Each year the chapter organises the Annual Conference, a series of presentations from eminent practitioners and the opportunity to meet and discuss issues. 2018 will be the 20th annual conference.
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Annual Conference 2018
THEME : System Dynamics in Service Design and Innovation
VENUE: Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, Cathays Park,
CF10 3NN
DATE: 12th & 13th April 2018
Schedule:
| Thursday 12th April | |
| 10:00 | Early registration for optional introduction to SD |
| 10:30 | Getting started with System Dynamics – Concepts and applications
Kim Warren (Strategy Dynamics) Please bring a laptop if you wish to participate in this session |
| 12:30 | Registration and light refreshments |
| 13:00 | Welcome by Chapter President
Jonathan Moizer (President of the UK Chapter of the System Dynamics Society) |
| Session 1 | |
| 13:15 | System Dynamics Modelling to Keep More Children Safely at Home and Reduce Unnecessary Children being Taken into Care
Dr Tim Hobbs, Vicky Baker and Shreya Sonthalia (Dartington Service Design Lab) |
| 14:00 | The Perfect Crime: Why every student who sat 8 or more GCSEs in summer 2016 has a certificate with two wrong grades.
Dennis Sherwood (Silver Bullet) |
| 14:45 | Tea break |
| Session 2 | |
| 15:15 | Use of Systems Thinking and Systems Dynamics at Lloyds Bank to improve customer journeys
Justin Watts and Phil Smith (Lloyds bank) |
| 16:00 | Stories from the Northern Ireland Public Sector Innovation Lab
Sarah Megan Wylie (The Innovation Lab, Northern Ireland Department of Finance) |
| 16:45 | On Supply Chain Dynamics: From Conceptualising to Executing System Dynamics, Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering Models
Mohamed M. Naim, Aris A. Syntetos and Xun Wang (Cardiff University) |
| 17:05 | Awards
Jonathan Moizer (President of the UK Chapter of the System Dynamics Society) |
| 17:15 | Chapter President: Concluding remarks
Jonathan Moizer (President of the UK Chapter of the System Dynamics Society) |
| 17:30 | Wine reception |
| 19:00 | Optional dinner |
| Friday 13th April | |
| 8:30 | Arrivals — coffees and teas |
| 8:50 | Introduction to the day
Jonathan Moizer (President of the UK Chapter of the System Dynamics Society) |
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9:30
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Getting a Grip on Dynamic Systems at the Front Line of Healthcare – Using SD and associated improvement approaches to improve the quality of healthcare delivery
Dr. Tricia Woodhead, Health Foundation, Quality Improvement Fellow and Improvement The Viable System Model: A systemic approach to understanding and designing organisations Patrick Hoverstadt (Director at Fractal Consulting ; Chair of SCiO) |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00
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Overcoming the failure to manage within the NHS: Using SD hands-on exercises to convey the dos and the don’ts for outpatient service design
John Boulton (Aneurin Bevan Continuous Improvement Centre) Please bring a laptop if you wish to participate in this session |
| 12:15 | Lunch and Poster session
Student posters can be submitted here Non-student posters can be submitted here |
| 13:15 | Chapter AGM
This short session will report on the status and activities of the UK Chapter, and provide an opportunity to elect new representatives to the Policy Council |
| 13:45 | London 2020 International System Dynamics Conference Bid Update
Dr Daniel Arthur (International Policy Dynamics Ltd) |
| 14:00 | Modelling the Network of Social Forces that have the future of Homo Sapiens and the Planet in their Grip and Designing a Dynamic Public Management System
John Raven (EyeOnSociety) |
| 14:30 | Student presentations and student prize award
Information about submitting posters and presentations to the student colloquium is available here. |
| 16:00 | Close |
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