Dear List Member, I'm pleased to share with you the latest schedule for the Soft OR and PSM Stream at this year's European Conference on OR. As you can see the team has done a great job. There is still time to put in your abstracts and join us - the extended deadline is 18th March. Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods Stream - EURO 2012 Stream Organizer: Giles Hindle [[log in to unmask]] Abstract Submission: www.euro-2012.lt <http://www.euro-2012.lt/> 1. Combining Methods & Multimethodology Session [Alberto Paucar-Caceres] Abstract Submission Code: 6930a141 Combining hard-soft OR for generative design thinking; Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou Vassilis Tsagkas Nicolas Marmaras Contrasting the 'expected' versus 'realized' benefits of multi-methodology; Felipe Henao L. Alberto Franco Towards an Integrative Agency/Structure System Dynamics Practice in the context of the Social Science; Ricardo Rodriguez-Ulloa Applying Soft Systems Methodology and Systems Dynamics to Environmental Management: A boundary critique framework; Alberto Paucar-Caceres Diane Hart Ricardo Rodriguez-Ulloa 2. Community OR Session [Leroy White] Abstract Submission Code: ea352123 Proving our value: developing a framework for measuring the impact of voluntary and community organisations; Matthew Hill Structuring Community Issues - working with community members to identify and (re)structure local problematic issues; Rebecca Herron Banking on Performance; Richard Doust Leroy White SROI and Problem structuring methods; Leroy White 3. Understanding the Practice of Soft OR Interventions I Session [Alberto Franco] Abstract Submission Code: 27ddc630 Comparing and Contrasting the formal modelling techniques from Soft Systems Methodology and JOURNEY Making; Giles Hindle The emergence of agreements within facilitated modelling workshops; Thanos Papadopoulos L. Alberto Franco Exploring dialogue in problem structuring workshops; Elena Tavella On the roles, uses, and effects of models in Soft OR workshops; L. Alberto Franco 4. Understanding the Practice of Soft OR Interventions II Session [Ashley Carreras] Abstract Submission Code: a87aa543 A Code of Best Practice for Soft Operational Analysis; Diederik J.D. Wijnmalen [R] Planning Soft Workshops: getting the right people in the room; Sue Merchant [R] Enhancing the Dimensions of Procedural Justice in Focus Group Workshops using Facilitated Group Decision Software; Parmjit Kaur Ashley Carreras Mapping Collective Intentions; Ashley Carreras 5. Theoretical developments in Soft OR Session [Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon] Abstract Submission Code: d3a1c989 Decision Structures in Project Management; Cathal Brugha Critical awareness of worldviews in organisational change; Mike Yearworth Charlotte Dunford Darren York Patrick Godfrey In search of possibilities for pluralism in applied systems thinking; Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon 6. Soft OR case studies Session [Giles Hindle] Abstract Submission Code: 9b60e5ac Extending WASAN - Case Study of a UK Police Force; Chris Smith It looks like a PSM and it does what a PSM does but is it a PSM? Amanda Gregory Jonathan Atkins Military Forces Capabilities in Relief Operations - An Analysis from the Point of View of Capability-Based Planning; Thiago Cardoso da Costa Monica De Marchi Mischel Carmen N. Belderrain The secret's in the mix: using OR to support learning developments; Jo Smedley ........................................................................ ...................................... Dr. Giles A. Hindle Senior Lecturer [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> T +44 (0)1482 463457 M +44 (0)7792 176922 Hull University Business School University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX, UK www.hull.ac.uk/hubs <http://www.hull.ac.uk/hubs/> Programme Leader: MSc Business Analytics and Consulting Practice Linkedin Group: Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods ........................................................................ ...................................... <http://www2.hull.ac.uk/hubs/about/accreditation.aspx>