3^rd Annual Complexity in Business Conference
Friday, October 14, 2011 • Washington, DC

 Keynote Speakers

Dr. Felix Reed-Tsochas
James Martin Lecturer in Complex Systems
Director, Complex Systems Studies
Institute for Science, Innovation and Society
Co-Director, CABDyN Complexity Centre
University of Oxford
Saïd Business School

 Felix Reed-Tsochas is James Martin Lecturer in Complex Systems at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, where he directs Complex Systems Studies, and a Fellow of Green Templeton College. Felix is also a founding Co-Director of the CABDyN Complexity Centre, where CABDyN stands for Complex Agent-Based Dynamic Networks. CABDyN was launched in 2003 to coordinate complex systems research activities across Oxford and to build bridges between different disciplines using tools such as agent-based modelling and complex network analysis. Felix's academic background is in theoretical condensed matter physics, and his research focuses on developing an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the dynamical and functional properties of complex networks in different contexts, as well as the emergence of collective behaviour in complex systems.

Dr. Uri Wilensky
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, Computer Science
Director, Center for Connected Learning & Computer-Based Modeling
Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy

Uri Wilensky is a mathematician, educator, learning technologist and computer scientist. While in Boston, he founded and directed the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, now relocated to Northwestern University. Uri is involved in designing, deploying and researching learning technologies—especially for mathematics and science education. Much of his work of late has focused on the design of computer-based modeling and simulation languages, including networked collaborative simulations. Uri is very interested in the changing content of curriculum in the context of ubiquitous computation. A particular interest is in complexity and systems thinking. He has received numerous grants from NSF, NIH and the Department of Education. In 1996 Uri received a Career Award from the National Science Foundation and in 1999, a Spencer/NAE fellowship.