Our MissionSanta Fe Complex SFC_10f287d2-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2aThe Santa Fe Complex draws on the creativity of scientists, technologists, and artists to solve complex problems to meet business, government, and social needs. Combining expertise across disciplines, the Complex has helped the City of Santa Fe model escape routes for its citizens in the event of forest fires, the city of Venice plan canal traffic to minimize the wakes that damage the city’s architecture, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health identify the movement of troubled youths through their social services network. The Complex is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a renowned center of research in complexity science, an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems. Santa Fe has also long been famous as a center for the traditional arts and is now becoming a hotbed of innovative forms of artistic expression resulting from the crossover between art and technology. _10f28a02-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2aTo create a collaborative workspace that fosters applied complexity science through interdisciplinary education, outreach, and development of innovative technologies to address real-world problems, enable social cooperation, and create economic opportunities._10f28ade-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2aCollaborative WorkspaceCreate a collaborative workspace_10f28b74-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2aThe Complex has drawn on these strengths of the Santa Fe area—in science, technology, and art—to create a collaborative workspace.Leadership, Expertise, Infrastructure, and TechnologySupply the leadership, scientific expertise, infrastructure, and innovative technology necessary for the practical application of complexity science._10f28bf6-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2a1Interdisciplinary TeamsServe as the agency for organizing interdisciplinary teams to deliver project work, thereby serving as a catalyst for economic development._10f28cbe-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2a2Entrepreneurial DevelopmentEncourage the development of entrepreneurs, allowing them to draw on the expertise of the Complex to prototype and test their new ideas._10f28d54-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2a3EntrepreneursCollaborative VenueProvide a venue that encourages collaboration among artists, scientists, and technologists, allowing new ways of thinking and creating to emerge._10f28dea-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2a4Interdisciplinary ProjectsCreate opportunities for young people in Santa Fe to become involved in interdisciplinary projects that help them develop new problem-solving skills._10f28e8a-1795-11e0-8465-547a7a64ea2a5Young People in Santa Fe2011-01-03http://sfcomplex.org/about/our-missionOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net