My weekly activities, include these two calls everyone with an interest is welcome to join.

(1) Service Systems Innovation: Wednesday 10:30am ET/7:30am PT
Smart, people-centered service systems:  ISSIP Linkedin discussion + (service science website and weekly calls) and

 (2) Cognitive Systems Innovation: Thursday 10:30am ET/7:30am PT
Cognitive systems: CSIG Linkedin discussion + (cognitive science website and weekly calls).

The goal is to augment our individual and collective capabilities and performance as Doug Engelbart envisioned, empowering makers in the cognitive era.

NSF has a $10M program to fund smart, people-centered service system translational research.  Deadline to submit letters of intent is Dec 2, 2015.

Summary URLs:

NSF $10M Program: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15610/nsf15610.htm

Presentation – Empowering Makers: http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/spohrer-icer-20150810-v1

ISSIP Linkedin discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=4720974

Service science website and weekly calls: https://service-science.info/archives/3860

CSIG Linkedin discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=6729452

Cognitive science website and weekly calls: http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update/

ISSIP (International Society of Service Innovation Professionals): http://issip.org

CSIG (Cognitive Systems Institute Group): http://cognitive-science.info

SSME+DAPP (Service Science Management Engineering + Design Arts Public Policy):  https://service-science.info

ISSIP registration (free, if you have two minutes, your LinkedIn URL and complex password handy, like “issip4ME!” lower, digit, upper, punctuation): http://www.issip.org/wp-login.php?action=register

So join these two weekly calls Wednesday and Thursday are both at 10:30am ET/7:30am PT – and schedule time to present if you work is aligned with these two areas of research, practice, teaching, and innovation.