Dear Members!
The last 12 months have been exciting for the IFSR:
We held our General Assembly (with the election of the new Executive Committee) during the EMCSR Congress in Vienna in April 2012, followed by a very successful IFSR Conversation, this year in St. Magdalena in Linz Austria.
We were able to establish close relations with two other international federations, the UES (Union Européenne de Systémique) and the WOSC (World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics). Consequently I attended a meeting at the UES Congress in October 2011 in Brussels. We are reporting about these events and several others in this Newsletter.
I renew my plea for information on your society and its activities to be put into the next Newsletter and/or on the IFSR-website.
With my best wishes
Yours sincerely
Gerhard Chroust
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Dr. Gary Metcalf, USA, President, Prof. Dr. Yoshihide Horiuchi, Japan, Vice President, Mag. Stefan Blachfellner, Austria, Vice President, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Chroust, Austria, Secretary General, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
The New Executive Committee of the IFSR (elected April 13, 2012) ……………………. 3 -
President Message 2012: Gary Metcalf , IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
IFSR President’s Message – Gary Metcalf… 3 -
VP Message 2012: Yoshi Horiuchi, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
IFSR Vice President’s Message – Yoshi Horiuchi… 4 -
VP Message 2012: Stefan Blachfellner, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
IFSR Vice President’s Message – Stefan Blachfellner… 5 -
Secretary-General Message 2012: Gerhard Chroust, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
IFSR Secretary General’s Message – Gerhard Chroust… 7 - Activities of the IFSR in Vienna April 9 – 13, 2012… 8
- IFSR Board Meeting 2012… 9
- IFSR Reflective Meeting… 10
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Dr. Merrilyn Emery, introduced by Gary Metcalf, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
Ross Ashby Memorial Lecture: Open or closed systems – Bridging the gap, Merrilyn Emery… 10
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New IASCYS Executive Committee (Vienna, Austria, 2012), IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
International Academy of Systems and Cybernetic Sciences: Report of the first two years…12 -
16th IFSR Conversation 2012, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
16th IFSR Conversation 2012 “Systems and Science at Crossroads” St. Magdalena April 14 to 19…14- Team 1: Revisiting the socio-ecological, social-technical and socio-psychological perspectives: …… 16
- Team 2: Science II: Science Too!… 18
- Team 3: Designing Learning Systems for Global Sustainability… 19
- Team 4: Towards a Common Language for Systems Praxis… 21
- Reports from IFSR member societies…23
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Arne Collen passes away 2012: Team 2 at the Fuschl Conversation 2004: Christian Hofer, Farah Lenser, Arne Collen, Ernesto Grün, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
Arne Collen passed away (February 2012)… 23 -
Gloria and Charles Francois, IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
Charles Francois (* 5. September 1922): 90 years of life in 9 worlds, Ernesto Grün… 24 -
Business Systems Laboratory (B.S. Labs), IFSR Newsletter 2012 Vol. 29 No. 1 September
Welcome Business Systems Laboratory (B.S.Lab)!… 25 - The Ushuaia Initiative, Ricardo Frías, Ricardo Barrera, Enrique G. Herrscher… 26
- The ISSS 2012 Conference in San Jose… 27
- Some reflections on ASC/BIG at Asilomar and ISSS in San Jose… 28
- Bulgarian Society for Systems Research (BSSR)… 30
- GIFT (Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management) GLOGIFT 2012… 31
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