11th Colloquium 2010 Seoul, Korea

The PhD colloquium, which became an important piece of the International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, is a one-day event devoted to the works of the PhD researchers working on foundations, techniques, tools, and applications of the System Dynamics approach.

Objectives
Apart from aiming to foster interactions among the PhD community in the field, the main objective of the colloquium is to create a discussion environment where the PhD researchers in the early stages of their research may benefit from the experience of the senior academicians, practitioners and other students in the field. 

Slightly different from the regular sessions in the conference, main focus during the PhD colloquium is aimed to be on the challenges being faced by the PhD researchers in their topic, rather than on communicating the results of completed research.  In that respect, researchers in an early stage of their research are especially encouraged to make submissions for the event.

Format of the colloquium
The first part of the colloquium is the plenary sessions, followed by workshops. Accepted submissions are presented during the plenary sessions, and these sessions are followed by workshops dedicated to the individual presentations in the plenary sessions. This way it is aimed to have more focused discussions about each presentation.  The second part of the event is the poster presentations, during which PhDs have the chance to have one-to-one discussions about their study with the audience.

Submissions
The submissions can be made in two different formats. Participants can either submit an extended abstract (i.e. 5-6 pages), or a full paper (i.e. maximum of 20 pages). The participants are expected to follow the brief guidelines given in the call for papers. These guidelines summarize the core content that shall be provided in each submission. The priority will naturally be given to the submissions that comply with the given guidelines as much as possible. In any case, the participants are expected to complete the cover page appended to the call for papers, and submit their papers/abstracts with this cover page.

The researchers with papers that are the outcome of an already completed research are highly recommended to consider submitting them to the regular program of the conference. 
The submissions will go through a blind review process. The clear statement of the problem, the research objectives and the challenges will be the key components evaluated in this review process. The submissions to the colloquium will be made through the on-line submission system of the conference.

Key Dates:
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Contacts:
For any question regarding the colloquium program or submissions you may contact us through the following email address; phdcolloquium@systemdynamics.org

Downloads:
Call for Papers (Coming Soon)
Cover Page for Submissions (Coming Soon)