Schedule

Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, Evening

5:30–8:30 p.m.—Reception, Wine Tasting, and Dinner

• Speaker: Patrick Hoverstadt, "The Grammar of Systems"

Monday, Nov. 4, 2024

7:00–8:00 a.m.—Breakfast

8:00–8:30 a.m.—Welcome, and Setting the Stage for the Summit

• Welcome, Lynden Archer, Dean, of Cornell Engineering
  Introduced by H. Oliver Gao, Director, Systems Engineering
• Setting the Stage for the Summit, Cliff Whitcomb, Executive Director, Systems Engineering

8:30–9:00 a.m.—Morning Presentation

• Speaker: Lynn Rasmussen, "Seeing: Patterns and Processes of Nature, Culture, and Consciousness"
  Seeing, the first field guide to systems patterns and processes, offers a world alive with change and possibility for ourselves, families, communities, technologies, and environment.

9:00–9:30 a.m.—Break

Morning Sessions

9:30–10:00 a.m.—Systems Engineering for Energy

• Speaker: Semida Silveira

The growing energy needs of the world and the threats brought on by climate change are the greatest grand challenges of the 21st century with potential impacts that extend for generations to come.

10:00–10:30 a.m.—Systems Engineering for Health

• Speaker: Keith D. Hentel

The individual and societal costs of disease are extraordinarily high and continue to increase. To achieve effective, equitable, and sustainable health care for all, systems engineering offers the opportunity for a multi-disciplinary approach to redesign the status quo, leading to improved outcomes and decreased costs. This lecture will focus on specific challenges facing U.S. healthcare systems and the opportunities that these challenges provide.

10:30–11:00 a.m.—Systems Engineering for Cyber-Enabled Systems

• Speaker: Zoe Szajnfarber

AI Education Workforce Integration Summary of recent SERC/AIRC work in AI4SE/SE4AI and trustworthy AI framing as an education/workforce integration

11:00–11:30 a.m.—Break

11:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.—Lunch

• Speaker: Gary Smith, President, International Society for the Systems Sciences

1:00–1:30 p.m.—Gary Smith, Breakout Focus Group Charge

1:30–3:30 p.m.—Concurrent Breakout Focus Groups—Session 1

Theme 1—Professional Workforce

Training, Education, Competence, Certification

Theme 2—Educational Curriculum

Graduate Curriculum (GRCSE+, University Programs), Undergraduate Curriculum (University Programs), K12 Curriculum

Theme 3—Systems Foundations

Systems Engineering, Systems Science, Cybernetics

3:00–3:30 p.m.—Break

3:30–5:00 p.m.—Concurrent Breakout Focus Groups—Session 2

Theme 1—Professional Workforce

Training, Education, Competence, Certification

Theme 2—Educational Curriculum

Graduate Curriculum (GRCSE+, University Programs), Undergraduate Curriculum (University Programs), K12 Curriculum

Theme 3—Systems Foundations

Systems Engineering, Systems Science, Cybernetics

5:00–6:00 p.m.—Transition

6:00–8:30 p.m.—Systems Celebration: Dinner, Awards, Announcements

• Speaker: Sheri Marlin, “The Habits of a Systems Thinker”

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

7:00–8:00 a.m.—Breakfast

8:00–8:30 a.m.—Welcome by Cliff Whitcomb

8:30–9:30 a.m.—Morning Presentation

• Speaker: Linda Booth Sweeney, "It’s complicated!  Overcoming Obstacles to 'Thinking In Systems'"
  In this highly interactive session, systems educator Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney will explore the challenges of “thinking in systems.” Drawing on her doctoral research, Linda will highlight common misperceptions and barriers to systems thinking. Together we will identify and share practical strategies for overcoming these obstacles to support ongoing systems education, and foster innovative, sustainable solutions to complex challenges.

9:30–10:00 a.m.—Break

Morning Sessions

10:00–10:30 a.m.—Theme 1: Professional Workforce Summary Findings presentation

10:30–11:00 a.m.—Theme 2: Educational Curriculum Summary Findings presentation

11:00–11:30 a.m.—Theme 3: Systems Foundations Summary Findings presentation

11:30 a.m.–12:00 noon—Break

12:00–1:30 p.m.—Lunch

• Speaker: Jon Wade, “Institute for Convergent Systems Engineering: A Strategic Plan for Ethical Sustainability”

1:30–3:00 p.m.—Summit Findings and Next Steps

Thank you for being a part of this Cornell Systems Summit experience.

*Cornell students and faculty should contact the Cornell Systems Summit email to register for the event.