1. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 1 2007 Program Theme Systems Engineering Practices in Industry Emphasis - Systems Engineering Interaction with Other Disciplines

2. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 2 Tonights Agenda 6:15 PMRegistration, Networking & Pizza 6:45 PMChapter Meeting and Introductions – Elliot Abrons 7:00 PMComplexity in Systems of Systems – Eric Honour 8:00 PMQuestions 8:30 PMAdjourn

3. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 3 Meeting Calendar A note on attendance National Events Chapter Organization Chapter Web Site Chapter Meeting

4. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 4 Why sign in? 1. For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. We will continue offering an incentive. 2. For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events IF YOU WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!! Attendance SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST!

5. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 5 25 January - Eaton Corporations Hydraulics Operations and the current landscape in system engineering Eaton Hydraulics 15 February - Spintronics and GMR NVE at Goodrich 15 March - Research Management in High Tech Companies University of Minnesota 12 April - Risk Management Best Practices General Dynamics 10 May - Review/Dry Run of INCOSE Symposium Papers University of St Thomas 14 June – Special Meeting - Complexity in Systems of Systems General Dynamics 2007 Meeting Calendar

6. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 6 24-28 June – INCOSE Symposium San Diego, CA 12 July - Summer Social, Including Dinner and Brewery Tour Great Waters Brewing Co., St Paul 9 August - Systems Engineering Standards Lockheed Martin 13 September - Company Tour Electric Machinery Corp. 11 October - Systems Engineering Certification ATK 8 November - Joint Meeting with IEEE Habitat for Humanity Offices 13 December - Annual Holiday Party Place To Be Announced 2007 Meeting Calendar

7. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 7 2007 International Events Details online @http://www.incose.org June 24 - 28, 2007 INCOSE International Symposium (San Diego) September 24-27, 2007 Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA) Systems Engineering/Test & Evaluation (SETE) Annual Conference (Sydney) October 17 - 19, 2007 15th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (New Delhi) October 28 - November 2, 2007 SE of Complex systems Conference (Boston)

8. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 8 Meeting Venues Defense Contractors are being required to be more rigorous in their process for approving and allowing foreign nationals access to their plant. Results in extra costs for Contractor, i.e., advance verifications, guards on over-time, etc. Results in need for longer advance notices of an individuals intention to attend, which because of timing may preclude our foreign national members and colleagues from attending. We are looking for additional meeting locations where we can hold meetings and not face the long notification lead times we now have. If you have any suggestions please contact: elliot.abrons@earthlink.net or jpalmer@usfamily.net elliot.abrons@earthlink.net

9. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 9 2007 Organization INCOSE Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold Contacts for Technical Activities President Elliot Abrons Secretary Peter Lucking Treasurer Ed Anderson Dir. Industry John Palmer President Elect Doug Dasgupta Past President Bob Hunter Communication Eileen Arnold Dir. Acad/Govt Neill Radke North Star Leadership Contact Paul Maggitti or Eileen Arnold Systems Science SE Technical Process Architecture SE Management Process Requirements Risk SE Support Processes Measurement Modeling & Tools Specialty Engineering Application Sectors INCOSE Member Board Paul Maggitti

10. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter 10 Communication North Star Chapter Web Site hosted on INCOSE server: www.incose.org/northstar North Star Newsletter – The Integrator

11. Chapter Overview 14 June 2007 North Star Chapter Guest Speaker Eric Honour Eric Honour has been in international leadership of the engineering of systems for over a decade, part of a 38-year career of complex systems development and operation. His energetic and informative presentation style actively involves class participants. He was the founding Chair of the INCOSE Technical Board in 1994, was elected to INCOSE President for 1997, and continued as Director of the Systems Engineering Center of Excellence (SECOE). He was selected in 2000 for Whos Who in Science and Technology and in 2004 as an INCOSE Founder. He is on the editorial board for Systems Engineering. He has been a systems engineer, engineering manager, and program manager at Harris Information Systems, E-Systems Melpar, and Singer Link, preceded by nine years as a US Naval Officer flying P-3 aircraft. He has led or contributed to the development of 17 major systems, including the Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation systems, the Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System, the National Crime Information Center 2000, and the DDC1200 Digital Zone Control system for heating and air conditioning. Mr. Hon our now heads Honourcode, Inc., a consulting firm offering effective methods in the development of system products. Mr. Honour has a BSSE (Systems Engineering) from the US Naval Academy and MSEE from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is now a doctoral candidate with the University of South Australia based on his research to quantify the return on investment of systems engineering.