The main theme of this Congress is to explore the new roles and directions of Systems Sciences in the 21st Century society. The focus will be on the influence of Systems Sciences on an emerging knowledge society, and also on the challenges and expectations from such a society on Systems Sciences.
Symposia 1 to 6 will present concrete research topics including knowledge management, technology management, technology of information and communication networks, etc. to search for a way to achieve sustainable economic and ecologic development, which is an urgent need common to all human beings.
These Symposia will be supported by Symposium 7 and the Workshops, to investigate the foundations required by Systems Science to act as the integrating force between the various methodological, sociological and technological trends.
A Panel Discussion, including an Open Forum for interaction with all participants, will collect and extrapolate the outcomes of the Congress.
| Symposium-1 | Technology Creation Based on
Knowledge Science (Chair: T. Kobayashi, JAIST) |
| Symposium-2 | Creation of Agent-Based Social
Systems Sciences (Chair: H. Deguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
| Symposium-3 | Intelligent Information
Technology and Applications (Chair: H. Nakayama, Konan University) |
| Symposium-4 | Meta-synthesis
and Complex Systems (Chair: X. J. Tang, Chinese Academy of Science) |
| Symposium-5 | Data/Text Mining
from Large Databases (Chair: T. B. Ho, JAIST) |
| Symposium-6 | Vision of Knowledge Civilization
(Chair: Andrzej Wierzbicki, JAIST) |
| Symposium-7 | Foundations of
the Systems Sciences (Chair: Gary Metcalf, InterConnections LLC) |
| Workshop | The New Roles of Systems Sciences
for a Knowledge-based Society (Chair: M. Mulej, University of Maribor) |
| Panel and Open Forum |
The New Roles of Systems Science
for a Knowledge-based Society (Chair: K. Kijima, Tokyo Institute of Technology ) |
| Additional space and time for smaller groups of scientists engaged in specialized topics will be provided. | |