SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Invite you to…The 2011 MIT SDM Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges Addressing Complexity & Innovation in Healthcare, Education, and Product Development October 24-25 Cambridge Massachusetts http://sdm.mit.edu/systemsthinkingconference/2011/ Email CDT Erin Jankowski & Bev Nordin if you are interested NLT 1200hrs on 7 OCT Across industries and government organizations around the globe, a systems-based approach is increasingly seen as critical to addressing the urgent and complex problems we face today. For many organizations, the question is not whether to employ systems thinking, but how to apply it before it is too late. The aim of the conference is to provide practical information from multiple disciplines that will spark ideas for how to implement systems thinking and innovation to address complex challenges, whether in industry, academia, government, or the world at large.