World Complexity Scientific Academy

WCSA 7th WORLD CONFERENCE

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

5th and 6th January 2017

- GOVERNING TURBULENCE -

Risk and Opportunities in the Complexity Age

Scientific Steering Committee:

André Folloni, President of the Committee, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito – PUCPR, Brazil

Angel Antonio Alberto, SFAI, Entre Rios, Argentina

Marcelo Amaral, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Richard M. Brandt, Director of Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University, Bethelem, Pennsylvania, USA

James Chen, Michigan State University, USA

Stefano Civitarese, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Gerhard Chroust, IFSR General Secretary, Wien, Austria

Giampiero Di Plinio, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

János Farkas, Budapest University of Technologies and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Emilia Ferone, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Edit Fabó, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary

Michael C. Jackson, Editor in Chief Systems Research and Behavioural Science,Wiley & Sons,New York

Muneo Kaigo, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Alexander Laszlo, ITBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Andrea Lombardinilo, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Giulia Mancini, G. D’Annunzio University PhD and EVE Studio CEO, Italy

Sergio Marotta, University Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples, Italy

Riccardo Palumbo, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Andrea Pitasi, WCSA President

Lidia Puigvert, University de Barcelona, Spain

Massimiliano Ruzzeddu, WCSA Scientific Director, UNICUSANO, Rome, Italy

Enrico Spacone, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Alfredo L. Spilzinger, WCSA Vicepresident and SFAI President
Liborio Stuppia, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Dénes Tamás, Budapest Metropolitan University, Budapest, Hungary

Honorary Board of Advisors:

Alexander Laszlo, ITBA, Buenos Aires Presidential Delegate as Board Chair

Lucio d’Alessandro, Rector, University. Suor Orsola Benincasa, Italy

Giuseppe Acocella, CNEL Vice President, Rector S. Pius V University, Rome, Italy

Gabriel Altmann, University of Bochum, Germany

Marcelo Amaral, Fluminense Federal University, Rio De Janiero, Brazil

Sebastiano Bagnara, Sassari-Alghero University, Italy

Pierpaolo Donati, University Of Bologna, Italy

Sherry Ferguson, University Of Ottawa, Canada

Giancarlo Guarino, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Klaus Krippendorf, Recipient of the 2011 WCSA Medal

Ervin Laszlo, Club of Budapest, Hungary, 2010 WCSA Medal

Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Felix Ortega, University Of Salamanca, Spain

Dario Rodriguez Mansilla, University Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile

Alexander Riegler, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Partners:

GOVERNING TURBULENCE

Risk and Opportunities in the Complexity Age

In the last decades, globalization has increased greatly for all social actors in terms of opportunities of knowledge, education, communication and financial profits. However, at the same time, the level of uncertainty has rapidly increased, mainly due to the enormous amount of cheap information that is available at any moment. Frequently, an overload of information leads to risk, and it also makes it difficult to foresee possible consequences of any decision. Therefore, in such conditions many variables should be taken into consideration. It affects all spheres of social life: economic, social and political; as well as every level of decision making, from single individuals to local policy implementation, strategic managements of big organizations both public and private, national or even supranational. Due to the fact that complexity is common to diverse milieus, the best strategy to deal with uncertainty is to share knowledge from different domains beyond the disciplinarian and scientific borders. This conference welcomes scientists from any sphere: politicians, business people, etc., to present their researches and experiences on decision-making aimed to develop systemic, multidisciplinary sets of notions, ideas and best practices.

List of keywords and key themes for ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

1. The role of macro-sociology in the contemporary world

2. Value neutrality

3. System theory

4. System epistemology

5. Global challenges

6. Decision making and systemics

7. Business

8. Investments

9. Social policies

10. Public policies

11. City and urban policies

12. Individualism and collectivism

13. Social and economic development

14. Agenda setting

15. Policy modeling

16. Policy making

17. Constructionism

18. Constructivism

19. Law Studies

20. Governance

21. Political science and government studies

22. Shareholding, stakeholding policies and strategies

23. Environment, ecology

24. Energy policies

Organizational Committee

Michele Bonazzi, University of Bologna PhD, Italy

Sara Petroccia, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Antonina Rishko-Porcescu, Institute of Sociology of NAS of Ukraine PhD, Kiev, Ukraine

DEADLINE AND PAYMENT

* Abstract max 500 words. You will receive the acceptance or rejection of your abstract within max 15 days from the deadline of your submission.

** No payment on site. Unpaid fees imply cancelling from the conference program and admittance denial to the conference. For the spectators, the fee and the dead line are unique: 100 Euros within December 10th 2016.

*** Please, remember the WCSA membership fee is mandatory for speakers and spectators. If you arenot already a WCA member, you have to add 100 euros for senior or 50 euros for junior to the conference fees listed above.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

All WCSA conference authors must register and pay at the follow link:

https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-wcsa-7th-world-conference-24424516386

If you have any problems with registration, please email wcsaconferences@gmail.com