2014 Bellairs Modelling Outside the Box Workshop

The working sessions of the workshop start on Saturday morning, and end on Wednesday evening. Each working day is structured into a morning and an evening session. Breakfast is served at 8:00 in the eating area. The morning session goes from 8:30 to 12:30, the evening session from 16:30 - 18:00, followed by dinner, followed by a late evening session from 19:00 - 21:00 and discussions.

 


Last modified: November 23, 2015, Jörg Kienzle

Friday 7th:

Saturday 8th:
 

Participants arrive at Bellairs.

8:30 Welcome

9:00 2 minute icebreakers (bring your object)

9:40 Presentations (approx. 10 minutes each):


  1. Philippe Collet - Complexity

  2. Betty Cheng - Uncertainty

  3. Daniel Amyot - Bad Requirements

  4. Friedrich Steimann - Modelling = Programming - Accidental Complexity

  5. Rogardt Heldal - Introducing Models

  6. Robert France - Supporting Creativity

  7. Ruth Breu - Quality

  8. Benoit Combemale - Unpredictability

  9. Dave Stikkolorum - Education

  10. James Hill - Modelling Effort

  11. Matthias Schöttle - Practicability

  12. Jörg Kienzle - Complexity

  13. Gunter Mussbacher - Reusability

  14. Jean-Michel Bruel


12:30 Lunch Break

16:30 Provoking talk by Jon Whittle - MDE is Niche

18:00 Dinner at Bellairs

19:00 WIBGI Exercise

21:30 End of Evening Work Session

Sunday 9th:

8:30: Discussion of Exploratory Paper Outline

9:00 - 12:30: A perfect Day in 2030 - A Hellish Day in 2030 Exercise


16:00 Least Radical to Most Radical Exercise

18:00 Dinner at Bellairs

19:00 Invited Speaker: Susan Mahon, Director of Bellairs

19:30 Invited Speaker: William, Senior Researcher in Renewable Energy

20:30 Brainstorming Biggest Challenges

Monday 10th:

8:30 Unpicking the top 8 problems

9:30 Finding radical solutions to the Identified Problems - Part I

11:30 First Mini Presentations to Jon

14:00 Swimming with the Turtles and Ship Wreck

17:00 Kanna Rajan - Modelling for Robotic Exploration

18:00 Dinner at Bellairs

19:00 Finding radical solutions to the Identified Problems - Part II

21:00 Second Round of Mini Presentations

22:15 End of Day

8:30 Work on radical solutions continues

11:30 Final Mini Presentation to Jon

16:30 Discussion of Roadmap Paper Outline

17:00 Collaborative Writing of Roadmap Paper

21:00 Workshop Dinner at The Tides

Tuesday 11th:

Wednesday 12th:

Thursday 13th:

Friday 14th:

8:30 - 12:30, 16:30 - 22:00 Collaborative Writing of Roadmap Paper

9:30 Trip to Crane Beach

Departure