1st Stafford Spirit Seminar
Programme and Call for papers
A Stafford Spirit Seminar (S3) will be hold at Mid
Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden, August
7th – 8th 2008. This is an open invitation to participate.
How to make use of Stafford
Beer’s legacy in co-operating for
our future?
The S3 event will be focusing on Syntegration.
This is a proven protocol that achieves the maximum degree of sharing and exchange of views whether between disciplines, cultures or languages - with a view to encouraging a richer
shared discourse about the entailed issues.
Mid Sweden University
Östersund, Sweden
August 7th-8th, 2008
www.systeminformatik.se/mp2008
Syntegration is a model for democratic decisionmaking and team -building, developed by Stafford, and described in detail in his book 'Beyond
Dispute'. Stafford wanted to describe it as an
example of a System 3/4 Homeostat. Based on
a topological model that Stafford derived from
the work of Buckminster Fuller, the methodology
lay down the rules for a group interaction that
includes the generation of the group's own
agenda; it also lays down the precise protocol
for discussion and on going action.
Normally the whole event is held 'in the flesh'
with the participants gathered in time and space.
What we want to discuss and investigate this
time, however, is to (1) make all or some of the
steps on-line with help of electronic means and
(2) use Team Syntegrity (TS) as an organisation's normal working procedure. This means
that TS transforms from an 'one shot' event to a
continuous process. Hence, by putting point 1
and 2 together our goal will be a Continuous
Tele Syntegrity (CTS) protocol.
Tentative S3 Schedule
Thursday, August 7th
Time
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
15:00
15:30
17:30
19:00
Activity
Registration
Poster Session
Lunch
Workshop 1
Refreshments
Refinement Discussion 1
Individual activities
Dinner
Friday, August
Time
08:30
10:00
10:30
12:00
13:30
15:00
15:30
17:30
8th
Activity
Paper Session 1
Refreshments
Paper Session 2
Lunch
Workshop 2
Refreshments
Refinement 2/Learning/Next Step
Closing, Farewell
Program
The program will be a creative mix of:
 Poster session -> Presentation and input to
seminar discussions.
 Workshops -> Giving practical hands on
experiences
 Refinement discussions -> Finding ways
toward a CTS-protocol.
 Paper session -> Providing feed back on
own work.
 Social activities -> Building commitments
and networks.
Important Dates
Before July 1st
Send extended abstract of 1 – 2 pages to Professor Stig C Holmberg at stig.holmberg@miun.se.
Before July 15th
Notification of acceptance
Register with Professor Stig C Holmberg at
stig.holmberg@miun.se.
See
www.systeminformatik.se/mp2008/ for a registration form.
Before July 28th
Send full paper and poster to Professor Stig C
Holmberg at stig.holmberg@miun.se.
* Name and affiliation
* Current research
* Earlier experience of TS and other SB topics
* Main ideas and insights
* Expectations on S3-2008
Organisation
S2-2008 is organised by the coSofia project at
Mid Sweden University:
Stig.holmberg@miun.se
Viveca.asproth@miun.se
Christina.amcoff@miun.se
Ulrica.lovstedt@miun.se
Practical S3-2008 Information
1.
Costs
There will be no registration fee for S3-2008.
Each participant will however respond for their
own food, travelling and accommodation
expenses.
Submissions
2.
Travel
See travel information on:
www.systeminformatik.se/mp2008
Presenters should submit an extended abstract,
one to two pages in length. Full papers are due
after notification of acceptance. Abstracts and
papers may contain work in progress.
3.
Accomodation
See hotel information on:
www.systeminformatik.se/mp2008
Papers will be distributed among participants before the conference and published on the web site.
4.
Tourist activities
Information concerning local arrangements can
be found on
http://www.systeminformatik.se/mp2008/
In addition, as an input to the discussions, all attendees are expected to prepare a poster or PowerPoint presentation including:
5.
Combinations
See: www.iris31.se