WORLD COMPLEXITY SCIENCE ACADEMY(WCSA) - II CONFERENCE
Palermo, Italy, September 26th and 27th 2011
Aula Magna "Vincenzo Li Donni" - Facoltà di
Economia - Università degli Studi di Palermo -
viale delle Scienze ed/building .13.
COMPLEXITY SYSTEMIC SCIENCES AND THE GLOBAL ENERGY AGENDA
WCSA Scientific Director: Andrea
Pitasi(<http://www.andreapitasi.com/>www.andreapitasi.com)
WCSA Conference Program Chair (CPC): Gandolfo
Dominici (<http://www.unipa.it/>www.unipa.it/gandolfodominici/)
WCSA Assistants to the CPC: Federica Palumbo and Roberta Tedeschi
HONORARY BOARD OF ADVISORS AND WCSA MEDAL FOR SYSTEMIC RESEARCH COMMITTEE
-Giuseppe Acocella, CNEL Vice President and
Rector of the S.Pius V University, Rome, Italy
-Alexander Riegler, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
-Gabriel Altmann, Universitaet Bochum, Germany
-Alberto Febbrajo, University of Macerata, Italy
-Marcelo Amaral, Triple Helix International Instituite, Madrid, Spain
-Pierpaolo Donati, University of Bologna
-Dario Rodriguez Mansilla, Universidad Catolica de Santiago, Chile
-Felix Ortega, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
-Giancarlo Guarino, Frederick II University, Naples, Italy
-Loet Leydesdorff , Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-Giovanbattista Cavazzuti, Modena and Reggio Emilia University, Italy
-Albert Laszlo Barabasi, Notre Dame University, USA
-Sherry Ferguson, University of Ottawa, Canada
-Lucio d'Alessandro, Pro-rector and Dean of the
Education and Training Faculty, Suor Orsola Benincasa University, Naples, Italy
-Sebastiano Bagnara, Sassari-Alghero University, Italy
-Ervin Laszlo, Recipient of the 2010 WCSA MEDAL
The aim and topic of the conference is to focus
on the epistemological theoretical,
methodological, technical and practical
contributions of the systemic approach
throughout each disciplinary or
interdisciplinary perspective rooted in the
systemic approach (sociology, management,
engineering, biology, economics, mathematics,
etc.) to shape a scientific and policy agenda to
face the energy challenges of our times on a global scale.
The official language of the conference is
English and the conference structure is
articulated into four panels each one lasting 3
hours divided among the panel Chairperson and
the speakers (maximum10 per panel, about 20
minutes per presentation so that the panel time
allows both the chairperson comments and a
?round-table debate? among the speakers and with the public)
All the speakers of the WCSA conference have to
be WCSA members. It will be possible to Join
WCSA as a member directly at the membership desk outside the conference room.
The conference will be structured into four panels:
1-Sept. 26th: 10 am -1 pm Panel I - System Theory and Energy Agenda;
2-Sept. 26th: 2 pm -6 pm, Panel II - A Systemic
Toolkit in the Knowledge Based World Society to Face the Energy Challenges;
3-Sept. 27th: 10 am- 1pm: Panel III - Systemic
Approaches to Mass Media and Public Opinion Sense-making about Energy Matters;
4-Sept. 27th: 2 pm -6 pm: Panel IV - Business
and Politics Strategies about Energy in a Systemic Perspective.
Conference Proceedings:
Submission: abstract of maximum 900 words
Deadline: May 21st, 2011.
Feedback from the CPC: within June 15th , 2011
The deadline for the submission of the complete
paper (maximum 20 single spaced pages) to the
CPC will be November 30th, 2011 (the publication
of the proceedings will follow the conference).
The abstracts in word or pdf files have to be
sent to prof. Gandolfo Dominici CPC- specifying
in the email subject "WCSA 2011 SUBMISSION"- at
this email: <mailto:(wcsa-palermo-2011 /at/ libero.it)>(wcsa-palermo-2011 /at/ libero.it)
The abstract will include:
- the name and last name of the speaker(s)
- his/her/their academic affiliation(s)
- contact info (in case of more authors, please
specify the corresponding author)
- the title of the abstract.
Announcement of the Official Conference Program: within July 15th 2011
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Gandolfo Dominici, PhD
Assistant professor of Business Management
Adjunct professor of Marketing
Facoltà di Economia
Università di Palermo
<http://www.unipa.it/gandolfodominici/>http://www.unipa.it/gandolfodominici/
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Prof.Andrea Pitasi
Tenured Associate of Legal Systems and Social Complexity
Gabriele d'Annunzio University
<http://www.andreapitasi.com/>www.andreapitasi.com
Scientific Director and Co Founder of the World
Complexity Science Academy (WCSA
<http://www.wcsaglobal.org/>www.wcsaglobal.org)
facebook: andrea.pitasi
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