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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">***Apologies for cross-posting.***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The 2023 edition of the Social Simulation Festival will take place on the 15<sup>th</sup> and 16<sup>th</sup> of March. The registration link and the website will be ready soon. In the meanwhile, you can check the schedule below the
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<p class="MsoPlainText">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Harko, Melania, and Nanda.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">_______<span style="color:#1F497D">_______<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Melania Borit, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate professor,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Leader Research Group
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://uit.no/research/craft"><i><span lang="EN-US">CRAFT</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> – Knowledge
Integration and Blue Futures<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F4E79;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Co-organizer ESSA SIG
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cfpm.org_qual2rule_&d=DwMF-g&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=w1PSIDIqur8dWeLC2EFrXa5HHZkSt95aSBVMksG9YvY&m=tVwRepILk0rdtacEx-m3kE_4SWlxkyX3v6vNTYFpRqc&s=hY2y8Xp6exFdEuIMw-mzDmZXolTFS2wHicJYDC8GK2o&e="><i><span lang="EN-US">Qual2Rule</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Norwegian College of Fishery Science,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">UiT The Arctic University of Norway (University of Tromsø),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tromsø, Norway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">E-mail:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:melania.borit@uit.no"><span lang="EN-US">melania.borit@uit.no</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/ansatte/person?p_document_id=139029&p_dimension_id=88166"><span lang="EN-US">uit.no/melania.borit</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Wednesday 15<sup>th</sup> of March<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>09:30-11:00</i> <b>Inspirational talk: <i>Tatiana Filatova</i></b> (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>11:15-12:45</i> <b>Session <i>"Social Identity Approach"</i></b>, Chairs: Geeske Scholz (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) and Nanda Wijermans (Stockholm University, Sweden)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>12:45-13:30</i> lunch break<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>13:30-15:00</i> <b>Session<i> "How to do wrong using Social Simulation"</i></b>, Chair: Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>15:15-16:30</i> <b>Session <i>"Synthetic Populations"</i></b>, Chairs: Gary Polhill (James Hutton Institute, UK) and Mario Paolucci (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies at CNR, Italy)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Thursday 16th of March<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>09:30-11:00</i> <b>Session: <i>“ESSA in focus”</i>: </b> Chair: Melania Borit (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>11:15-12:45</i> <b>Session <i>"ESSA@work"</i>,</b> Chairs: Natalie Davis (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) and Silvia Leoni (University of Surrey, UK)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>12:45-13:30</i> lunch break<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>13:30-15:00</i> <b>Session <i>"Credibility – Advancing ABSS as a tool for decision-support",</i></b><i>
</i>Chairs: Michael Belfrage, Emil Johansson, Fabian Lorig, and Paul Davidsson (Malmö University, Sweden)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>15:15-16:30 </i><b>Inspirational talk: <i>César García-Díaz</i></b> (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia)<o:p></o:p></p>
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