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Wednesday July 23
| Start | End | Wednesday July 23 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 15:00 | 16:00 | Special(276): Practice Session A | Andries Botha | Virtual Room1 |
Monday July 28
| Start | End | Monday July 28 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 04:00 | 05:00 | Special(275): Practice Session B | Andries Botha | Virtual Room1 |
Tuesday July 29
| Start | End | Tuesday July 29 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 09:00 | 10:30 | Workshop(148): War of the Worlds (Part 1 of 2) [Virtual Only] | Andries Botha, Rudolph Oosthuizen, Alaize Dall Orsoletta | Virtual Room1 |
| 09:00 | 10:30 | Workshop(150): Getting Started with Stella [Virtual Only] | Bob Eberlein, Billy Schoenberg, Hilary Allen | Virtual Room2 |
| 09:00 | 10:30 | Workshop(323): Starting from scratch: Better model construction [Virtual Only] | Leonard Malczynski | Virtual Room3 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Special(107): Virtual General Business Meeting | Asmeret Naugle | Virtual Room Main |
| 12:30 | 14:00 | Workshop(149): War of the Worlds (Part 2 of 2) [Virtual Only] | Andries Botha, Rudolph Oosthuizen, Alaize Dall Orsoletta | Virtual Room1 |
| 12:30 | 14:00 | Workshop(322): Modeling with AI: Exploring the Future of System Dynamics Practice [Virtual Only] | Billy Schoenberg, Diana Fisher, Davidson Girard | Virtual Room2 |
| 12:30 | 14:00 | Workshop(324): Model Construction with Powersim Studio [Virtual Only] | Leonard Malczynski | Virtual Room3 |
Wednesday July 30
| Start | End | Wednesday July 30 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 05:00 | 05:15 | Plenary(336): Student-Organized Colloquium Welcome (Morning, 30th of July) | Chen Tang, Lucas Meneguim | Virtual Room Main |
| 05:15 | 05:45 | Plenary(337): Intro to Systems Thinking and SD by Willem Auping | Chen Tang, Lucas Meneguim | Virtual Room Main |
| 05:45 | 06:25 | Plenary(338): Student Plenary (Morning, 30th of July) | Lucas Meneguim, Chen Tang | Virtual Room Main |
| Unlocking Sustainable Food Security: System Dynamics Modelling of Nigeria’s Food System for Biodiversity, Resilience and Grow | Chinweoke Ike | |||
| Towards an Internally Consistent Representation of All Planetary Boundaries - Using the World-Earth Model FRIDA | Axel Eriksson, Jannes Breier, David Collste, Dieter Gerten, Lars J. Nilsson, Billy Schoenberg | |||
| 06:25 | 07:00 | Poster(339): Poster Session (Morning, 30th of July) | Lucas Meneguim, Chen Tang | Virtual Room Main |
| Inefficient use of Human Capital in Finance: the impact of AI and the risk of Unemployment | Madina Zhappargaliyeva, Ayana Zhappargaliyeva, Aiym Aben, Nazym Omirali, Dinara Saduakas, Asel Jumasseitova | |||
| Beyond the Hype: Modelling How Evolving Perceptions Drive Rural Telehealth Resource Allocation and Workforce Sustainability | Sagda Osman, Louise A. Ellis, Jeffrey Braithwaite | |||
| Examining the Dynamic Mechanisms Governing the Physician-Scientist System in South Korea | Moo Hyuk Lee, Jong-Il Kim, Young Kyung Do | |||
| Inefficient use of Human Capital in Finance: the impact of AI and the risk of Unemployment | Madina Zhappargaliyeva, Ayana Zhappargaliyeva, Aiym Aben, Nazym Omirali, Dinara Saduakas, Asel Jumasseitova | |||
| Applying Community Based System Dynamics to Examine Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workflow in the Emergency Department | Mia Vogel, Bradley J. De Souza, Jessica S. Wallisch, Jose A. Pineda, Pradip P. Chaudhari | |||
| Applying Systems Thinking to Understand Partnering for Hypertension Control | Mia Vogel, Lesley Steinman, Sara Eve Sarliker | |||
| A Dynamic Analysis of Coproduction in Jakarta’s LSSC Waste Program | Fazlur Rahman Hassan | |||
| 07:30 | 07:35 | Plenary(340): SOC Welcome (Main) (Afternoon, 30th of July) | Vedansh Patel, Jack Mercer | Virtual Room Main |
| 07:35 | 08:15 | Plenary(355): Student Plenary (Afternoon, 30th of July) | Vedansh Patel, Jack Mercer | Virtual Room Main |
| Domestic Water Management Information Model Based on Cooperation and Powered by Industry 4.0 Technologies in Periurban Regions | Beatriz Marin, Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia, Ivan Taylor, Martha Toy | |||
| Hydro Economic global framework | Noah Rappaport | |||
| 08:15 | 09:00 | Plenary(341): SOC Expert Keynote by Nuno Videira: "“Insight to Impact: Harnessing System Dynamics for Complex Problem Solving” | Jack Mercer, Vedansh Patel | Virtual Room Main |
| 09:15 | 09:45 | Plenary(342): "Systematic CLD Creation” by Merel van Der Waal | Vedansh Patel, Jack Mercer | Virtual Room Main |
| 09:45 | 10:30 | Plenary(343): "Working through the CLD creation process" by James Paine | Jack Mercer, Vedansh Patel | Virtual Room Main |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Plenary(344): "The dynamics of US motor vehicle fatality: exploring and simulating a 34-year pattern" by Jack Homer | Jack Mercer, Vedansh Patel | Virtual Room Main |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Special(345): SOC Career Fair | Vedansh Patel, Jack Mercer | Virtual Room Main |
| 12:00 | 14:10 | Poster(346): Poster Session (30th of July, Evening) | Jack Mercer, Lucas Meneguim | Virtual Room Main |
| Colonised Commons: Climate, Agrarian and Elite Control in Bangladesh Beel Fisheries | Md. Mahmudul Hasan | |||
| Unlocking Sustainable Food Security: System Dynamics Modelling of Nigeria’s Food System for Biodiversity, Resilience and Grow | Chinweoke Ike | |||
Saturday August 2
| Start | End | Saturday August 2 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 00:35 | 01:35 | Special(108): Policy Council Meet & Greet | Rebecca Niles |
Sunday August 3
| Start | End | Sunday August 3 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 09:00 | 10:00 | Special(109): Virtual Volunteer Training | Andries Botha | Virtual Room Main |
| 09:30 | 12:45 | Special(110): Policy Council Meeting | Asmeret Naugle | Terrace Lounge Rebecca Niles, Raquel Froese Buzogany |
| 10:00 | 10:15 | Plenary(347): Student-Organized Colloquium Welcome (In Person Only) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 10:15 | 10:30 | Plenary(348): "Publishing your System Dynamics Research in Top Disciplinary Journals: Challenges & Recommendations" by Hazhir Rahmandad (InPe | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(349): Participatory CLD Building Workshop with James Paine (In Person Only) | James Paine, Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 13:15 | 14:00 | Plenary(313): Student Plenary #1 (Morning, 3rd of August) | Jack Mercer, Christine Tang | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Sustainable pesticide management in Quebec through participatory qualitative systems modeling: a case study in corn-soybean | William Robitaille, Jan Adamowski, Andreas Nicolaidis Lindqvist | |||
| A System Dynamics Approach to Managing Material Cost Overruns in Industrial Building Projects2 | Lukas Sihombing, Davied Insja | |||
| 14:00 | 15:00 | Special(111): Newcomer Orientation (Hybrid) | Leonard Malczynski, Rebecca Niles | Terrace Lounge |
| 14:15 | 15:15 | Plenary(350): SOC Expert Presentation by Saras Chung: "Applying SD to a community-centric context" (Hybrid) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Special(112): Session Chair Orientation | Niyousha Hosseinichimeh | Terrace Lounge Raquel Froese Buzogany, Christine Tang |
| 15:15 | 15:45 | Plenary(351): SOC Expert Keynote by Billy Schoenberg: "AI in/with SD modelling" (Hybrid) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 15:45 | 16:45 | Special(113): In-Person Volunteer Training | Meagan Colvin, Sandra Ham | Terrace Lounge |
| 16:00 | 16:40 | Plenary(356): Student Plenary #2 (Afternoon, 3rd of August) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 16:00 | 16:40 | Plenary(357): Student Plenary #3 (Afternoon, 3rd of August) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 16:50 | 17:30 | Poster(352): Student Poster Session A (In Person Only) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Understanding the Mechanisms Driving the Starvation Cycle in Commercial Nonprofits | Ricardo Chavelas Manzo | |||
| Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Universities: How to reduce violence, survivor trauma, and hold perpetrators accountable | Rai-Ching Yu | |||
| Water Challenge, wip | Dumas F. Lafontant, ML | |||
| Unfolding the life cyele cost dynamies for the transition from traditional expressLogistics to UAV-driven systems | Zhaowen Ma, Jing Yang, Fenglin Su, Shiyong Liu | |||
| Investigating the Impact of Non-Existing Industrial Strategy on Steel Manufacturing Productivity: An Integrative qualitative sy | Emmanuel Abuede | |||
| Balancing Forest Ecosystem Services under Climate Change - A Multi-Model Approach | Kelechi Ibeh, Austin Himes, Allyson Beall King | |||
| Modeling of Silvicultural Treatments: Impacts on Oak Regeneration and Carbon Sequestration | Kelechi Ibeh, Austin Himes, Allyson Beall King | |||
| Understanding the drivers and barriers to Post Occupancy Evaluation using systems thinking to improve building performance. | Jaime Bainbridge | |||
| Leveraging Mindfulness: A System Dynamics Approach to Psychological Resilience and Transformation | David Matta | |||
| Sustainable Systems Education & Social Innovation with AI Empowered Digital Platform: A Case Study from Taiwan Chapter | Yi-En Ko | |||
| 17:30 | 18:30 | Special(353): Networking and Socializing (In Person Only) | Jack Mercer | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 19:15 | 20:15 | Special(114): Sunday Walking Tours and Social Events (Self Paid) | Stone Lobby |
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| Quads and Classics: Charles River Walk to Harvard Yard and Square | Niyousha Hosseinichimeh, Fernando Redivo | |||
| Skyline Views and Rooftop Dining: Charles River to ViewBoston | Rebecca Niles, Meagan Colvin | |||
| History and Flavors: Freedom Trail to Quincy Market | Karim Chichakly, Christine Tang | |||
Monday August 4
| Start | End | Monday August 4 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 07:45 | 08:00 | Special(116): Registration | Stone Lobby |
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| 08:00 | 08:30 | Plenary(117): Opening Ceremony | Karim Chichakly | Metcalf Hall |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Plenary(101): Achieving Success Teaching System Dynamics | Kim Kastens | Metcalf Hall |
| Teaching System Dynamics to Liberal Arts Students | Steve Peterson | |||
| Lasting Success in Teaching System Dynamics | Jeff Trailer | |||
| Teaching SD using the Delft Method: from practice to theory | Willem L. Auping, Floortje d’Hont | |||
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(118): Coffee Break | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(119): Speed Networking A (In Person Only) | Rebecca Niles | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(265): Asia Pacific Coordinating Council Meeting (Hybrid) | Jenson Goh | Room 312 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(314): Economics SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Michael Radzicki, Sercin Sahin | Room 310 Christine Tang |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(254): Latin America Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia | Terrace Lounge |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(257): South African Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Andries Botha, Nalini Sooknanan Pillay | Room 315 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(205): Climate and Equity | Byomkesh Talukder | Metcalf Hall |
| Climate impacts of afforestation and forest restoration | John Sterman, Florian Kapmeier, Lori Siegel | |||
| FRIDA v2.0: Modeling the two-way coupling of the climate and humans. | Billy Schoenberg, Benjamin Blanz, Jannes Breier, Beniamino Callegari, Martin Breda Grimeland, Andreas Nicolaidis Lindqvist, Jefferson K. Rajah, Lennart Ramme, Chris Wells, Cecilie Mauritzen | |||
| Indigenous perspectives on green finance and digital infrastructure: A system dynamics approach | Mikhail Oet, Moira Zellner, Youngbok Ryu, James Hemsath, Gabriela Garcia, Chenxu Zhang | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(209): Social Influence and Health Behavior | David Lounsbury | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Social norms underlying health behaviors: Developing a feedback theory of social norm adoption for public health | Callie Ogland-Hand | |||
| Bridging the Unavoidable A Priori: A Framework for Comparative Causal Modeling | Peter Hovmand, Kari O'Donnell, Callie Ogland-Hand, Brian Biroscak, Douglas Gunzler | |||
| Webs of Influence: Exploring links between social media and anxiety from a teen perspective | Janet Velasquez Trejo, Ellen O'Neill, Saras Chung | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(216): Strategic Workforce and Security Dynamics | Burcu Tan | Terrace Lounge |
| Nat-Sec MAISC Research Agenda: Challenges & way ahead for M&S, AI, on topics of systemic complexity in national security | Timothy Clancy, Michaela Gawrys, Bob Lamb, Devin Ellis | |||
| PhDs in queue and the US science workforce trajectory | Navid Ghaffarzadegan | |||
| A Dynamic Model of Workforce Management During Seasonal Epidemics | Ahmet Emir Şener, Gönenç Yücel | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(189): Health System Improvement | Wayne Wakeland | Room 310 |
| Integrating SD, VSM, and DPG to Address Health Financing & Governance Challenges in Singapore | Zhenghua Yang, David Bruce Matchar, Enzo Bivona | |||
| Modeling Opioid Crisis in Canada: a Systems Approach to Policy and Intervention Strategies | Zeynep Hasgul, Hesam Mahmoudi, Rebecca Plouffe, Tara Sadeghieh, Karin Johnson, Eva Graham, Mohammad Jalali | |||
| Modeling the Impact of Staff Turnover on Productivity of the Screening System in Critical Care Settings | Fatima Sadjadpour, Niyousha Hosseinichimeh, Lenore Jarvis, Sofia Perazzo, Lamia Soghier | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(194): Modeling Structural Inequities | Catherine DiGennaro | Room 312 |
| Policing Incentives and the Cycle of Marginalization: The Impact of Police Bonus System on Trans Sex Workers in Turkiye | Umutcan Ay, Vicky Chuqiao Yang | |||
| The Dynamics of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice Adoption | Arya Yadama | |||
| Examining mechanisms of structural racism in migrant and seasonal farm worker respiratory health | Ellis Ballard, Mia LaBrier, Stephanie Hernandez, Octavia Bartmess, Caroline McDonald, Jessica Culley, Devon Payne-Sturges | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(192): Innovative Modeling Approaches | J. Chris White | Room 315 |
| Decoding Policy Interactions in System Dynamics: A Balanced Tree Clustering Approach | Yuta Sumiya, Naoyuki Echizenya, Tomoyuki Taguma, Kyosuke Toda, Takahisa Ando, Yoshiaki Oida, Yutaka Takahashi | |||
| The Hybrid TIS Model: A Simulation Model to Assess the Emergence of Technological Innovation Systems in Developing Countries | Lune Massop, Linda Kamp, Merla Kubli, Jill Slinger | |||
| Modeling Bias Evolution in Fashion Recommender Systems: A System Dynamics Approach | Mahsa Goodarzi, M. Abdullah Canbaz | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(213): Systems for Learning and Sustainability | Allyson Beall King | Room 322 |
| A Simulation Model of the World Underwater Federation's (CMAS) Sustainable High-Quality Training System | Matthias Papesch | |||
| The Importance of Climate Information Services in OACPS Countries | Al Thibeault, Mike Ryder, Ron Suiter, Nsadisa Faka, David Peterson, Ben Arthur, Adem Delibas | |||
| Tackling grand challenges: Evaluating causal loop diagrams as a boundary object in a transdisciplinary research project | Yuhong Wang, Fathima Puthusery, Pepe Puchol-Salort, Irene Pluchinotta, Nici Zimmermann | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(238): Learning and Teaching | Lees Stuntz | Room 320 |
| Over 200 Systems Thinking/System Dynamics Assessment Questions Released for K-12 Research | Diana Fisher, Emre Göktepe, Gaye Ceyhan | |||
| Dissemination through Conversation: Using Existing Social Networks to Inform and Encourage Enrollment in EEPs. | Lucia Cheney, Rachel Coleman, Arie Perliger, Juliette Rooney-Varga | |||
| Modelling process of complex problems from a teaching perspective | Juan Rios-Ocampo, Svea-Erika Staby, Iram Mushtaq | |||
| A Non-System Dynamicist's View of Teaching System Dynamics | Jonathan Miles | |||
| Exploring how features of epistemic trust influence system thinking as stakeholders engage with system dynamics and AI | Ann Marie White, Yusheng Jia, Nanki Nagpaul, Juneha Seo, Bob Marion | |||
| Understanding the drivers and barriers to Post Occupancy Evaluation using systems thinking to improve building performance. | Jaime Bainbridge | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(242): Risk, Resilience, and Sustainability | Sean Shao Wei Lam | Room 321 |
| Towards a Dynamic Formulation of Social Burden: Modeling Decision-Making Processes During Infrastructure Disruptions | Sara Peterson, Robert Jeffers | |||
| Combining Climate Models with Humanitarian Operations Models to Leverage Policies for Disaster Risk Management | Eduardo Franco, Maria Angelica Silva, Luiza Cunha, Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues | |||
| A National Institutional Arrangement for Green Hydrogen Production: Understanding it from a Systems Perspective | Arun Bajracharya | |||
| Exploring Climate-Driven Vulnerabilities in the Beef Feedlot Production Segment Using System Dynamics | Mati Mohammadi, Andres Cibils, Benjamin Turner | |||
| Simulation Environment for Understanding and Preventing Genocide | Gary Hirsch | |||
| From stress to sustainability: Navigating BRD-mediated feedback interactions in integrated beef production systems | Adeolu Adekunle, Benjamin Turner, Luis Tedeschi, Karun Kaniyamattam | |||
| 12:00 | 13:30 | Special(120): Lunch | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(297): Advancing System Dynamics in Higher Education: Adoption and Collaboration | Meagan Colvin, Rod MacDonald | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Roundtable on Advancing System Dynamics in Higher Education: Adoption and Collaboration | Meagan Colvin, Rod MacDonald, Rebecca Niles, Hamid Balali, Gholamreza Eslamifar | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(298): Group model building on socioeconomic dynamics of beyond GDP | Takuma Ono | Metcalf Hall |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(304): Feedback Roundtable on Science Policy | Pascal Gambardella | Metcalf Hall |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(303): Model evaluation using artificial intelligence | Leonard Malczynski | Metcalf Hall |
| Roundtable: Model evaluation using artificial intelligence | Leonard Malczynski | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(191): Urban Dynamics | Ali Akhavan | Metcalf Hall |
| Urban Modeling Traditions: A Literature Review on Methods and Applications | Ellen O'Neill, Hazhir Rahmandad, Saras Chung, David Keith, Janet Velasquez Trejo | |||
| Advancing Urban Models for Impact | Hazhir Rahmandad, Saras Chung, Ellen O'Neill, David Keith, Janet Velasquez Trejo | |||
| How city attractiveness and population growth created unaffordable housing in Greater Sydney | Juan Rios-Ocampo, Shayne Gary | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(198): Rethinking Macroeconomics | Gholamreza Eslamifar | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Understanding Contingencies of Say’s Law of Markets | Khalid Saeed | |||
| The Useful Macro Project | David Wheat | |||
| Using Causal Diagrams to Teach Macroeconomics | Oleg Pavlov | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(190): Social Change and Collective Behavior | Andrew Brown | Terrace Lounge |
| Revealing Hidden Dynamics in Collaboration: Using Group Model Building to Enhance Qualitative Longitudinal Research | Laura Black, David Andersen | |||
| Long-Term Opinion Dynamics and Social Change | Rachael Kha, Vicky Chuqiao Yang | |||
| Understanding the Radicalization Process of Incels | Tess Jongsma, Floortje d’Hont, Willem L. Auping, Jan Kwakkel | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(212): Learning with Archetypes | Allyson Beall King | Room 310 |
| Using System Archetypes to Support Learning and Strategic Reflection on Persistent Organizational Problems in NGOs | Gillian Martin Mehers | |||
| Cognitive Analysis of a Systems Thinking Educational Assignment: Find & Map the Feedback Loop in Popular Media Articles | Kim Kastens, Thomas F. Shipley | |||
| Exploring the challenges experienced by academic medicine using archetypes | Erika Meler, Sarah Kelly, Daniel Schull, Russell Richards | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(199): Health and Social Inequities | Sean Shao Wei Lam | Room 312 |
| Convening stakeholders to explore drivers of gun violence and potential strategies for violence reduction in Cincinnati, Ohio | Meera Kotagal, Kelsey Werner, Ellis Ballard, Carley Riley, Virginia Tallent, Kendall Sheppard, Takaia Rouse, Barbara Bell, Brita Roy | |||
| Unpacking the Drivers of Severe Maternal Morbidity among Non-Hispanic Black Women: Clinical, Social, and Policy Perspectives | Saeideh Fallah-Fini, Michael Lemke, Kyrah Brown, Tiffany Kindratt, Roseline T. Chenganiyadan, David Lounsbury, Mercy Jesuloluwa Obasanya | |||
| Chronic School Absenteeism among Children with Asthma | Marie Masotya, Peter Hovmand, Bethany Snyder, Sarah Ronis | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(185): Food, Farming, and Resilience | James Paine | Room 315 |
| Modeling the Dynamics of Access to Healthy Food. The Case of Cleveland, Ohio. | John Ansah, Robinson Salazar | |||
| Food self-sufficiency: system dynamics modeling for managing agricultural in Papua Mountain Province, Indonesia | Wezia Berkademi, Tri Edhi Budhi Soesilo | |||
| The adoption of conservation tillage in Brandenburg, Germany | Lukas Bayer, Jefferson K. Rajah, Christina Gkini, Birgit Kopainsky | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(214): Transportation and Energy Transitions | Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues | Room 322 |
| Uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Comparing Mandates, and Industry Targets Using a System Dynamics Air Transport Model | Chetan Talwar | |||
| Transitioning to Electric Buses: Challenges and Implications for Sao Paulo | Tainara Volan, Caroline Rodrigues Vaz, Mauricio Uriona Maldonado | |||
| A System Dynamics Approach towards nearly zero energy districts | Juliana Zapata, Silvia Ulli-Beer | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(246): Policy and Performance | J. Chris White | Room 320 |
| Multi-system transition dynamics of road freight transport and electric energy systems | Jonathan Schmid, Zeinab Raoofi | |||
| Analyzing the Effects of Basel IV Regulations on Macroeconomic Fluctuations: A Money View Approach | Sercin Sahin | |||
| Agriculture in a climate changed future: Prototype serious game to explore the sustainability of current practice trajectories. | Justin Connolly, Warren Fitzgerald, Blair Keenan, Melissa Hackell | |||
| Partner Career Trajectories and Gender in Big Four Public Accounting Firms (WIP) | Cindy Mino | |||
| The Impact of a Synergised Emotionally Intelligent Team on Project Success | Nalini Sooknanan Pillay, Andries Botha | |||
| Policy design for emerging space economies: the case of Brazil in the new space era | Bruno Nunes Vaz, Lucas Novelino Abdala, Mischel Neyra Belderrain, Níssia Bergiante | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(235): AI, Tech, and Transitions | Bo Hu | Room 321 |
| Evaluation and extension of models using artificial intelligence | Leonard Malczynski, Alec Morton | |||
| Toward a more effective strategy for distinguishing AI bots from human responses in survey research | Kari O'Donnell, Peter Hovmand | |||
| Leveraging large language models to identify acute mental health patient flows in interview data | Erin Kenzie, Mellodie Seater, Alexandra Nielsen, Kristen Hassmiller Lich | |||
| Crossing the Modeling Chasm from Qualitative Causal Loop Diagrams to Simulation Modeling | Peter Hovmand, Robinson Salazar, Callie Ogland-Hand, Claire Ing, Patricia Coleman, Tanisha Franquez Aflague, Monica Esquivel, Rachel Novotny | |||
| Quantifying socio-macroeconomic impacts of electric vehicle adoption in Mexico | Saidou Sy, Travis Franck | |||
| AI-Supported Dynamic Modeling of Utah’s Ski Tourism: Forecasting Seasonal Visitation Amid Global and Political Change | Alton Alexander | |||
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(300): Coffee Break | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(122): Speed Networking B (In Person Only) | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
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| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(255): Brasil Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Karim Chichakly | Room 320 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(260): Energy SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | George Matthew, Joseph Londa | Room 312 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(259): Taiwan Chapter Meeting (In Person Only) | Min-Ren Yan | Room 310 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(258): Student Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Lucas Meneguim, Jack Mercer | Terrace Lounge |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(261): Past System Dynamics Society Presidents Meeting (Hybrid) | Allyson Beall King | Room 315 |
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Plenary(123): Awards Ceremony | Karim Chichakly | Metcalf Hall |
| 16:00 | 17:45 | Plenary(102): Awards Presentations | Karim Chichakly | Metcalf Hall |
| Jay Wright Forrester Award | Khalid Saeed | |||
| System Dynamics Applications Award | J. Bradley Morrison | |||
| 17:30 | 17:45 | Special(124): Group Photo (In Person Only) | Metcalf Hall |
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| 18:00 | 19:00 | Special(121): Online Networking | Virtual Room Main |
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| 18:15 | 21:15 | Special(126): Beer Game (In Person Only) | Rebecca Niles, Javier Duran | Metcalf Small Ballroom Meagan Colvin |
| 18:30 | 19:30 | Special(125): Monday Walking Tours and Social Events (Self Paid) | Stone Lobby |
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| From Models to Meals: MIT System Dynamics and Campus Tour | Alexander Kuptel | |||
| Fireside Chat: Classic System Dynamics Case Studies --True stories of SD successes on high-stakes business problems | Kenneth Cooper | |||
Tuesday August 5
| Start | End | Tuesday August 5 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 07:45 | 08:15 | Special(128): Mindfulness Meditation | ||
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Plenary(103): Integrating AI in Dynamic Modeling | Raafat Zaini | Metcalf Hall |
| Agentic AI for Dynamic Modeling and Governance in SocioTechnical Systems | Babak Heydari | |||
| Structural Feedback and Behavioral Decision Making in Queuing Systems: A Hybrid Simulation Framework | Sergey Naumov, Rogelio Oliva | |||
| Benchmarking Estimation of Dynamic Models in Social and Behavioral Sciences | Ali Akhavan, Jimmy Cabot, Hazhir Rahmandad | |||
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Special(354): Sponsor Demo: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (Virtual Only) | JinHyo Joseph Yun | Virtual Room2 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(135): Coffee Break | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 10:00 | 10:30 | Special(263): Sponsor Demo: isee systems (In Person Only) | Bob Eberlein, Karim Chichakly | Room 310 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(262): Sponsor Demo: Ventana, Vensim, and Ventity (Hybrid) | Tony Kennedy, Tom Fiddaman | Terrace Lounge |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Special(330): Sponsor Demo: Copernicos (Virtual Only) | Arjen Ros, Michel Kuijer | Virtual Room1 |
| Entity-Based System Dynamics in Practice: Introduction and Toolkit | Arjen Ros, Michel Kuijer | |||
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(316): Chapter and Special Interest Group (SIG) Leaders Meeting (Hybrid) | Mohammad Jalali, Raquel Froese Buzogany | Room 312 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(277): Strategies for Project and Market Success | Lukas Sihombing | Ziskind Lounge |
| How to Overcome the Chasm and Promote Digital Transformation Using Goal-setting Theory | Akihiro Sakaedani | |||
| Using a Task-Level SD Approach to Help Create More Realistic Schedule and Budget Estimates for a Large Development Project | J. Chris White | |||
| Health Insurance at a Crossroads: Market Failures, Financial Protection, and Private Sector Dynamics | Nachiket Mor, Aakriti Gupta, Rahul Kumar Roy | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(281): Systemic Insights in Health and Public Policy | Mohammad Jalali | Ziskind Lounge |
| Ten years of Modeling to Learn: Improving flow through psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in behavioral health systems | Lindsey Zimmerman, David Lounsbury, Debra Kibbe | |||
| Slashing NIH Funding: Trump’s Gamble on Science and Health | Mohammad Jalali, Zeynep Hasgul | |||
| The Lasting Imprint of Childhood Trauma: How Adverse Childhood Experiences Shape Health and Well-Being Across the Lifespan | Meagan Colvin | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(282): Innovation and Accessibility in System Dynamics | Laura Black | Ziskind Lounge |
| Reflections on System Dynamics in 2025 - The Times They Are A-Changin' | John Morecroft | |||
| Improving Accessibility of The System Dynamics Learning Guide Using the 'Systems Thinking for the Visually Impaired' Custom GPT | Allie Zombron, Raafat Zaini | |||
| ASD Macroeconomic Model of Microfoundation, Public Money, and Uniform Tax (Part V) | Yokei Yamaguchi, Kaoru Yamaguchi | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(280): Insights in Teaching, Training, and Historical Dynamics | David Bruce Matchar | Ziskind Lounge |
| Studying the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings through a Conflict Dynamic Model | Pascal Gambardella, John Hayward, Dana Ilmari Polojarvi | |||
| Breaking the Stall: System Dynamics Unveils Hidden Traps in Aviation Safety | Steven Smith | |||
| Using LLMs to Support Teachers Infusing System Dynamics Concepts in High School Curricula | Diana Fisher | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(283): Collaborative Modeling with AI | Melike Hazal Can | Ziskind Lounge |
| Sustainable Systems Education & Social Innovation with AI Empowered Digital Platform: A Case Study from Taiwan Chapter | Min-Ren Yan, Yi-En Ko, Yu-Wen Hung, Chih-An Chen | |||
| Prioritization of Recommendations in Group Model Building: APEASE framework on Interventions to Address Extreme Heat and Health | Bradley Kramer, Catherine Hartwell, Saria Hassan | |||
| Exploring the use of Large Language Models with Chain-of-thought Prompting as an Aid in Causal Loop Diagram Development | Ashish Kumar, Sean Shao Wei Lam | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(231): Sustainable Fuels and Food | Benjamin Turner | Metcalf Hall |
| From Crops to Jet Fuel: Modeling the SAF Market Potential in Ecuador | Micaela Peralta | |||
| Modeling the Feasibility of an Alcohol-to-Jet Industry based on Sugarcane in Ecuador | Paulina Echeverría, Allyson Beall King, Manuel Garcia-Perez | |||
| Modeling the feasibility of SAF production in the Dominican Republic using oily crops and wastes for sustainable aviation fuel | Raul Perez, Allyson Beall King, Manuel Garcia-Perez | |||
| Feasibility of Converting Municipal Solid Waste into Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Bogota, Colombia | Claudia Valderrama, Allyson Beall King, Manuel Garcia-Perez | |||
| Climate-smart Practices in the Integrated Beef Supply Chain: A Causal Loop Diagram | Serinmary Pulikkottil Rejimon, Karun Kaniyamattam, Luis Tedeschi | |||
| Sustainable Small-Scale Tomato Production in DF, Brazil | Raquel Froese Buzogany, Maria Thereza Pedroso | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(245): People, Process, and Purpose | Jose Lopez | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Time Delays in System Dynamics Modeling: An Evaluation and Insight into the Modeling Process | Bethany Snyder, Kari O'Donnell | |||
| Digital Platforms and the Fissured Workforce: Consequences of Temporary Labor Strategies in Service Operations | Jose Lopez, Luis Lopez, Rogelio Oliva | |||
| A System Dynamics based analysis corporate turnaround process. The case of Fiat under the leadership of Sergio Marchionne | Carmine Garzia | |||
| Translating a Collaborator-Designed Causal Loop Diagram to Support Campus Decision-Making on Alcohol-Involved Sexual Violence | Joseph Alejandro, Michelle Dougherty, Travis Moore, Natalie Sumetsky, Reg Futcher, Robert W.S. Coulter, Jessica G. Burke, Elizabeth Miller, Christina Mair | |||
| Integrating System Dynamics and Probabilistic Deep Learning: A Hybrid Framework for Uncertainty-Aware Decision Support | Souleymane Bah | |||
| Scaling up the share of circular medical consumables in the healthcare sector | Paula Goetz | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(234): Smarter Healthcare | Gary Hirsch | Terrace Lounge |
| Beyond the Hype: Modelling How Evolving Perceptions Drive Rural Telehealth Resource Allocation and Workforce Sustainability | Sagda Osman, Kate Churruca, Mohammad Jalali, Louise A. Ellis, Jeffrey Braithwaite | |||
| Agent-Based Modeling to Simulate Complex Quality Dynamics Leading to Patient Outmigration in South Korea | Moo Hyuk Lee, Jungwoo Kim, Ji-Su Lee, Taesik Lee, Young Kyung Do | |||
| Health Technology Assessment supported by system dynamics: an endoscopic ultrasound case study in Colombia | Sandra Patricia Usaquén Perilla, Laura Valentina Bocanegra- Villegas, Mauricio Gómez-Figueroa | |||
| Using System Dynamics to Optimize Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Strategies in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case of Tanzania | David Thomas Myemba, Nico Vandaele, Catherine Decouttere | |||
| System Dynamics Modeling of Thailand’s Prevention and Control of Metabolic Syndrome | Borwornsom Leerapan, Kwanpracha Chiangchaisakulthai, Pard Teekasap | |||
| Increasing value in healthcare by leveraging integrated care pathways: focus on femur fractures | Federico Barnabè, Riccardo Santoni, Maria Cleofe Giorgino | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(239): Governance and Resilience | Dumas F. Lafontant, ML | Room 310 |
| A Systems Approach to Understanding the Impact of Federal Incentives on Broadband Access | Julie Maurer | |||
| Developing a Systems Dynamics Model of State Repression | Collin Sullivan | |||
| Agriculture-Culture-Tourism Integration in Rural Revitalization: A Study of Grounded Theory based on Wuning County, China | Linlin Wang, Jenson Goh, Haiyan Yan | |||
| Climate and energy policy: unintended long-term consequences of short-term decisions | Ritvars Freimains, Andra Blumberga | |||
| Adapting a Model of Chronic Wasting Disease to New Outbreaks Implications for Implementing Systems Dynamics at Scale | Erica Rieder, Tom Fiddaman, Stephanie R. Penk, Richard E.W. Berl, Bryan J. Richards | |||
| System Dynamics Modeling of Grid Risk Futures | Robert Jeffers | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(243): Economic Transitions and Resilient Futures | Mikhail Oet | Room 312 |
| Is the key to India’s circular economy goals hidden in Voluntary Vehicle Modernization Program (VVMP)? | Ankit Sharma | |||
| Public policy responses to agricultural soil degradation in India: A Systems Thinking Analysis | Khushboo Khosla | |||
| CLD and Leverage Points Approach for reducing Transport Poverty in Austria | Olivia Gold, Astrid Guehnemann, Paul Pfaffenbichler | |||
| Strategic Planning in Educational Institutions: The Case of Darussafaka Schools | Meltem Ceylan Alibeyoglu, Emre Göktepe, Erda Gercek | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(244): Transitions in a Complex World | Takuma Ono | Room 315 |
| Sovereign debt and export: endogenous and exogenous oscillations | Hennadii Hryhoriev | |||
| Inefficient use of Human Capital in Finance: the impact of AI and the risk of Unemployment | Asel Jumasseitova, Dinara Saduakas, Nazym Omirali, Aiym Aben, Ayana Zhappargaliyeva, Madina Zhappargaliyeva | |||
| Green Sukuk Issuance on Sustainable Transportation in Indonesia | Syamsi Mustofa Singgih Prayogo, Dian Masyita, Rizky Wisnoentoro | |||
| The KNOWING Impact Interaction Model Framework – building upon the results of domain models for climate resilient pathways | Martin Zach, Enst Gebetsroither, Laura Bernadó, Jasmin Lampert | |||
| Integrating Systems Thinking into the IB PYP Framework | Özgün Çetinkaya, Hasret Nuhoglu, Emre Göktepe | |||
| Exploring the dynamic interactions between heavy electric truck adoption and electricity supply and pricing | Zeinab Raoofi, Anna Pernestål | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(237): Business and Strategy | Liliana Robu | Room 322 |
| Profitability Potential of Non-Autonomous and Autonomous Ride-Hailing Services for Asset-Light and Asset-Heavy Business Models | Pia Regine Mingnon Negro | |||
| Best Long-Term Strategy under Competitive Conditions of Asset-Light and Asset-Heavy Ride-Hailing Business Models | Pia Regine Mingnon Negro | |||
| Navigating the Freight Hauler's decision trade-offs to invest in Zero-emission Heavy-duty Trucks | Vivek Venkatesh Shenoy, Anna Pernestål, Jonas Mårtensson, Camilla Nyquist Magnusson, Zeinab Raoofi | |||
| Po with the flow: Modeling intangibles in business forecasting with StochSD | Tim Rogers | |||
| A value-based approach to governing entrepreneurial ecosystem | Agusta Jonsdottir, Federico Cosenz, Brynhildur Davidsdottir | |||
| Do the theories of systems thinking apply in practice to the development of and alignment of instructional networks? | Simon Gordon | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(333): Systems Approaches to Social Challenges | Nasim Sabounchi | Room 320 |
| Preliminary Results on Value Creation and Erosion in Consulting Services | Josué Vitor de Medeiros Júnior, Alexandre Magno da Silva Filho | |||
| Using Group Model Building to Identify Drivers and Levers of the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Cape Town, South Africa | Nicole Holliday | |||
| Feedback mechanisms reinforcing marginalisation and tensions related to electricity supply in informal settlements in Kenya | Brunilde Verrier, Mourice Kausya, Elsie Onsongo, Kevin Nayema, Julia Tomei | |||
| Breaking Systemic Barriers in Thailand’s Public Dental Care Through Causal Loop Analysis and Policy Consensus | Wararat Jaichuen, Peerasit Sitthirat, Natthawut Iangtanarat | |||
| Systems Literature Analysis Engine: Automating the connection of scientific evidence to inform causal loop diagrams | Thomas Bland, Clayton Ulm, Hanqi Xiao, Cole Oliver Beitscher, Sarah Mills, Kristen Hassmiller Lich | |||
| 11:00 | 11:45 | Feedback(250): Feedback Session | Bob Eberlein | Room 321 |
| Integrating Green Hydrogen into the Transportation System: Policy, Barriers, and Pathways for Decarbonisation | Milton M. Herrera, Lina Astrid Carvajal-Prieto | |||
| Narratives of stewardship and resistance: Deciphering divergent sustainability decision-making among livestock farmers | Tianchu Lu | |||
| Political Polarization as a Co-adaptive Process | PJ Lamberson | |||
| Modeling strategies for limiting evictions and improving housing security in urban America | Jack Mercer | |||
| A system dynamics perspective of project strategy | Sarojkant Singh | |||
| Crossing the Rubicon of Complexity Sciences:An Age-Spanning Dialectic from Ibn Khaldun to Fourier and Synthesis of Cliodynamics | Shayan Firouzian | |||
| 12:00 | 13:30 | Special(129): Lunch | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 12:15 | 13:45 | Special(299): Connecting the Dots in Current Events | Asmeret Naugle | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(285): Modeling Methods and AI | Ali Parsa | Virtual Room Main |
| 1. AI for System Dynamics: Mapping Progress across Six Modelling Stages | Aisyah Muthiah | |||
| 2. Systematic Variable Classification in Causal Loop Diagram Formalization: A Multi-Method Labeling Procedure | Jeroen Uleman, Wayne Wakeland | |||
| 3. System Dynamics Analysis of AI’s Socioeconomic Impact: Policy Insights on Inequality, Unemployment, and the Rise of DeepSeek | Mohammadhashem Moosavihaghighi | |||
| 4. Exploring AI Performance In Dynamic Decision-Making: Case Study on Fishery Management | Arjuna Jonathan Paranoan, Theresia Bhekti Putranti, Tinh Nha Lai, Scott Fortmann-Roe, Erling Moxnes, Saeed Langarudi | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(286): Dynamics of Economic Development | J. Chris White | Virtual Room1 |
| 5. Solving Systemic Socio-Economic Dilemmas in Regional Australia | Stephen Saunders | |||
| 6. Enhancing Islamic Economics and Financial Literacy in Indonesia using Diffusion of Innovations Model | Nanang Rosidin | |||
| 7. Understanding the Dynamics of Crop Insurance Markets through an Exploratory Model | Dushyant Mahadik, Bhakti Deepa Sahu, Upelina Murmu | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(289): Health and Well-Being | Melike Hazal Can | Virtual Room2 |
| 8. Understanding Policy Resistance in Tobacco Taxation Policy | Kartik Bitra, Mihir Mathur | |||
| 9. Needs assessment for developing a System Dynamic HIV Drug Resistance Prevention Model: A triangulation approach | Beatrice Aiko, Leonor Guariguata, David Thomas Myemba, George Bwire, Goodluck Nyondo, Janeth Swai, Raphael Sangeda, Japhet Killewo, Nico Vandaele, Catherine Decouttere | |||
| 10. Understanding the Dynamic Mechanisms of Cancer Patients’ Outmigration in South Korea: A Group Model Building Approach | Moo Hyuk Lee, Sun Young Kim, Young Kyung Do | |||
| 11. Exploring the dynamic relationship between population mental health and the UK labour market through a gendered lens | Shreya Sonthalia | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(290): Sustainability Dynamics | Carmine Garzia | Virtual Room3 |
| 12. Materiality and sustainable performance, a dynamic relationship: exploring the drivers of greenwashing | Riccardo Santoni | |||
| 13. Accelerating the Adoption of True Sustainability - Why Firms Are Delaying Adoption and How We Can Help Them | Simona Scarpa | |||
| 14. System Dynamics of Emerging Competitive Analysis: A Comparative Analysis of AI and Biotech Innovation Ecosystems | Shih-Hsin Chen, Hung-Chi Chang, WenHsin Chi | |||
| 15. Sustainability Assessment Framework for Urban Transportation: Integrating System Dynamic and GIS for TOD and Parking Policies | Ahad Farnood | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(291): Ethics, Aging, and Adaptive Systems | Astrid Guehnemann | Virtual Room4 |
| 16. Population Aging Policies: Lessons for System Dynamics Modelling | Maral Golabi, Arash Feli, Mārtiņš Bataitis, Saeed Langarudi | |||
| 17. Ethical Attractors: Universal Patterns of Cooperation and Fractal Emergence in Complex Adaptive Systems | Zauh Jariwala | |||
| 18. Modelling the Impact of Active Transport Policies on Exposure to Air Pollution in London, UK | Ke Zhou, Lauren Ferguson | |||
| 19. Remote Control: Hybrid Work, Digital Gatekeeping, and Systemic Power Shifts | Manshreya Grover | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(294): Modeling Sustainability | Zeinab Raoofi | Virtual Room5 |
| 20. Participatory System Dynamics for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Mapping Research Gaps, their Interconnections, and | Yuhong Wang, Ke Zhou, Nici Zimmermann | |||
| 21. Developing an Interactive Learning Environment to teach the two-way coupling of climate-human system | Mohammad Mustafa, Jefferson K. Rajah, Billy Schoenberg, Birgit Kopainsky | |||
| 22. Operationalising and assessing the validity of archetypical structures for rebound mechanisms: the case of moral licensing | Daniel Guzzo, Lucas Meneguim, Daniela Pigosso | |||
| 23. A Building-Block Approach for Enabling Modularity in System Dynamics | Lucas Meneguim, Daniel Guzzo, Daniela Pigosso | |||
| 12:15 | 13:15 | VPoster(332): Stakeholders, Education and the Environment | Virtual Room6 |
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| 24. Modeling and Analysis of Seasonal Flu (H3N2) Dynamics in Türkiye | Gazel Günaydın, Yaman Barlas | |||
| 25. Stakeholder engagement in participatory system dynamics for transdisciplinary research | Pepe Puchol-Salort, Yuhong Wang, Zeynep Sena Öztürk, Monika Kaczmarska, Nici Zimmermann | |||
| 26. Algebraic Thinking in Primary School with Systems Thinking Tools | Meltem Ceylan Alibeyoglu, Alime Tunalıer, Emre Göktepe | |||
| 27. Exploring undergraduates’ ability to apply systems thinking and transferability skills via causal loop diagrams | Ramanathan Subramaniam, Bellam Sreenivasulu | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(201): Improving Modeling Practice | Jeroen Struben | Metcalf Hall |
| Designing for impact: Engaging stakeholders with system dynamics models | Florian Kapmeier, Andrew Jones, John Sterman | |||
| Addressing Methodological Uncertainties in System Dynamics: Insights from Colombia's Electricity Model | Juan Felipe Parra, Yris Olaya, Santiago Arango-Arango | |||
| Guided Documentation of the Modeling Process with Qualitative Data: Using DynamicVu to Support Rigorously Interpreted Quotes | Warren Farr, Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel, Samuel Allen | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(188): Using AI to Capture Mental Models | Asmeret Naugle | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Inception of Thought: AI Extracting Mental Models from System Dynamics Society Presidents | Maxwell Langsam, Raafat Zaini | |||
| Calling All U.S. Presidents for a Friendly Chat: Applying Generative AI to Study Political History | Sami Nour, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Asmeret Naugle, Joseph Godfrey | |||
| How Well can AI Build SD Models? | Billy Schoenberg, Davidson Girard, Saras Chung, Ellen O'Neill, Janet Velasquez Trejo, Sara Metcalf | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(215): Frameworks for System Insight | John Morecroft | Terrace Lounge |
| SYMBIOSIS: Systems Thinking and Machine Intelligence for Better Outcomes in Society | Sameer Sethi, Donald Martin, Emmanuel Klu | |||
| The Qualitative Systems Exploration Model (QSEM): A framework to support the structural analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams | Adam Hulme, Duncan Radley, Andrew Brown, Jefferson K. Rajah, Birgit Kopainsky, Loes Crielaard, Harriet Koorts, James Nobles | |||
| Optimizing Customer Orders with a Dynamic Balanced Scorecard Model | Mohammad Dehghani Saryazdi, Azadeh Arjmand, Sara Metcalf | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(202): Health Systems Under Pressure | Hesam Mahmoudi | Room 310 |
| A Health Policy Analysis to Preventing Falls among Older Adults: Current Reality, Dynamics and Ways Forward in Singapore | Vanessa Koh, John Ansah, Angelique Chan | |||
| Modeling Epidemic Dynamics in the Hajj Mass Gathering: Assessing Strategies to Minimize Health Risks | Mohammed Baaoum, Niyousha Hosseinichimeh | |||
| Analysis of A Patient Backlog-Resources model For Pandemic Surge and Response | Shakir Bilal, Jim Duggan | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(210): Policy Modeling for Global Challenges | James Paine | Room 312 |
| A Policy Framework for Space Debris Management: Evaluating the Feasibility of a Space Environmental Tax | Nobuaki Minato, Youkei Yamaguchi | |||
| National long-term climate policy planning tool for decarbonization of municipal solid waste sector | Andra Blumberga, Vivita Priedniece, Girts Bohvalovs, Julija Gusca, Undine Gabranova, Ritvars Freimains | |||
| Expanding Diagnostic Testing for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in High-Burden Settings: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Marya Getchell, Dodge Lim, Ramon Basilio, Francis Tablizo, Carmen Corpuz | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(193): Energy Futures and Technology Transitions | Leonard Malczynski | Room 315 |
| Towards a Sustainable Solar Future: Forecasting Photovoltaic Waste and High-Value Recycling for France | Anna R. Siemer, Stefan Groesser | |||
| Feeding the Machine: Energy Demand of Data Centres and Artificial Intelligence | Onur Ozgun, Erica McConnell, Sujeetha Selvakkumaran, Takuma Ono | |||
| Integrating Behavior in Energy Technology Diffusion Models: A Feedback Perspective on the SSBC Model | Theresa Liegl, Merla Kubli | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(200): Improving System Operation | J. Chris White | Room 322 |
| Charging Forward: Unlocking The Acceleration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) Adoption In Indonesia | Theresia Bhekti Putranti, Aidan Sliwkowski | |||
| Dynamics of supply and demand for competing shared mobility services | Hannah Rakoff, Scott Smith, Navjyoth Jayashankar, Krishna Murthy Gurumurthy | |||
| Exploration of Information Transparency on Beef Supply Chain Dynamics Using System Dynamics | Mati Mohammadi, Allan Gray, Benjamin Turner | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(240): Environment and Food | Byomkesh Talukder | Room 320 |
| What is the impact of an entrepreneurial ecosystem on global warming? | Gerardo Luisi, andrea caporuscio | |||
| Sustainable pesticide management in Quebec through participatory qualitative systems modeling: a case study in corn-soybean | William Robitaille, Andreas Nicolaidis Lindqvist, Jan Adamowski | |||
| Exploring environmental rebound effects in U.S. fluid milk supply chains | Jasmine Dillon, John Sheehan, Benjamin Turner | |||
| Balancing Forest Ecosystem Services under Climate Change - A Multi-Model Approach | Kelechi Ibeh, Austin Himes, Allyson Beall King | |||
| A Bird’s-Eye View: Modelling Socio-Metabolic Resilience in the UK Poultry Sector | Ali Parsa, Justin Sheffield | |||
| Boreal Carbon Flux and Climate Feedbacks Under Global Warming: Ecosystem Disequilibrium and Tipping Points | Greta Savitsky | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(233): Methods in Practice | Mikhail Oet | Room 321 |
| A Review of Five Key Articles on “How to use LLM in System dynamics (SD) modeling” | Raana Khani | |||
| A hybrid approach combining System Dynamic and Reinforcement Learning to improve organizational decision-making processes. | Enrique Baquela, Gerardo Acosta Voegeli, Virginia Javiera Vazquez | |||
| From Crisis to Care: Unraveling Crisis Pathways and Assessing Strategic Interventions to Improve Access to Acute Mental Health | Mellodie Seater, Alexandra Nielsen, Kristen Hassmiller Lich | |||
| Dealing with Large Models in Qualitative Group Model Building Projects | Max Kleemann, Eva Hummel | |||
| Assessing SRM future implications in Brazil, India and South Africa with Group Model Building | Mauricio Uriona Maldonado, Caroline Rodrigues Vaz, Sara Grobbelaar, Rhythm Singh | |||
| Embracing the Complexity of the English Social Housing Sector: A New AI-Assisted Tool to Avoid Mental models’ Simplification | Anna Pagani, Masoud Ahmadinia | |||
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(131): Coffee Break | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(100): Book Signing | Meagan Colvin | Ziskind Lounge |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(312): Publishing in the System Dynamics Review (Hybrid) | Bob Eberlein | Terrace Lounge |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(272): Structural Racism SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Andrew Brown | Room 312 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(264): Housing SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Rebecca Niles | Room 320 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(266): Strategy Development Committee Meeting (Close Meeting) (Hybrid) | Asmeret Naugle | Room 315 |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Plenary(104): Trust in Modeling & Presidential Address | Andrew Brown | Metcalf Hall |
| Why Systems Thinking is an Essential Competency in the Science of Failing Well | Amy Edmondson | |||
| Exploring Approaches to Conceptualization in System Dynamics Modeling | Mehdi Moghadam Manesh, Allyson Beall King | |||
| Presidential Address | Asmeret Naugle | |||
| 17:00 | 17:45 | Plenary(252): Multimethod Panel | Hazhir Rahmandad | Metcalf Hall |
| Addressing System Dynamics problems with different systemic methods and tools | PJ Lamberson, Rifat Atun, Krys Stave, Bobby Milstein | |||
| 17:00 | 17:45 | Plenary(301): Best Practices Panel | Rod MacDonald | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 17:45 | 19:15 | Poster(222): Environment and Resources & Operations | Ziskind Lounge |
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| Modeling of Silvicultural Treatments: Impacts on Oak Regeneration and Carbon Sequestration | Kelechi Ibeh, Austin Himes, Allyson Beall King | |||
| The Role of Social Learning in Climate Change Inaction: Modeling Opinion Polarization and Issue Prioritization | Russ Yoon, Vicky Chuqiao Yang | |||
| Strategic Architecture for Driving Sustainable Business Ecosystem through Sixth Industrialization | Min-Ren Yan, Yu-Yung Su, Stephanie Chan | |||
| The Leftovers Project: Feeding Students by Mitigating Food Waste | Isaiah Martinez, Lorelai Lamoureux, Raleigh Mann | |||
| The impact of white hydrogen on future energy systems | Coen van den Elshout, Willem L. Auping, Floortje d’Hont, Patrick Steinmann, Jan Kwakkel | |||
| A System Dynamics Approach to Managing Material Cost Overruns in Industrial Building Projects | Lukas Sihombing | |||
| The Aftershock: Projecting the Impact of NIH Funding Reductions on Research and Innovation | Zeynep Hasgul, Hannah Lee, Mohammad Jalali | |||
| Opioid Overdose Crisis in the United States | Juan Padilla | |||
| Letting YOUR Complex Self Go: Conveying Insights from Models to Bureaucrats and Politicians | Chintan Vaishnav | |||
| 17:45 | 19:15 | Poster(220): Health | Ziskind Lounge |
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| Dynamics of pregnant people’s trust in providers on maternal health outcomes in Northern Plains Native American communities | NingYuan Liu, Arielle Deutsch, Jose Cruz Medina, Erin Stringfellow, Mohammad Jalali | |||
| A System Dynamic Model of HPV Vaccinations Among Adolescent Boys in New York State | Jose Mazariego, Nasser Sharareh, Heidi Jones, David Lounsbury, Turner Canty, Nasim Sabounchi | |||
| A Dynamic Model of Circadian Rhythm of Melatonin and the Effect of Night Shifts on Risk of Autism in Late-Stage Pregnancy | Ekin Yurdakul, Kutlu Ülgen, Yaman Barlas | |||
| Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Singapore | Leonard Malczynski, Alec Morton | |||
| Understanding Patients’ Experience of Agitation and Restraint Use in the Emergency Department: Toward a Comprehensive Model | Matthew Lootens, Turner Canty, Ambrose Wong, Bidisha Nath, Riddhi Desai, Anusha Kumar, Isaac Faustino, Rebekah Heckmann, Nasim Sabounchi | |||
| Learning from the Adoption of a Readmissions Clinical Decision Support Tool with Group Model Building | Nina Sperber, Sarah Haas, Scott Rockart, Theresa Kiki-Teboum, Rishab Pulgurta, Jacqueline Rodriguez, Hana Shafique, Eden Singh, Shiling Zheng, Adam Johnson | |||
| Modeling Group-level Behavioral Responses in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The role of coordinated social bubbles | Hongan Zhu, Babak Heydari, Qingtao Cao, Pedram Heydari | |||
| Simulation of a 'suicidal mind': Using the Integrated Motivational Volitional model to demonstrate dynamic suicidal states. | Gabriel McDonnell Maayan, Andrew Page, Elizabeth Conroy, Rory C OConnor, Greg Carter, Wesley J. Wildman | |||
| 17:45 | 19:15 | Poster(187): Methodology | Ziskind Lounge |
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| Modular Decomposition and System Integration Using Shared State Variables and Subdivided Time Steps | Bo Hu, Bo Zhang | |||
| A study of problem articulation in the system dynamics modeling process | Toshio Tamamuro, Yutaka Takahashi | |||
| Integrating Artificial Intelligence Techniques into System Dynamics: Opportunities and Challenges on the Path Forward | Zhenghua Yang, David Bruce Matchar, Enzo Bivona | |||
| LunaSim Copilot: An Integrated AI Assistant for System Dynamics Modeling | William Park, Karthik Vedula, Ishan Khetarpal, Mark Estep | |||
| CHIRON: Integrating AI and Rigorously Interpreted Quotation Analysis to Enhance Conceptualization in System Dynamics | Samuel Allen, Carlos Calvo Hernandez, Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel | |||
| A Conceptual Framework for SD-Based Recommendations to Enable Cross-Industry Circular Economy Material Flows in the Tire Sector | Juan Esteban Martinez Jaramillo, Meike Tilebein, Jelena Demko Rihter, Zoran Anišić, Jelena Lubura Stošić | |||
| When Systems Speak: A Hybrid Intelligence Model and Framework for System Archetype Discovery and Simulation | Cynthia Garde | |||
| 17:45 | 19:15 | Poster(221): Business & Human Behavior | Ziskind Lounge |
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| Societal Response to Harms: Advancing a Theory of Stakeholder Dynamics | Samuel Allen | |||
| AI Enhanced Systems Education in Learning Society with LEGO STEAM Curriculum | Min-Ren Yan, Chien-Chien Wu | |||
| The Spread of Political (Mis)information | PJ Lamberson | |||
| Facing Common Threats in a Polarized Environment | Catherine DiGennaro, Vicky Chuqiao Yang | |||
| The development of productive capabilities in the EU: A model for the evaluation of transformative policy scenarios | George Papachristos, Dimitrios Pontikakis, Jose Luis Torres, Pal Davidsen, Igor Czermainski de Oliveira, Michal Miedzinski, Matthijs Janssen, Hedvig Norlen, Michele Cincera | |||
| Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Universities: How to reduce violence, survivor trauma, and hold perpetrators accountable | Rai-Ching Yu | |||
| Designing the Resilience Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs in Malaysia's Rural Tourism: a Conceptual Model | Farah Hida Sharin, Ilham Sentosa | |||
| The Tradeoff between Authentic and Performative Engagement: A Business Model of Data-Making in China | Chen Liang, Vicky Chuqiao Yang | |||
| Leveraging Mindfulness: A System Dynamics Approach to Psychological Resilience and Transformation | David Matta | |||
| 18:00 | 19:00 | VPoster(287): Tools and Insights for Sustainability | Virtual Room Main |
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| 1. A Systems Thinking Approach to Climate Change and Resource Scarcity: An Integrated Framework for Urban Sustainability | Murat Çetinkaya, Gamze Mercan, Zümrüt Varol Selçuk | |||
| 2. System Archetypes in Community Solar Mini-grid Operations: An Outcome of Participatory System Dynamics Modeling | Omkar Buwa, Anand B. Rao, Jayendran Venkateswaran | |||
| 3. The Carbon Footprint of Large Language Models: The Case of ChatGPT | Ivan Taylor, Vinaytosh Mishra, Saroj Koul | |||
| 4. Limits to Growth (of a Model) featuring Failure Analysis and Modeling Environment (FAME) | Louis Mauro | |||
| 18:00 | 19:00 | VPoster(288): AI-Enhanced Modeling | Saeideh Fallah-Fini | Virtual Room1 |
| 5. Multi-Timescale Power System Dynamics: Leveraging Large Language Models for Enhanced System Dynamics Modeling | Corné Du Plooy, Hakan Ergun | |||
| 6. Artificial Creative Intelligence: From Computing to Physiology and Back Again | Rowland Chen | |||
| 7. From Text to Map; Why Not Vice Versa, and Beyond? Investigating the Application of LLMs in Interpreting SD Modes' Output Graphs | SeyedAmirreza Eslami Pouya, Shayan Firouzian, Mohammad Hossein Foroughi | |||
| 8. Embedding Health Equity into Net Zero: From causal loop diagrams to stock and flow diagrams | Ke Zhou, Irene Pluchinotta, Michael Davies, Nici Zimmermann | |||
| 18:00 | 19:00 | VPoster(292): AI for System Dynamics Modeling | Zeinab Raoofi | Virtual Room2 |
| 9. How ChatGPT Writes a Complete Vensim Model | Juan Martín-García, Francisco Campuzano Bolarin, David Lopez Lopez | |||
| 10. Leveraging AI within Systems Dynamics to Transform Governance and Leadership in South African Municipalities | Leanett Fanyana Ntuli | |||
| 11. AI-Powered Inputs for Causal Loop Diagrams versus Human-Driven Inputs on Factors Affecting Electric Vehicle Adoption | Nalini Sooknanan Pillay | |||
| 18:00 | 19:00 | VPoster(293): Modeling Cultural and Behavioral Shifts | Josué Vitor de Medeiros Júnior | Virtual Room3 |
| 12. From Awareness to Action: Exploring How Shifting Diets Can Help Mitigate Climate Change | Carlos Ariza, Malene Colotla, Bruno Seixas | |||
| 13. Understanding “Responding to change over following a plan” agile value in a system thinking perspective | Josué Vitor de Medeiros Júnior, Ricardo Augusto Niederauer Flores Severo | |||
| 14. Modelling the Declined Use of Native Language Among Native Kabardians | Alina Shogenova | |||
| 15. A Dynamic Analysis of Coproduction in Jakarta’s LSSC Waste Program | Fazlur Rahman Hassan | |||
| 19:45 | 20:30 | Special(302): Fireside Chat: Classic System Dynamics Case Studies with Ken Cooper (Hyatt Bar - in person only) | ||
| Fireside Chat: Classic System Dynamics Case Studies --True stories of SD successes on high-stakes business problems | Kenneth Cooper | |||
| 19:45 | 21:15 | Special(325): Volunteer Networking (Online Only) | Andries Botha | Virtual Room Main |
| 19:45 | 20:30 | Special(133): Tuesday Dinner (Self Paid) | ||
Wednesday August 6
| Start | End | Wednesday August 6 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 07:45 | 08:15 | Special(134): Mindfulness Meditation | Meagan Colvin | |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Plenary(105): Engaging Decisionmakers with Models | James Paine | Metcalf Hall |
| You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Trying To Make a Good Model Relevant in a Short Attention Span World | Michael Dill | |||
| Using the Energy Policy Simulator to Inform Climate and Energy Policy | Megan Mahajan | |||
| Managing Chronic Wasting Disease with System Dynamics | Tom Fiddaman, Stephanie R. Penk | |||
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Special(331): Sponsor Demo: PathFwd (In Person Only) | Adam McCombs | Terrace Lounge |
| AI CoPilot for CLD and System Dynamics | Adam McCombs | |||
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(136): Coffee Break | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(137): Model Expo (In Person Only) | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 10:00 | 10:45 | Special(267): Modeling Assistance Workshop (In Person Only) | Gary Hirsch, Rod MacDonald | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Modeling Assistance Workshop (MAW): Virtual Attendees, see abstract | Gary Hirsch, Rod MacDonald | |||
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(268): Health Policy SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Wayne Wakeland, Nina Sperber | Room 315 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(315): Oceania (Australasia) Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Chris Browne | Room 320 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(269): Water SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Christine Tang, Gholamreza Eslamifar | Room 310 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(270): Professional Practice Committee Meeting (Hybrid) | Jenson Goh | Room 312 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(335): Insights from Learning and Fairness | Liliana Robu | Metcalf Hall |
| A Systems Thinking Approach to Algorithmic Fairness | Christopher Lam | |||
| Building and Learning with Models Using AI | Billy Schoenberg | |||
| Eliciting the Dynamics of Regional Banking from Banking Supervisors | Mikhail Oet, Chenxu Zhang, Sahil Shah | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(208): Unintended Consequences in Human Systems | Jim Duggan | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Electrifying Away Climate Change: Interactions of Heat Pump Installation Capacity, Adoption, and Grid Load in Massachusetts | Alexander Kuptel, John Sterman | |||
| Preventing Future Pandemics: Insights from Group Model Building on the Journey of Boundary Objects and System Insights | Peter Hovmand, Anthony Orsino, Angus Lam, Menna Jones, Sarah Cleaveland, Nigel Sizer, Latiffa Hassan, Neil Vora, Raina Plowright | |||
| Using CBSD to Explore Unintended Consequences of White Allyship Behavior in a Late 2010s Activist Community | Sarah Pritchard | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(211): Discovering Leverage Points and Model Parameters | Ali Akhavan | Terrace Lounge |
| Estimating Information Delays in Risk Perception: A Hybrid ARDL-Erlang Approach to Modeling Mobility Change During a Pandemic | Gaofei Zhang, Ann Osi, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Hazhir Rahmandad, Ran Xu | |||
| Designing tools for Systemic Design: identifying structural Leverage points | Laura Guzman-Abello, Juan Nicolas Guarin, Juan David Sanchez | |||
| How Social Influence Shapes Collective Intelligence in Binary Choices: Reconciling Experimental Disparities with Model | Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Levi Grenier | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(207): Managing Under Pressure | Benjamin Turner | Room 310 |
| Simulation Framework to Quantify Supply Chain Resilience | Bhavya Gupta, Jayendran Venkateswaran | |||
| Explaining Fundamental Emergency Department Dynamics with Simple Stock and Flow Concepts | J. Bradley Morrison, Brian Kenny, Puja Singh, Anthony Rosania | |||
| Surviving Budget Cuts in Higher Education: A System Dynamics Approach to Model Long-term Impacts | Kavish Malhotra, Saeid Saidi | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(197): Modular and Scalable Modeling | Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues | Room 312 |
| Review of Sub-Models in Groundwater SD Models to Facilitate “Lego-Like” Modeling | Mehdi Moghadam Manesh, Allyson Beall King | |||
| Modularization and Integration of Stock-and-Flow Models using ChatPySD | Justin Hoffman, Ricardo Büttner, Bo Hu | |||
| Application of Life Cycle Assessment Calculation Methodologies to Quantify Upstream Impact within the System Dynamics Framework | Takuma Ono | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(203): Mental Health and Systemic Care | Mohammad Jalali | Room 315 |
| Exploring the Dynamics of Sleep and Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults | Jeroen Uleman | |||
| Addressing syndemic disparities in problematic alcohol use, violence, and reproductive health: A system dynamics approach | Arielle Deutsch, Ali Akhavan, Mohammad Jalali | |||
| Breaking Acute Bed Capacity Bottlenecks: Decision-Support Insights from Ireland’s Regional Health Area E Mid-West | Sinead Madden | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(204): Human Dimensions of Climate and Technology | Jeroen Struben | Room 322 |
| A system dynamics modeling framework for endogenizing human behavior change in global-scale integrated assessment models | Jefferson K. Rajah, Benjamin Blanz, Birgit Kopainsky, Billy Schoenberg | |||
| Beyond Climate Vulnerability: How Health Shapes and Is Shaped by Climate Change and Adaptation | Mariya Andreeva, Paulo Goncalves | |||
| Will second-use EV battery start-ups get trapped in the valley of death? | Juliane Seika, Merla Kubli | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(279): Advancing Sustainability through Dynamic Modeling | Hassan Qudrat-Ullah | Ziskind Lounge |
| A Dynamic Framework for Environmental Impact Assessments: Advancing Sustainability and Resilience | Hassan Qudrat-Ullah | |||
| Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage System Risk and Reward Causal Model | Joseph Londa | |||
| Modeling the Future of Ghana's Cocoa Sector: Tradeoffs Between Export Dependence, Processing, and Sustainability | Alexander Tommy Budianto, Roberto Max Protil, April Roggio, Eliot Rich | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(284): Modeling for Decision-Making and Capacity Management | Byomkesh Talukder | Ziskind Lounge |
| Automation of Decision-Making Processes in Construction Management | Roman Oldenburg | |||
| A Real-World Case Study of Using an SD-Based Agent Simulation to Model Multi-Tier Supply Chains and Disruptions | J. Chris White | |||
| Capacity Impact of Revisits on ER Services | Luis Lopez, Jose Lopez, Roy Zuniga | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | TableTalk(278): AI and Decision-Making in Risk Management | Sander Zeijlemaker | Ziskind Lounge |
| Using System Dynamics to Introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the Operational Environment: Lessons from government-funded | Corey Lofdahl | |||
| Enhancing Dam Safety by Bridging Risk Perception of Engineers and Maintenance Decision-Making | Mohammad Pourmatin | |||
| How AI Shapes Cyber Risk Management | Sander Zeijlemaker, Michael Siegel | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(230): Environmental Governance | David Bruce Matchar | Room 320 |
| Evaluating Social-Ecological Dynamics of Irrigation Practices that Impacts Water Conservation Effectiveness | Tanvir Ahmed | |||
| Understanding Current and Future Nitrogen Dynamics in a Canadian Agricultural Watershed | Sarah Van Heyst, Jan Adamowski, Andreas Nicolaidis Lindqvist | |||
| How Does Land Use Changes Affect Acequia’s Water, Agriculture, and Community Systems? Applying an Integrated GIS and SD | Hamid Balali, Robert Sabie, Gholamreza Eslamifar, Nageena Makhdoom, Shareen Farha, Benjamin Turner, Carlos Ochoa, Alexander Fernald | |||
| Towards an Internally Consistent Representation of All Planetary Boundaries - Using the World-Earth Model FRIDA | Axel Eriksson, Jannes Breier, David Collste, Dieter Gerten, Lars J. Nilsson, Billy Schoenberg | |||
| Disaster Recovery at a Local and National Scale | James Paine, Jordan Berry | |||
| Opportunities and Barriers to Building Trust Among Resource Users Through System Dynamics Modeling | Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Adam Zwickle, Glenn O'Neil | |||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | WIP(241): Managing Risk in Healthcare | Melike Hazal Can | Room 321 |
| A Modeling Framework for the Epidemiological Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategies Applied to Cattle Systems | Karun Kaniyamattam | |||
| A Systems-Based Analysis of Energy Balance Dynamics in Obesity: Modeling Adaptive Behaviors | Boyd Swinburn, Saeideh Fallah-Fini | |||
| From Eligibility to Uptake: Endogenizing Participation Behavior in Lung Cancer Screening Models | Hesam Mahmoudi, Alexandra L. Potter, Chi-Fu J, Yang, G. Scott Gazelle | |||
| Tackling Gun Violence: a Community-Based Systems Approach | Brita Roy, Zeynep Hasgul, Mohammad Jalali | |||
| Patient Empowerment as a Catalyst for Better Health Outcomes: A System Dynamics-AI Augmented Approach. | Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia, Ivan Taylor, Saroj Koul, Catalina Henao | |||
| Testing Human and AI Strategies of Concept-Link Generation for Causal Loop Diagrams. The Case of Biodiversity Programming Texts | Krzysztof Kasianiuk | |||
| 12:00 | 13:30 | Special(138): Lunch | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(310): How to Increase the Value of System Dynamics Society Membership | Rebecca Niles, Fernando Redivo | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(309): System Dynamics for the Chief Executive Officers | Usman Ghani | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(308): Using multi-method hybrid System Dynamics approach-feasibility, applications, advantage/pitfalls | Takuma Ono | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(305): Returning to the SOURCE: Developing a simple story to explain projections and reality | Erin Stringfellow | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(306): Building long-term, meaningful researcher-community partnerships for systems change | Andrew Brown | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(307): Can System Dynamics Save the World? | April Roggio, Eliot Rich | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(186): Dynamics of Innovation Failure | Hesam Mahmoudi | Metcalf Hall |
| Why Successful Companies Fail: Innovator’s Dilemma versus Learning Propensity Model | Bowon Kim | |||
| Investigating the Valley of Death and Dynamics of Deep Tech Commercialization from the Firm's Perspective | Verneri Välimaa, Nada Oubrhou | |||
| Failure Modes in Servitization: A Process Theory | Xichen Sun, Rogelio Oliva | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(196): Improving Health Outcomes | Wayne Wakeland | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| Experiencing Homelessness in Portland, Maine | John Voyer | |||
| Can E-scooters Enhance Active-Mobility Health Outcomes? | Ben Pearre | |||
| Reverse Engineering: Local Implementation of Cervical Cancer Prevention for Global Health | Laura Guzman-Abello, Camilo Olaya, Peter Hovmand, Juanita Garcia, Julia Gage, Patti E Gravitt | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(218): Participatory Approaches to Social Challenges | J. Chris White | Terrace Lounge |
| A Participatory Systems Approach for Designing Implementation Strategies and Mechanisms | Travis Moore, Yuilyn Chang Chusan, Mark Pachucki, Bo Kim | |||
| Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Cultivating Shared Understanding of Complex Care Contexts Through Group Model Building | Kelsey Werner, Ellis Ballard, Rachel Matsumoto | |||
| Developing a Design Framework for Community-Engaged System Dynamics Practice | Andrew Brown, Ellis Ballard, Kelsey Werner, Tiana Felmingham | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(206): Modeling Earth System Sustainability | Mehdi Moghadam Manesh | Room 310 |
| Forecasting Groundwater Storage Changes: A Deep Learning Model Leveraging System Dynamics Simulation Data | Gholamreza Eslamifar, Ilya Zaslavsky, Hamid Balali, Vytautas Samalavičius, Alexander Fernald | |||
| Assessing Planetary Boundary Transgressions and Their Causes - Using the World-Earth model FRIDA | Axel Eriksson | |||
| Dynamic Simulation Modeling for Resilience Assessment of Coupled Water-Agriculture-Community Systems in a semi-arid region | Hamid Balali, Gholamreza Eslamifar, Connie Maxwell, Alexander Fernald | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(195): Governance in Resource Systems | Allyson Beall King | Room 312 |
| Digital Textile Microfactories in Urban Manufacturing: A Quantitative Analysis on Market Diffusion and Dominance | Juan Esteban Martinez Jaramillo, Yagmur Ergulen, Meike Tilebein | |||
| A System Dynamics Framework for Mining Planning: From National to District-Level with a Territorial Focus | Linda Berrio-Giraldo, Sergio Ospino, Veronica Valencia-Hernandez, Daniela Congote, Clara Villegas-Palacio, Yris Olaya, Santiago Arango-Arango | |||
| Comparative Phosphorus Governance: Modeling Management Practices Across Different Soil Types | April Roggio, Mary Arenberg, Roberto Max Protil | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(236): Inequality and Economic Systems | Mikhail Oet | Room 315 |
| Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: A Dynamic Hypothesis Proposal | Takuma Ono, John Rodat | |||
| Two Strands in the Spaghetti of Economic Inequality | John Rodat | |||
| Leveraging System Dynamics Modelling for Advancing Energy Justice Research | Milton M. Herrera, Adriana Carolina Silva-Arias, Jaime Andres Sarmiento-Espinel | |||
| Toward a Theory of the Evolution of the Global Political Economy: How Capital & Labor Interact to Co-Create & Distribute Wealth | Garry Piepenbrock | |||
| Qualitative Modeling of Economic and Biological Factors Influencing Profitability in Cow-Calf Operations in United States | Vishnudas Kulangara Veettil, Karun Kaniyamattam | |||
| Understanding the mechanisms driving the starvation cycle in Commercial Nonprofits | Ricardo Chavelas Manzo | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(248): Human Water Interactions | Byomkesh Talukder | Room 322 |
| Water Challenge | Dumas F. Lafontant, ML | |||
| Community-Led Systems Dynamics Modeling to Understand Sea Level Rise-Related Health Impacts | Byomkesh Talukder, Rajiv Chowdhury, Ananda Mondal, Levente Juhasz, Jayantha Obeysekera, Shimon Wdowinski, Rita Kanazeh | |||
| Socio-ecological Shift in Fishing Practices Influenced by the Draining of the Leyte Sab-A Basin Peatland (LSBP) | Jayson Baldesco | |||
| Domestic Water Management Information Model Based on Cooperation and Powered by Industry 4.0 Technologies in Periurban Regions | Beatriz Marin, Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia, Ivan Taylor, Martha Toy | |||
| Climate, migration, and livelihood resilience among fishers in the Bay of Ranobe, Madagascar | Khristopher Nicholas, Marissa Childs, Aurelie Andrianaivo, Annie Prisca Razafindrasoamiadana, Aroniaina Falinirina, Larissa Calancie, Gildas Todinanahary, Christopher Golden | |||
| Unfolding the Life Cycle Cost Dynamics for the Transition from Traditional Express Logistics to UAV-Driven Systems | Zhaowen Ma, Jing Yang, Fenglin Su, Shiyong Liu | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(232): Health Equity and Innovation | Brita Roy | Room 320 |
| Rising Burden of Vascular Cognitive Impairment in Singapore: Forecasting Disease Outcomes and Intervention Scenarios | Gandhi Naline, Joann Poh, David Bruce Matchar | |||
| Understanding Syndemic Problems: Lessons from Four Communities on Health Disparities and Structural Inequities | Zeynep Hasgul, Mohammad Jalali, Alyssa Luisi, Kuan-Lung Chen | |||
| Enhancing AI-Based Clinical Interventions through Community-Based System Dynamics | Chad Evans, Peter Hovmand, Donald Martin, James Washington, Herman Taylor | |||
| Evaluating Ethiopia’s Healthcare Financing Reform: A Systems Approach to Improving NCD Care | Hannah Lee, Zeynep Hasgul, Nurilign Abebe Moges, Adane Nigusie, Gizew Asres, Edemealem Adimasu, Mezgebu Yitayal, Mohammad Jalali | |||
| Modelling the systemic impact of health system innovation under uncertainty: Community Hospital of the Future in Singapore | Ashish Kumar, Sze Ling Chan , Constance Xue Rui Neo, Fadzillah Nur, Richard Chan, Kailasam Manimegalai, Candelyn Yu, Yao Ge, Yingqi Xu , Sean Shao Wei Lam | |||
| Analysis of Effects of Patient Education on Early Stage Osteoarthritis | Connor Hale, Marin Fisher, Niyousha Hosseinichimeh | |||
| 13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(334): Improving Decisions with Systems Thinking | Matthew Lootens | Room 321 |
| System Dynamics Model Quality: Framework and Targets by Model Purpose | Indu Manickam, Asmeret Naugle | |||
| Overcoming non-systemic applications of systems thinking and the need for systems for systems change | Mihir Mathur, Pradnya Mathur | |||
| Multisystem Interactions and Tipping Points: A System Dynamic Approach to Accelerate Sustainability Transitions | Siti Indriani | |||
| Using the adapted “Anytown” acute mental health crisis system simulation model to inform community mental health investment | Jeremy Fine, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Raymond Smith | |||
| "Where Did the $300 million Go?": Using Systems Thinking to Solve a 9-Figure Problem | Rowland Chen | |||
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(311): Coffee Break | ||
| 14:45 | 15:15 | Special(296): Sponsor Demo: Common Earth (Virtual Only) | Bruno Seixas | Virtual Room1 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(140): Career Fair (In Person Only) | Ziskind Lounge |
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| 14:45 | 15:30 | Special(139): Online Speed Networking | Virtual Room Main |
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| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(271): Environment and Natural Resource Management SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Joseph Londa, Erica Rieder | Room 310 |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(273): Benchmarking and Evaluating AI for Modeling and Simulation (BEAMS) Meeting (Hybrid) | Billy Schoenberg, Davidson Girard | Terrace Lounge |
| Benchmarking and Evaluating AI for Modeling and Simulation (BEAMS) Initiative | Billy Schoenberg, Davidson Girard | |||
| 15:30 | 16:30 | Plenary(253): Global Political Dynamics Panel | John Sterman | Metcalf Hall |
| 16:30 | 18:00 | Plenary(106): Bridging Insights for Smarter Decisions | Niyousha Hosseinichimeh | Metcalf Hall |
| From Maps to Meaning: Leveraging Stock and Flow Thinking for Operational Insights at PepsiCo | Chris Soderquist, Rob Meyers | |||
| How AI Can Help System Dynamics (SD) and Why AI Needs SD | Donald Martin | |||
| A Call to Action for Use of Systems Dynamics for Reducing Bias in AI | Stephen Brobst | |||
| 18:00 | 18:30 | Plenary(141): Closing Ceremony | Niyousha Hosseinichimeh, Rod MacDonald | Metcalf Hall |
| 19:00 | 20:30 | Special(142): Wednesday Walking Tours and Social Events (Self Paid) | Stone Lobby |
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| Quirky Sights and Bites: Charles River to Kendall Square | Rebecca Niles, Javier Duran | |||
| Skyline Views and Rooftop Dining: Charles River to ViewBoston | Meagan Colvin, Molly Heald | |||
| Fountains, Lanterns, and Flavors: Aquarium to Chinatown | Sandra Ham, Fernando Redivo | |||
| Fireside Chat: Classic System Dynamics Case Studies --True stories of SD successes on high-stakes business problems | Kenneth Cooper | |||
| 21:15 | 22:45 | Special(144): After Party (Self Paid) | ||
| Cue Sports, Craft Beers, Cocktails and Conversations at Flat Top Johnny's | Rebecca Niles, Christine Tang, Meagan Colvin | |||
Thursday August 7
| Start | End | Thursday August 7 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 07:45 | 08:15 | Special(145): Mindfulness Meditation | Meagan Colvin | |
| 08:30 | 17:00 | Other(158): Systems Practice Forum [Hybrid. Additional Fee and Registration Required. See Notes] | Terrace Lounge |
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| Systems Practice Forum | Rebecca Niles, Chris Soderquist, J. Chris White, James Hines | |||
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop(155): Using AI to Build, Analyze and Learn from Quantitative and Qualitative Models (Part 1 of 2) [In Person Only] | Davidson Girard, Billy Schoenberg, Ellen O'Neill, Saras Chung | Metcalf Hall |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop(169): En-ROADS Climate Workshop and Training [Hybrid] | Andrew Jones, Florian Kapmeier, John Sterman | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop(165): Innovation-Based Learning (Part 1 of 2) [In Person Only] | Scott Johnson, Ryan Striker | Room 310 |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop(173): SDM-Doc: The System Dynamics Model Documentation and Assessment Tool [In Person Only] | Ignacio Martinez-Moyano | Room 315 |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop(177): Starting from scratch: Better model construction [Hybrid] | Leonard Malczynski | Room 320 |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop(181): Managing Complexity with Stella [In Person Only] | Bob Eberlein, Hilary Allen | Room 321 |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(156): Using AI to Build, Analyze and Learn from Quantitative and Qualitative Models (Part 2 of 2) [In Person Only] | Davidson Girard, Billy Schoenberg, Ellen O'Neill, Saras Chung | Metcalf Hall |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(170): Preserving Paradise Simulation and Simulator Training [In Person Only] | Florian Kapmeier | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(166): Innovation-Based Learning (Part 2 of 2) [In Person Only] | Scott Johnson, Ryan Striker | Room 310 |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(164): Beer Game on Steroids [In Person Only] | J. Chris White | Room 312 |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(175): Virtual Experience Design Fundamentals Workshop [In-Person Only] | Francisco Araujo | Room 315 |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(178): Model Construction with Powersim Studio [Hybrid] | Leonard Malczynski | Room 320 |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Workshop(182): Presenting Uncertainty with Stella [In Person Only] | Bob Eberlein, Hilary Allen | Room 321 |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Special(146): Conference Debrief (Hybrid) | Rebecca Niles | Room 310 |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(171): Intro to Vensim with Bathtub Dynamics and Statistics [Hybrid] | Tom Fiddaman | Room 312 |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(157): Using LLMs to Build Small Stock-Flow Models [In Person Only] | Diana Fisher | Metcalf Hall |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(162): Building Bridges, Breaking Silos: LEGO® Serious Play for Collaborative GMB (Part 1 of 2) [In Person Only] | Jenson Goh | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(167): Peer Learning Techniques for Teaching System Dynamics Modeling (Part 1 of 2) [Hybrid] | Aakriti Gupta | Room 310 |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(174): Bringing System Dynamics to Life: AI-Powered Virtual Experiences (VEx) for Learning & Policy [Hybrid] | Francisco Araujo | Room 315 |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(179): Get Started with Macro Modeling (Part 1 of 2) [Hybrid] | David Wheat, Alina Novik, Marianna Oliskevych, Olena Primierova | Room 320 |
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Workshop(183): Teaching with Loops that Matter [In Person Only] | Billy Schoenberg, Jefferson K. Rajah, Bob Eberlein | Room 321 |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Workshop(163): Building Bridges, Breaking Silos: LEGO® Serious Play for Collaborative GMB (Part 2 of 2) [In Person Only] | Jenson Goh | Metcalf Small Ballroom |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Workshop(168): Peer Learning Techniques for Teaching System Dynamics Modeling (Part 2 of 2) [Hybrid] | Aakriti Gupta | Room 310 |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Workshop(172): Intro to Ventity - mixing SD, DES and ABM in one model [Hybrid] | Tom Fiddaman, Larry Yeager | Room 312 |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Workshop(176): Harnessing AI for Game-Based Learning & Strategic Simulations [In Person Only] | Francisco Araujo | Room 315 |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Workshop(180): Get Started with Macro Modeling (Part 2 of 2) [Hybrid] | David Wheat, Alina Novik, Marianna Oliskevych, Olena Primierova | Room 320 |
| 15:30 | 17:00 | Workshop(184): Refining Formulations using Stella [In Person Only] | Bob Eberlein, Billy Schoenberg, Hilary Allen | Room 321 |
| 17:15 | 18:00 | Special(147): Volunteer Debrief (Hybrid) | Meagan Colvin | Room 310 Sandra Ham, Andries Botha |
Monday August 11
| Start | End | Monday August 11 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 09:30 | 10:15 | Meeting(318): Nigeria Chapter Meeting (Virtual Only) | Victor Sobanke | Virtual Room1 |
Wednesday August 13
| Start | End | Wednesday August 13 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 09:00 | 09:45 | Meeting(319): Transportation SIG Meeting (Virtual Only) | Gillian Harrison | Virtual Room1 |
Friday August 15
| Start | End | Friday August 15 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(327): XMILE Technical Committee Meeting (Virtual Only) | Karim Chichakly | Virtual Room1 |
| 11:00 | 11:45 | Meeting(328): SD Tools/XMILE Users Group Meeting (Virtual Only) | Karim Chichakly | Virtual Room1 |
Tuesday August 26
| Start | End | Tuesday August 26 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(321): Psychology and Human Behavior SIG Meeting (Virtual Only) | Pascal Gambardella | Virtual Room1 |
Wednesday August 27
| Start | End | Wednesday August 27 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(326): System Dynamics Review Editors Meeting (Virtual Only) | Andreas Groessler | Virtual Room1 |
Thursday August 28
| Start | End | Thursday August 28 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 13:00 | 13:45 | Meeting(317): Pre-College Education SIG Meeting (Virtual Only) | Diana Fisher | Virtual Room1 |
Friday August 29
| Start | End | Friday August 29 - Session Topic | Chairs and Presenters | Location Volunteer |
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| 04:30 | 05:15 | Meeting(320): Italian Chapter Meeting (Virtual Only) | Stefano Armenia | Virtual Room1 |