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11th Annual ANZSYS Conference/Managing the Complex V, Christchurch, New
Zealand, 5-7 December 2005. Conference theme "Systems Thinking and Complexity
Science: Insights for Action". Following the success of the previous ANZSYS
conferences and "Managing the Complex" events, it is a pleasure to announce the
11th Annual ANZSYS/Managing the Complex V Conference. The conference will be
held in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand from 5-7 December 2005, and
will be co-hosted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research
Limited (ESR), New Zealand, and the Institute for the Study of Coherence and
Emergence (ISCE), USA. A lively forum for discussion and debate will be
provided for a wide range of academics and practitioners in the fields of
systems thinking, complexity science and management. People from other
disciplines who have an interest in the application of systems thinking and
complexity approaches will also be invited to participate.
We are bringing together thinkers and practitioners in the fields of systems and
complexity as it seems to us that there has been a significant international
resurgence in these areas in recent years. It would appear that this has been
driven by at least four simultaneous forces:
* people right across the public, private and voluntary sectors looking for new
ways to manage or deal with increasingly complex and multi-faceted problems;
* the obviously systemic character of many high-profile issues that transcend
national boundaries, from global warming to international violence;
* the popularization of a number of systems approaches in the mid-1990s,
especially among managers and policy makers;
* and the simultaneous popularization of complexity science, sparking major
interest in new approaches to managing uncertainty.
The fields of systems and complexity have many similarities, yet they are being
developed by two overlapping research communities that have unique insights to
bring to bear on the management of 'wicked' problems. We believe that, by
providing forums at this conference in which people working at the frontiers of
complexity and systems thinking can learn from one another, significant new
insights for action can emerge.
Paper(s) can focus on theory, practice or a combination of the two. This
conference will provide a great opportunity to meet others with similar
interests and to communicate with a wider audience, so we really want to
encourage you to participate. Papers (up to 10 pages of A4, double-line spaced)
must be submitted by 1st July 2005 and will be double-blind refereed. Papers
can be e-mailed to
anzsys2005@isce.edu
For full details please visit the conference website at:
http://isce.edu/ISCE_Group_Site/web-content/ISCE%20Events/Christchurch_2005.html