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Hans Rudolf Herren, Ph.D. <hh@millennium-institute.org>
Mr. Jerry Spivack <JSPVK@AOL.COM>
References:
(a) (20111224) Requesting to reserve dates for our Columbia
University seminars
<http://tinyurl.com/6u3scxp>
(b) Biography of Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, President of Millennium
Institute
<http://tinyurl.com/cxkrt99>
(c) Photo of Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, President of Millennium
Institute
<http://tinyurl.com/d8jwk2c>
(d) Directions to Faculty House of Columbia University
<http://tinyurl.com/7mlev76>
(e) (20120203) February 15 Meeting - Columbia University
Seminar on Knowledge, Technology, and Social Systems
<http://tinyurl.com/6tyuxbv>
(f) (20120316) March 28th Meeting - Columbia University
Seminar on Knowledge, Technology, and Social Systems
<http://tinyurl.com/7ypzqra>
(g) (20120316-B) Confirming March 29th mtg at Victor's office at
Stevens Institute of Technology
<http://tinyurl.com/77mz3ru>
Dear E-colleagues:
(1) As mentioned in Reference (a) above, we will have a privilege of a
talk by Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, President of Millennium Institute
(Reference (b) above for his bio) on the “World Development
Problems: You Cannot Solve These Problems With The Same
Thinking That Created Them,” at our Columbia University seminars in
the evening of April 18th (Wednesday), which will be held at the Second
Floor of the Faculty House at 7:00 pm — if you want to join a dinner
($24/person), it will start at 6:00 pm and need to be informed to Jerry
Spivack by using the attendance sheet in the ATTACHMENT I
below. See the campus map in Reference (d) above.
(2) I hope you will enjoy listening Dr. Herren’s talk after we had
wonderful presentations by Prof. Victor B. Lawrence of Stevens Institute
of Technology and the Chairman of Baharicom Development Company
about the “Technology for the Other 3-4 Billion Inhabitants” in the
evening of February 15th (Reference (e) above), and Dr. Thomas
Mensah of Georgia Aerospace System in Atlanta, GA, on “Impact of Fiber
Optics: A Key Enabling Technology For The 21st Century” in the evening
of March 28th (Reference (f) above).
(3) We had a very productive mtg at the Stevens Institute of Technology
on March 29th (Reference (g) above) on the creation of Global Early
Warning System (GEWS) in the Economic Community Of West
African States (ECOWAS) member countries along the west coast of
African continent in cooperation of;
(a) Global Ring for Advanced Applications Development
(GLORIAD) <http://www.gloriad.org/>,
(b) Baharicom Development Company
<http://tinyurl.com/3hlrlp3>,
(c) Georgia Aerospace System/Lightwave and Wireless Systems
<www.georgiaaerospace.com>.
We will be reported about this mtg here in a few days.
(4) We plan to construct socio-economic-energy-environment system
dynamic simulation models of those ECOWAS countries, and then to
interlink them for the policy analysis for the co-prosperity among those
countries with the help of Hans’ Millennium Institute — BTW, they have
already constructed the one for Nigeria.
See you then at the seminar,
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: "Jspvk (Jerry Spivack)" <jspvk@aol.com>
Subject: Wednesday, April 18 - Knowledge, Technology, and Social
Systems seminar
Date: April 3, 2012 1:28:27 AM EDT
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SEMINAR
on KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY, and SOCIAL SYSTEMS
(formerly COMPUTERS, MAN and SOCIETY)
As our next speaker for the Spring 2012 term, Dr. Hans R. Herren, will
address the Knowledge, Technology, and Social Systems Seminar at
Columbia University, on Wednesday, April 18, 7 pm, at Columbia
University’s Faculty House.
Dr. Hans Herren will speak to us on:
WORLD DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS:
YOU CANNOT SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME THINKING
THAT CREATED THEM
Abstract:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon lamented four years ago, that only a
few countries would meet the Millennium Development Goals by
2015. And now, in addition, the global economic crisis is further
increasing the hurdles for low-income countries everywhere.
Compounding these problems are the growing risks from climate
change, which demand more effective planning tools to make sure that
the financial support is used more efficiently to assure progress towards
meeting the MDGs and similar national goals.
Fortunately, such tools are available. The Millennium Institute (MI) has
created a system dynamics based model to help developing countries
design, test, implement and evaluate their development strategies. Over
the last two decades, MI has worked with partners in Africa, Asia, Latin
America and the Caribbean to develop their capacity to build and use
scenario-based models to prepare long-term national roadmaps for
sustainable development and inform supportive policies that address
the MDGs, economic growth, climate change, and post conflict peacebuilding, in a comprehensive, systemic and holistic manner.
The MI approach involves looking into alternative future scenarios
differing from those of the business- as-usual scenarios, to enable
informed choices that optimize synergies and minimize or mitigate the
unintended consequences of policy decisions. Within a single, integrated
framework, the economic, the social, and the environmental impacts of
decisions can be visualized and examined.
These approaches, and their impact on the developing world, will be
discussed at this seminar.
In addition to this abstract, a more complete biography and photo of the
speaker, Hans Herren, is ATTACHED, as well as a map showing
DIRECTIONS to Columbia University’s Faculty House.
So that we can approximate room and dining requirements, PLEASE
REPLY to this message (if you have not already done so) with the
following information [to fill in the form: 1) hit REPLY, 2) fill in the form,
3) hit SEND]:
MEETING WED, April 18, 2012
I will (
)
will not ( ) attend the meeting (7 pm) [ FREE ]
I will ( )
will not ( ) come for dinner (6pm) [ $24 cash (or check
to Columbia University) at the dinner ]
NAME _____________________________________
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The last Knowledge, Technology, and Social Systems seminar meeting
for the Spring 2012 term is on the following date:
5/16 – May 16.
We look forward to your joining us for Hans Herren’s presentation,
Jerry Spivack
Sid Greenfield
Tak Utsumi
Co-Coordinators
Knowledge, Technology, and Social Systems seminar
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Hans Rudolf Herren, Ph.D.
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