American Society for Cybernetics (ASC)
2004 Conference
Ryerson University
Toronto
LAST UPDATE:
10 MAY 2005
A U G U S T 4 - 8 2 0 0 4
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The Well-Being of Systems Co-Sponsored with
The School of Image Arts
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We are pleased to report the 2004 ASC Conference was a success!
The ASC, in association with the Department of Image Arts at Ryerson University, co-sponsored this interesting and enlightening event.
We explored how we increase the well-being of our systems and ourselves, as we are systems embedded in numerous other systems.
| LEGACY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE ASC WEBSITE |
Toronto
We are pleased to report the 2004 ASC Conference in Toronto was a successful event!
This event was held in Toronto during the week of 4 - 8 August 2004. The theme for the conference was 'Well-Being of Systems'.
For archival information on this past conference's organization, visit:
The Original 2004 Conference Information Page.
To access download-able versions of some of the Conference contributions, visit:
The 2004 Conference Programme Page.
| THEME for the Conference |
We sought to explore how we increase the well-being of our systems and ourselves, as we are systems embedded in numerous other systems.
The daily news gives us examples every day that the frameworks and the means currently in use do not have requisite variety to deal with the complexity of our circumstances. But we may not be discouraged by the challenge.
How may we meet this challenge?
At our 2004 Conference we sought to meet it through ...
- our thoughts and thinking about our thoughts;
- our commitments and their implications;
- our perspectives and those of others who construct their realities according to different patterns;
- our conversations through which we come to know ourselves and others.
2004 Conference
Toronto