Mr. Jolley has a wealth of experience developing large, complex systems. We're very pleased to have such very experienced system engineer address the Canadian SE community.
Check out our conference page for details.
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We' ve confirmed that Stuart Jolley, Chief Engineer for General Dynamics Canada, will address the challenges associated with building large systems in terms of stability of requirements, technological complexity, obtaining and retaining required competencies, and cost and schedule issues, when the primary client is the government and industry.
Mr. Jolley has a wealth of experience developing large, complex systems. We're very pleased to have such very experienced system engineer address the Canadian SE community. Check out our conference page for details.
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We've confirmed that Dr. Judith Dahmann, principal senior systems engineer in the MITRE Corporation Systems Engineering Technical Center, will be our keynote speaker at the INCOSE Canada 2014 Conference. In her current role, she supports the Office of the Director of Systems Engineering in the US DOD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. We're very proud to have her speak on the current activities of the INCOSE Systems of Systems (SoS) Working Group. It's a great opportunity to learn more about the challenges of SoS design and some of the recommended practices. Check out our conference page for details. We're in the early stages of lining up presenters, venue and sponsors for a fall systems engineering conference. We're planning presentations on SE's role in Canada's academic, industry and government venues. If you're interested in helping to organize and run the conference, give us a shout. Volunteers are always welcome. UPDATE: We've confirmed the conference will be held in Ottawa on the afternoon of 15 November, 2014. Unmanned air vehicles have wide possible applications outside of military uses. Balfour Beatty is considering how they might be used in construction projects. Construction sites are one of those areas where it's hard to apply robotics. Robots are easy to apply to stable, well understood environments (factories, offices), but in the constantly changing landscape of construction they face challenges. That's why construction projects have relied on heavy machines like cranes and backhoes to do the heavy labour. But if you could free robots from the ground? What new approaches become possible?
The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to permit commercial use of drones, but that is likely to change. From a systems engineering perspective, use of drones opens new possibilities for new tools and new systems that go far beyond a simple camera in the air. On November 20th, the Ottawa Chapter of PEO will be hosting the Fall instalment of the New Member's Certificate Ceremony which will include a keynote speech on Engineering Skills Shortage: Fact or Fiction, presented by Paul Acchione, P.Eng., current Chair of the Ontario Society for Professional Engineers (OSPE), an advocacy association for Ontario engineers.
This ceremony is open to the general PEO membership. You can order your ticket using this Eventbrite link: http://ottawapeo-newmember-nov20.eventbrite.ca/ before Nov 15, 2013. Please register under prompt #4 for General PEO/OSPE members. Location: Canada Science & Technology Museum, 1867 St. Laurent Blvd. Date: Wednesday November 20, 2013 Parking: The Museum charges $6.00 for parking. Charge: For regular PEO and/or OSPE members: $6.00 Time: Sign-in & networking starts at 6:00pm. The presentation and ceremony starts at 7 PM. Dress: Business casual Agenda: 6:00 – 7:00pm – Sign-in & Networking 7:00 – 7:15pm – Welcome message from Ottawa Chapter Chair and special guests 7:15 – 7:45pm – Certificate Distribution to New Members and Group photos 7:45 – 8:00pm – Break (coffee/snacks will be provided) 8:00 – 9:00pm – Keynote speech - Engineering Skills Shortage, Fact or Fiction 9:00 – 9:15pm – Questions and adjournment We had a very successful conference on the 28th of September and are please to be able to provide the presenter's slides to attendees. The slides are available from our website under the Past Presentations page. We were also able to create a complete video of the presentations, which will become available later this month. If you're interested in obtaining a copy of the video contact us and we'll be happy to arrange it.
On September 18, 2013 (11:00-12:00 EDT) INCOSE will be hosting a Webinar on "Agile Systems and Processes: Driving Agile Architecture with ConOps and Response Situation Analysis (Agile 102)". If you're a member of INCOSE you can get the details at https://www.incose.org/forum/index.cfm?page=forum&forumID=8. (Sorry INCOSE members only!)
The one thing everyone will agree on is that the program to replace the Canadian Seakings with the Cyclone helicopter has been a difficult one. One that, according to the CBC, now needs to be re-scoped by changing the project's structure, specifications and delivery approach. There is lots of room for finger pointing, but from a systems engineering perspective we should begin thinking about how we can learn from that experience and avoid it on our own projects. Luckily the CBC's story has the Hitachi Consulting recommendations attached. It's good reading for anyone who is or will be working on large complex projects. (link)
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