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WOSC, in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences will run an online event of conversations about the already proposed manifesto for WOSC 2020, as well as of its planned themes and sections. The conversations should provide to all of us an option to connect with our section co-coordinators and also among ourselves. In particular, we think that the COVID 19 pandemic should give us new perspectives about Crisis and post-crisis viability and governance.​

The on-line event live streaming will take place on the 16th and 17th of September on https://www.wosc2020.org/, nevertheless several videos, which are part of the on-line event are being uploaded throughout September. You are most welcome to have  look and provide valuable comments to the videos in Youtube. We do expect for the authors to reply on a short notice.

The ASC invites you to participate in “ASC 2020 Global Conversation,” September 12-13 2020. This event will consist of a series of live online conversations running across two days and various time zones.

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a WOSC 2020 Congress re-arangement

Due to the effects of the pandemic, the 18th WOSC Congress will take place from 1. to 29. September 2021
During the original Congress dates 16. to 18. September 2020, an on-line event will take place. Additional info: https://www.wosc2020.org/

Institute of philosophy of RAS, Institute of psychology of  RAS, Trapeznikov Institute of control sciences of RAS, Keldysch  Institute of applied mathematics of RAS; Institute of economic strategy of the Social Sciences Division of RAS invite You to take part in the XI International symposium “Reflexive processes and control” which will be held in Moscow on October 16-17, 2017.

AGENDA

Scientific Fundamental — “Current problems of reflexive research in the context of post-non-classical scientific rationality and a transdisciplinary approach”.

Scientific and Applied — “Current problems of reflexive research and development in the context of applied fields of knowledge”.

Practical — “Introducing reflexive technologies into Russian and International development process, current experience and future prospects”

KEY TOPICS

1. Cybernetics and control — philosophical and methodological framework of development (reflexive processes and technologies roles and possible application).
2. Self-developing reflexive-active environments (harmony of subjects of development, convergence natural and artificial).
3. Reflexive aspects of complexity problems (reflexive complexity and reflexive mechanisms of regulation of complexity).
4. From situational centers to development centers (socio-humanitarian technologies to ensure strategic planning and project management).
5. Organisation of self-developing innovative environments (experience, current status and future prospects).
6. Subjects of development — assembly and analytics (from market egoism to harmony of development).
7. Role of reflexive technologies in information warfare (from confrontation to strategic partnership).

Symposium will be held in the form of Round Table workshops on the above-mentioned key topics (correction is possible).

PARTICIPANTS

Experts from Russia and foreign countries are welcome to take part in the symposium.

All information will be updated on a regular basis on the internet:

http://www.reflexion.ru/EConf.html

Languages of the symposium are Russian and English.

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS

 Please send Your written abstracts (up to 4 pages) to dzhurenkoff@mail.ru (Mr. Denis Zhurenkov).  All abstracts must correspond to the main thematic areas of the symposium and have brief information about the participant (name, organization, position, academic degree, E-mail).

Abstract submission guidelines are here: http://www.reflexion.ru/EConf.html

All abstracts must pass preliminary examination to be published among the symposium’s collected works. Collected works publication will be out before the symposium starts.

 Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 15, 2017

Organisational fee is not required

Sponsorship and support is appreciated.

FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND PROPOSALS

E-mail: Lepsky@tm-net.ru

Dr. Vladimir Lepskiy

Chairman of the Organising Committee

It is with great sadness that I communicate the passing of Professor Robert Vallée on January the 1st 2017. He was 95 years old.

He was WOSC´s President from 2003, became a WOSC honorary member in 1979 and received the WOSC´s Norbert Wiener Memorial Gold Medal in 1990.

In the process of organising WOSC 2017 in Rome later this January I had already communicated to him our intention to dedicate  it in his honour.  His last communication to me with reference to WOSC 2017 was on the 5th of September, 2016:

“The choice of Roma, la citta eterna, for this congress is very satisfactory for the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics. Moreover, Professor Minati is the President of Union Européenne de Systémique and a recent biography of Norbert Wiener has been translated into Italian.  I would like to say a few words about the future of cybernetics and systems. Much has been said about “second order cybernetics”, but it is more or less included in the “first order cybernetics” which deals with observation, decision, and action. I developed this theme under the name of “epistemo-praxiology (1975). One of the results I obtained is the “inverse transfer of structures” from the inner part of the observing system to the appearance the universe observed. I think that cybernetics and systems may progress in the direction of a better understanding of the position of man in the universe as both observer and actor.”

I will miss the wisdom of his short and profound statements.

Professor Raul Espejo

Director General