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: TBD

The human costs and complexities of diseases are extraordinarily high — and rising. The search for health systems options for these diseases and pathways for health promotion requires contributions from multiple disciplines, transcending the boundaries of traditional educational structures at universities. The convergence of the fields of systems engineering and health systems offers fertile ground for strong intellectual cross-fertilization and a foundation for education between these disciplines.

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, "Thinking about Systems"
  Living systems are everywhere. These systems elements and processes interacting to form a whole shape us and surround us. To think about systems means we pay attention to interrelationships, patterns, and dynamics as well as to the parts. The field of systems thinking has evolved over the past 50 years as a set of methods and tools that focus on systems rather than fragments as the context for defining and solving complex problems, and for fostering more effective learning and design.

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.