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"Systems Engineering: Bridging Industry, Government, and Academia" provides the theme for authors to address the wider scope of Systems Engineering and it's applications in the rapid turnaround, performance driven commercial world, as well as in academia and the traditional government contract business. All types of papers will be considered, including case studies, developmental work and technical analysis. Papers will be judged on a range of parameters including clarity of expression, effective communication of ideas, and technical content. Papers must be submitted in English, the official language of the INCOSE 2005 Symposium.

Areas of Special Interest are:

"Leadership/Executive Management
Co-development Environment
Metrics and Assessment
Innovative use of Information Technology
Disruptive Technologies
SE's Role in the Consumer Product Market

Public Health/Safety Applications
Systems Engineering Research
Software Engineering
Earth Systems Engineering
Integrating Systems
Systems Engineering: Commercial vs. DOD

Human Factors/Systems Interfacing Issues
Space Systems Design
Defense Applications
Nanotechnology Applications
Acquisition Processes

The INCOSE Draft Paper Template should be used to prepare a close to final draft papers of between 4 and 8 pages (including graphics). The Draft Paper and completed Submission Form shall be submitted in electronic form, via e-mail, or disk. For format and address details can be found on the INCOSE 2005 website: http://www.incose.org/symp2005 for further details. The Technical chair or representative may contact successful authors with further comments, intended to fit them with the other successful papers into the developing session and track themes. Joint authors must nominate a single point of contact. Papers will be published in the CD Proceedings of the Symposium.