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 Anne Johnson, Andries Botha |
08:30 | 10:00 | Plenary(101): Achieving Success Teaching System Dynamics | Kim Kastens | Metcalf Hall Sandra Ham, Andries Botha |
  | 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 Mohammed Baaoum |
10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(265): Asia Pacific Coordinating Council Meeting (Hybrid) | Jenson Goh | Room 312 Sneha Rout, Ke Zhou |
10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(314): Economics SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | Michael Radzicki, Sercin Sahin | Room 310 Christine Tang, Ali Parsa |
10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(254): Latin America Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia | Terrace Lounge Dumas F. Lafontant, ML, Simon Gordon |
10:00 | 10:45 | Meeting(257): South African Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Andries Botha, Nalini Sooknanan Pillay | Room 315 Victor Ademujimi, Kristen Barney |
11:00 | 12:00 | Parallel(205): Climate and Equity | Byomkesh Talukder | Metcalf Hall Liz Allen, Stephen Buerle |
  | Climate impacts of afforestation and forest restoration | John Sterman, Florian Kapmeier, Lori Siegel |   | |
  | FRIDA v2.1: 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 Turner Canty, Theresia Bhekti Putranti |
  | 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 Karina Madzari, Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia |
  | 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 Mohammed Baaoum, Nishita Dsouza |
  | 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 Sneha Rout, Thilanka Ariyawansha |
  | 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 (Online Only) | J. Chris White | Virtual Room1 Jonathan Schmid |
  | 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 315 Ana Karina Castolo Rodriguez, Kristen Barney |
  | The Importance of Climate Information Services in OACPS Countries | Al Thibeault, Mike Ryder, Ron Suiter, Nsadisa Faka, David Peterson, Ben Arthur, Adem Delibas |   | |
  | A Simulation Model of the World Underwater Federation's (CMAS) Sustainable High-Quality Training System | Matthias Papesch |   | |
  | 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 Jelili Adebiyi, Özgün Çetinkaya |
  | 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 Dumas F. Lafontant, ML, Ke Zhou |
  | 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 |   | |
  | 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 |   | |
  | A National Institutional Arrangement for Green Hydrogen Production: Understanding it from a Systems Perspective | Arun Bajracharya |   | |
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 (In Person Only) | 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 (In Person Only) | Takuma Ono | Terrace Lounge |
  | Roundtable: Group model building on socioeconomic dynamics of beyond GDP | Takuma Ono |   | |
12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(303): Model evaluation using artificial intelligence (In Person Only) | Leonard Malczynski | Metcalf Hall |
  | Roundtable: Model evaluation using artificial intelligence | Leonard Malczynski |   | |
12:15 | 13:15 | Roundtable(304): Feedback Roundtable on Science Policy (In Person Only) | Pascal Gambardella | Terrace Lounge |
  | Feedback Roundtable on Science Policy | Pascal Gambardella |   | |
13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(191): Urban Dynamics | Ali Akhavan | Metcalf Hall Sneha Rout, Stephen Buerle |
  | 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 Jose Mazariego, Kristen Barney |
  | 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 Zeynep Hasgul, Meltem Ceylan Alibeyoglu |
  | Revealing Hidden Dynamics in Collaboration: Using Group Model Building to Enhance Qualitative Longitudinal Research | Laura Black, Don Greer, David Andersen, Deborah 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 Mohammed Baaoum, Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia |
  | 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 Nina Sperber, Simon Gordon |
  | 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 Jelili Adebiyi, Theresia Bhekti Putranti |
  | Modeling the Dynamics of Access to Healthy Food. The Case of Cleveland, Ohio. | John Ansah, Robinson Salazar |   | |
  | The adoption of conservation tillage in Brandenburg, Germany | Lukas Bayer, Jefferson K. Rajah, Christina Gkini, Birgit Kopainsky |   | |
  | Food self-sufficiency: system dynamics modeling for managing agricultural in Papua Mountain Province, Indonesia | Wezia Berkademi, Tri Edhi Budhi Soesilo |   | |
13:30 | 14:30 | Parallel(214): Transportation and Energy Transitions (Online Only) | Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues | Virtual Room1 Özgün Çetinkaya |
  | 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 Riveros, Silvia Ulli-Beer |   | |
13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(246): Policy and Performance | J. Chris White | Room 320 Turner Canty, Ke Zhou |
  | Analyzing the Effects of Basel IV Regulations on Macroeconomic Fluctuations: A Money View Approach | Sercin Sahin |   | |
  | Partner Career Trajectories and Gender in Big Four Public Accounting Firms (WIP) | Cindy Mino |   | |
  | 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 |   | |
  | Multi-system transition dynamics of road freight transport and electric energy systems | Jonathan Schmid, Zeinab Raoofi |   | |
  | 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 |   | |
  | The Impact of a Synergised Emotionally Intelligent Team on Project Success | Nalini Sooknanan Pillay, Andries Botha |   | |
13:30 | 14:30 | WIP(235): AI, Tech, and Transitions | Bo Hu | Room 321 Raul Perez, Ali Parsa |
  | 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, Melina Jacklet, Alexandra Nielsen, 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) | Rebecca Niles | Metcalf Small Ballroom Sercin Sahin |
14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(255): Brasil Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Karim Chichakly | Room 320 Jose Mazariego, Mengyun Luo |
14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(260): Energy SIG Meeting (Hybrid) | George Matthew, Joseph Londa | Room 312 Christine Tang, Sagda Osman |
14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(259): Taiwan Chapter Meeting (In Person Only) | Min-Ren Yan | Room 310 Claudia Valderrama |
14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(258): Student Chapter Meeting (Hybrid) | Lucas Meneguim, Jack Mercer | Terrace Lounge Callie Ogland-Hand, Zauh Jariwala |
14:45 | 15:30 | Meeting(261): Past System Dynamics Society Presidents Meeting (Hybrid) | Allyson Beall King | Room 315 Zeynep Hasgul, Ali Parsa |
15:30 | 16:00 | Plenary(123): Awards Ceremony | Karim Chichakly | Metcalf Hall Sandra Ham, Andries Botha |
16:00 | 17:45 | Plenary(102): Awards Presentations | Karim Chichakly | Metcalf Hall Sandra Ham, Andries Botha |
  | Jay Wright Forrester Award | Khalid Saeed, Shayne Gary, David Lane, Elke Husemann, John Sterman |   | |
  | System Dynamics Applications Award | J. Bradley Morrison |   | |
17:45 | 18:00 | Special(124): Group Photo (In Person Only) | Metcalf Hall |
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18:00 | 19:00 | Special(121): Online Networking | Andries Botha | Virtual Room Main Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia |
18:15 | 21:15 | Special(126): Beer Game (In Person Only) | Rebecca Niles, Meagan Colvin | Metcalf Small Ballroom Mitra Sharif, Adam Popper |
  | Can You Beat the Beer Game? A Simulation You Won’t Forget (IN-PERSON ONLY) | Rebecca Niles, Meagan Colvin, Fernando Redivo, Raquel Froese Buzogany, Rod MacDonald |   | |
18:30 | 19:30 | Special(362): Fireside Chat: Classic System Dynamics Case Studies with Ken Cooper (Hyatt Bar - in person only) | Kenneth Cooper | |
  | Fireside Chat: Classic System Dynamics Case Studies --True stories of SD successes on high-stakes business problems | Kenneth Cooper |   | |
18:30 | 19:30 | Special(125): Monday Walking Tours and Social Events (Self Paid) | Stone Lobby Raul Perez |
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  | From Models to Meals: MIT System Dynamics and Campus Tour | Alexander Kuptel |   |