotes and other presentations can be viewed here Online 2021 Public (isss.org)  and here https://www.isss.org/online-2022-public/

 

 

 

March 25 2023 - The Nature of Health and Disease - Gary Smith

 
Gary Smith, our VP for System Practice shares his exploratory journey into health and disease using a system approach in three parts.
 
Each part of the journey can be reviewed separately dependent on your interests:
 
The first part was a reflection on complex human disease and the importance and origins of chronic inflammation.
The second part was on common patterns found in living systems defence and security. It concerned the application of systems thinking in the appreciation of these patterns in the time and space of disease progression in infection and sepsis.
The final part is thought provoking on the health and operation of the isss. It considers work from the ISSS futures report and progress that has been made.
 
The overall flow begins by going deep into exploring mechanisms and paradox, then going high to see big pictures, changes in time and space, finally drawing attention to questions and insights for the vitality of the ISSS.
 
The dance in the dynamics of togetherness between the parts and the whole becomes evident.

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 11 2023 Mary Parker Follett - Matthew Shapiro