The Expertise Network Systemic Co-Design (ESC) has joined forces with the Systemic Design Association (SDA) and Pakhuis de Zwijger in organising the RSD12 Amsterdam Hub from 10 to 12 October 2023. RSD12 is the annual global conference ‘Relating Systems thinking and Design’ organised by the SDA. The central RSD12 theme is ‘Emergence in Entanglement’, in Amsterdam we will host a three-day immersion in research, examples and stories about the upcoming field of navigating systemic change in transitions. Come and join us on this journey and explore ways to navigate systemic change in societal transitions at the RSD12 Amsterdam Hub by ESC! Discover the programme for Day 1 below.
TIMETABLE
Find a more detailed schedule below the timetable.
Morning programme (09:00 – 12:30)
09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome and opening programme with Frank Evers, Wina Smeenk, Gillian Graven
09:15 – 09:45 | Keynote by Joyeeta Gupta
9:45 – 10:00 | Q&A
10:30 – 12:00 | Workshops with a focus on a sustainable and circular society
Sessions in small groups, locations will be communicated on the day itself. Select a session of interest to you and relevant to your work. Registration will be available later.
Workshop A: Innovative interventions through value network carouseling
Keywords: innovation, transformation, value networks, collaboration, concept carousel, complexity
Workshop B: Promoting Transdisciplinary Innovation By Enabling Participants to Cultivate Relevant Virtues
Keywords: transdisciplinary, innovation, virtue, ethics
Workshop C: Autoethnographic Stories of Hope as Systemic Design Interventions
Keywords: regenerative education, community of practice, autoethnography, storytelling, systemic design interventions
Workshop D: From separation to connection: Transforming education with regenerative leadership and students as partners
Workshop E: Using a quali-quantitative modelling tool to explore scenarios for more-than-sustainable design
Please note: workshop participants are kindly asked to watch this preparation video before the workshop and, if possible, install this modelling tool.
Keywords: modelling, tools, systems dynamics, sustainability, sociotechnical systems, rebound effect
Workshop F: Futures Literacy & Systemic Co-Design: Voyage to 2070
Keywords: futures literacy, discipline of anticipation, systemic co-design, serious gaming
Afternoon programme (13:30 – 18:00)
13:30 – 13:45 | Welcome and programme explanation by Gillian Graven
13:45 – 14:15| Keynote by Chermaine Kwant on Transforming Healthcare with Nutrition: A rebel’s perspective
14:15 – 14:45 | ‘Towards meaningful dialogues about Students as Partners’ with Jürg Thölke, Remko van der Lugt, Senka Rebac and students Antonia Crivinea, Rohit Jahangier and Daniëlle Doria
15:15 – 16:45 | Workshops with a focus on a healthy and vital citizenry
Sessions in small groups, locations will be communicated on the day itself. Select a session of interest to you and relevant to your work. Registration will be available later.
Workshop A: Playing with Systems
Keywords: interdisciplinarity, play, unmaking, methods
Workshop B: The Emergence of Space – and Such
Keywords: emergence, space and form, simplicity and complexity, order, negentropy
Workshop D: How Might We: Leverage a board game to inspire people to think of themselves as creative problem solvers?
Keywords: human-centred design, design thinking, social impact, innovation, capacity building, design education, tools, toolkit, participatory design, community-based design
Workshop E: Developing Reflexive Capacity for Blind Spots
Keywords: blind spot, reflexive capacity, systems thinking, transformative learning
16:45 – 17:15 | Plenary reflection with Gillian Graven
17:15 – 18:00 | Drinks and chance to network
