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West Point

Engineering Management: Leadership in Action
12-15 November 2008 West Point, New York

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Colloquium Schedule

  Registration Ballroom Foyer Eisenhower Hall   PhD Academic
(Ball Room 1)
PhD Industry
(Ball Room 2)
MSE
(Ball Room 3)
9:00 - 10:00am Continental Breakfast - Ballroom Foyer
10:00 - 10:15am ASEM BOD '63 Room General Welcome
10:30 - 11:00am Dissertation Process
(Dr. Downing- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)
Graduate Education
(Dr. John Farr- Stevens Institute of Technology)
11:00 - 11:45pm Best Dissertation Panel: Winner Presents Dissertation
(COL Trainor- West Point)
Thesis/Project Presentations
(Dr. Shamsnav Virani)
12:00 - 1:15pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm Teaching:
(Dr. Downing- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)
Uses of PhD in Commercial Industry
(Dr. Sreeram Ramakrishnan- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
Graduate School Process
Dr. Paul Componation, Univesity of Alabama Huntsville
  Break
2:45 - 3:45pm Research:
(Dr. Rafael Landaeta- Old Dominion University)
Uses of PhD in Government
(LTC Kewley - West Point)
Succeeding in Graduate School and Beyond
Walt Tamosaitis
  1500: Plenary Rehearsal Break
4:00 - 4:45pm   Interview and Observation Research Ethics
(John Whittaker- University of Alberta)
Keynote Rehearsal  
5:00 - 7:00pm Board of Director Dinner, Location: (Haig Room, West Point Library)


Thursday, 13 November 2008

7:00 - 8:00am   Special Session: Epsilon Mu Eta Breakfast
('63 Room - COL Trainor)
Continental Breakfast - Ballroom Foyer
8:30 - 10:00am Registration Ballroom Foyer   General Session Guest Speaker: Secretary William Perry (Ballroom 2)
10:15 - 11:45am USMA Tour (Ticketed Event) Track 1, Session 1
Leadership in Engineering Management
Track 2 Session 1
Case Studies in Eng Mgm't
Track 3, Session 1
Best Practices & Benchmarking
Agent Based Modeling
Brian Armstrong
12:00 - 1:45pm Lunch Guest Speaker: Professor John Sterman, MIT - Ike's Café (Ticketed Event)
2:00 - 3:30pm   Track 1, Session 2
Leadership in Engineering Management
Track 2, Session 2
Case Studies in Eng Mgm't
Track 3, Session 2
Best Practices & Benchmarking Quality Systems Improvement
CPM Planning & Scheduling
Fred Plotnick
3:45 - 5:15pm Track 1, Session 3
Leadership in Engineering Management
Track 2, Session 3
Case Studies in Eng Mgm't
Track 3, Session 3
Changing Roles in Gov Organizations
5:15 - 6:00pm   So you want to be the EMJ Editor? Roundtable Discussion.
(Ball Room 1- Tim Kotnour)
Student Session Meet & Greet
(Ball Room 2)
 
6:00 - 7:30pm Welcome Reception: Ike's Café


Friday, 14 November 2008

7:00 - 8:00am   Past President's Breakfast Continental Breakfast - Ballroom Foyer
8:15 - 9:45am Registration Ballroom Foyer 9 A.M. Student Case Competition (Ike's Cafe) (POC: Greg Sedrick) Track 1, Session 4
Leadership in Engineering Management
Track 2, Session 4
EM Education & Training
Track 3, Session 4
Changing Roles in Gov Organizations Enterprise Knowledge & Learning
Enterprise Excellence Tutorial
Forrest Breyfogle
10:15 - 11:45am USMA Tour (Ticketed Event) Track 1, Session 5
Motivation of the Technical Workforce
Track 2, Session 5
EM Education & Training
Track 3, Session 5
Knowledge Worker Productivity
12:00 - 1:45pm Lunch Guest Speaker: Dr. Dave Gabel, Pentagon Renovation & Construction Program Office - Ike's Café(Ticketed Event)
2:00 - 3:30pm   Student Case Competition (POC: Greg Sedrick) Track 1, Session 6
Managing Organizational Change
Track 2, Session 6
EM Education & Training E-Commerce
Track 3, Session 6
Knowledge Worker Productivity
System Dynamcis Tutorial
LTC Dan McCarthy
3:45 - 5:15pm Track 1, Session 7
Managing Organizational Change
Track 2, Session 7
EM Research Proposals
Track 3, Session 7
Lean Enterprise
5:15 - 6:00pm ASEM General Membership Meeting
Willie McFadden
Ball Room 2
 
6:30 - 9:00pm Awards Banquet (Speaker: LTG (Ret) Carl A. Strock) - Ike's Café) - Ike's Café


Saturday, 15 November 2008

7:00 - 7:30am Registration Ballroom Foyer ASEM BOD Meeting - '63 Room
7:30 - 8:00am Fellows' Breakfast
'63 Room
Willie McFadden
Continental Breakfast
Ballroom Foyer
8:15 - 9:45am Track 1,
Session 8
Teamwork for Increased Productivity
Track 2,
Session 8
Innovation and R&D Fields
Track 3,
Session 8
Risk Management
Earned Value & Microsoft Project Tutorials
MAJ Marc Distefano
10:15 - 11:45am Track 1,
Session 9
Technical Project Management & Telecommunications / Telecommuting
Track 2,
Session 9
New Product Development Supply Chain Mgm't
Track 3,
Session 9
Risk Management
Knowledge Worker Team Leadership
Doug Russell
12:00 - 1:45pm   Lunch Guest Speaker: COL Debra Lewis,
Former Commander, Central District, Iraq
Ike's Café (Ticketed Event)


The organized New York City Tour on Saturday has been cancelled, however if you still like to tour New York City here is some information to help plan your day.