EMCSR 2002 Programme

Mon., Apr. 1 17.30-21.00 Informal Reception at the Offices of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Tue., Apr. 2 9.00 Conference Office on 1st Floor of the Main Building of the University of Vienna opens
10.00 GREAT FESTIVAL HALL

WELCOME
by Magn. Prof. Dr. Georg Winckler,
Rector of the University of Vienna

OFFICIAL OPENING
by th Federal Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Elisabeth Gehrer

ADDRESS
by the Chairman of the Meeting,
Prof. Dr. Robert Trappl, President, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies

PLENARY ADDRESS:
BIASES IN PROBLEM SOLVING: FROM THEORY TO EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
Prof. Dr. Massimo Egidi,Rector of the University of Trento, Italy

Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Wed., Apr. 3 9.00 PLENARY ADDRESS: (Room 47)
PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF THE CYBERNETICS MOVEMENT: THE PATH TO CURRENT RESEARCH THROUGH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NORBERT WIENER, WARREN MCCULLOCH, AND JOHN VON NEUMANN
Prof. Dr. Yehuda Rav, Université de Paris-Sud, France
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Thu., Apr. 4 14.00-17.30 SYMPOSIA
Fri., Apr. 5 8.30 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 47)
9.00 BEST PAPER AWARDS (Room 47)
9.30 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR (Room 47)
CYBERNETIC CRITERIA FOR DESIGNING THE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS FOR AN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY
Prof. Dr. Angela Espinosa, Los Andes University, Bogota, Columbia
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-16.00 SYMPOSIA
20.00 Participants are kindly invited by the Mayor of Vienna and by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies to a Heurigen