Ninth Annual International Conference of
The Society For Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences
Berkeley, CA, July 23-26, 1999
PART I: FORMS
Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences
Conference
REGISTRATION (and membership) and
LODGING REQUEST, and
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORMS
for
1999 Annual International Conference and Workshops
Berkeley, CA, July 22-27, 1999
To ensure proper credit, please complete the following
and return with your payment.
REGISTRATION (Lodging request is below)
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
City _____________________________
State/Province/zip/postal code:__________
Country _____________________________
e-mail:_______________________________________________________
Tel: ____________________ FAX:____________________
For student members/registrants:
What is your institution and program of study?
_________________________________________________________________
Please check any and all your registration choices on the form below.
Return with yourpayment to address below.
Make check payable in US dollars to:
Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences (or SCTPLS).
Mary Ann Metzger,
Ph.D. Membership Secretary,
Dept. Psychology, University of Maryland--UMBC,
Baltimore, MD 21250.
FAX: 410-455-1055. E-mail metzger@umbc.edu
1. Membership & JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
_____ $60 1998-9 Regular includes Vol. 3 of NDPLS
Membership thru 31-Aug-99
_____ $50 1998-9 Student includes Vol. 3 of NDPLS
Membership thru 31-Aug-99
_____ $90 NEW MEMBERSHIP Y2K PLAN:
includes membership thru 31-Aug-00, Newsletters starting
from 10-98, NDPLS vols.3 and 4.
and Electronic Discharge poster while supplies last.
_____ $45 EARLY RENEWAL. Active members can
renew their membership and NDPLS subscription early thru
21-Aug-00. Limited time offer.
2. Conference Registration (incl. lunch & banquet)
BEFORE 15 JULY, 1999:
_____ $150 Regular members
_____ $110 Student members
_____ $205 Non-members
_____ $25 additional AFTER 15 JULY, 1999
NON-MEMBER SPOUSE
_____ $ 50 (Anytime). Bring one along!
3. Lodging
_____ Please total from Lodging form (BELOW).
_____ $20 Parking permit4. Workshops (lunch included)
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN CONCEPTUALIZATION AND RESEARCH
_____ $160 Regular
_____ $ 95 Student
ORGANIZATIONAL
_____ $160 Regular
_____ $ 95 Student
CLINICAL
_____ $160 Regular
_____ $ 95 Student
5. TOTAL -- Please total your selections:
US$ _______________________
PAYMENT TYPE:
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___ American Expr. ___ Discover
___ MasterCard ___ Visa
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SCTPLS CONFERENCE '99 LODGING FORM
Please use this form to select lodging accommodations
registering for the conference at the same as as you are
registering for the conference, please total your selections below
and enter on Item #3 on the front of this form.
The Clark Kerr Campus of the University of California is offering
suite-style accommodations for SCTPLS conferees. Each suite
includes two separate bedrooms and common area, one
bathroom that is shared between the residents of the two
bedrooms. A HALF-SUITE indicated on this form is one
bedroom. Each bedroom of a suite can accommodate two people
if desired. Single accommodations mean that you have the entire
bedroom to yourself (2 people to a suite).
Double accommodations mean that you share a bedroom with another
person (4 to a suite). Couples requesting an additional modicum
of privacy are welcome to do register for a FULL SUITE. All suite
accommodations are booked through the Society.
Please note that lodging registration for the three main nights of
the conference must be reserved as a block. If these arragements
are incompatible with your travel itinerary, see "alternative
accomodations" (this page).
DATES REQUIRED (check which) for the nights of:
_____ July 22
_3___ July 23 - 25
_____ July 26
_____ July 27
ACCOMMODATIONS REQUIRED. Please select only
one option. Rates below inlcude breakfast in the AM.
_____ FULL SUITE @ $ 130 /night
_____ SINGLE HALF SUITE @ $ 65 /night
_____ DOUBLE HALF SUITE @ $ 45/night
SUBTOTAL LODGING
$_____ Multiply number of nights by rate selected, and
enter on front page, item 3.
SUITE MATE
I would like to share a suite with:
__________________________________________
who is
_____ registering with me on this form
_____ registering separately
If you have made arrangements with some else to share a suite,
please indicate that person on the line on the space provided .
Also indicate whether that person is registering with you
on this form or whether we should be looking for a separate form
for that person If you do not select a suite mate, one will be
arranged by the SCTPLS conference staff.
ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONS. The University of
California is offering dormitory style single accommodations at
a lesser price. Like conventional university dormitories, residents
share a large common bath facility. To make reservations for this
type of lodging, contract the Summer Visitor Housing office
directly. The Society is not handling this form of lodging.
DEADLINE. All lodging requests must be received with payment
by June 30, 1999. The Society will release unused suites and
rooms back to the University at that time.
PLEASE KEEP A COPY OF THIS REGISTRATION FORM
SO THAT YOU CAN REFER TO IT AT A LATER DATE
IN CASE YOU NEED CANCEL
Because of the boundary conditions placed on the conference
by the host facility, refunds for the cancelled registrations and
lodging are restricted in the following manner: If your
cancellation is received after July 10, refunds will be 50% on
registration, and all but one night on lodging. After July 15,
refunds will be 50% on registration, but refunds on lodging are
not guaranteed.
PART II: WORKSHOP AND OTHER INFORMATION
An invitation is extended to all interested scholars to join
the Society for a full conference program reporting new
theory and research and discussions concerning chaos
theory, fractals, nonlinear dynamics and related principles.
Areas represented at recent conferences have included
neuroscience, biology, medical research, economics,
sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science,
organizations and management, education, art,
philosophy, and literature. Programs will include single
papers, symposia, tutorial workshops and other formats.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS:
Fred Abraham, Ralph Abraham
BRIEF SCHEDULE:
July 23 Friday, Registration, Intermediate Dynamics
Workshop, Opening Ceremonies
July 24 Saturday, Conference Day 1,
Banquet and Speakers
July 25 Sunday, Conference Day 2,
July 26 Monday, Business Meeting, Clinical Workshop,
Organizational Workshop
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Just Beyond the Basics: Using Nonlinear Science in
Conceptualization and Research
Presented by Robert J. Porter, Ph.D.
This limited enrollment (n=20) full-day workshop is designed to
explore conceptualizations of research problems in nonlinear
science terms. The objective is to introduce the participants to
both classical and more recent approaches that may not be part
of their existing ways of approaching research. A basic
understanding of nonlinear concepts is expected, but a tutorial
review will be provided at the beginning of the workshop. A
handbook will be provided to all participants.
This workshop will touch upon methods but will
emphasize conceptual and philosophical issues that underlie the
use of nonlinear concepts in several areas of psychology and life
sciences. These conceptual underpinnings are, in some cases,
fundamentally different from those upon which more classical
research approaches are built.
Time will be allotted for participants to informally
explore questions, and possible answers, pertaining to those
areas of their expertise. Participants who wish to share some of
their work and thought in a more formal fashion are invited to
bring 20 copies of a representative paper (punched for a three-
ring binder) to add to a collection that other participants may
take with them.
Robert J. Porter, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of
Psychology, University of New Orleans; Clinical Professor
Emeritus, Otorhinolaryngology and Biocommunication, LSU
Medical School; and President, Lambda consulting. Bob is
currently President/President Elect of the Society, has over 25
years of experience teaching and consulting in laboratory and
field research. He specializes in difficult problems in research
design and data interpretation in the behavioral and social
sciences.
FEATURED DURING THE CONFERENCE
Structural Equation Modeling for Nonlinear
Dynamics
Presented by Stephen J. Guastello, Ph.D.
The Special Tutorial Presentation, (1.5 hrs.) Explains the
techniques for using structural equations for investigating the
presence of chaos, catastrophes, other dynamics. (1). Dynamics
with integer dimensions: polynomial regression for catastrophe
models. Concepts appeared in numerous sources 1982-98.
Application: Personnel selection and turnover with the cusp
catastrophe model. (2). Nonlinear regression approach for
catastrophic probability density functions and rugged
landscapes. Application: Self-organization and leadership
emergence
(3). Non-integer dimensions: exponential model series,
used with nonlinear regression. Concepts appeared in numerous
sources 1992-98. Applications: Work performance in hierarchies;
forecasting oceanic fishing harvests. (4). Attractor
reconstruction using principal components to find the
embedding dimension that is usually required for projection of
phase portraits.
Stephen J. Guastello, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of
Industrial Organizational Psychology and Human Factors
Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. He has
authored numerous articles, book chapters, and the book, Chaos
Catastrophe, and Human Affairs, (1995 Erlbaum).
POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
The Unified Approach in Psychotherapy
Presented by Franco Orsucci MD, DPsych, with
invited guests
This full-day workshop is designed for those who are willing to
apply Chaos & Complexity Theory in clinical situations. It will
show how this C & C approach can reshape the clinical field by
integrating and transforming its traditional domains. Participants
will be stimulated to formulate this new approach by simulations,
demonstrations, debate, new methods for data-analysis and a
software distribution. A special section of the workshop will be
devoted to clinical case-studies. Topical Outline:
(1) The multiplex subject: informational, symbolic,
iconic, intentional, biological. How multiple (inner and outer)
subjects shape the field of therapy?
(2) Inner and outer interactions: multiple environments.
Patient-systems and therapists-systems in multiple couplings.
How the multiple layers of the mind-body entity intermingle. How
they interact in the therapeutic field. The birth and
transformation of this multipersonal landscape.
(3) Reaching the symbiosis, reaching the punctuation:
co-evolution and innovation. The processes of merging and
individuation as the emergence of new individualities. Dialectics
between continuous and exponential change.
(4) Mimetics, memetics: imitation and viruses. The
origins and transmission of cultures. Imitation as a basic
psychobiological mechanism of interaction. The complex
patterns of human cultures between imitation and innovation.
Viral phenomena in cultures and psychopathology.
(5) Self Organized Criticality and punctuated equilibria:
reaching the edge. Dissipative structures and their continuous
need of energy and information. Amplification and equilibrium in
the psychotherapeutic field.
(6) 1/f phenomena and the constructive role of noise in
psychotherapy. What is noise; what is harmony in the
therapeutic field ? How can we produce, follow, and use them?
Stochastic resonance in psychotherapy.
(7) Clinical case studies as intermingling landscapes:
families, groups, behaviors, personal and collective unconscious,
cognitions, biology and ecology. Towards a deep ecology as a
general approach to systems' health. Clinical discussion of
presentations from conveners and attendees.
(8) Ethics in Chaos. Morphogenesis and beauty; issues
on responsibility, freedom and happiness. Is there any conflict
between ethics and aesthetics in psychotherapy ? Which is the
responsibility of the therapist towards the client's freedom?
(9) Deep ecology in psychotherapy: the unified
approach beyond metaphysics and tradition.
Franco Orsucci, M.D., D.Psych. is Professor of
Psychology, Rome International University. President, Italian
Society for Chaos and Complexity. Director, Institute for
Complexity Studies of Rome. Member, International
Psychoanalytical Association. Franco has 20 years of clinical
practice; he has been publishing about 70 articles, and edited 10
books: the most recent one is The Complex Matters of the
Mind,(1998, World Scientific).
POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Understanding Complex Organizational Dynamics
Kevin Dooley, Arizona State University
There continues to be convergence between new organizational
theory, new methods for studying organizations, complex
adaptive systems theory, and nonlinear dynamical theory. The
purpose of this workshop is to expose participants to the
concepts and techniques for performing processual research.
Process theories, as opposed to variance theories, seek to
explain how systems behave over time. Knowledge of such
behavior can be indicative of the underlying generative
mechanisms driving the system. In organizational settings these
mechanisms can be described by their dimensionality and
interconnectedness. We shall explore how different generative
mechanisms give rise to different dynamical patterns, and what
this means in terms of organizational theory and practice. We
shall also discuss the various research method issues used in
developing such understandings.
Kevin Dooley is a Professor of Management and
Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University. His interests
are in complex systems, quality, and innovation. This seminar
summarizes material from his up-coming book, co-authored with
Scott Poole and Andy Van de Ven, entitled Methods for
Studying Organizational Change and Development, to be
published by Oxford Press.
YOUR REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE
INCLUDES: All regular sessions, the Society Banquet, lunch on
the two main days of the conference, and AM and PM
refreshments.
YOUR WORKSHOP REGISTRATION INCLUDES: All
materials distributed by the presenters, lunch, and AM and PM
refreshments.
YOUR LODGING (OPTIONAL) INCLUDES: A full breakfast
menu served buffet style.
SEE ACCOMPANYING FORM: for explanations, special rates,
membership plans. Further information about the location and
attractions will be distributed once you have registered, and/or
posted to the SCTPLS web Site.
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS: Jun 30: Registration for all
speakers is required and all lodging requests must be received
(It's hard to guarantee rooms after this date).
July 15: At-door registration rates take effect
PUBLICATION VENUE: The principal papers of this
conference will be published in Nonlinear Dynamics,
Psychology & Life Sciences conditional on arrangements with
authors. A subscription to NDPLS is one of the benefits of
membership in SCTPLS. To become a member, use the enclosed
Conference Registration Form or else contact Mary Ann
Metzger, secretary <metzger@umbc.edu>.