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The Third Metaphorum Conference
May 5th & 6th 2005
Institute for the Study of Social Change,
National University of Ireland Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4

Directions on getting to UCD. Please also refer to the map of the Belfield Campus of UCD.

The meeting took place in the seminar room of the Institute for the Study of Social Change/Geary Institute.

Abstracts

Wednesday 4th May

7:00 -9:00 Senior Common Room, Room B104 in Area 14 on map, UCD Belfied: Salon Philosophique with Margeret Heath and Ruth Egan. Dinner at 9:30 at Donnybrook Fayre.

Thursday 5th May

9:00-9:30: Registration at the Institute for the Study of Social Change/Geary Institute, Ground Floor Seminar Room.

Chair: A. Moscardini9:30 – 12:30
Session 1 Governance
Paul StokesDesigning Governance
Steve WrightLooming struggles over border control
Luc HoebekeRepresentative democracy vs. participation: system 3 and system 5 characteristics
Angela EspinosaDesigning self governed communities with the VSM

Lunch 12:30 – 2:30 in the Norah Green Room, UCD Belfield

Chair: P. Stokes2:30 – 5:30
Session 2 Applications
Leonie Solomons & Alfredo MoscardiniReflecting Sri Lanka’s peace quest in VSM iconographic language
Andrey SergeyevUsing the VSM to Understand an Emergent Post-Soviet Economy
Leonid OtotskyStafford Beer’s work in Russia and beyond
Rod ThomasPlans for reform versus utopian blueprints: On the difference between diagnosis and design

Dinner in Eden, Temple Bar, Dublin City from 7:30PM

Friday 6th May

Chair: A. Leonard9:30 – 12:30
Session 3 Epistemology
Ern ReynoldsPolitical Physics: or, How Westerners Think
Margeret HeathCybernetics and Utopia: The Role of Imagination
Stephanie HeuerSomebodies and Nobodies, overcoming the abuse of rank
Maurice YollesKnowledge Cybernetics

Lunch on Campus at a variety of venues

Chair: M. Yolles2:30 – 4:30
Session 4: Issues of Organization
  Allenna Leonard  Accountability, Risk and the Systems Approach
Stefan M. WasilewskiRationalising Communication & Decision-Making as an Enterprise Risk Metric
Ralf-Eckhard TürkeRET_eGovernance-Balancing Interactions
Raul EspejoTowards Inclusive Governance

4:30 – 5:15: Metaphorum Wrap-Up

Dinner in Ragazzi, 6.00 PM, Dalkey, County Dublin.

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