GETTING TO KNOW YOU: RE-VISITING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION
A joint meeting of the SD+ and Simulation Special Interest Groups of the OR Society
Date/Time: Thursday 25th February 2010.
Venue: University of Warwick

• Abstract: This meeting is a chance to take a look at recent work which helps reveal the contrasts and similarities of two simulation approaches: system dynamics and discrete event simulation. In the past their relationship has been a distant one. Today there is increasing interest in understanding their distinctive strength and in creating ways of combining them in practical ways.
  For this event a range of speakers from practice and academia will talk about the two approaches, describing what each can bring to understanding real world problems and considering both practical and theoretical ways of bringing together the best of each approach.
• Sessions include:
  - Antuela Tako and Stewart Robinson - Warwick Business School. Comparison of Discrete-Event Simulation and SD in the Supply Chain Context.
  - Chris Owen - PricewaterhouseCoopers. Using System Dynamics to tackle strategic supply chain problems.
  - Jennifer Morgan - Strathclyde University. Exploring frameworks for combining SD and DES.
  - Kim Warren - Strategy Dynamics. How management can use basic system dynamics to develop & manage strategy
  - Steffen Bayer - Imperial College. Contrasting the use of DES and SD and their social role in the model development process.
  As an added feature, Sally Brailsford ( Southampton University) and David Lane (London School of Economics) will facilitate a session mysteriously called 'FAFSim', which aims to encourage communication between aficionados in each of the two simulation camps.

ANNUAL MEETING + A PRIZE IS ON OFFER FOR HIGH QUALITY SD WORK
Date: Thursday/Friday 11th - 12th February 2010
Venue: London

• The UK System Dynamics Society is once again offering a prize for high quality SD work. 
• Sponsored by Steer Davies Gleave, the prize of £500 will be presented at the annual meeting on 11/12 February in London. 

• Award of Prizes
  1. Practitioner Prize, sponsored by Steer Davies Gleave
  2. Chapter Student Prize 
  For information on how to apply for either of these prizes please contact John Swanson at John.Swanson@sdgworld.net
• PhD Colloquium
  An opportunity to display or present on your work
  For information please contact Mike Quigley,  m.quigley@salford.ac.uk 

OR Society Special Interest Group Half Day Meeting - SD+ 50
This meeting is sponsored by the Operational Research Society and by the LSE’s Department of Management.
Speakers:
Larry Phillips - London School of Economics
John Hayward - University of Glamorgan
Dave Exelby - Decision Analysis Services Ltd.
David Lane - London School of Economics
Keynote: Mike Jackson - Dean, Hull University Business School
Date/Time: 18th December 2007 14:00 onwards
Venue: London School of Economics

• The SD+ special interest group aims to increase the understanding and practical use of System Dynamics amongst interested members of the broad, international community of the MS/OR Society, and to allow specialist system dynamicists to explore the connections between SD and other MS/OR approaches.
  The year 2007 marks a half century from the creation of the System Dynamics approach. So you are invited to come and celebrate at: SD+ 50. The 50th anniversary is an opportunity to look at System Dynamics from the perspective of related disciplines. We are therefore using this event to talk a little about the history of the approach and also to explore the ways in which SD relates to other MS/OR methods, how it compares and contrasts with them.
  The meeting will be structured around the group of speakers above, who will look at SD from various different perspectives. These will include: System Science, Group Modelling, applications in Defence Modelling and a reminder of the diversity and creativity seen in SD applications, and there will be plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.

Hosted by Dstl in Farnborough, Hampshire.
A half day meeting on the theme of System Dynamics in Defence.
Wednesday 14 January

• Speakers are John Medhurst (Laranzair Consultants), Stuart Johnson (Dstl) and others from Dstl and HVR Consulting, concluding with a panel discussion by David Lane and Sally Brailsford on “The future of SD in defence”.
• Mobile's/personal computing devices may not be used. The workshop will be unclassified.
• British nationals must register by 9 January 2004 and Non-British by 10 December 2003. To register, please provide the following to Dstl: Name, Nationality, Business Address, Telephone, Fax, Email Address. Contact for registration is: Brian Wardman, Policy and Capability Studies Department, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 0LX Tel: 01252 455283 Fax: 01252 455062 Email: bwardman@dstl.gov.uk

SD+ Mapping Approaches in OR
Speakers to include
Peter Checkland : Soft Systems Methodology,
Fran Ackermann : Cognitive Mapping,
Larry Phillips : Decision Analysis,
Mark Westcombe : Dialog Mapping,
David Lane : System Dynamics
Tuesday 7th January

• Following on from our very successful inaugural meeting last May on "SD in Health Care", we are holding a further half-day meeting at LSE. The meeting will include presentations on the use of diagrams or maps within different OR modelling approaches, and will finish with a round table discussion (chaired by Mike Pidd) on some of the key differences and similarities in the approaches presented.
• For further information on this meeting, please view the word document.

• A review of this meeting appeared in the July 2002 Newsletter (click here)