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News
International Symposium: Update As we are
not having a Spring Conference this year, to keep people’s diaries clear
for the International Symposium, INCOSE UK will keep giving you regular
updates on the event in Holland.
Within
the IS08 theme of “Systems Engineering for the Planet”, specific
sub-themes that focus on the application of engineering in complex
consumer and industrial systems, transportation, water management and
embedded systems have been announced. These special tracks include
specific paper presentations, an off-site tour and a concluding panel
discussion. The presentations will be given by experts from Europe,
America, Asia and Australia. The paper presentations will cover innovation
in architecture, risk and requirement management, process improvement,
cost and value engineering of electric, electronic, aerospace and defence
and other well known sectors. Details of the program and registration
details can be found on the conference website
www.incose.org/symp2008.
See also the IS08 Press Release, 24 April 2008:
Balanced engineering
solution for the planet - Tracks on Water Management and embedded Systems
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INCOSE in the News. Following the
recent “interesting times” at Heathrow Terminal 5, BBC’s Newsnight ran a
feature on the difficulties inherent in building large complex systems.
BBC contacted INCOSE and asked for an expert to join Heinz Wolff and talk
to Gavin Essler as part of the feature. Allen Fairbairn responded to the
request and took part in an interesting discussion. The programme is
available on BBC’s iPlayer for the next few days:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b009ny9v.shtml (wind forward to
18 mins 25 seconds for the start of the article). Well done Allen for
making himself available at short notice and flying the SE flag.
INCOSE UK Continues to Grow in Strength.
New heights have been reached for individual membership as we recently
sailed through 700 members. In addition, the formal signing of AWE on
March 18th brings UKAB membership up to a total of 22.
Keep Your Membership Details Up-To-Date.
If we have incorrect contact details for you on the Central Database it is
possible for you to correct them yourself. Follow the Update Your Member
Record link from the list of member resources on the right side of Connect
(direct link is
https://www.incose.org/membersOnly/memberInfo/updateMemberInfo.cfm),
you will see your complete record and you can change any contact
information. To ensure that you do not miss out on any UK distribution
please also let the UK administrator know (john.mead@incose.org).
Forthcoming Events:
Please see the Events page.
Older Items
of Interest
UK Advisory Board
Continues to Grow. The UK Advisory Board provides advice to the
INCOSE UK Board on the practice, dissemination, training, accreditation
and advancement of Systems Engineering within UK Industry and academia.
The UKAB has grown dramatically during the past year, with 20 companies
represented. Recent members include
Halcrow, Horizon, GCHQ, Vega Group, The Salamander
Organisation and The University of Bristol.
The
Guide to Competency Evaluation (Word) document is now available for
download. Please see the Products
page for the competency framework and other guides such as the
One Page Guides to
Systems Engineering.
Reach out to over 700 Systems Engineers - Advertise
in Preview and ePreview. Preview and ePreview are sent to every
INCOSE UK Member. Copies are often made available at local group events,
and an electronic copy can be downloaded by visitors to our web site. Each
edition will be read by over 500 systems engineering professionals, giving a
unique path to a clearly defined market segment. You can benefit from this
exposure by advertising your company, product or service in Preview and
ePreview, for as little as £250 for a full page colour advertisement in
Preview, or £300 for a paragraph and link in ePreview. For further details,
and special member rates, contact our Administrator, John Mead, at john.mead@incose.org.
INCOSE ENHANCES CAREER
SERVICES INCOSE has partnered with JobTarget to
deliver a full-featured job site developed explicitly for the systems
engineering community. Individuals can post their resume free of charge
and create personal alerts so that they are notified when opportunities
are available. Employers can search the resume database and post job
openings. You are all encouraged to use this benefit - details are at
http://www.incose.org/newsevents/news/details.aspx?id=96, and at
http://jobsconnection.incose.org/.
INCOSE CONNECT DEPLOYED FOR
ALL CURRENT MEMBERS. INCOSE Connect
is the new home to the INCOSE product area. All members who have
renewed for 2007/2008 should have received login information. This login
will be your key to INCOSE Connect as well as many other online
resources set for release over the next few months: a threaded
discussion forum, IPAL (Product Asset Library), and IPUB (publications
database). The Members Only Area on the website has been retired. Renew your membership NOW to enjoy these
benefits!DELIVERING ONLINE ACCESS TO
INCOSE PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of the many INCOSE
symposia and conference hold a wealth of knowledge and comprise a key
resource for the systems community. IPUB, INCOSE's online publications
database, provides online access to this resource. You can now search for
a paper using the author’s name, a keyword in the title or abstract, or
the year - all you need is your INCOSE Connect account. Details:
http://www.incose.org/newsevents/news/details.aspx?id=97. |