Application of Agent-based models and Networks in Sustainability, Organization and Innovation

25 march 2020, LIUC – Cattaneo University, Castellanza (VA), Italy /The workshop has been postponed to a later date

Workshop theme /Aims and Scope

Complex systems of interdependent agents can be found everywhere at multiple scales, from the macro level, including industries, markets, and countries, to the micro level, involving firms and individuals. Therefore, modern organizations have to deal with a broad range of problems that present different configurations of complexity, such as: 1) diversity and heterogeneity of agents and their links, 2) interdependent structures among agents, 3) ambiguity of available information and 4) environmental dynamics. One of the most important element of complexity is network theory, which investigates structures and dynamics of interaction between social actors. It aims at revealing the principles that make networks more robust and efficient, considering a risk of failure, possibly induced by increasing interconnectedness.

Investigating economic complexity calls for dynamic approaches. They permit to model complex system behaviors, reproducing the internal dynamics of the entire system from the bottom, focusing on its micro attributes such as the agents, their attributes, actions, goals, and the network structure connecting them.

Invited Speakers

• Silvano Cincotti, Università degli studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
• Andreas Pyka, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
• Giuseppe Zollo, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Preliminary Program

The workshop is organized in very interactive sessions where the topics will be discussed by the invited spaekers and all the participants.

09.00-09.15: Registration

09.15-09.30: Welcome
Federico Visconti, Dean LIUC – Università Cattaneo

09.30-10.15: Complexity in organization
Focus Organizers:
Ilaria Giannoccaro, Politecnico di Bari
Cristina Ponsiglione, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

10.15-11.00: Complexity and networks
Focus Organizers:
Giovanna Ferraro, Università degli studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Antonio Iovanella, Università degli studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”

11.00-11.30: Coffee break

11.30-12.15: Complexity in sustainability
Focus Organizers:
Linda Ponta, LIUC – Università Cattaneo
Marco Raberto, Università degli studi di Genova

12.15-13.00: Complexity in innovation
Focus Organizers:
Giovanna Ferraro, Università degli studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Cristina Ponsiglione, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”
Linda Ponta, LIUC – Università Cattaneo
Marco Raberto, Università degli studi di Genova

13.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Round table
Speakers:
Silvano Cincotti, Università degli studi di Genova
Andreas Pyka, Hohenheim University
Giuseppe Zollo, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”
Moderator: Raffaella Manzini, LIUC – Università Cattaneo

15.30-16.30: Networking and Coffee

16.30: Conclusions

Venue

The workshop will be held at LIUC- Cattaneo University located in Corso Matteotti 22. The meeting will take place in Auditorium, Building M4 (ground floor)

Local Organizing Committee

• Valentina Lazzarotti (LIUC – Università Cattaneo)
• Raffaella Manzini (LIUC – Università Cattaneo)
• Linda Ponta (LIUC – Università Cattaneo)
• Gloria Puliga (LIUC – Università Cattaneo)

Registration

The partecipation to the workshop is free of charge subject to the registration

Credits

All the participants will receive the attendance certificate. PhD students who will deliver a detailed study on a specific part of the workshop in power point format within April 8th will receive 2CFU.