Schedule
Tuesday, May 14
Inspirational Talk
Presenter: Hang Xiong (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Title: Policy evaluation with the simulation of micro-macro link: rationale and practices
9.30 - 10.30 am
ESSA in focus – meet ESSA Management Committee members
10.30 - 11 am
Break
11 - 11.15 am
Strongly Empirical Modelling: Strengthening the connection between ABM and data
11.15 - 12.45 pm
With Dino Carpentras (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Lunchtime break
12.45 - 13.30 pm
ESSA @ work
ESSA@work is open to all interested modelers at any career stage. The only (and key!) requirement is to have a work-in-progress model on which you would like expert and peer feedback. Models can be at any stage of development. Those in the early stages of development (e.g., at the design stage) should still have a clear description of the purpose, scope, structure and logic of the model.
The modelling experts that provided feedback on the proposed projects were Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Cristina Chueca Del Cerro (Durham University, UK).
13.30 - 15.00 pm
With Vivek Nallur (University College Dublin, Ireland), Christian Kammler (Umeå University, Sweden), Katharina Luckner (Hamburg University, Germany)
Break
15 - 15.15 pm
The end of Social Simulation as we know it? LLM agents and ABSS
15.15 - 16.30 pm
With Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University, Sweden), Nanda Wijermans (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Wednesday, May 15
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Behavioral Modelling: Simulation Experiences and Challenges
9.30 - 10.30 am
With Anna Melnyk (Delft University, the Netherlands), Lynn de Jager (Delft University, the Netherlands), Neelke Doorn (Delft University, the Netherlands)
Break
10.30 - 10.45 am
Combining Experiments and ABM
10.45 - 12.30 pm
With Dino Carpentras (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Marlene Batzke (Kassel University, Germany)
Lunchtime break
12.30 - 13.15 pm
Inspirational Speaker: TBC
Presenter: Moira Zellner (Northeastern University, USA)
Title: Participatory complex systems modeling for collaborative and equitable planning