PROGRAMME Social Simulation Fest 2024
An overview of the programme full of Social Simulation workshops and inspirational talks. For the entertainment in the breaks, the music used is available via Spotify.
Day 1 – Tuesday May 14
09:30 – 16:30
Programme
– Inspirational speaker: Hang Xiong (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
– ESSA in focus – meet ESSA Management Committee members
– Strongly Empirical Modelling: Strengthening the connection between ABM and data – chairs: Dino Carpentras (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
– Social Simulation and Crisis – chairs: Francesca Giardini (Groningen University, the Netherlands), Loïs Vanhée (Umeå University, Sweden), Christian Kammler (Umeå University, Sweden)
– The end of Social Simulation as we know it? LLM agents and ABSS – chairs: Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University, Sweden), Nanda Wijermans (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Day 2 – Wednesday May 15
09:30 – 16:30
Programme
– Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Behavioral Modelling: Simulation Experiences and Challenges – chairs: Anna Melnyk (Delft University, the Netherlands), Lynn de Jager (Delft University, the Netherlands), Neelke Doorn (Delft University, the Netherlands)
– Combining Experiments and ABM – chairs: Dino Carpentras (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Marlene Batzke (Kassel University, Germany)
– Inspirational speaker: Moira Zellner (Northeastern University, USA) – Participatory complex systems modeling for collaborative and equitable planning
– ESSA in focus II – meet ESSA Management Committee members
– ESSA @ work – chairs: Vivek Nallur (University College Dublin, Ireland), Christian Kammler (Umeå University, Sweden), Katharina Luckner (Hamburg University, Germany)