Global System Dynamics and Policies
S. Bishop (University College London)
Society currently faces a set of new challenges that are both global in scale and highly dynamic. Examples are: climate change, security, health, communications as well as the globalization of the economy. To fully assess the way forward in such matters requires policy makers to have access to the best advice covering all aspects of science, social studies, industry and economics, as well as being given predictions of the implications of any suggested actions. Consequently researchers in different disciplines must come together and present their joint outcomes in a coherent manner. It is envisaged that new forms of dynamical simulation, together with visualisations of scenarios, will need to be developed in order to convey complex information.
This Mini-Symposium aims to highlight the best ways in which mathematicians can assist policy makers in industry and government, while recognizing the need to interact with other fields. This need for a multi-disciplinary approach has recently been recognised by the European Commission by the funding of a Coordinated Action award overseen by the Future and Emerging Technologies Board.
Invited speakers are
• Ralph Dum – European Commission
• Julian Hunt FRS, - UK’s House of Lords
• Klaus Hasselmann – founding Director, the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology
• Bert de Vries - Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Professor of Global Change and Energy at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Utrecht University
• Henri Berestycki - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Director of the Centre d'analyse et de Mathématique Sociales of the French CNRS
• Carlo Jaeger – Chair European Climate Forum