<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues, <div><br></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><b>The paper submission deadline has been extended from January 9 to January 29, 2023. Please consider submitting your work to the SimEd track at the ANNSIM'23 conference. </b></font></div><div><br></div><div>Please see the <u>call for papers</u> below. If you are doing research related to Simulation Education and Simulation-Based Learning (SimEd), please consider submitting your work to the <span class="gmail-il">ANNSIM</span>'23 Conference that will be held in the greater Toronto area (Canada) from May 23 – 26, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Call for Papers: <span class="gmail-il">ANNSIM</span> 2023, SimEd Track</b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hosted by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), the Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) is the flagship conference of SCS to cover state-of-the-art developments in Modeling & Simulation (M&S). We would like to invite you to submit a paper to the <i>Simulation Education and Simulation-Based Learning (SimED)</i> track of the Annual Simulation conference (<span class="gmail-il">ANNSIM</span>'23), which will be held in person at MOHAWK COLLEGE, ONTARIO, CANADA from May 23 – 26, 2023. <span class="gmail-il">ANNSIM</span> is the merger of the Spring and Summer simulation conferences, and in line with past conferences, its papers have been published by IEEE and ACM. The full description of the SimEd track is provided below along with the submission deadlines. For more information, please visit the conference website at <a href="https://scs.org/annsim/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://scs.org/<span class="gmail-il">annsim</span>/</a>.  </p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Important Dates:</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strike style="color:black">January 8, 2023</strike><font color="#000000"> </font><b style=""><font color="#ff0000">January 29, 2023</font></b><font color="#000000">: Paper submission (</font></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.softconf.com/sim/ANNSIM23/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Link to submission system</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">)</span></p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">March 7, 2023: Decision notification</span></p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">March 30: Camera-ready version</span></p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The SimEd track is seeking submissions for papers, panels, and workshops related to the following two areas:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;color:black">1.</span><span style="line-height:14.95px;color:black"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"> </font></span><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Simulation Education:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;color:black"> This area focuses on teaching and learning simulation in engineering, sciences, social sciences, or any other discipline where simulation techniques are used. We welcome submissions that discuss and share pedagogical models, best practices, lessons learned, course projects, tools, case studies, and other resources for training the next generation of simulation experts.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;color:black">2.</span><span style="line-height:14.95px;color:black"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"> </font></span><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Simulation-Based Learning (SBL): </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;color:black">SBL refers to using simulation models and tools to enrich teaching and learning. SBL offers a wide range of opportunities for experiential learning and to practice critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Research shows that SBL is among the most effective ways to learn complex skills across different domains as it enables knowledge application in a virtual yet realistic environment.  Moreover, SBL educational experiences can be made available to geographically dispersed students in support of remote and online learning. All learning situations are of interest (formal/informal, in-person/distance learning, K-12, Higher Education, Professional Training, Continuing Education, etc.)</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:18.4px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Topics of interest include but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;color:black">· </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-he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