• Stuart Umpleby
  
• Allenna Leonard
  
• Pille Bunnell
  
• Jerry Chandler
  
• Edward Cherian
  
• Jixuan Hu
  
• Raj Kanungo
  
• Klaus Krippendorff
  
• Andrea Maloney-Schara
  
• Bill Reckmeyer
  
• Alexander Riegler
  
• Larry Richards
  
• Fred Steier

• papers
• presentations
• workshops
• panels

www.gwu.edu/~rpsol/asc_conf.html

• Takeshi Utsumi, who has been working for many years to bring the benefits of computer-based communications to developing countries will describe his work on creating a global university system.
   
  
• Eric Dent will explain his increasingly widely referred to study of what the various fields of systems science have in common and what obstacles have prevented their further integration.
   
  
• Stuart Umpleby will review reflexive theories, focusing on the work of George Soros, which provides a link between second order cybernetics and the fields of economics, finance, and political science.
   
  
• Russell Ackoff, who has made well-known contributions to the field of strategic management, will discuss types of systems, models of them, and their implications.
   
  
• Klaus Krippendorff, Bateson professor at the Annenberg School of Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss language and philosophy.
   
  
• Anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson will describe how longer life expectancies are affecting cultural transmission.
   
  
• Karl Mueller, director of a social science data archive in Vienna, Austria, will describe recent developments in meta-analysis and how this work is leading to a second-order science.
   
  
• Ranulph Glanville from the UK and Australia will describe how second order theories are particularly appropriate for activities involving design, such as architecture.
   
  
• John Warfield, who once worked on redesigning the hugely complicated Defense acquisitions system, will review many centuries of thought about thought and reflect on his decades of experience designing and managing very complex systems.

In addition ...

• ...there will be four panel sessions on the philosophy of radical constructivism, two panels on the epistemological implications of quantum theory, and several panels on management methods, information systems, and e-commerce.
   
  
• ...there will be a workshop on open source approaches to innovation and an evening event by the Performers Workshop Ensemble.
   
  
• ...and the meeting will end with an afternoon participatory strategic planning exercise both to illustrate a particular approach to group facilitation and to chart the future direction of the Society.

Some of the hotels within walking distance of the George Washington University campus and hotels located on Metro lines are already fully booked.

The State Plaza Hotel has agreed to a discounted rate of $139.00 (continental breakfast included, 7 ­ 9 a.m.) . This hotel is two blocks from the Marvin Center where the conference will take place.

A 14.5% tax is added to these prices.

The contact information for the State Plaza Hotel is as follows:

State Plaza Hotel
2117 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
1-800-424-2859
(202) 861-8200
http://www.stateplaza.com

Be sure to give the ASC conference reservation number: 8214

We strongly recommend that ASC Conference attendees make their reservations as soon as possible in order to guarantee the discounted rate. If the reservations are not received by September 27 we lose the reserved rooms at the discounted rate. If you miss the deadline, your hotel room will be more expensive.

Other hotels that work with the University give a discounted rate of $159, down from about $230. The list of such hotels offering special GWU rates can be found at:

http://www.gwu.edu/~alumni/cw/hotels/

(NOTE: Colonials Weekend is not our weekend).

• Arlington County VA - http://www.co.arlington.va.us
• District of Columbia - http://www.dc.gov

• http://www.travelerspoint.com/budget
• http://www.hostels.com

American Society for Cybernetics
2005 Conference
Fee Structure
 

CATEGORY	APPLICABLE FEE(S)	FEE AMOUNT
ASC Members (Full/Waged)	Conference fee only Early Registration (by 15 Sept.)	US$ 300.00
ASC Members (Full/Waged)	Conference fee only Late Registration (after 15 Sept.)	US$ 350.00
Students/Unwaged	Conference fee only Early Registration (by 15 Sept.)	US$ 125.00
Student/Unwaged	Conference fee only Late Registration (after 15 Sept.)	US$ 175.00
Non-Members (Regular/Waged)	Conference fee plus ASC membership for the remainder of 2005 Early Registration (by 15 Sept.)	US$ 380.00*
Non-Members (Regular/Waged)	Conference fee plus ASC membership for the remainder of 2005 Late Registration (after 15 Sept.)	US$ 430.00*
ALL	Day rate for individual days' attendance	US$ 125.00 per day
Full Time Students	Pre-conference Thursday workshop with Pille Bunnell Title: Cybernetics and Biology	US$ 10.00
Full Time Students	Pre-conference Thursday workshop with Larry Richards Title: Cybernetics and Society	US$ 10.00
ALL (Other than Full-Time Students)	Pre-conference Thursday workshop with Pille Bunnell Title: Cybernetics and Biology	US$ 100.00
ALL (Other than Full-Time Students)	Pre-conference Thursday workshop with Larry Richards Title: Cybernetics and Society	US$ 100.00

* NOTES:

• Non-members' Conference fee payment includes membership in the ASC for the remainder of the calendar year 2005.
   
  
• Membership in the ASC includes a subscription to the newsletter Patterns for the calendar year of membership.
   
  
• SPECIAL DEAL: Register at Sporg.com for 2006 membership and you qualify for the member registration fees for the 2005 Conference. Your dollar amount is the same, but you receive a full year's (2006) membership in ASC rather than membership for the remainder of 2005. This includes membership benefits such as the Patterns newsletter, access to the online ASC member forum, etc..