Vice President Conferences (2015), International Society for the Systems Sciences SIG Chair:    Systems Applications in Business and Industry SIG Chair:    Organizational Transformation and Social ChangeLouis Klein is an internationally recognized expert in the field of systemic change management. He is the founder of the Systemic Excellence Group and has been its CEO since 2001. Louis Klein holds a PhD in sociology. He is the chairman of the Focus Group on Social and Cultural Complexity at the International Centre for Complex Project Management (ICCPM) as well as the director of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC). In 2010, he was the first recipient of the International Centre for Complex Project Management's research award. Louis Klein is a long-distance runner, a mountain climber and an accordionist in the making. He is the father of two children and lives in Berlin.