Co-hosted by:
Instituto de Economia da UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence, Boston
Cathedra for the Study of Complexity (Instituto de Filosofia de La Habana)

Final Calling Notice

18-19 November 2004, Rio de Janeiro
Merlin Hotel, Av. Princesa Isabel, Copacabana
Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil

http://www.hotelmerlin.com.br/english/

THE EVENT AGENDA IS AVAILABLE HERE, which contains links to all submitted abstracts and some video content.

Call for Participants

I am writing to you today to remind you about the upcoming two-day Complexity and Philosophy workshop to be held this November (2004) in Rio de Janeiro and hosted by the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (http://www.isce.edu), Instituto de Economia da U.F.R.J. (Federal university of Rio de Janeiro), and the Cathedra for the Study of Complexity (Instituto de Filosofia de La Habana) . The aim of this meeting is to explore the philosophical implications of the fledgling 'science' of complex systems.

This workshop complements the 2nd Biennial International Seminar on the Philosophical, Epistemological and Methodological Iimplications of Complexity Theory that was held in Havana, Cuba, January 2004. The larger international seminar provides a forum to discuss complexity and philosophy-related issues in general, whereas the aim of the smaller workshop event is to explore specific issues at a greater length with more time made available for discussion rather than presentation.

The location for the workshop event is expected to change location each time it is held. In 2002 the event was held in Norwood (just outside Boston) in the US. This time we are pleased to announce that the next event will be held in Rio de Janeiro, with the very generous assistance of the Federal university of Rio de Janeiro.

Call for Papers

Potential attendees are encouraged to submit papers on the following topics:

• Status, limits and legitimacy of knowledge regarding complex systems
• Relationship between linear and nonlinear philosophies
• Complexity-based ethics
• Frameworks for the analysis of complex systems
• Complex limits to theories of everything
• Complexity and the social sciences
• Complexity and globalization
• Complexity and human subjectivity

All paper submissions will be considered for publication in a special issue of the international journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization (depending upon suitability), or publication in an edited book of papers to be published by IAP Press as part of ISCE's Managing the Complex Book Series.

Provisional Timetable

Please let Caroline Richardson (complexityworkshop@isce.edu) know of your interest in attending this event as soon as possible - thanks to those of you who have already done so. Attendance at the event will be strictly limited to 30 so as to encourage genuine dialogue amongst participants - selection of attendees will be determined simply on a first come first serve basis (with an additional consideration of paper relevance).

A block of 30 rooms has been reserved at the Merlin Hotel for the event and a reduced room rate (that includes breakfast) negogiated (US$65 single, US$70 double per night).

We are no longer accepted abstracts for formal presentation but would be pleased to consider applications for poster presentations. The preliminary agenda for the event is available here.

Full papers are to be submitted by end of October, 2004, so that they can be made available to the other participants in preparation for the event.

The decision as to what papers will be published and in what form will occur shortly after the closing of the conference.

The cost of registration will be US$295 and must be paid in full before the event - a registration form is available here. As well as administrative and location costs, fees will also cover lunch and coffee/tea breaks during the event as well as a Brazilian-style dinner event at the close of the second day. Participants will be responsible for their own hotel costs.

If you would like to attend the workshop please send an email to Caroline Richardson (complexityworkshop@isce.edu) with the following information: Name, academic affiliation and status if any, address, phone, fax, and email. Caroline will contact you for further information re hotel confirmation and payment of workshop fees.

If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact Kurt or Caroline (complexityworkshop@isce.edu).