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August 15, 2020
Message from Gerald Midgley RE: The Operational Research Society Online Annual Conference 15 - 17 September 2020
Systems Community:
This year, because the Operational Research Society cannot do a face-to-face conference, its event is free for everybody: https://www.theorsociety.com/events/annual-conference
Instead of regular streams, each topic area has a representative 60-minute session.
Our Systems Thinking session will be delivered by Luis Sambo (Visiting Professor, Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull; Ex-Director of WHO Africa) and Mike Jackson (Emeritus Professor and Founder, Centre for Systems Studies). Luis Sambo will talk about how Critical Systems Thinking informed his leadership of the WHO response to Ebola in Africa, and then Mike Jackson will follow up with lessons for handling covid-19 today. Subject to confirmation, this session will be at 1pm on 15 September 2020.
There will also be a Systems Thinking plenary speaker (one of only three streams honoured in this way). Ellen Lewis, Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Systems Studies will be talking about the systemic evaluation of development projects, with a focus on gender, environments and marginalized voices. Also subject to confirmation, this will be at 1pm on 16 September 2020.
Please sign up for this free conference below, and put both our Centre for Systems Studies contributions in your diary (and any others you would like to go to when you receive the final schedule).
**** STUDENT OFFER ***** PhD students, please note that you can get free membership of the Operational Research Society as long as you are a student. Sign up here: https://www.theorsociety.com/membership/student-member/
Posted by ACASA on August 15, 2020 at 10:22 PM in Announcements | Permalink