Call for papers! For the 3rd Conference of the Latin American Systems Society (ALAS)

SYSTEMIC THINKING AND PRACTICE IN THE COMPLEX GLOBLAL AND LATIN-AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT

6-8 November 2008, Mexico City Program will include:

- Plenary lectures

- Round tables

- Papers for systemic dialogues

Sponsoring organizations:

- IPN- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico)

- ALAS- Asociación Latinoamericana de Sistemica

- AMCS- Asociación Mexicana de la Ciencia de Sistemas

- GESI- Grupo de Estudios de Sistemas Integrados

- AMCATH- Asociación Mexicana de Ciencia, Artes, Tecnología y Humanidades

The following topics are suggested:

SYSTEMIC THINKING AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS

- Inter and transdisciplinary approaches to systems concepts

- Methodologies and models

- Systemic theory and critical thinking

SYSTEMIC APPLICATIONS

- In government (law, justice, equality, power relationships)

- Engineering and technology (engineering design and information/telecommunication systems

- Organizacional development, productivity and quality, holistic transformation of organizational systems

- Environment (air, water, biodiversity, environmental technology and management), and disasters For additional information see: www.alas-sistemica.org publialas@gmail.com

Deadline for submission of complete papers: 15 August, 2008 Reduced Conference fee until 30 September, 2008

As in previous years, audio and written retrospectives will be available from this year's annual meeting in Madison, WI, USA, held July 13-18, 2008.
As soon as this material is available, an announcement will be made on this page and through the email announce list for ISSS.

If you were unable to attend the 51st Annual Meeting of the ISSS, the Tokyo 2007 Retrospective includes digests, photographs, presentations, and downloadable MP3 audio.

For reference, the original conference pages have been retained.

The ISSS World web site is one of the places where members convene, but it doesn't have to be the only place!

For those who use Facebook, you can follow this link to the Systems Science group, or just search for "Systems Science" and add yourself.

We'll be less formal over there, for anyone who wants to leave exchange ideas or have discussions.  This is an experiment in alternative forms of communication, for anyone that wants to try it out.

David Ing, VP of Communications and Systems Education.

The 50th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, was held in Sonoma, California, USA from July 9 to 14, 2006. The Sonoma 2006 Retrospective includes materials released publically, for individuals who were unable to attend the conference.

The original conference pages have been preserved as a reference.

The ISSS logo has evolved from the original integral symbol, chosen by the founders to represent the society's primary interest in integration and synthesis, which is what makes the ISSS such a unique and distinctive organization.