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October 16 – 18, 2012

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Supply Chain 2012

6th Annual NASA Supply Chain Quality Assurance Conference

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Greenbelt, MD

The conference includes two full days of speakers and panel sessions (October 16-17th), the evening Space Industry Supplier Social (October 16th) along with a guided tour of GSFC facilities (October 18th).

The 2012 conference theme is Managing Successful, Affordable Space Missions. The conference is co-chaired by Judith Bruner, Director of GSFC’s Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate and Dennis Andrucyk, Director of GSFC’s Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate.

Conference participants may sign-up for the Guided GSFC Tour offered during the morning of October 18th when registering for the conference. Please note the Tour is currently full. Those selecting the tour when registering for the conference will be placed on a waiting list and will be contacted by the Tour Leader, Charles Kim if space becomes available.

Don’t delay registering! Space for the conference sessions (Goett auditorium located on the GSFC Greenbelt campus) is limited. There are no fees for attending the conference sessions or the tour.

 

October 16th

TIME DESCRIPTION PRESENTERS
7:00am Visitor Badging (GSFC Visitor Center/Building 88) and Conference Check-In (Building 3 Goett Auditorium)*
8:30am Welcome and Conference Overview Cindy Mead, Chief, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
8:45am Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs Judith N. Bruner, Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Dennis J. Andrucyk, Director, Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, NASA GSFC
9:10am NASA Goddard’s Outlook Christopher J. Scolese, Director, NASA GSFC
9:50am Balancing Performance, Quality and Cost in Commercial Space Flight Projects Frank DeMauro,Vice President and COTS/CRS Program Director, Advanced Programs Group, Orbital Sciences Corporation
10:40am Networking Break*  
11:10am Science Programs at NASA Goddard Nicholas White, Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA GSFC
12:00pm Lunch Break (see listing of local lunch options)
1:10pm NASA Safety & Mission Assurance Strategy Thomas D. Whitmeyer, Deputy Chief, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, NASA Headquarters
1:50pm Quality Assurance for Smaller Suppliers Brian Hughitt, Manager of Quality Assurance, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, NASA Headquarters
2:20pm Panel Session: Industry Trends and Best Practices in Quality Management Panel Chair: Cindy Mead, Chief, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC Panelists: - Kevin Beard, President, NQA, USA - Kimberly Spurlock, President & CEO, Qual-Tech, Inc. -Kimberly Cranford, Section Supervisor, Quality Management System Support and Training, Space Department, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
3:20pm Networking Break*  
3:40pm Lessons Learned in Quality Assurance from the Space Shuttle Program - Russ Deloach, Deputy Director, Safety and Mission Assurance, NASA Kennedy Space Center - Keith W. Jones, Project Manager, Supplier Quality and Mission Assurance, United Space Alliance Aerospace Services
4:15pm Panel Session: Mission Assurance Challenges in Space Flight Projects Panel Chair: Jonathan Root, Senior Supply Chain Manager, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC Panelists: Sherri Fike, Vice President, Mission Assurance, Ball Aerospace & Technology Corporation - Regina Palmer, Quality Assurance Director, Sensing and Exploration Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company - Vernon (Bill) Wessel, Vice President, ARES Corporation
5:20pm Adjourn for the Day  
5:30pm Space Industry Supplier Social (Location: local venue TBD)*

 

 

 

October 17thTIME

TIME DESCRIPTION PRESENTERS
7:00am Conference Check-In (Building 3 Goett Auditorium)*
8:15am Today’s Agenda Dave Campbell, Deputy Chief, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
8:30am GSFC Supplier Assessments:Analysis and Approach Brenda Brunello, Lead Auditor, NASA Audits, Assessments, and Assurance (A3) Services, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc.- Jonathan Root, Senior Supply Chain Manager, Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
9:00am Mission Assurance Requirements for Space Flight Projects Michael Kelly, Chief, Mission Support Division, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
9:30am Panel Session:Project Management and Product Quality in Lean Organizations Panel chair:Joe Radich, Chief Safety and Mission Assurance Officer for the James Webb Space Telescope, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC Panelists: - Theresa Beech, President & Chair of the Board, GMV USA - Greg Laue, Director, Aerospace Products, NeXolve Corporation - Tom Macdonald, Vice President, Aerospace Division, Adcole Corporation
10:40am Networking Break*  
11:00am Demystifying the Rigors of Engineering Critical Software Systems Manuel Maldonado, Chief Engineer, Software Engineering Division, Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, NASA GSFC - Isaac McGinnis, Lead Software Reliability Engineer, Software Assurance Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC
11:35am Deep Dive Survey of Space Industry Suppliers Brad Botwin, Director, Industrial Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce - Ted Bujewski, Chief, Industrial Base and Supply Chain, Management Strategic Analysis and Integration Division, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
12:15pm Lunch Break (see listing of local lunch options)
1:30pm Engineering Standards and Tools Adam West, Program Executive, NASA Technical Standards Program, Office of the Chief Engineer, NASA Headquarters - Maurice O'Connor, Senior Manager, New Business Development, HIS
2:15pm Preventing Supplier Quality Problems Dennis R. Owens, Manager, Defense Systems Quality Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, Lockheed Martin Corporation
2:45pm Networking Break*  
3:05pm Advancing Commercial Space Transportation Pamela A. Melroy, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
3:45pm Panel Session:Role of Suppliers in Achieving Affordable Space Missions Panel Chair: Rick Obenschain , Deputy Director, NASA GSFC Panelists: - Michael L. Donnelly , Project Manager, Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) , NASA GSFC - John Decker, Associate Director, Flight Projects Directorate, NASA GSFC - William A. Wrobel, Director, Wallops Flight Facility, NASA GSFC
4:50pm Closing Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs Judith N. Bruner, Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Dennis J. Andrucyk, Director, Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, NASA GSFC
5:00pm Adjourn Conference  

 

 

 

Bonus Sessions

TIME DESCRIPTION PRESENTERS
5:20 - 6:20pm GSFC Mission Configuration System Demo Nancy Lindsey, Senior Mission Systems Reliability Manager, Reliability and Risk Analysis Branch, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC - Anthony Diventi, Chief, Reliability and Risk Analysis Branch, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC Location: Management Conference Center, Building 8, Room N303
5:20 - 6:20pm Hot Topics in Workmanship Standards for Space Flight Hardware Jeannette Plante, Manager, NASA Workmanship Standards Program, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA GSFC Location: Building 3 Goett Auditorium

 

 

 

October 18th

TIME DESCRIPTION PRESENTERS
9:00am to noon Guided tour of GSFC’s Visitor Center and facilities.Tour begins at the Visitor Center (Building 88). Tour leader is Charles Kim of the Institutional Support Office, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate.

 

* Refreshments available for purchase.

 

 

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