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MIT Sloan brings together industry and academic leaders to discuss how System Dynamics can help us better understand complex challenges, shape policy, influence decision-making, and yield lasting benefits for businesses and society.

System Dynamics Seminars are currently held most Fridays from 12:00-1:30pm ET in the Jay W. Forrester conference room (E62-450) and via Zoom this semester, unless otherwise specified. Please email Kelsey Alford at kalford@mit.edu to be added to our mailing list and receive updates.

The schedule and guest speakers will be posted as information becomes available.

Current Seminars

February 13, 2026

Carol Long (Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Science)
Can GenAI agents 🤖 manage a supply chain? Lessons from the classical Beer Game
February 20, 2026

Megan Mahajan (Energy Innovation)
Title TBD
February 27, 2026

Marlo Raveendran (UC Riverside)
Title TBD
March 13, 2026

Tessa Charlesworth (Kellogg University)
Title TBD
April 3, 2026

Henning Piezunka (Wharton School)
Title TBD
April 17, 2026

Brian Rubineau (McGill University)
Title TBD
May 1, 2026

Xinyan Li & Nikolai Kazantsev (Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge)
Title TBD
May 8, 2026

Chengwei Liu (Imperial College London)
Title TBD