The American Society for Cybernetics continues the annual conference—held early August in Ouro Preto, Brazil—online from August 24 to 27. Eight sessions in all. The link takes you directly to the ASC hub. See you online!
MONDAY, AUGUST 24 | ONLINE. Following on from RSD15: São Paulo, the group discusses how Stafford Beer’s vision of freedom, viability, and autonomy continues to resonate within Latin American experiences of social, ecological, and institutional transformation.
We are a bit RSD15 obsessed with the launch of programming starting this Wednesday. There are several event hubs—you can register for all of them at once or the ones you are interested in via Eventbrite (linked). Get rush seats for online sessions by joining hubs directly RSDX.online/join. As always PWYC/no fee community-led sessions.
JOIN NOW. The programme for the RSD15–ESPM hub (on campus and livestream) is finalised. Sessions are an opportunity for conversations about interconnected conditions and work grounded in the particular contexts of Brazil and Latin America. [RSD15.INFO]
AUG 24–27. ONLINE. This programme brings the ASC 2026 conference, with its overarching theme of Conversational Confluences, into the context of RSD15’s Designing within a Plural World. The two meet on shared ground as both view diversity as a source of collective learning and creativity. [RSD15.INFO]
SEPT 20, 2026. The first RSD15 event brings the international systemic design conversation into dialogue with design research, education and practice in Brazil. On-campus at ESPM with livestream sessions via the RSDX platform.
This issue acknowledges Earth Day 2026 regenerative focus and a reminder that the RSD15 intent to submit is due APRIL 24 for papers and workshops. Geographies and ecologies is one of four topics of interest. SUBMISSION DEADLINE MAY 22.
JUST IN | OCT 18–21. RSD15-Ostana focuses on systemic design for regenerative practice and makes time for deep embodied practice in a real-world design context
Silvia Barbero, is associate professor at Politecnico di Torino (Italy), founding Chair, the Systemic Design Association, and is this year’s RSD15 Chair.
OCT 12–16 2026 | Valentino Castle, Torino, Italy. Sys_Lab (Politecnico di Torino) hosts RSD15. Pluralism foregrounds multiple ways of knowing and practising within a maturing global field, where shared challenges intersect with diverse epistemologies, methods, and vocabularies.