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 final conference program (1.1 MB) summarizes the activities from the meeting.
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.
| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Friday, 9:20 a.m. |
Russell Ackoff, "Why Organizations are Slow to Adopt Systems Thinking" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (24 minutes, 12 MB) |
| Friday, 10:20 a.m. |
Enrique Herrscher, "The Systems Approach: An Area of Knowledge, or a Passion?" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (30 minutes, 14 MB) |
| Friday, 9:20 a.m. |
Russell Ackoff, "Questions for Russell Ackoff" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (21 minutes, 10 MB) |
| Friday, 11:15 a.m. |
Russell Ackoff, "Discussion for Russell Ackoff" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (22 minutes, 11 MB) |
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| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Saturday, 9:20 a.m. |
Timothy F. H. Allen, "Narratives and transdisciplines for a post-industrial world" | [Digest as HTML] [Powerpoint show] (4 MB) [Research paper as Word document] |
[MP3 audio] (48 minutes, 23 MB) |
| Saturday, 10:20 a.m. |
Charles Francois, "Commentary on Timothy F. H. Allen's presentation" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (14 minutes, 6 MB) |
| Saturday, 9:20 a.m. |
Timothy F. H. Allen, "Questions to Timothy F. H. Allen" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (15 minutes, 7 MB) |
| Saturday, 9:20 a.m. | David Ing, "Launching the ISSS Web Site — Interactive" | [Powerpoint show] (1 MB) | [MP3 audio] (30 minutes, 15 MB) |
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| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Monday, 9:20 a.m. |
Jim Spohrer, "Why the world needs more systems thinkers.focused on service systems" | [Powerpoint show] (3.5 MB) | [MP3 audio] (68 minutes, 33 MB) |
| Monday, 3:00 p.m. |
Debora Hammond, "The Systems Approach: An Area of Knowledge, or a Passion?" | [Powerpoint show] (1.5 MB) | [MP3 audio] (38 minutes, 18 MB) |
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| Time | Speaker | Slides / Digest | Audio |
| Tuesday, 9:10 a.m. |
Michael C. Jackson, "Creative Holism: A Critical Systems Approach to Complex Problem Situations" | [Digest as HTML] [Powerpoint show] (600 KB) |
MP3 audio being edited (48 minutes, 23 MB) |
| Tuesday, 10:20 a.m. |
Michael C. Jackson, "Questions to Michael Jackson" | MP3 audio being edited (26 minutes, 13 MB) |
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| Tuesday, 10:50 a.m. |
Kyoichi Jim Kijima, "New Directions of Systems Research in Japan" | [Digest as HTML] | [MP3 audio] (44 minutes, 21 MB) |
| Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. |
Debora Hammond, "Sonoma 2006" | [Powerpoint show] (1.5 MB) |
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