55th Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences

Hull University Business School, Hull, UK:   July 17-22, 2011

Theme and conference information: All together now – working across disciplines: People, principles and practice

***update:  Please note that, although the deadline for getting papers into the proceedings has passed, people who register late can still write a paper that will be published in the proceedings next year, if you want to take up that option.

The 2011 Conference of the International Society for Systems Sciences will be hosted by Hull University Business School, one of the top Business Schools in the UK, and home to one of the oldest teaching departments in Management Systems and the Centre for Systems Studies.

Call for Papers
Special integration groups (SIGs) and exploratory sessions are being planned
in the following areas (see the website for contact details for each group):
Agent-based Social Systems
Arts-based Inquiry
Balancing Individualism and Collectivism
Critical Systems Theory & Practice
Designing Educational Systems
Economic and Financial Systems
Evolutionary Development
Foundations of Information Systems
Hierarchy Theory
Human Systems Inquiry
Information Systems Design and Information Technology
ISSS Roundtable
Living Systems Analysis
Medical and Health Systems
Organizational Transformation and Social Change
Research Towards General Theories of Systems
Service Systems Science
Socio-Ecological Systems
Spirituality and Systems
Student SIG
Systemic Approaches to Conflict and Crises
Systemic Approaches to Poverty and Disadvantage
Systems Applications in Business & Industry
Systems Biology and Evolution
Systems and Mental Health
Systems Modeling and Simulation
Systems Pathology
Systems Specific Technology
What is Life and Living

Important Dates
January 1, 2011:  The start of abstract submission and registration.
January 31, 2011:  On-line registration begins.
March 1, 2011: T he deadline for panel, workshop and stream proposals.
April 30, 2011:  The end of early, discounted registration.
May 15, 2011: T he deadline for full papers. Only ONE submission per
registered participant will be accepted for the conference.
June 1, 2011.  The final deadline for abstracts, recognising that
abstracts may not be developed into full papers for this conference.

Only ONE abstract per registered participant will be accepted for the conference.
June 1, 2011. The deadline for poster abstract submission. Posters are
exempt from the one abstract/paper submission rule.