Boston 2005

Location   The Seaport Hotel is in the heart of Boston's Seaport District overlooking the breathtaking panoramic view of Boston Harbor and the city skyline.

Conference Venue
The Seaport Hotel in historic Boston offers the finest meeting destination facility on the city's vibrant harbor. It is located within minutes of the airport, financial district and the downtown area, filled with restaurants, shops, museums and attractions. Public spaces at the Seaport have wireless Wi-Fi access and each guest room is equipped with complimentary Internet/VPN access at T-1 speed. For detailed information about the Seaport Hotel please visit: www.seaportboston.com

Boston can easily be reached by train, plane and car. Parking for a fee will be available on site.

The conference will bring together more than 500 people working in system dynamics and systems thinking. Presentations by practitioners and world leaders in the field will cover a wide variety of topics.

Program
The conference program will consist of plenary, parallel, poster and workshop sessions demonstrating the state of the art in the theory and application of system dynamics.

In addition, panel discussions, special interest group sessions, student colloquia, modeling assistance workshop, events of historic interest, vendor displays, exhibits, demonstrations, Society business meetings and other related gatherings will be scheduled.

The conference schedule will provide time for relaxed social and professional interaction.

The conference will bring together diverse perspectives on the application of system dynamics to important issues in the theory of complex dynamic systems and the practical use of these tools to address critical real-world challenges." Presentations will consist of applications of system dynamics to the main theme, as well as a number of other themes addressed in social and natural science. A small sampling of the topics to be addressed includes:

Submissions
Papers may be submitted from January 2, 2005 to March 18, 2005 and must be in sufficient detail for the referees to judge their meaning and value. Submissions must be in English and should be 5 - 30 pages in length (there is also a maximum 2 MB electronic file size). Abstracts will not be accepted. Submission of models and other supporting materials to enable replication and aid the review process is encouraged in all cases (maximum file size 2 MB in addition to the paper).

All works submitted will be assigned for double blind peer review. The results, with the oversight of the program co-chairs, will determine whether a work will be accepted, and, if so, whether for plenary, parallel or poster presentation.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 2, 2005. Authors retain the copyright to all submitted work and, by submitting, grant permission for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Proposals for workshops and tutorials should be submitted using the Workshop Proposal Form found on the conference website: www.systemdynamics.org/conf2005/workshopform.xls. E-mail the completed form directly to the Workshop Chair, Jack B. Homer jhomer@comcast.net.

Proposals for plenary or parallel sessions, panel discussions, roundtable sessions and other pre- or post- conference activities are welcome. Proposals should contain a brief description of the session theme, names of organizer(s) and a tentative list of all papers to be included in the session.

Session proposals are due by March 18, 2005. Send proposals to isdc05@mit.edu.

Submission Format
Preliminary and final submissions must be received in .pdf format. Other formats will not be accepted. Several free or low-cost programs to write .pdf files may be found on the web; see the conference website for links. Final submission paper to be included on the CD-ROM Proceedings should have the security property set on "NO SECURITY."

At the time of submission for each work, please fill out the online form (contact information for all author(s) with a 150-word abstract) and upload three updateable files. The first will be the body of the work with no author information for blind review; the second is the version for the proceedings CD with a 150-word abstract and complete author information; and the third, any supporting material, including models, submitted as a single file or a .zip archive.

Materials must be submitted online via the Society website www.systemdynamics.org. Authors will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about the appropriate session placement and format for their presentation at the time of submission.

Materials must be submitted online via the Society website www.systemdynamics.org Authors will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about the appropriate session placement and format for their presentation at the time of submission.

Conference Proceedings
A conference pack will include the program with Printed Abstract Proceedings for all accepted papers. The Conference CD-ROM Proceedings including final versions of papers will be distributed after the conference. Full works for plenary, parallel, poster and workshop presentations will be included on the CD.