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The business processes resource centre, in conjunction with the
Complexity research project of the LSE would like to invite you to
attend a 2 day conference on the applications of Complexity theory to
Organisations, on Friday the 4th of December, and Saturday the 5th
December.

Who Should Attend?

*	Anyone interested in Complexity theory and its application to social
systems 
*	Businesses who want to learn about leading edge management theory 
*	Academics who have an interest in complexity 
*	Industrialists wanting to hear about successful practical applications
of these theories
. 

Keynote Speakers

The conference will have keynotes from 
*	Professor Irvine Laszlo, 
*	Professor Howard Sherman from the Santa Fe institute, 
*	Susan Kelly, Vice President of the IT Department of Citi-bank. 

Streams

The conference will run three parallel streams, with 11 sessions in
each. There will be a variety of speakers from both the academic and
business community.  A copies of all papers will be circulated prior to
the conference.

Times

The Coffee and registration will be at 8:30 on Friday the 4th of
December, the conference will run until the evening meal, which is at
8:00. The Conference will end at 6:30 on the 5th December. 

The conference committee is comprised of:

Eve Mitleton-Kelly 	Conference Chair	LSE

Peter Allen	Cranfield University
Rebecca Dale	BPRC
Max Boisot	Judge Institute of Management studies
Petruska Clarkson	PHYSIS
Lucas Entrona	LSE
Raul Espejo	University of Lincolnshire
Ian McCarthy	Sheffield
Aileen Thomson	BPRC





Those who wish to attend the conference should contact Rebecca Dale at
the bprc, IMC, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
                 tel: (01203) 524 344 
                 fax: (01203) 524704 


Prices for the conference are: 
	stlg495
	stlg445	for bookings before 1st September 1998
	stlg395	for academics
	stlg345	for academics booking before 1st September 1998 
                                                                 

	
Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the conference price. Rooms have been
reserved for you at a local hotel. To reserve your accommodation, please
phone Rebecca Dale to reserve your hotel, on (01203) 524 344

Further information

If you require further information, please contact Rebecca Dale on 01203
524 344, email [log in to unmask] or check our conference web-site,
at http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/intro.html

If you would like to book, please use the booking form on the internet,
at:

http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk/boofrm.html


Rebecca Dale
Business Processes Resource Centre
Phone: (01203) 524344
email: [log in to unmask]
Fax: (01203) 524307 
http://bprc.warwick.ac.uk
John Mingers, Professor of Operational Research and Systems,
Warwick Business School,   Internet: [log in to unmask]
University of Warwick,     fax:   +1203 524539      
Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.      phone: +1203 522475 
WWW: http://www.wbs.warwick.ac.uk/



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