ISDC 2013 - The 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society

Real-World Practice System dynamics, at its heart, is aimed at solving important practical problems. For the 2013 conference we are looking to attract people interested in such real-world applications: those for whom it is the problem solving rather than the methodology that is paramount. If you have ideas for sessions and workshops focused on addressing practical issues that you think would appeal to clients or colleagues in specific commercial or scientific fields please contact us.
Program The theme of the conference is Creating the Future from Within. The conference program will consist of invited and contributed sessions and workshops demonstrating the state of the art in the theory and application of system dynamics. We welcome all research and documented consulting activities in system dynamics, including applications of the methodology to solve real world problems, new technical and software developments, and productive integration of complementary methodologies in order to create new solutions. The conference schedule is organized by thread so as to create coherent sessions for presentation. The tentative list of threads for 2013 is:
?Business
?Economic Dynamics
?Environment and Ecology
?Health
?Information Science
?Methodology
?Operations Management and Supply Chains
?Participatory Problem Solving
?Public Policy
?Security
?Social and Organizational Dynamics
?Strategy
?Teaching
Papers may be submitted from February 1, 2013 to March 19, 2013. They will undergo a double-blind review and must be in sufficient detail for the referees to judge their meaning and value. Submissions must be in English, should be 5-30 pages in length (there is also a maximum 2 MB electronic file size), and follow the submission requirements posted on the conference website. Abstracts will not be accepted!
Provision of models (maximum file size 2 MB in addition to the paper) and other supporting materials to aid the review process is strongly encouraged and will be a factor in paper evaluation.
The Program Committee, consisting of Thread Chairs working under the oversight of the Program Chairs, will select papers for inclusion in the conference program and determine the form of presentation (though authors may request presentation as a poster at the time of submission). Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 8, 2013.
Authors retain the copyright to all submitted work and, by submitting, grant permission for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Each paper must have a designated presenter and one individual can be a designated presenter for at most two works. Presenters not registered by May 29, 2013 will have their papers automatically removed from the schedule. All attendees, whether presenting or not, must register for the conference.
Deadlines:
February 1, 2013 Opening date for paper submissions and workshop and session proposals.
March 19, 2013 Deadline for paper submissions and workshop and session proposals.
May 8, 2013 Notification of acceptance.
May 15, 2013 Final abstracts due for printed Abstract Proceedings.
May 29, 2013 Presenter registration deadline?papers of unregistered designated presenters will be removed from the program.
June 7, 2013 Tentative program schedule available.