2015 Program

Because of the different knowledge and skill levels related to modeling among the intended audiences, we plan two tracks for this two-day conference:

Track 1 is for those with experience in the quantitative modeling of complex systems. It will consist of a combination of modeling demonstrations and paper or poster presentations.
Track 2 is for those who are new to systems theory and modeling. Day 1 will consist of an overview of the elements of systems thinking and modeling, as well as brief introductions to and demonstrations of three systems science modeling techniques (i.e., system dynamics modeling, agent-based modeling, and social network analysis).

For both tracks, Day 2 will involve either (a) participatory modeling demonstrations focused on two to three complex problems of relevance to communities or (b) paper presentations.

Conference Schedule

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Time	June 3, 2015
4:00 – 7:00 PM	REGISTRATION Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to parking ramp)
6:00 PM	INFORMAL GATHERING FOR DINNER Gather at conference registration to walk or take a taxi to a nearby restaurant Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to parking ramp)

Time

June 3, 2015

4:00 – 7:00 PM

REGISTRATION

Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to parking ramp)

6:00 PM

INFORMAL GATHERING FOR DINNER

Gather at conference registration to walk or take a taxi to a nearby restaurant

Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to parking ramp)

Time	June 4, 2015
7:00 AM	REGISTRATION Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to parking ramp)
7:30 – 8:00 AM	BREAKFAST Room: Big Ten A
8:00 – 8:15 AM	WELCOME: Hiram E. Fitzgerald Room: Big Ten A
8:15 – 9:15 AM	PLENARY SPEAKER: Allyson Beall King Staying the Course: Collaborative Modeling as an Adaptive Process over Time Room: Big Ten A
	Track One: Experienced Modelers	Track Two: People New to Systems Thinking and Modeling
9:30 – 10:50 AM Concurrent Sessions	Session 1: Agriculture, Food Systems, and Bio-Energy Room: 103 Presentations: Collaborative Geodesign for Multifunctional Landscapes Holistic Decision Support Modeling to Convert Wastes to Energy Integrating Biogeochemical and Price Forecasting Models to Predict Bioenergy Crop Supply and Environmental Impacts Understanding the Consequences of Biodiversity Loss for Ecosystem Functioning: Integration of Quantitative System Modeling of Trophic Networks and Experimental Long-Term Data Session 2: Participatory Modeling Approaches to Improving Nutrition and Health Room: 104 Presentations: A Participatory Approach to Modeling how Social, Behavioral, and Medical Factors Connect to Well-Being and Obesity Bayesian Modeling Session 3: Modeling Water Quality and Sustainability Room: 106 Presentations: Development of a System Dynamics Model to Assess the Impact of River Regulation on Groundwater Sustainability Integrated Asset Management: Dealing with Neglected Infrastructure and Vacant Properties in Legacy Cities Linking Ecological and Economic Models that Support Conservation Auctions to Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie	Introduction to Complex Problems Room: Heritage Presentations: Understanding the Characteristics of Complex Problems Mapping Your Complex Problem
10:50 – 11:00 AM	BREAK Refreshments near South Lobby
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	PANEL DISCUSSION Building Sustainable Community-University Participatory Modeling Partnerships Room: Big Ten A
12:00 – 1:10 PM	LUNCH AND PLENARY SPEAKER Room: Big Ten A Bernard C. Patten Institutionalized Model-Making (IMM): State-Space Structuring of Stakeholder-Based Collaborative Environmental and Natural Resource Systems Modeling for Team-Building, Database Organization, Systems Analysis, Scientific and Management Decision-Making, and Outreach
1:20 – 2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions	Session 4: Mental Modeler Room: 103 Demonstration: Mental Modeler: A Fuzzy-Logic Cognitive Mapping (FCM) Software Tool for Collecting and Standardizing Stakeholder Knowledge for Collaborative Decision-Making Session 5: Computational Social Science Room: 104 Demonstration: Computational Social Science: A Tutorial Session 6: NOVA Room: 106 Demonstration: NOVA: A New Tool for System Dynamics, Agent-Based, and Spatial Modeling	Room: Heritage Demonstration: Social Network Analysis Demonstration
2:30 – 2:50 PM	BREAK Refreshments near South Lobby
2:50 – 4:10 PM Concurrent Sessions	Session 7: Systems Approaches for Achieving Sustainable Food Security Room: 103 Presentations: Evolution of a Research Community in Sustainable Production of Animal Protein Applications of System-Dynamics Modeling to Sustainable Animal-Protein Production Session 8: Understanding Substance Use and Mental Health Through Systems Modeling Room: 104 Presentations: Examining the Systemic Complexity of Unipolar Depression Model, Dynamics, and Analysis of Drinking Groups Session 9: Network Modeling: Integrating Social and Physical Systems Room: Willy Presentations: Modeling World Trade: Land and Sea Network Modeling of Teams: Linking Many Layers of Cooperation Geographical Factors Driving Household Vulnerability in Four East African Countries Session 10: Quantitative Systems Modeling Approaches Room: 106 Presentations: Collaborative Modeling in Urban Design: Parametric Design Games Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization Techniques to Optimal Agro-Ecosystem Modeling and Solutions The Role of Social Influence Processes and Diverse Collaborative Networks on Systemic Change	Room: Heritage Demonstration: Agent-based Modeling Demonstration
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM	TOPICAL NETWORKING SESSION "Birds of a Feather" small group discussions Room: Big Ten A
5:00 – 6:00 PM	Poster Set-Up Room: Big Ten A
6:00 – 7:30 PM	Poster Session and Reception Room: Big Ten A

Time	June 5, 2015
7:00 AM	REGISTRATION Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to parking ramp)
7:30 – 8:00 AM	BREAKFAST Room: Big Ten A
8:00 – 8:15 AM	INTRODUCTION: Miles McNall Room: Big Ten A
8:15 – 9:15 AM	PLENARY SPEAKER: Peter Hovmand Community Based System Dynamics: Lessons From the Field Room: Big Ten A
	Track One: Experienced Modelers	Track Two: People New to Systems Thinking and Modeling
9:30 – 10:50 AM Concurrent Sessions	Session 11: Systems Approaches to Conservation and Land Use Planning Room: 103 Presentations: A Comparative Study of Hazara Forest Communities in Pakistan: A System Dynamics Approach Liking and Power in Communication Networks: What Influences Who Talks to Whom for Conservation Practices? Session 12: Participatory Modeling Approaches to Improving Nutrition and Health Room: 104 Presentations: Using Collaborative Systems Modeling to Inform State Policymaking on Childhood Obesity in Georgia Using System Dynamics Modeling to Foster Effective School-Based Wellness Program Planning and Implementation Session 13: Participatory Approaches to Modeling and Managing Water Resources and Aquatic Systems Room: 106 Presentations: A Stakeholder-Centered Approach to Fisheries Management in the Great Lakes Quantitative Systems Modeling for Participatory Watershed Management and Decision Making in the Coeur d'Alene Basin Socially Downscaling the Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change	Room: Heritage Demonstration: Participatory System Dynamics Modeling Demonstration: Modeling the Detroit Food System
10:50 – 11:00 AM	BREAK Refreshments near South Lobby
11:00 AM – 12:10 PM Concurrent Sessions	Session 14: Qualitative Systems Mapping Techniques Room: 103 Presentations: Pedagogy for a Wicked World: The Value and Hazards of a Transdisciplinary, Dialogue-Driven, Community-Engaged Classroom Model Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping as a Participatory Approach to Measure Resilience, Change, and Preferred States of Social-Ecological Systems Session 15: Quantitative Systems Modeling Approaches Room: 104 Presentations: Combining System Dynamics Modeling with Other Methods: A Systematic Review Models, Hypotheses, and Ecological Theory: Can an Iterative Institutionalized Model-Making Research Program Help Bridge the Gap Between Empirical and Theoretical Ecology? Principles of Participatory Ensemble Modeling to Study Complex Socioecological Systems Session 16: The ABLe Change Process Room: 106 Demonstration: The ABLe Change Process: A Participatory Systemic Action Learning Process
12:20 – 1:30 PM	LUNCH AND PLENARY SPEAKER: Moira Zellner Participatory Complex Systems Modeling for Environmental Planning: Opportunities and Barriers to Learning and Policy Innovation Room: Big Ten A
1:40 – 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions	Session 17: Using the Community Capitals Framework to Model Community Change Room: 103 Presentations: Mowed Grass, Less Fear, More Trust: Community Capitals and the Neighborhood Effects of Urban Greening (the Case of Flint, Michigan) The Issues of Drought in Public Health Efforts: What can be Done in the Future? Using Ripple Effects Mapping to Determine Community Capitals Outcomes Session 18: Collaborative Geodesign in Practice Room: 104 Demonstration: Collaborative Geodesign in Practice Session 19: Interactive Agent-Based Simulations for Renewable Resource Management Room: 106 Demonstration: Interactive Agent-Based Simulations for Renewable Resource Management: The Companion Modeling Approach	Room: Heritage Demonstration: Participatory System Dynamics Modeling Demonstration: Modeling the Detroit Food System (continued)
3:00 – 4:00 PM	CLOSING SESSION Room: Big Ten A

Innovations in Collaborative Modeling

Addressing complex social and environmental problems through systems modeling techniques.

2015 Program

Conference Schedule

REGISTRATION

INFORMAL GATHERING FOR DINNER

REGISTRATION

BREAKFAST

WELCOME:

PLENARY SPEAKER:

Track One: Experienced Modelers

Track Two: People New to Systems Thinking and Modeling

Session 1: Agriculture, Food Systems, and Bio-Energy

Presentations:

Session 2: Participatory Modeling Approaches to Improving Nutrition and Health

Presentations:

Session 3: Modeling Water Quality and Sustainability

Presentations:

Introduction to Complex Problems

Presentations:

BREAK

PANEL DISCUSSION

LUNCH AND PLENARY SPEAKER

Session 4: Mental Modeler

Demonstration:

Session 5: Computational Social Science

Demonstration:

Session 6: NOVA

Demonstration:

Demonstration:

BREAK

Session 7: Systems Approaches for Achieving Sustainable Food Security

Presentations:

Session 8: Understanding Substance Use and Mental Health Through Systems Modeling

Presentations:

Session 9: Network Modeling: Integrating Social and Physical Systems

Presentations:

Session 10: Quantitative Systems Modeling Approaches

Presentations:

Demonstration:

TOPICAL NETWORKING SESSION

REGISTRATION

BREAKFAST

INTRODUCTION:

PLENARY SPEAKER:

Track One: Experienced Modelers

Track Two: People New to Systems Thinking and Modeling

Session 11: Systems Approaches to Conservation and Land Use Planning

Presentations:

Session 12: Participatory Modeling Approaches to Improving Nutrition and Health

Presentations:

Session 13: Participatory Approaches to Modeling and Managing Water Resources and Aquatic Systems

Presentations:

Demonstration:

BREAK

Session 14: Qualitative Systems Mapping Techniques

Presentations:

Session 15: Quantitative Systems Modeling Approaches

Presentations:

Session 16: The ABLe Change Process

Demonstration:

LUNCH AND PLENARY SPEAKER:

Session 17: Using the Community Capitals Framework to Model Community Change

Presentations:

Session 18: Collaborative Geodesign in Practice

Demonstration:

Session 19: Interactive Agent-Based Simulations for Renewable Resource Management

Demonstration:

Demonstration:

CLOSING SESSION