Conference Programme

This program is designed for maximum flexibility in learning and networking. Overseas experts have flown in to provide you with seminars. Each of the (colour coded) seminars is offered twice so that you miss fewer sessions than in a conventional conference. Each seminar will last 3 hours including breaks.

Regular sessions will last 45 minutes including discussions followed by a 15 minute break to allow you to freshen up, network with colleagues, or make new friends.

The Plenary dialogue at the end of the day is a chance to discuss and contrast the presentations, hear about the Seminar you missed and make an informed decision as to which sessions to attend on the next day

Tuesday 27 March

	Ballrooms 1 and 2
0900-1000	Opening Plenary
	Ballroom 3	Ballroom 4
1000-1045	Systems Engineering in Defence Projects: Sometimes an Emperor in New Clothes? Dr Dushy Tissainayagam Centre for Defence Communications & Information Systems The University of Adelaide	Architecting Enterprise Geographic Information Systems Dr Lean Weng YEOH Choon Vu LAM Defence Science and Technology Agency
1045-1100	Break
1100-1145	Airpower in an Allianced based, network enabled world – The Lessons Learned during our Journey –so far … Malcolm G. Tutty Tenix Defence Aerospace		Players in a Successful Project Team Howard Harvey CEDISC
1200-1300	Lunch
	Ballroom 3	Ballroom 4
1300-1345	Lessons Learned in Technical Management and Scope Control Eric Honour	Capability-Based Systems Engineering Harry Crisp
Break
1400-1445
Break
1500-1545
1545-1600	Break
	Ballrooms 3 and 4
1600-1700	Plenary Dialogue A dialogue to discuss the relevance of the day’s sessions to your needs.
	Break
	Ballrooms 1 and 2
1830-	Reception

Wednesday 28 March

	Ballroom 3		Ballroom 5
0900-0945	Analysis of Failures During Tests Danny Leshem		Open Architecture Workshop Aegis Open Architecture Dave Griscom Lockheed Martin
Break
1000-1045			Boundary Component Development Ray Simons Computer Sciences Corporation
Break
1100-1145			Coping with COTS Maureen Bradley Lockheed Martin
1200-1300	Lunch
	Ballroom 3	Ballroom 4		Ballroom 5
1300-1345	Capability-Based Systems Engineering Harry Crisp	Lessons Learned in Technical Management and Scope Control Eric Honour		Modeling and Simulation Workshop Operations Analysis and Modeling Simulation Chris Bourque Lockheed Martin
Break
1400-1445				Integrated Missile Defense Testbed (IMDT^TM) Chris Bourque Lockheed Martin
Break
1500-1545				Ship Integration Engineering Joe Walsh Lockheed Martin
	Break
	Ballrooms 3 and 4
1600-1700	Plenary Dialogue A dialogue to discuss the relevance of the day’s sessions to your needs.

	Ballrooms 1 and 2
1900-2330	Conference Dinner

Thursday 29 March

	Ballroom 3		Ballroom 4
0900-0945	Analysis of Failures During Tests Danny Leshem		Complex Systems for Systems Engineering Sarah Sheard
Break
1000-1045
Break
1100-1145
1200-1300	Lunch
	Ballroom 3	Ballroom 4		Ballroom 5
1300-1345	Reliability Growth Analysis of a Combat System using Duane Model and Crow Extended Reliability Growth Model Wayne Er Kim Hua Defence Science & Technology Agency	Guided Weapon Surveillance – Science or Engineering? Dr Matti Keentok		Surface Ship Torpedo Defence Open Modular Systems Kim Wrighton Ultra Electronics
1345-1400	Break
1400-1445	Trans-disciplinary and Inter-organisational Cooperation – Lessons Learned. Dr Viv Crouch CEDISC	Command Post Anywhere – Experimenting with an Alternative Command Post Concept Dr Lean Weng YEOH Lock Pin CHEW Chee Hoong THAM Defence Science Technology Agency		Developing an electronic navigational aid for the blind does not overcome all obstacles Associate Professor Shraga Shoval COESI
1445-1500	Break
1500-1545	Luz: from Light to Darkness -Lessons learned from the Solar System Associate Professor Joseph Kasser CEDISC
1545-1600	Break
	Ballrooms 1 and 2
1600-1700	Plenary Dialogue and Closing Ceremony

Seminar Presenters

Harry Crisp

Dr. Crisp has over 40 years experience in industry and government. He retired in 2004 from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division after 33 years experience. He has performed research in Navy combat and weapons systems. He has been a program manager for research and technology programs related to Navy combat systems. He has performed research for and developed collaborative engineering environments to support large-scale, complex system development teams under funding by the Office of Naval Research. He was the Director for the Naval Collaborative Engineering Environment for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) Chief Engineer Office. He is currently a systems engineering consultant.

Dr. Crisp has been an active member of INCOSE since 1994. He served two terms as a Regional Director and one term as Director-at-Large under the former governance structure. He is currently serving as project leader for the INCOSE Systems Engineering Vision 2020 Project. He also serves on the editorial board for the Systems Engineering Journal. He is an INCOSE Fellow.

Eric C. Honour

Mr. Eric Honour has been in international leadership of the engineering of systems for over a decade, part of a 36-year career of complex systems development and operation. His energetic and informative presentation style actively involves class participants. He was the founding Chair of the INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering) Technical Board in 1994, was elected INCOSE President for 1997, and continued as Director of the Systems Engineering Center of Excellence (SECOE). He was selected in 2000 for Who’s Who in Science and Technology and in 2004 as an INCOSE Founder. He is on the editorial board for Systems Engineering. He has been a systems engineer, engineering manager, and program manager at Harris Information Systems, ESystems Melpar, and Singer Link, preceded by nine years as a US Naval Officer flying P-3 aircraft. He has led or contributed to the development of 17 major systems, including the Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation systems, the Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System, the National Crime Information Center 2000, and the DDC1200 Digital Zone Control system for heating and air conditioning. Mr. Honour now heads Honourcode, Inc., a consulting firm offering effective methods in the development of system products. Mr. Honour has a BSSE (Systems Engineering) from the US Naval Academy and MSEE from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Daniel Leshem

Daniel Leshem has over 35 years of experience in a wide range of Defence Systems; aeronautical engineering (guidance and control), antitank missile weapon systems, development of methodology, guidebook and tools for modern System Engineering and project management of large scale System of Systems programs.

Sarah A. Sheard

Sarah A. Sheard is the Principal at Third Millennium Systems LLC in Great Falls, Virginia and an adjunct professor in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University. Ms. Sheard has worked in systems engineering and process improvement for over 25 years. In 2006 she became a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and in 2002 she was awarded INCOSE's Founder’s Award (INCOSE) for her contributions to systems engineering and the Council, including over 30 publications, chairing the Measurement technical committee and the Communications committee, and serving as program chair and director of the Washington Metropolitan Area chapter. Ms. Sheard is a certified systems engineering professional (CSEP) with degrees from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology.

Ms. Sheard’s career began with systems engineering of satellites including the communications payload and power subsystems areas, research and software specification areas, and proposals. Her 1992 NCOSE paper, which was given the “Best Paper” Award in the Process track, documented the effort she co-led to develop the company's first systems engineering process description. Ms. Sheard subsequently participated in engineering of complex software-intensive systems such as Air Traffic Control. She also spent ten years at the Software Productivity Consortium (now the Systems and Software Consortium) bringing systems engineering and process improvement to Consortium member companies, eventually serving as the Chief Technologist leading the systems engineering effort. Ms. Sheard is now the Principal at Third Millennium Systems, an independent systems engineering consultancy she founded, whose focus is on improving systems engineering to handle complex software-intensive systems as needed for the future.

This program may be changed without notice.