2002 UK Spring Symposium
8 to 10 April 2002 at Maldon, Essex

Since the terrible events of 11 Sep 01, the world has faced a much more uncertain future.  Routine travel throughout the world by air, which has hitherto been taken for granted, has become a major source of concern.  This has not only caused a major re-assessment of the security and safety of air travel, but the certainties surrounding many other aspects of our ever-more interconnected life have been called into question.  A number of recent public inquiries into major incidents have referred to a failure of systems as a prime contributory factor.

In getting to the root of these kinds of issues we need to take into account all dimensions of the problem – people, both operators and customers, technology, organisation, environment etc – in other words, the kind of holistic approach that Systems Engineering is well placed to provide.  The Spring Symposium for 2002 will therefore have as its theme “Triple SE” – Safe and Secure Systems Engineering.  The following indicate the kind of subjects that members might wish to address.

• Transport safety – air and rail in recent memory, but also road and sea

• Equipment safety – increasing awareness of safety issues at work and in domestic settings, MOD equipment safety cases

• Environmental safety – oil and gas exploration, nuclear waste, foot and mouth cattle disposal

• Electronic security – electronic banking, e-business and the internet, encryption, electronic signatures, information warfare, viruses

• Balance between freedom and openness, and security – cheap, accessible travel versus safety and security, open access to information versus information security and need-to-know protection

• Inter-connectivity and its vulnerabilities – lean supply chains, the petrol strikes, supermarket supply systems

 We plan to follow the successful format of previous years for this event.  Monday 8 April will be devoted to tutorials – both full day and half day.  Papers will be presented on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 Apr in a number of themed tracks.  There will be a dinner on the Tuesday evening.

Programme

Monday 8th April - Tutorials

• Tutorial 1 - An Introduction to UML for Systems Engineering
• Tutorial 2 - Requirements Engineering: a Generic Process
• Tutorial 3 - Real-Time UML for Systems Engineers
• Tutorial 4 - Using Requirements Engineering Principles to Derive Safety Requirements
• Tutorial 5 - Structures & Practice for Evolving Safe & Secure Systems

Tuesday 9th April - Conference Session 1

• Keynote Papers
• Safety Process
• Human Factors
• Transportation

• Symposium Dinner

Wednesday 10th April - Conference Session 2

• Safety and the UML
• Requirements Management
• Tool Vendors Challenge

Administration

Proceedings.    A copy of the conference proceedings on CD ROM will be provided to attendees.

Handbook.     A conference handbook including the final programme, list of attendees and other useful information will be provided to delegates.

Venue

The Five Lakes Hotel, Golf, Country Club & Spa in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex. 

Primary Contacts

• Chair : Colonel David Wright, E-mail: 
• Exhibits : Martin Testo, E-mail: .
• Tutorials : Peter Lister, E-mail: .
• Administration and Questions : John Mead, tel: 01344 422325 or e-mail:
• For information directly related to your registration please contact the Support Shop on 01344 485111 or Fax  01344 484830.

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Last Updated: 26 April, 2002