INCOSE-LA and Professor Bo Oppenheim of LMU presents...

Re-examining Systems Engineering: Complex Systems and the Business Environment in Which They Operate

The Los Angeles Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is sponsoring a one-day technical mini-conference. The conference will include a keynote speaker, numerous technical presentations, and a panel discussion. Four technical tracks comprised of up to eight presentations each will be offered. Presentations will tentatively address the following areas of systems engineering: system of systems, enterprise architectures, software, systems analysis, and economics and policy issues.

Invited panelists from industry, government, and universities will re-examine Systems Engineering as it relates to complex systems and enterprise architecture developments, economics and policy issues.

Keynote Speaker: Colonel James R. Horejsi

Colonel James R. Horejsi is currently the Chief Engineer and Deputy Director of Systems Acquisition, Directorate of Systems Acquisition, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA.

Technical Speakers:

Scott Jackson
Mission Assurance: Four Difficult Questions

Dr. Ed Conrow
Risk Management for Systems of Systems
Risk Scales: Their Use and Abuse in Risk Analysis
Successful Risk Management and Systems Engineering Collaboration

Dennis Andrews
Applying Model Based Requirements and Executable Specifications To Develop Robust Systems