Monday, 23rd September Systems Engineering Test & Evaluation Conference 2024

This fireside chat will explore the state of Australia’s renewable energy infrastructure and the intent to approach ‘Net Zero’ from a systems perspective. Covering the full energy life cycle from generation to storage to transmission and consumption, it will also delve into social impacts and social license. Clearly a controversial topic in the current political clime… this discussion will bring facts to the fore, and focus on the science behind technologies such as electrification, grid-scale battery deployment and offshore wind that are likely to play a big part in Australia’s near term future.   Speakers include: Sam Evans (“Electric Viking” YouTube channel), Rosemary Barnes PhD (Consultant in clean energy technology | “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel), Erika Palmer PhD (INCOSE Director Technical Services & Products), Bart van Luling (Co-Owner Dutch Boosting Group). Hosted by Thomas Manley (SESA Technical Director)

• Is the Journey to the End of the Rainbow a Minimal Viable Capability (MVC)? - Kerry Lunney
• The Importance of Open Standards and Architectures for Integrated Digital Engineering Capabilities - JORDAN MARSHALL

• Taming the Complexity in Australia’s Nexus Infrastructure of Energy, Water, and Hydrogen:  A Reference Architecture - Amro Farid
• Transitioning to Net-Zero - a State-of-the-System Analysis - Thomas Manley
• An Austere Digital Engineering Approach for Energy Decarbonisation - Mark H Unewisse

• Aligning System Engineering and Cyber Security Architecture using the SABSA Framework - Bruce Large
• Empowering you with ATT&CK+D3FEND. A common language to understand cyber criminals and disrupt the Kill-Chain - Nico Riquelme-Ramirez

• Embracing AI in Digital Engineering: A Holistic Approach to Managing Work, Workforce and Workplace       - René S King

• A Systems Engineering Approach to Transient Analysis of Water Distribution System Using Bentley OpenFlows Hammer - Neil Sipe

https://www.sesa.org.au/news/sete24-paper-exam/

We are pleased to announce that SETE24 will include a INCOSE Knowledge Exam.

The exam will be held on Monday the 23^rd of September at 13:30 AEST at the conference venue, Pullman on the Park, Melbourne.

Registration will close on the 10th of September and will cost 30USD.

Follow the steps below to register:

1. Log in to https://portal.incose.org
2. Click on “Certifications” in the menu banner
3. Select “Register for an Exam”
4. Click on tile for appropriate exam.
5. Click on hyperlink for “Registration” and follow the prompts to complete registration.
   1. Or click on one of the following link after logging into the portal: https://portal.incose.org/integratedEvents/home/23-SEPTEMBER-2024-AUSTRALIA-SETE-24-PAPER-EXAM

To cancel an existing registration please email: sep-exam@incose.net

• Digital Assurance – Using Modelling and Simulation to support Test and Evaluation of Defence Capability - David Knight
• Technical Debt - Dave Gould
• Understanding the Asset-Level Resilience & National-level Sustainability of the American Multi-Modal Energy System - Amro Farid
• T&E for Model Validation to Support Synthetic V&V Outcomes - Jeet Shah

• From I to We, From Vee to Us: A Model for Engineering Systems - David Long
• Beyond Solving the problem right – Solving the right problem - Varun Prakash
• Soft Systems Methodology - Another Layer to the 'V'? - Simon Hutton
• A Systemic Emergent Perspective of the UN SDG's - Jawahar Bhalla

• Applying Model-Based Systems Engineering to transforming power systems - Matthew Bird
• Accelerate Electrification of Mine Operations through a Systems Approach - Nicholas McKenzie
• The view from the bottom – the state of Systems Engineering in Aotearoa New Zealand - Jess Tucker

• Operational Readiness Roadmaps: A Cross-Industry Approach - Monica Dryden
• The Case for Employing MBSE in Early-Stage R&D Projects using Agile Development Approaches - Stephen Cook
• Aligning Strategy, Research, and System Development, Leveraging Model-Based Systems Engineering Techniques - Photi Karagiannis

AI techniques offer new opportunities to automate aspects of the engineering lifecycle that have been resistant to automation: from RFP/RFQs and requirements through to designs, tests, implementation, planning, and all aspects of validation and verification (V&V). A significant wave of customer interest opens new opportunities for product vendors and engineers to develop specific AI-powered offerings and features in the engineering space. Such aspects could be:

• As a systems engineer (or test developer, or tester) I want a summary of what has changed between two versions of my system, so that I can determine what work I need to do now.
• As a systems engineer working on a RFP, I want a summary of what is different between the set of requirements in front of me now compared to a product or product variant we developed in the past, so that we can determine what new development will will need to do and thus can prepare our RFP response more quickly and accurately.
• As a systems engineer working on a RFP, I want to know if any of my customers’ requirements need to be clarified, so that I can more quickly get to a good set of stakeholder requirements on which to base my RFP analysis and response.
• As a requirement engineer, I want to have a list of all requirements who have a potential impact on a particular characteristic (like weight, emissions, cost).
• As a Systems Engineer, I want have a summary of all signal names mentioned within the module.
• As a requirements engineer, I need to compare two modules, so i can see duplicate, conflicting or changed requirements.
• As a systems engineer I want AI to propose missing traceability between two levels of requirements (or between requirements and tests) so that I can complete my traceability web faster and more accurately.
• As a Tester, I want to know where there are gaps in the test coverage

This presentation will show only a few of these usecases, realized using IBM’s Engineering Lifecycle Management, watsonx and large language models, and will indicate what kind of efficiency improvements can be expected.

Speaker: Andreas Gschwind, Senior Solution Engineer, Sustainability Software - Complex Engineering, IBM Technology Asia Pacific

This panel will explore the transformative potential of applying systems engineering principles to the 21 sector. As 21 continues to face complex challenges, including resource constraints, rising costs, and the need for digital transformation, systems engineering offers a framework to improve efficiency, enhance patient safety, and optimize outcomes. Our discussion will feature leading experts from both fields who will examine case studies demonstrating successful integrations and discuss methodologies that can be adapted for various 21 settings. Attendees will gain insights into leveraging systems engineering tools such as process optimization, risk management, and technology integration to address pressing 21 issues, paving the way for a more resilient and effective 21 system.

Speaker: Prof Bohdan Oppenheim

Recent global events have impacted society at all levels, highlighting vulnerabilities and the criticality of applying systems approaches in dealing with societal challenges holistically. Short-term part-focused, and largely reactive approaches have been perceived to provide temporary relief, but consistently result in longer term emergent unintended outcomes that negatively impact on society.
This second plenary panel will continue the approach of a ìfire-side chatî to explore some of the approaches applied and experienced in recent times to deal with societal challenges. The intent is to attempt to understand the context and motivation that drove the approaches applied, as emergent outcomes in themselves. The discussion will apply a systems, data and human approach, touching on topics that may come across as controversial, with the intent to catalyse discussion and reflection, for a better world through systems approaches and of systemic leadership.
It will start with a brief opening statement from each panellist sharing personal experiences and lessons learned, to set the scene for a robust open forum discussion. The expectation is that core themes will emerge on things done well and not so well, and how we may learn from these towards better informing and preparing ourselves for the times ahead.

Michael Hall (SESA Victoria Branch Heath Lead), Jawahar Bhalla (SESA President), Philip Swadling (SimAust Chair), Moderated by Andrew Madry (SESA Healthcare Lead)