2016 Program

Because of the different knowledge and skill levels related to modeling among the intended audiences, we plan two tracks for this two-day conference:

  • Track 1 is for those with experience in the quantitative modeling of complex systems. It will consist of a combination of modeling demonstrations and presentations.

  • Track 2 is for those who are new to systems theory and modeling and will consist of an overview of the elements of systems thinking and modeling, as well as brief introductions to and demonstrations of systems modeling techniques

Conference Schedule

Time June 13, 2016
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Registration
Kellogg Center, South Lobby (near door to Kellogg parking ramp)

Time June 14, 2016
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration
Kellogg Center, North Lobby (near room Big Ten B/C)

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Welcome and Introduction
Miles McNall
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

Plenary Speaker:

Alexey Voinov: Biases, Beliefs and Values in Participatory Modeling and Citizen Science
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Plenary Session:

Common Systems Modeling Tools and Contexts of Application
Steven Gray, Miles McNall, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Renee Wallace, and Moira Zellner
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM

BREAK
Refreshments in lobby outside Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

 

Track One: Experienced Modelers

Track Two: People New to Systems Thinking and Modeling

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 1: Participatory Modeling for Sustainable Water Resource Management

Room: 62 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Blue Accounting: Participatory System Modeling For Great Lakes Water Quality

Participatory System Dynamics for Sustainable Water Resource Management: Case Study—Updating and Testing the Palouse Basin Participatory Model

Collaborative Modeling in the Spokane River Basin: Engaging Stakeholders to Explore Basin-Wide Water Management Strategies


Session 2: Methods of Participatory Modeling

Room: 61 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Linking Values and Goals to Model Outputs and Decision Points in Collaborative Geodesign

Defining Purpose, Processes, Partnerships, and Products in Participatory Socio-Environmental Modeling

Typologies and Tradeoffs: A Standardized Approach to Creating Participatory Fuzzy Cognitive Maps


Session 3: Modeling Agriculture, Food Systems, and Land Use

Room: Michigamme (Lower level)

Presentations:

Using Participatory System Dynamics Modeling of Agricultural-Environmental Systems in a Rural Development Context

Developing Consensus-Based Models of Readiness and Capacity for Implementing Farmers' Market Interventions

Mental Models of Food Security in Mali

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 1:

Room: Riverside (Lower level)

Perspectives on the Flint Water Crisis

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

LUNCH
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Plenary Speaker:

Gary Hirsch: The ReThink Health Model: Supporting Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Local Communities
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Session 4: Participatory Modeling for Biodiversity

Room: 62 (Lower level)

Presentations:

A Systems Feedback Control Loop Representation of the Resource Management Process

A Poor Climate for Recovery: Using Structured Decision Making to Explore Climate Adaptation Alternatives to Recover an Endangered Species

Using Structured Decision Making to Inform Future Management Directions for Wild Turkeys in Michigan


Session 5: Modeling Human Health Systems I

Room: 61 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Concussion as a Complex System: Building a System Dynamics Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Concussion, Complexity, and Uncertainty: Reflections on Building a Systems Model

A Simulation Approach to Assessing the Impact of a Cognitive Intervention on Depression

Students in High School Algebra Build Pharmacokinetic Models Using System Dynamics


Session 6: Participatory Mapping

Room: Michigamme (Lower level)

Demonstration:

Supporting Rich Participatory Mapping for Hybrid and Agent-Based Models: A Collaborative Web-Based Modeling Platform

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

Session 2:

Room: Riverside (Lower level)

Social Network Analysis and Agent-based Modeling: Overview and Applications to Community-based Work

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

BREAK

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM

BREAK
Refreshments in lobby outside Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

Session 7: Modeling Climate Systems

Room: 62 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Integrated, Agent-Based Modeling to Foster Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Disaster Research

"What Does Usable Climate Change Impacts Modeling Look Like?" Developing Metrics to Assess Interdisciplinary Environmental Modeling Efforts


Session 8: Modeling Health
Systems II

Room: 61 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Blood Alcohol Concentration Dynamics, Metabolism, and Decision Making

Participatory One Health Modeling

Assessing the Value of Complementarity in Addressing Transdisciplinary Problems


Session 9: NOVA

Room: Michigamme (Lower level)

Demonstration:

The Nova Modeling Platform: Collaboration at Many Levels

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Session 3:

Room: Riverside (Lower level)

Modeling Urban Livestock Production in Detroit

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

BREAK

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

RECEPTION
Room: Big Ten B/C

Time June 15, 2016
7:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Registration
Kellogg Center, North Lobby (near room Big Ten B/C)

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Welcome and Introduction
Miles McNall
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

Plenary Speaker:

Krystyna Stave: Exploring the Nature of Insight in Participatory System Dynamics Modeling
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

 

Track One: Experienced Modelers

Track Two: People New to Systems Thinking and Modeling

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Session 10: Modeling Water and Aquatic
Systems I

Room: 62 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Exploring Reciprocal Interactions Between Climate, Groundwater and Land Cover Decisions in Agricultural Areas

Systems Modeling Approaches for Ecotoxicology


Session 11: Modeling Health Systems III

Room: 61 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Using System Dynamics Modeling to Identify Strategies that Reduce Community-Level HIV Viral Load

Using Inter-Organizational Network Analysis to Understand City Level Collaboration Effectiveness in Reducing Community HIV Viral Load

Using SD Modeling to Capacitate Low Income Women's Smokeless Tobacco Control Advocates


Session 12:  Pedagogical Tools for Trans-disciplinary and Participatory Modeling

Room: Michigamme (Lower level)

Demonstration:
Design Thinking to Meet Real World Needs: Trans-disciplinary and Participatory Modeling in the Undergraduate Classroom

Session 5:

Room: Riverside (Lower level)

Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping with Mental Modeler

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM

BREAK
Refreshments in lobby outside Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

11:15 AM –12:30 PM

Session 13: Modeling Urban and Regional Systems for Sustainability and Equity

Room: 62 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Integrating Models for Regional Sustainability Planning

Representing Uncertainty in Collaborative Urban Planning: Social Equity Indicators in Scenario Planning Tools

Using System-Based Approaches to Scenario Design for Policy Making at the Regional Level


Session 14: Hybrid Quantitative Modeling

Room: Michigamme (Lower level)

Demonstration:
Hybrid quantitative modeling approaches with application to health and safety

Session 6:

Room: Riverside (Lower level)

Modeling Food Security in Detroit with System Dynamics, Part I

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Plenary Speaker:

Jon Erickson: Unity over Discipline: Tales from the Borderlands of Two Cultures
Room: Big Ten B/C (Lobby level)

2:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Session 15: Modeling Water and Aquatic
Systems II

Room: 62 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Integrated Modeling of Michigan Small Harbor Sustainability

Developing Interdisciplinary Thinking Using Storyboard Art in Conjunction with Participatory Modeling


Session 16: Participatory Modeling through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping

Room: 61 (Lower level)

Presentations:

Fostering Innovation in Conservation Planning: A Collective Intelligence Approach with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

Participatory Modeling with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps: Studying Veterans' Perspectives on Access and Participation in Higher Education

Merging Participatory Research with Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping: Eliciting Responses Across a Variety of Complex Systems and Stakeholders


Session 17: Causal Loop Diagramming

Room: Michigamme (Lower level)

Demonstration:
A Collaborative Web-Based Modeling Platform for Causal Loop Diagramming

Session 6 continued:

Room: Riverside (Lower level)

Modeling Food Security in Detroit with System Dynamics, Part II