11 November: Day 1
Your full admission to the Conference includes participation in the Workshop sponsored by our Gold Sponsor, Dassault Systems, as well as lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
8:00-10:00am — SEP Exam
(Offsite - separate registration through INCOSE required. Click here to read more about paper exams.)
9:30 Check-in Opens
9:30-10:00: Coffee / Tea
10:00-12:00: Workshop (Dassault Systems)
Charting the Course to MBSE and Digital Engineering Adoption in New Zealand
12:00-12:45: Networking Lunch
12:45-12:50 Welcome
12:50-1:20 Keynote
1:20-3:20 Technical Session 1
Presentations 1-4
3:20-3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30-3:45 Gold Sponsor Address
3:45-5:50 Technical Session 2
Presentations 5-9
Closing Remarks
6:00-8:00 Networking Event
12 November: Day 2
Your full admission to the Conference includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
8:30 Check-in Opens
8:30-9:00: Coffee / Tea
9:00-9:10 Welcome
9:10-9:40 Keynote
9:40-10:40 Technical Session 3
Presentations 10-11
10:40-11:10: Morning Tea
11:10-12:40 Technical Session 4
Presentations 12-14
12:40-1:30: Networking Lunch
1:30-3:00 Technical Session 5
Presentations 15-17
3:00-3:25: Afternoon Tea
3:25-4:55 Technical Session 6
Presentations 18-20
Closing Remarks
| Presentation | Title | Presenter | Co-Authors |
| 1 | Dealing with Uncertainty: Enhancing Decision-Making and Resilience in Complex Systems | Laurence Scott Bowman, Synchrony Projects | |
| 2 | Client challenges introducing SE on large projects | Russell McMullan, City Rail Link Ltd | Steve Dennehy, Aurecon |
| 3 | City Rail Link - Safety Case Variation using Goal Structuring Notation | Steven Wallace, Shoal Group Pty | Christian Parra-John, KiwiRail |
| 4 | Integrating Railway Safety Standards with Systems Engineering Philosophy | Paul Dickinson, Link Alliance | |
| 5 | Design Process for a Novel Tunnel Intrusion Warning System for the City Rail Link (CRL) | Luke Fischer, Link Alliance (WSP) | Cris Braganza, Link Alliance (Vinci Grands Projets) Steve Dennehy, Link Alliance (Aurecon) |
| 6 | Small Junction, Big Tests: Testing of Newmarket Junction | Nathan King, Aurecon | |
| 7 | Effectively communicating SE performance metrics to a non-SE audience on the City Rail Link project | Ryan O'Donohue, WSP | |
| 8 | Enhancing Project Outcomes with Mid‑Project Requirements Management | Celia Fernandes, Beca | |
| 9 | Elevating Requirements Reviews with AI: Streamlining Efficiency and Quality | Jos Spaans, Beca | Nathan Pages, Beca Sidhant Raje, Beca Jessica Tucker, Beca |
| 10 | Accelerating Innovation with Integrated MBSE: From Early Design to System Validation | Ruth-Anne Marchant, MathWorks Australia | |
| 11 | Lean Systems Engineering in Aotearoa: A Case Study in MBSE | Nick Pickering, University of Waikato/TD> | |
| 12 | Case Study of SOFIA Operations: How V&V And Science Observations Were Paired Before And After FOC | Karina Leppik, Vela Science | |
| 13 | The Not-So-Odd Couple - How HF And SE Integrate to Deliver Usable Capability | Jenny Lancaster, Aurecon | Janelle Aitken, Aurecon |
| 14 | Spacecraft operations internships from a systems engineering context | Mahima Fisher, University of Auckland | |
| 15 | A Golden Thread Through New Zealand Business Case Development | Karim Nazli, WSP | John Welford, WSP Steve Dennehy, Aurecon Sam Jones, Cubic Transportation Systems Henissa Tong, Air New Zealand Smriti Nair, New Zealand Defence Force |
| 16 | Distributed Continuous Value Assessment: A System For Prioritising NZDF's Digital Work | Ben Robert Morton, NZDF | |
| 17 | The application of ISO 29148 to requirements in NZ infrastructure projects | John Welford, WSP | |
| 18 | An energy systems model of New Zealand emphasizing solar power integration | Phillippe Bruneau, University of Canterbury | "Dirk Pons, University of Canterbury Patrick Sheperd, University of Canterbury Alan Wood, University of Canterbury |
| 19 | The role of standards and specifications in a complex transport systems engineering environment | Russell Pinchen, Waka Kotahi [New Zealand Transport Agency] | |
| 20 | Right-Sizing' Systems Engineering for New Zealand Projects | Steven Wallace, Shoal Group Pty | John Welford, WSP |