IIASA and Iran host a seminar on Systems Analysis

Agenda

Welcome Remarks

• Leena Srivastava, IIASA Deputy Director General for Science
• Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Professor, IIEES; Associate Member, Academy of Sciences of Iran, INSF and IIASA NMO secretary for Iran

Keynote Presentation "Harnessing the Power of Systems Analysis"

• Elena Rovenskaya, IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program Director

Keynote Presentation "Systems Approach for Urban Risk, Energy and Climate Issues"

• Madjid Abbaspour, Sharif University of Technology, Iran; Head, Board of Iranian Society of Environmentalists (IRSEN); Board member, Sharif Energy Water Environment Institute (SEWEI) Title: Urban climate resiliency systems in Iran
   
• Yadollah Saboohi, Professor, Sharif University of Technology Title: Dynamics of energy systems transition in Iran
   
• Hooman Motamed, Assistant Professor in Natural Hazards Risk Management, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) Title: The needs for systems dynamic approach for urban resiliency to natural disaster

Panel Discussion on Global, Regional, and Local Challenges that could be addressed with Systems Analysis

• Shonali Pachauri, Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group Leader, Energy, Climate and Environment Program Director, IIASA Title: IIASA Systems approaches to addressing energy climate and environmental challenges
   
• Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Professor, IIEES; Associate Member, Academy of Sciences of Iran, INSF and IIASA NMO secretary for Iran; Title: Challenges of application of system dynamics in developing countries for urban resiliency: Experience of Iran
   
• Panelists: Shonali Pachauri, Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Madjid Abbaspour, Yadollah Saboohi, and Hooman Motamed
   
• Moderated by: Nadejda Komendantova, Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader, IIASA

Moving Forward and Closing remarks

• Leena Srivastava, IIASA Deputy Director General for Science
• Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Professor, IIEES; Associate Member, Academy of Sciences of Iran, INSF and IIASA NMO secretary for Iran