Celebrating the 10^th simulation workshop: The story of the conference series

Figures & data

Figure 1. Study Group Plans on a San Diego Bar Menu.

Figure 2. Proceedings cover for the first simulation workshop.

Table 1. Summary of simulation workshop conferences.

Year	Location	Chair(s)	Key committee roles	Papers	Attendance
2002	Hornton Grange, Birmingham	Stewart Robinson Simon Taylor	Tillal Eldabi, Pauline Wilcox	26	63
2004	Hornton Grange, Birmingham	Stewart Robinson Simon Taylor	Les Oakshott, Sally Brailsford	37	85
2006	Ashorne Hill Conference Centre, Royal Leamington Spa	Stewart Robinson Simon Taylor	Sally Brailsford, Jeremy Garnett	33	76
2008	Abbey Hotel, Redditch	Stewart Robinson Simon Taylor	Kathy Kotiadis, Christine Currie	34	84
2010	Abbey Hotel, Redditch	Stewart Robinson Simon Taylor	Murat Gunal, Benny Tjahjono, Sally Brailsford, Antuela Tako	31	73
2012	Abbey Hotel, Redditch	Benny Tjahjono	Cathal Heavy, Stephan Onggo, Durk-Jouke van der Zee, Thomas Monks	32	74
2014	Abbey Hotel, Redditch	Benny Tjahjono	Cathal Heavy, Stephan Onggo, Durk-Jouke van der Zee, Thomas Monks	28	60
2016	Ettington Chase Hotel, Warwickshire	Tom Monks Christine Currie	Anastasia Anagnostou, Katy Hoad, Martin Kunc, Anastasia Gogi	28	71
2018	Ettington Chase Hotel, Warwickshire	Tom Monks Christine Currie	Anastasia Anagnostou, Rudabeh Meskarian, Duncan Robertson, Masoud Fakhimi, Tom Boness	21	69
2021a	Planned for Burleigh Court, Loughborough, but run on-line	Anastasia Anagnostou Antuela Tako	Masoud Fakhimi, Duncan Robertson, Tom Boness, Lucy Morgan, Durk-Jouke van der Zee, John Fowler	34	131

^aThe 10^th Simulation Workshop was originally planned for March 2020, but the UK went into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic a matter of a few days before the event was scheduled. As a result, the conference was postponed and then rescheduled as a virtual event for March 2021.

Table 2. Keynote talks.

Year	Keynote Speaker	Title
2002	Richard Nance (Virginia Tech)	The simulation research agenda: hope, hype and hyperbole (or whence, wherefore and whither?)
2004	Paul Fishwick, University of Florida	Modelling: taking it to the next level
2006	John Morecroft (London Business School)a	Representation and simulation – an information feedback view
2008	Brian Hollocks (Bournemouth University)	Intelligence, innovation & integrity – K D Tocher and the dawn of simulation
2010	Charles Macal (Argonne National Laboratory)	The future of agent-based modelling and simulation
2012	Shane Henderson (Cornell University)	Real-time ambulance-fleet control via an amalgam of simulation, optimisation, and statistics
2014	Barry Nelson (Northwestern University)	Why good simulations go bad
2016 (a)	Alexander Verbraeck (Delft University of Technology)	Data driven simulation
2016 (b)	Sally Brailsford (University of Southampton)	Hybrid simulation: the best thing since sliced bread, or just a fad?
2018 (a)	John Fowler (Arizona State University)	Personal reflections on the evolution of simulation over the last 20 years
2018 (b)	Russell Cheng (University of Southampton)	Visual representation of simulation results
2021 (a)	Young-Jun Son (University of Arizona)	A DDDAMS-based surveillance and crowd control via UAVs and UGVs
2021 (b)	Susan Sanchez (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey)	Data farming: the meaning and methods behind the metaphor

aStephen Chick (INSEAD) was originally lined-up as keynote speaker but could not join us due to a sporting injury.

Table 3. Panel discussions.

Year	Chair	Panellists	Topic
2002	Stewart Robinson	Dick Nance Mike Pidd Ray Paul Simon Taylor	Model reuse (Robinson et al., 2004)
2004	No panel discussion
2006	Mike Pidd	Not recorded	Simulation in health
2008	Michael Pidd	Stephen Chick Mark Elder Shane Kite Ray Paul	Simulation optimisation: the best thing since sliced bread
2010	Michael Pidd	Peer Olaf Siebers Charles Macal Jeremy Garnett Dave Buxton	DES is dead, long live ABS!
2012	Sally Brailsford	Stewart Robinson Shane Henderson Claire Cordeaux Shane Kite	The practice of simulation: useful, in theory? The theory of simulation: practically useless?
2014	Simon Taylor	Barry Nelson Mark Elder Ken McNaught Christine Currie	Simulation analytics: the future of simulation?
2016	Christine Currie	Stewart Robinson Simon Taylor John Fowler Sally Brailsford	Celebrating 10 years of the Journal of Simulation
2018 (a)	Kathy Kotiadis	Sally Brailsford Antuela Tako Stewart Robinson Christina Phillips Mark Elder	Discussing the challenges of stakeholder involvement and how to overcome them
2018 (b)	Peer Olaf Siebers	Peer Olaf Siebers Antuela Tako Dave Buxton Tom Monks Kim Warren	Model development strategies: from a copy/paste mentality to truly innovative approaches
2021	Simon J E Taylor	Son Young-Jun Susan Sanchez Oliver Rose Juergen Branke	Artificial Intelligence and Simulation: Friend or Foe?

Robinson, S., Nance, R. E., Paul, R. J., Pidd, M., & Taylor, S. J. E. (2004). Simulation model reuse: Definitions, benefits and obstacles. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 12(7–8), 479–494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2003.11.006

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