Welcome to the 2013 World Conference of the ISSS

in Hai Phong City, VietnamDr Nam Nguyen and Prof Ockie Bosch

Systems Design & Complexity Management (SDCM) Alliance Business School, University of Adelaide, Australia

“Thank God It’s Friday”!

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Outline

When: time

Where: the venues

How: getting there

What: preparation; things for

you; etc.

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When?

14 – 19 July 2013

Please put these dates in your diary now!

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Where?

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Hai Phong City

and

Cat Ba island

Hai Phong City

• Founded on the 19th of September 1888

• The third largest city in Vietnam

• 17 districts with a population of 1.8 m people

• Northeast of Vietnam, 102km from Ha Noi

• The gateway to the sea of northern Vietnam

• Administratively equivalent to a province/state

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The Conference Venue

8Hai Phong City Convention Centre

Newly built; located close to all amenities; FREE

Cat Ba island

• 50 km east of Hai Phong City, 25 km south of Ha

Long Bay (World Heritage site)

• Total area: 29,831.5 ha; population (2011): 16,000;

• High biodiversity value

• Designated by UNESCO as the World Biosphere

Reserve (BR) in 2004

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Fauna & Flora: 2,153 species

Photos from CBBR office

Out-standing geological formations

Slide provided by CBBR office

Geological Values

Traditional Cultural ValuesCat Ba has unique traditional Cat Ba has unique traditional values of a sea-island communityvalues of a sea-island community

Fishing Village Anniversary on April 04

Slide provided by CBBR office

Beautiful scenery

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Vïng vÞnh viÖt h¶i

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Lan Ha Bay

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Cat Ba Town

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Cat Ba by night

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International collaboration

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The global BRs network

Getting thereTime rich?: x Time poor: √

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Source: www.google.com.au

Getting there• Hai Phong is easily accessible by air, sea, train and bus

• ... – Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh City) – Cat Bi Airport

(Hai Phong City) – free pick up any time

• ... – Noi Bai Airport (Ha Noi) – Hai Phong (bus or train) – one

free bus per day

• Visa: on arrival (http://www.myvietnamvisa.com/)

• Hotels are within walking distances from the Conference

venue

• Taxis: only a few $ to go anywhere within the City

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Preparation

• International Organising Committee (IOC)• National Organising Committee (NOC)

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IFSR ConversationLinz, Austria (April 2012)

Further information• Nguyen, N.C., Bosch, O.J.H. and Maani, K.E. (2011). Creating

‘Learning Laboratories’ for Sustainable Development in Biospheres - A Systems Thinking Approach. Systems Reserach &Behavioural Science, 28 (1), pp 51-62.

• Nguyen, N.C., Graham, D., Ross, H., Maani, K. and Bosch, O.J.H. (2012). Educating Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Experience with a Developing Country. Systems Reserach &Behavioural Science, 29 (1), pp 14-29.

• Nguyen, N.C. and Bosch, O.J.H. (In Press). A Systems Thinking Approach to identify Leverage Points for Sustainability: A Case Study in the Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam.

• http://www.haiphongtourism.gov.vn/• http://www.haiphong.gov.vn/Portal/• Brochures

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QUẦN ĐẢO CÁT BÀ

KHU DỰ TRỮ SINH QUYỂN THẾ GiỚI

See you next year at the ISSS 2013 Conference!