We are coming up to the beginning of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design hosted online and in person at the University of Brighton.

The overall programme has over 100 papers, over 30 workshops, and a number of other special interactive sessions and threads.

Overall, the theme of the event is to question the emerging shape of systemic design as it continues to develop. 

The conference has been designed to be an even balance between online and in-person experiences, with almost all sessions available in both modes.

They have kept online registration fees in particular as low as possible (£85/£40), and there is still time to register. As well as the online ticket there are still a small number of in person tickets available (£330/£230) – please register as soon as possible to secure one of these.

Navigate to this link to register and for details of the programme, and follow the links at the top of the page: https://rsdsymposium.org/ this is also where you can request joining codes for the free sessions – see below.

They have kept this cost to a minimum because they recognise that attending online is often to attend only in part because of time zones and other commitments, and they want to price this so it is good value even if you are only able to attend particular sessions (and of course you can attend everything!). They have also made selected sessions available for free, without registering (see below).

There are several parts of the programme – 

RSDX 3-9 October (Free)

Starting next week we have selected online sessions available for free, without registering for the whole event. Navigate to this Eventbrite collection: RSDX Relating Systems Thinking & Design Symposium | Eventbrite

In particular there are a number of online sessions available for free next week (times are British Summer Time):

• Panel: Gregory Bateson and the Political , Tue, 4 Oct 2022 at 4:00 PM BST | Eventbrite 
• Panel: Playing within Systems for Change (The Art Panel) , Thu, 6 Oct 2022 at 12:00 PM BST | Eventbrite 
• Interactive session: Cybernetic Picnic, Sat, 8 Oct 2022 at 12:00 PM BST | Eventbrite (ask for access code on the RSD11 website listed above)

There are several other events in this series – browse these here: RSDX Relating Systems Thinking & Design Symposium | Eventbrite (ask for access code on the RSD11 website listed above)

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RSD11 13-16 Oct

Keynotes: 

• Mathilda Tham –  Falling in Love with Complex Systems – RSD Symposium
• Fran Edgerley and Sofia Deria (Assemble and House of Annetta)- New Old Architectures: Interdisciplinary spatial practice (rsdsymposium.org)
• Tony Fry –  Tony Fry – Seeing RSD11’s Seven Foci Relationally – (rsdsymposium.org)
• Lesley-Ann Noel –  Critical and pluriversal design for a world in crisis (rsdsymposium.org)
• Danah Abdulla –  On the Contradictions of Sustainability (rsdsymposium.org)

Featured sessions organised by ASC

• Featured: NewMacy – a collection of online and hybrid sessions organised by the American Society for Cybernetics

SDA Address: Silvia Barbero – The designer’s role in planetary health – RSD Symposium

Focuses: 

• Confronting legacies of oppression (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Design over time: the long now (rsdsymposium.org)
• Different stories in design: Provocations from the work of Gregory Bateson (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Methods and the worlds they make (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Products are systemic objects (rsdsymposium.org)
• Radical shifts in planetary health (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Reimagining the intentionality of architecture (rsdsymposium.org) 

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RSD11 Pre-symposium workshops 12 Oct 

Pre-symposium online workshops: RSD11 Online Workshop Registration | Eventbrite

Pre-sympoisum in person workshops (If you are local to Brighton, it is also possible to attend just these in person pre-symposium workshop day on Wednesday 12 October for a small fee (£20)):

• Powers Of Ten: Mapping systems-level gaps using the SX Canvas (rsdsymposium.org)
• Seeing Urban Food Futures in Brighton: A physical and virtual exploration in the city (rsdsymposium.org)
• The Book of Iteration: Workshop and introduction to the method (rsdsymposium.org)
• From Discord to Effective Innovation Cycles: Mitigating project team hierarchies (rsdsymposium.org)
• Indigenising & Decolonising Social Innovation (rsdsymposium.org)
• Investigating new scenarios in food preservation (rsdsymposium.org) (Hybrid)

And much more…

https://rsdsymposium.org/