Home > Events > GAI Conference System Dynamics Led by Prof John Richardson Professor Emeritus of International Development American University and Visiting Professor Global Asia Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Abstract The session will feature an interactive demonstration of the programme’s national health and prosperity modelling initiative, and will include audience participation. It will also presents research by NUS faculty, staff, and students who have applied system dynamics to problems in public policy, sustainable development, education, water resources, and family planning. Session 1 29 June 2012 (Friday) 11:00 – 12:30 NUS University Town Education Resource Centre (ERC) Seminar Rooms Signature Program in Health Services & Systems Research, Duke- NUS Graduate Medical School Chair Professor David Matchar, Dr. James Thompson Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, NUS Presenters • Overview of Signature Research Program Prof David Matchar Inaugural Director, Program in Health Services and Systems Research • Health Systems Design Laboratory – Notes from the Field: Current Research Projects Dr James Thompson Senior Associate in Research, Laboratory of Health Systems Design • Interactive Demonstration of Population Health Dynamics by Health Systems Design Lab Dr Robert L Eberlein Adjunct Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Health Systems Design Session 2 29 June 2012 (Friday) 15:30 – 17:00 NUS University Town Education Resource Centre (ERC) Seminar Rooms System Dynamics: Thinking and Modeling in Public Policy and Education Chair Professor John Richardson Professor Emeritus of International Development American University and Visiting Professor, Global Asia Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS Presenters • Using System Dynamics to Communicate Powerful Metaphors Illuminating Fundamental Public Policy Dilemmas Professor Khalid Saeed Professor of Economics and System Dynamics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Challenges Posed by the Shanghai Housing Price Bubble and Possible Remedies Zhang Xiaoyun MPP/MPA Graduate Student, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS • The Role of System Dynamics in Leadership Training and Creating New Research Opportunities for Students at the NUS High School Director Goh Hock Leong Deputy Principal, NUS High School • Making System Dynamics Mainstream: Convincing the Three Blind Mice Prof Alan Ziegler, Department of Geography, NUS Prof Barry Newell, Fenner School of Environment and Society Australian National University, Australia Prof Robert Wasson, Department of Geography, NUS • From Singlehood to Marriage Elizabeth Ong Ling Lee Associate Director, Head of Research Support Unit Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS • How System Dynamics Modelling Can Help Design a Sustainable Population Strategy That Will Meet the Goals of all Singaporeans Prof John Richardson Professor Emeritus of International Development, American University & Visiting Professor, Global Asia Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUSS

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