Understanding Complexity. Offering Solutions to Problems of the 21st Century

February 9th- 10th 2015 „TUtheSky“ at the TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria

About the Conference

In a world that is getting more and more interconnected, complexity becomes more and more relevant. Understanding complexity by means of quantitative and predictive science turns out to become a bottleneck in essential aspects of our world, ranging from the taming of financial markets, design of sustainable health care systems, developing smart sustainable cities, management of supply chains, to opinion formation, and virtual life.
Ten leading complex systems scientists from around the world will present their work and provide an overview of where science of complexity stands today, what the big challenges and bottlenecks are, and what society might expect from a better understanding and management of complex adaptive systems.» Programm

About the Venue

The „Plus-Energie-Bürohochhaus“ is the world‘s first office tower that can claim to feed more energy into the power grid than is required to operate AND use the building.Primary energy demand is met by Austria‘s largest photovoltaics system integrated into the façade (façade,roof, total 2199 m2), Server waste heat utilisation to heat the building and energy recovery from the liftsystem.
Extreme reduction in energy consumption by the evaluation of over 9300 components from 280 categoriesby a team of scientists – from the LED lamps, office equipment, kitchens and lighting through to the lift, ventilation and servers.