Last week 160 researchers and practitioners gathered in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium #cccss26 #complexsystems 🧵 🧪
March 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Last week 160 researchers and practitioners gathered in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium #cccss26 #complexsystems 🧵 🧪
"Nothing like this has existed before, and we don't quite know what it does to people."
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
Professor Carl Bergstrom: Living with AI
Internationally acclaimed scientist Carl Bergstrom on why humans are so psychologically wired for online and whether we are living with "modern-day oracles or bullsh*t machines."
www.rnz.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"Nothing like this has existed before, and we don't quite know what it does to people."
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
We've just published the programme for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, and registrations are open 👀
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
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Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026
The Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 explores cutting-edge knowledge of complex systems & complexity & how this knowledge is used to drive system change.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We've just published the programme for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, and registrations are open 👀
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
🚨Deadline extended 🚨 Get your abstracts in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 by Tuesday 7 October → forms.gle/vdMooRs2srtz...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🚨Deadline extended 🚨 Get your abstracts in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 by Tuesday 7 October → forms.gle/vdMooRs2srtz...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
Our next confirmed keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is Tom Johnson.
Tom is the design lead at Whakaue Research, where he develops kaupapa Māori innovations that turn research into systems change.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Tom is the design lead at Whakaue Research, where he develops kaupapa Māori innovations that turn research into systems change.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our next confirmed keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is Tom Johnson.
Tom is the design lead at Whakaue Research, where he develops kaupapa Māori innovations that turn research into systems change.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Tom is the design lead at Whakaue Research, where he develops kaupapa Māori innovations that turn research into systems change.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Health inequity, climate breakdown, and institutional failure are not simply products of flawed systems.
Join us at #cccss26 to explore how place-based Indigenous frameworks, particularly those grounded in Māori knowledge, are reshaping the study of complexity → https://bit.ly/3MypHcf
Join us at #cccss26 to explore how place-based Indigenous frameworks, particularly those grounded in Māori knowledge, are reshaping the study of complexity → https://bit.ly/3MypHcf
Keynote: When Te Ruru calls, the system must listen
Seeing the unseen in complex systems.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Health inequity, climate breakdown, and institutional failure are not simply products of flawed systems.
Join us at #cccss26 to explore how place-based Indigenous frameworks, particularly those grounded in Māori knowledge, are reshaping the study of complexity → https://bit.ly/3MypHcf
Join us at #cccss26 to explore how place-based Indigenous frameworks, particularly those grounded in Māori knowledge, are reshaping the study of complexity → https://bit.ly/3MypHcf
The first recording from the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is now available online. Tanya Allport and Tom Johnson share how Indigenous-led research can shape the way complex systems are understood, navigated, and changed → www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhv...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
When Te Ruru calls, the system must listen: Seeing the unseen in complex systems
YouTube video by Community Research
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April 28, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The first recording from the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is now available online. Tanya Allport and Tom Johnson share how Indigenous-led research can shape the way complex systems are understood, navigated, and changed → www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhv...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
For his keynote at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, @carlbergstrom.com will present a trio of mathematical models to explore why scientists are reluctant to propose and conduct high-risk research → https://bit.ly/4r0UM7s 🧪
#cccss26 #complexsystems
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Keynote: The impediments to high-risk, high-return science
Scientific researchers may be driven by curiosity, but they are constrained by the realities of the scientific ecosystems in which they operate and motivated by the incentives with which they are confronted.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
For his keynote at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, @carlbergstrom.com will present a trio of mathematical models to explore why scientists are reluctant to propose and conduct high-risk research → https://bit.ly/4r0UM7s 🧪
#cccss26 #complexsystems
#cccss26 #complexsystems
The registration deadline has been brought forward to Monday 16 February #cccss26 #complexsystems
Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026
Registration deadline: February 23
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Registration deadline: February 23
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Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026
The Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 will take place on 24–25 February 2026 at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington.
www.complexitycat.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The registration deadline has been brought forward to Monday 16 February #cccss26 #complexsystems
Brian Castellani mapped how disciplines, concepts and people have weaved together over time to create our understanding of complex systems.
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Brian Castellani mapped how disciplines, concepts and people have weaved together over time to create our understanding of complex systems.
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
While there are many definitions of systems thinking, most ignore the “thinking” part.
Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium to hear Diane Finegood explore what it means to apply systems thinking in practice → https://bit.ly/4rFTBKr
#complexsystems #cccss26
Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium to hear Diane Finegood explore what it means to apply systems thinking in practice → https://bit.ly/4rFTBKr
#complexsystems #cccss26
Keynote: Confessions of a recovering reductionist
Join Diane Finegood at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
February 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
While there are many definitions of systems thinking, most ignore the “thinking” part.
Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium to hear Diane Finegood explore what it means to apply systems thinking in practice → https://bit.ly/4rFTBKr
#complexsystems #cccss26
Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium to hear Diane Finegood explore what it means to apply systems thinking in practice → https://bit.ly/4rFTBKr
#complexsystems #cccss26
@hendysh.bsky.social is chief scientist and a co-founder of Toha, the founding director of Te Pūnaha Matatini & led the team that won the Prime Minister’s Science Prize for their Covid-19 response
He is a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
He is a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@hendysh.bsky.social is chief scientist and a co-founder of Toha, the founding director of Te Pūnaha Matatini & led the team that won the Prime Minister’s Science Prize for their Covid-19 response
He is a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
He is a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Rose Hipkins is a leader in teaching for complex systems thinking in Aotearoa New Zealand.
She'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
She'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Rose Hipkins is a leader in teaching for complex systems thinking in Aotearoa New Zealand.
She'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
She'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Mathematical models are often employed as devices for prediction or optimisation. But when models are applied to complex systems they can become elements within the systems they seek to represent.
Explore complex systems in action with @hendysh.bsky.social at #cccss26 → https://bit.ly/3O4FNee
Explore complex systems in action with @hendysh.bsky.social at #cccss26 → https://bit.ly/3O4FNee
Keynote: Complex systems in action
When models are applied to complex systems in action, they can influence decisions and trajectories, becoming elements within the systems they seek to represent.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Mathematical models are often employed as devices for prediction or optimisation. But when models are applied to complex systems they can become elements within the systems they seek to represent.
Explore complex systems in action with @hendysh.bsky.social at #cccss26 → https://bit.ly/3O4FNee
Explore complex systems in action with @hendysh.bsky.social at #cccss26 → https://bit.ly/3O4FNee
Thanks for all your abstract submissions for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026! Now to make a programme.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
#cccss26 #complexsystems
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October 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Thanks for all your abstract submissions for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026! Now to make a programme.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Our next confirmed keynote for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium is Diane Finegood, whose current passion is for the application of systems thinking and dialogue to address complex problems across a broad range of topics, with a particular focus on health systems and public health #cccss26
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Our next confirmed keynote for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium is Diane Finegood, whose current passion is for the application of systems thinking and dialogue to address complex problems across a broad range of topics, with a particular focus on health systems and public health #cccss26
Our next confirmed speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is Tanya Allport.
Tanya draws on Indigenous models of systems change to advance whānau-centred solutions for Māori health and wellbeing → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Tanya draws on Indigenous models of systems change to advance whānau-centred solutions for Māori health and wellbeing → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Our next confirmed speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is Tanya Allport.
Tanya draws on Indigenous models of systems change to advance whānau-centred solutions for Māori health and wellbeing → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Tanya draws on Indigenous models of systems change to advance whānau-centred solutions for Māori health and wellbeing → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
If you're planning to attend the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium next month, it will be operating under our simple Covid-19 Policy to reduce the risk of attendees getting sick → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/our-policies...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Covid-19 Policy | Te Pūnaha Matatini
Te Pūnaha Matatini has a simple policy in place at our events to keep participants safe from Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases:
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
If you're planning to attend the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium next month, it will be operating under our simple Covid-19 Policy to reduce the risk of attendees getting sick → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/our-policies...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
#cccss26 #complexsystems
The idea that there is a “science of learning” (singular) currently holds considerable policy sway.
Join Rosemary Hipkins at #cccss26 as she uses insights from the complexity sciences to explore learning as a non-linear, highly contextualised and nuanced phenomenon → https://bit.ly/3ZrEpVn
Join Rosemary Hipkins at #cccss26 as she uses insights from the complexity sciences to explore learning as a non-linear, highly contextualised and nuanced phenomenon → https://bit.ly/3ZrEpVn
Keynote: Framing learning as a complex phenomenon
A complexity framing highlights challenges for education policy.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The idea that there is a “science of learning” (singular) currently holds considerable policy sway.
Join Rosemary Hipkins at #cccss26 as she uses insights from the complexity sciences to explore learning as a non-linear, highly contextualised and nuanced phenomenon → https://bit.ly/3ZrEpVn
Join Rosemary Hipkins at #cccss26 as she uses insights from the complexity sciences to explore learning as a non-linear, highly contextualised and nuanced phenomenon → https://bit.ly/3ZrEpVn
Kylie Reiri is a deputy chief executive at the Social Investment Agency, where she works to improve systems to benefit our communities.
Kylie will be a keynote presenter at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Kylie will be a keynote presenter at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Kylie Reiri is a deputy chief executive at the Social Investment Agency, where she works to improve systems to benefit our communities.
Kylie will be a keynote presenter at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Kylie will be a keynote presenter at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 - Registration deadline
📆 Feb 23, 2026
📆 Feb 23, 2026
Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 (CCCSS26)
Join us at CCCSS26 to explore cutting-edge knowledge of complex systems and how this knowledge is being used to drive system change.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 - Registration deadline
📆 Feb 23, 2026
📆 Feb 23, 2026
🚨 Call for abstracts 🚨 Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026. Nau mai haere mai ki tēnei hui!
You are warmly invited to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, 24-25 February 2026 in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Submit your abstract → forms.gle/as6ArigFQW34...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
You are warmly invited to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, 24-25 February 2026 in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Submit your abstract → forms.gle/as6ArigFQW34...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
September 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
🚨 Call for abstracts 🚨 Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026. Nau mai haere mai ki tēnei hui!
You are warmly invited to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, 24-25 February 2026 in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Submit your abstract → forms.gle/as6ArigFQW34...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
You are warmly invited to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, 24-25 February 2026 in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Submit your abstract → forms.gle/as6ArigFQW34...
#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
Registrations for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium close on Monday 16 February at 12pm NZDT.
There's not many tickets left, so get in there if you want to come → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
There's not many tickets left, so get in there if you want to come → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Registrations for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium close on Monday 16 February at 12pm NZDT.
There's not many tickets left, so get in there if you want to come → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
There's not many tickets left, so get in there if you want to come → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
A fantastic synthesis of the recently held Capital City Complex Systems Symposium (CCCSS) in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) written by my frolleague (friend+colleague), Mackay Price from the Modelling for Impact Hub www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/comple...
What does it take to change complex systems? Reflections from CCCSS26
Mackay Price reflects on the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026: transdisciplinary research, Indigenous frameworks, and what it takes to shift systems.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
March 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
A fantastic synthesis of the recently held Capital City Complex Systems Symposium (CCCSS) in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) written by my frolleague (friend+colleague), Mackay Price from the Modelling for Impact Hub www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/comple...
Simon Upton is the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in Aotearoa New Zealand.
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Simon Upton is the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in Aotearoa New Zealand.
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems