St. Mary’s College open to the public Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia will be hosting what looks like a pannel discussion on fracking in the Chesapeake.  The speakers anounced are: Drew Cobbs, American Petroleum Institute, Doug Duncan, US Geological Survey and Guy Alsentzer, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper.  Fracking in the Chesapeake would have significant System ENgineering implications so this should be of interest to Southern Maryland Chapter members.  The meeting is Co-Sponsored with the Center for Democracy &  the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association

It is free but seating is limited. The time is 5:30PM to 6:30. The talk is in:
St. Marys Hall on the St. Mary’s College campus,
St. Mary’s City, MD 20686

St. Mary’s College open to the public Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia will be hosting Dr. Eric Smith of NASA who will be speaking about the James Webb space telescope. It is a very complex system and should be of interest to Southern Maryland Chapter members. It is free but seating is limited. The time is 4:40 to about 6PM. The talk is in:
Schaefer Hall lecture room 106,
18952 E. Fisher Rd
St. Mary’s City, MD 20686

John Thomas President of INCOSE

Welcome by John Thomas Dear Colleagues, Next year the 23rd Annual INCOSE International Symposium returns to the USA to Philadelphia. The dates are 24-27 June, 2013, so mark your calendars now! We look forward to attracting participants from our global community and anticipate record breaking attendance which will create additional networking and learning opportunities throughout the week. The call for papers is posted and everyone is invited to submit a draft paper by the deadline 8th November, 2012. We are looking for examples of the diversity of SE applications, experiences from real systems engineers, and research reports from our academic community. We also hope to capitalize on our proximity to the PMI national headquarters to further strengthen our cooperative efforts. I look forward to welcoming you to one of the oldest American cities next year – please join me! John Thomas President

I have posted the link to Dr. Claude Laporte ‘s You Tube video introduction to ISO/IEC29110 on the VSME site.

This may be of interest to the Southern Maryland Chapter.

FYI, the url is listed here also – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viP7WLaFC8E

Warmest regards,

Ken