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2009 Schedule of Events

SFBAC INCOSE meetings are held at Santa Clara University from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM the second Tuesday of every month.  The topics and meeting dates for 2009 are:

January 13 System of Systems - Where's the Beef?
Note: This will be a special 2-hour presentation instead of the usual 1 hour.
Dr. Scott Workinger
Presentation (1.48 MB pdf file)
January 15 Call for Papers (draft deadline) (79 KB .doc file)
Spring 2009 Conference, 2 - 4 April 2009
Jan 31 -
Feb 3
2009 INCOSE International Workshop
A four-day workshop held at the Westin San Franciso Airport Hotel
February 10 Highlights and Insights from the 2009 International Workshop
A panel discussion by David Mason, Chin-an Cheng, and Dorothy McKinney
Panel Member's Observations (115 KB pdf file)
February 19 Silicon Valley Engineers Week Banquet 2009
Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, CA
March 10 Modeling the Value of Regard in the Workplace as a Motivator — A Systems Approach
David Paul
Presentation (3.1 MB pdf file)
Regard in The Workplace (168 KB pdf file)
April 2 - 4 INCOSE Spring 09 Conference (702 KB pdf file)
"Systems Engineering - Affordable Success". A three-day conference held in Suffolk, Virginia
April 14 Applying Systems Engineering Techniques to Building a 1932 Ford Hot Rod
John Knapp
Presentation (605 KB pdf file)
Power Point Presentation (443 KB ppt file)
May 12 Counter Maritime Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
LT Bobby Rowden
June 9 Systems Engineering Applied to Home Improvements
David Mason, CSEP
Presentation (375 KB pdf file)
Power Point Presentation (3.9 MB ppt file)
June 17
11:00 AM EDT
Webinar - Integrating Systems Engineering Information with AP233
Webinar Instructions
July 14 Introduction to SEI's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and its Application in the Service Industry
Dr. Rajiv Kapur
Presentation (671 KB pdf file)
August 11 What Every Systems Engineer Needs to Know About Test Engineering
Dr. Scott Workinger
September 8 Systems Engineering as Applied to Municipal Solid Waste
Tony Graves
Presentation (68 KB pdf file)
September 12
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Systems Engineering -Process and Practice
Saturday Seminar sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
October 13 Mapping CMMI to Systems Engineering
Adrienne Friedman
Presentation (403 KB pdf file)
Power Point Presentation (1.1 MB ppt file)
October 17
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Systems Thinking in the Networked Age
Saturday Tutorial by Scott Workinger
November 10 Silicon Valley Engineering Council Annual Open House
At SEMI Global Headquarters, 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA
Invitation and Registration Information
December 15 Social Dinner Event
At Mario's Italiano Restaurant, Mountain View, CA
Event Information
Registration Information