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07:45 08:00 Special(116): Registration Stone Lobby
08:00 08:30 Plenary(117): Opening Ceremony Karim Chichakly Metcalf Hall
08:30 10:00 Plenary(101): Achieving Success Teaching System Dynamics 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
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) 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(194): Modeling Structural Inequities Catherine DiGennaro
  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(205): Climate and Equity Byomkesh Talukder
  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(189): Health System Improvement Wayne Wakeland
  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(209): Social Influence and Health Behavior David Lounsbury
  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(192): Innovative Modeling Approaches
  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
  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 Parallel(216): Strategic Workforce and Security Dynamics Burcu Tan
  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 WIP(238): Learning and Teaching
  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
  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
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(198): Rethinking Macroeconomics
  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(185): Food, Farming, and Resilience
  Modeling the Dynamics of Access to Healthy Food. The Case of Cleveland, Ohio. John Ansah  
  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(199): Health and Social Inequities
  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(212): Learning with Archetypes Allyson Beall King
  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(190): Social Change and Collective Behavior Andrew Brown
  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(191): Urban Dynamics Ali Akhavan
  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(214): Transportation and Energy Transitions
  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
  Partner Career Trajectories and Gender in Big Four Public Accounting Firms (WIP) Cindy Mino  
  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  
  Multi-system transition dynamics of road freight transport and electric energy systems Jonathan Schmid, Zeinab Raoofi  
  The Impact of a Synergised Emotionally Intelligent Team on Project Success Nalini Sooknanan Pillay, Andries Botha  
  "Where Did the $300 million Go?": Using Systems Thinking to Solve a 9-Figure Problem Rowland Chen  
13:30 14:30 WIP(235): AI, Tech, and Transitions Bo Hu
  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  
14:45 15:30 Special(300): Coffee Break Ziskind Lounge
14:45 15:30 Special(122): Speed Networking B (In Person Only) Metcalf Small Ballroom
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 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  
17:45 18:00 Special(124): Group Photo (In Person Only) Metcalf Hall
18:00 19:00 Special(121): Online Networking Virtual Room Main
18:15 21:15 Special(126): Beer Game (In Person Only) Rebecca Niles, Meagan Colvin
18:30 19:30 Special(125): Monday Walking Tours Stone Lobby
19:30 20:15 Special(127): Monday Dinner (Self Paid)