General Information

Program Management Assistance Group Symposium

Relentless Pursuit of Integrated Program Management Excellence

PMAG Symposium: February 9-10, 2010
Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.

Vendor Exposition: Concurrent with the Symposium

Networking Social: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Renaissance Hotel

The PMAG Symposium provides a forum for acquisition project engineers, project officers, control account managers, project managers, and program managers from government and industry to collaborate with their peers through presentations, workshops, and panel discussions on issues and solutions related to Integrated Program Management. The special focus of this year’s symposium will be on proven application-oriented program management practices. Sessions will address methodologies, applications, and lessons learned.

Keynote Speakers include:

Lt. Gen. John “Tom” Sheridan, Commander, Space & Missile Systems Center,
Los Angeles Air Force Base

Douglas Loverro, Executive Director, Space & Missile Systems Center, USAF

Dr. Wanda Austin, President and CEO, The Aerospace Corporation

Blaise Durante, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

Lt. Gen. Mark D. Shackelford, Military Deputy,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

Rebecca Davies, Director, Air Force Program Management and Acquisition Excellence, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

Session topics include:

• Integrated Program Assurance
• Collaboration between Government and Industry in Acquisition Program Management
• Integrated Technical, Cost, and Schedule Baselines Assessment
• Program Management Challenges in Space Software Systems
• Integrated Program Risk Assessment

Breakout Session topics include:

• Integrated Master Plan Formulation
• Control Account Manager Notebook Evaluation
• Integrated Baseline Review – Planning, Execution, and Evaluation
• Program Start-up/Transition Assistance
• Knowledge-Based Technical Management
• Cost Risk Analysis

Industry Perspectives Breakout Sessions include presentations from the following corporate sponsors:

• AT Kearney
• The Boeing Company
• BTAS
• Lockheed Martin Company
• MCR
• Northrop Grumman
• Tecolote Research Inc.

* See 2010 Program for a complete schedule.

General Chairman:

• Col. Mun H. Kwon (ret.), Mun.kwon@losangeles.af.mil
• Dr. David. L. Wang, david.l.wang@aero.org

For further information, contact the Aerospace Conference Registration Desk at 310-336-6805, or via e-mail at Conf-Reg@aero.org.

Sponsoring organization: The Aerospace Corporation.