FEBRUARY 7, 2009
INCOSE-LA & LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Enhancing Systems Engineering
Expanding Our Process to Meet Future Needs

Aerospace • Commercial • Defense • Enterprise • Service

Whether we want to accept it or not, everyone does Systems Engineering: some formally and some unconsciously, many haphazardly. As Jorg Largent (INCOSE-LA Newletter Editor) so nicely stated, “Every successful project does Systems Engineering, some of them do it deliberately, the others do it eventually.”

Unconscious Systems Engineering can be hidden under a host of different names: Business Planning, Business Forecasting, Program Definition, Engineering Management, Tradeoff Studies, Problem Solving, etc. While each of these has their own formal methods, which may be applied, Systems Engineering integrates them, thus attacking the challenge of effectively developing complex systems.

This one-day, three-track mini-conference will address the application and evolution of systems engineering to meet current and future needs for systematic development. These needs are present not only in the traditional aerospace and defense industries, but also in the commercial and service industries. This is an opportunity for practitioners in each industry to learn from the perspectives of those in the other industries.

The conference will be held on February 7, 2009, at Loyola Marymount University, with a great line-up of speakers and topics.  You will gain insights and new information that you can take with you to improve performance for program success, cost reduction, risk analysis, building a resilient organization, and more.

Sponsored by INCOSE-LA and Loyola Marymount University.

Download the Mini-Conference 2009 Flyer.

Keynote Speaker:  Joel Sercel, Ph.D., CalTech
Dr. Sercel is a renowned systems engineering expert with over 25 years experience in academia and in DoD and NASA/JPL projects.

Panel Discussion:  “Observations and Comments regarding the Conference Topics and Other Items of Interest by INCOSE Fellows - an Interactive Discussion”   
Panelists - Elliot Axelband (Chair), Scott Jackson, Barry Boehm, Jack Ring, Azad Madni, Stan Settles

COST:
$70 for INCOSE members, early registration ($90 regular registration, $110 on-site)
$90 for non-members, early registration ($100 regular registration, $110 on-site)
$45 for INCOSE senior members or students ($50 regular registration, $60 on-site)
 
A hot breakfast buffet, lunch buffet, and conference materials are included.

Registration and payment can be made online, or the registration form may be downloaded and mailed in with payment. Multiple registrations of six or more individuals from the same company get a discount, BUT must be submitted as a group.  Senior INCOSE Members and Students also get a discount.  

Don't delay, register today!

If you have further questions or you are interested in getting involved in the planning and volunteering of this Mini-Conference, send an email to the Conference Chairperson, Shah Selbe ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or to the Technical Chair, Richard F. Emerson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Presentation will be limited to 20-25 minutes with 10-15 minutes of Q&A for a total time of 35 minutes. Please send a one-page or less summary of your presentation to the Technical Chair, Richard F. Emerson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) by November 12, 2008. You will be notified of acceptance by December 9, 2008. Your final presentation is due January 21, 2009. When you are notified of acceptance, the presentation format will be included. Ideally, all communications will be through email. If this is not possible, please advise immediately so that we can make arrangements to accommodate your needs.