Engineering 21st Century Systems: Problem Solving Through Structured Thinking 
Contact: William R. Wells
 

INCOSE 2002 SYMPOSIUM
Engineering 21st Century Systems
Academic Forum

Monday, July 29, 2002
To be held at The Top of The Riveria Hotel

  What will Systems Engineering be in the 21st Century? Systems Engineering as INCOSE knows it, or engineering of a wide variety of systems?
Are these different views?
How do we prepare engineers for 21st Century systems?

       The 2002 Academic Forum will address these questions from two vantage points. The morning sessions focus on today's need for qualified Systems Engineers. What are the qualifications? Who should accredit university programs? What industry is doing to increase the supply? The afternoon sessions focus on expanding application of Systems Engineering to diverse human systems beyond engineering product and processes. How is Systems Engineering being applied to these broader systems? What curriculum challenges are being presented by new approaches?

   What collaboration patterns does this suggest for individual educators? What competition intensity will educators face; that is, will the market be approaching saturation or expanding faster than our capacity to serve it?

   The forum will consist of invited talks and panel discussions by your esteemed INCOSE colleagues. Ample time will be allotted for facilitated audience participation. Please join us there.
 
  8:30 Introductions
Bill Wells
  8:45 Morning Invited Speaker
Bob Tufts
Learning Systems Engineering
  9:30 Audience Discussion
John Clouet, Facilitator
  10:15 Break
  10:30 Panel Discussion
Dennis Buede, Chair,
Terry Bahill, Phil Brown,
& Wolt Fabrycky
INCOSE Membership in ABET: Pros and Cons
  11:15 Audience Discussion
  12:00 Lunch on-site
  1:00 Afternoon Invited Speaker
John Boardman
Human Activity Networks
  2:00 Audience Discussion
Allen Fairbairn, Facilitator
  2:30 Break
  2:45 Panel Discussion
Jack Ring, Chair, David Wright, Steve Krane, Wayne Wymore, Rod Belcher
Is SE Evolving Fast Enough?
  3:30 Audience Discussion
  4:15 Wrap-Up
Donna Rhodes
  4:30 Adjournment

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS:

Academic Forum Chair William R. Wells
USA Tel: 702 895 1369   Fax 702 895 3936
E-mail: wcube@egr.unlv.edu