7th Annual International Systems Conference

VP Conferences Report

April 2013

Why Are We here?

Systems Engineering is a discipline needed in almost every environment and application

•Commercial products•Infrastructure such as energy, transportation, etc•Health care•Defense systems•Information technology•Communication systems•etc

Why?•It is the overarching engineering “glue” that views the “system” as a whole – looking at all the components and elements—intended use---maintenance---human interface---safety---environment---

- - - and complex, systems-of-systems are becoming more the norm than the exception

Systems Engineering is no magic wand - - -

But we had some magic this year . . .

Agenda: Tuesday April 16

8:15 Intro & Welcome Bob Rassa8:30 Keynote Speaker Mr Craig Miller

Vice President, Systems Engineering, Harris Corp, Government Systems Division9:30 Break10:00 Executive Panel “Business Case for Systems Engineering”

Mr. Joe Elm, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (Principal Speaker)

Dr. Mike Ryschkewitsch, Chief Engineer, NASADr. Alain Beaulieu, Professor, Royal Military Academy, CanadaCol Bob Lyons, (USAF, Ret.) President, IEEE Systems CouncilModerator: Bob Rassa, Director, Engineering Programs, Raytheon SAS

12n Lunch in Regency 3/4 Luncheon KeynoteDr. Mike Ryschkewitsch, Chief Engineer, NASA

1:30 Technical Breakout Sessions begin:See Program for details

6:00 – 7:00 “Heavy” Reception, Poster Sessions, Exhibits Regency 1

Who Is Here?The Demographics…

• USA: 65 113• Canada: 28 14• Europe: 22 53• Asia: 23 16• Middle East: 6 2• South America 0 4• Mexico 0 2• Total: 144 204

2012 2013

Conference Statistics: Papers

• Abstracts submitted: 328• Abstracts withdrawn: 75• Abstracts rejected: 104• Papers published: 144• acceptance ratio: 57%

Anticipated surplus: $27,000

And Announcing--

8th AnnualInternational Systems Conference

March 30-April 3, 2014

Fairmont Chateau Laurier HotelOttawa, ONT, Canada

Proposed New Conference

• 1st Annual IEEE International Systems Symposium• June 2014• Italy• Rationale:

– Original plan was to do the full Conference in Europe in 2014– We have finally gained traction in North America– IEEE suggests that sometimes when you shift a conference

across continents, attendance suffers– IEEE suggested starting a companion Symposium in Europe

• Start small: plan for 75-100 attendees• Major city, near transportation• Chairs: Paolo Carbone and Bob Rassa

Association of Old CrowsTechnical Co-sponsorship

• AOC Conference with IEEE SysC technical cosponsorship– Systems Council would be owner of technical content in IEEE

Xplore– SysC would have 1-2 people on technical program committee

• September 16-21, 2013• Monterey CA . Hyatt Regency Monterey• Still awaiting an MOU