2/12/2026
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM PST


Location: Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC


There are currently 19 spots remaining out of 20

The DRI Canada Board of Directors is pleased to host a professional development lunch in Vancouver, BC, February 12, 2026 for certified professionals.

Speaker:
Cynthia Wenn, CBCP

Over the last thirty years, researchers have studied how system behaviours change as they become more complex.  If crises or disasters are seen as complex environments, then to prepare our teams to respond to them, it would follow that simulation exercises must also be designed as or designed to mimic the behavior of a complex environment.

This presentation will share how exercise design practitioners are leveraging complexity thinking and provide insight on when, why and how you can modify the complexity of your exercise environment. It will end by delving into the benefits of this to organizations and players.

Learning objectives of the presentation:

1. Explain complexity thinking and complex adaptive systems in basic terms
2. Determine when to increase the complexity of exercise design 
3. Adjust both scenario and conduct exercise elements to match the objectives of your exercise 

 

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Cynthia Wenn, CBCP