1000Minds (see www.1000minds.com) is Internet-based software to help people make decisions involving prioritising, ranking or choosing from amongst competing individuals or alternatives. The software has its roots in research started in the mid 1990s at the University of Otago into methods for prioritising patients for elective surgery. 1000Minds is now a patented solution to the universal problem in many applications of how to produce an overall ranking of alternatives. The winner of national and international awards, including a ‘TUANZ Healthcare Innovation Award 2005’ and a ‘Consensus Software Award 2007’, 1000Minds recently featured in Computerworld magazine. The seminar will include a demonstration of the software and a brief explanation of its main algorithms. Who: Paul Hansen, Economics. When: 1pm Thursday 5 July. Where: Seminar Room, University College.