Abstract: Technology never waits for the slow to adapt, and it is particularly ruthless to those who profess to use technology but refuse to adapt their methods, techniques, and processes.  Throughout modern history, rapid advances in technology have presented fantastic new opportunities usually accompanied by fantastic new risks.  At no other time than now has this fact been more ominous. The relentless advance of Artificial Intelligence and the emergence of 5th Generation communications, combined with the aging/crumbling existing infrastructure present a most formidable triple threat to Systems Engineering and its practitioners.  The survivability of the profession depends upon a systems engineering vision that will meet this triple threat.

Speaker: Mark Evans, MSEE, MS National Strategy, and ASEP, is the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter’s President for 2020. He has always been passionate about Systems Engineering and Continuing Education. In a 40+ year engineering career, he began as an engineering co-op student chemically analyzing moon rocks from Apollo 11 and finished as the Senior Executive leading NSA’s Enterprise Architecture and Systems Engineering Group. He has a wide range of engineering experience designing and building large cryptologic processing systems and creating patentable, classified, integrated circuit designs. Mark Evans was often at the forefront of systems engineering and the advances and benefits it produced for National Security.

Menu: Braised Beef Stew with carrots, potatoes and celery in a rich burgundy wine brown sauce over a savory biscuit. Vegetable du jour, Garden Salad Rolls and Butter, Dessert Cakes including a small fruit plate, Iced Tea, Water, Coffee

Dinner Cost:   Guests: $25;  INCOSE members: $20 

The Registration Cost is for dinner only.  The Lecture is open to all at no cost and begins at 7 pm.

Door Prize:  Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom