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Tuesday December 6 (Day 1)

Welcome & Announcements

John E. Tinsley (No Slides Used)

Director, Mission Support Division

Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, HQ

Conference Orientation

Robert Navarro

Sr. Risk Manager, Risk Management Corporation

Keynote & Special Topics

Risk Management for NASA Programs: Are We Ready for Exploration?

Bryan O’Connor
Chief Safety & Mission Assurance Officer, OSMA, HQ
Former Astronaut

Risk-Informed Decision Making: Successes and Current Challenges

George Apostolakis, PhD
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
and of Engineering Systems, MIT

Special Topics (Continued)

Moderator: Robert Navarro
Risk Management Corporation

The Human System: Enabling Successful Human Exploration
and Mitigating Risk (Very LARGE File,148MB)

Bonnie Dunbar, PhD
Astronaut (Retired) & President and CEO, The Museum of Flight

Lunch Speaker

The Future of Engineering and Risk Management (No slides used)
Chris Scolese
NASA Chief Engineer, HQ

Topic Area 1: NASA Transformation and Engineering Authority

Moderator: Bonnie Dunbar, PhD
Astronaut (Retired) & President and CEO, The Museum of Flight

The Future of Engineering and Risk Management (Continued) (No slides used)
Chris Scolese
NASA Chief Engineer, HQ

Warrant Holder Implementation / Engineering Authority: A Center Perspective

   Back to the Future: JSC Engineering Excellence to Meet the Challenges
    of Human Space Flight
    Mike Conley
    ISS System Warrant Holder & ISS Chief Engineer, JSC

    Engineering Authority: Implementation at Goddard
    Richard Day
    Director, Office of Mission Success, GSFC

Expert Panel: NASA Transformation - How is it Working?

Moderator Slides
Chair: Jeevan Perera, PhD/JD
Risk Manager, Crew Exploration Vehicle, JSC

Panel Members:

    •   Chris Scolese (No Slides Used)
        Chief Engineer, HQ
    •   Steve Poulos (No Slides Used)
        Orbiter Vehicle Manager, JSC
    •   Mike Conley (No Slides Used)
        ISS System Warrant Holder
        & ISS Chief Engineer, JSC
    •   Wayne Frazier
        OSMA/NESC Liaison, HQ
    •   Mark Saunders
        Director, IPAO, HQ
    •   Dave Graham
        PA&E, HQ
    •   John Tinsley (No Slides Used)
        OSMA, HQ

Daily Wrap-up

John E. Tinsley

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Wednesday December 7 (Day 2)

Welcome & Highlights

John E. Tinsley

Keynote

Risk Management: An Astronaut’s Perspective
James M. Kelly, Astronaut (Colonel, USAF)
Pilot STS-114, Return-to-Flight Mission

Topic Area 2: SSP/ISS Accomplishments and Challenges for Implementing NASA’s Changing and Emerging Strategies

Moderator: Michael Lutomski
ISS Risk Manager, JSC

A. Implementation of the Agency Strategies to Support Exploration
    William H. Gerstenmaier
    Associate Administrator for Space Operations, HQ

B. Managing Space Shuttle Program Risk for Return to Flight:
     Why Does Risk Management Fail?
    N. Wayne Hale
    Manager, Space Shuttle Program, JSC

Lunch Speaker

The New Role of Marshall Space Flight Center in Exploration
David A. King
Center Director, MSFC

Keynote

The 4th Element of Risk

Rex Geveden, NASA Associate Administrator
NASA Associate Administrator

Topic Area 2 (Continued)

C. Implementation of Risk-Informed Decision Making at NASA
    Michael Stamatelatos, PhD
    OSMA, HQ

D. Role of System Safety in Risk-Informed Decision Making
    Homayoon Dezfuli, PhD
    OSMA, HQ

Daily Wrap-up

John E. Tinsley

Concurrent Tutorials & Breakout Sessions

Tutorials:

Session A:
Part I - Continuous Risk Management (CRM): Fundamentals
Charlie Cockrell & Bob Wingard
Risk Management Corporation

Session B:
Active Risk Manager (ARM): ESMD Implementation
Phil Napala, HQ
Karl Pringle & Lita Cuen
Strategic Thought LLP

Session C:
Exploration Systems Cost Risk and Beyond
Dave Graham
Program Analysis & Evaluation, HQ

Breakout Sessions:

Session D:
International Advances in Risk Management
Lead: Christian Preyssl, European Space Agency (ESA)

Risk Management Process at JAXA
Tsutomu Fukatsu
Manager, Systems Safety and Mission Assurance
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Risk Management at CSA -- An Overview
Alain Laferriere
Hardware Manager for Safety & Mission Assurance
Canadian Space Agency

Risk Management at the European Space Agency
Christian Preyssl, PhD
Safety & Risk Management, ESTEC/ESA

Session E:
Software Risk Approaches - Panel
Lead: Martha Wetherholt, HQ

Software Risk Approaches: An Institutional Perspective
John Kelly, PhD
Program Executive for Software Engineering, HQ CEO

Software Risk Management Marshall Space Flight Center
Robert T. Crumbley
Software Engineering Discipline Technical Warrant Holder &
Manager, Instrument and Payload Systems Department, MSFC

Software Risk Triage: Zeroing In On One's Problems
Martin Feather, PhD
Principal Information Systems & Computer Science, JPL

IV&V and Software Risk Management
Kenneth Costello
Chief Engineer IV&V, GSFC

So What? How Cigital Approaches Risk Management
Jeff Payne
CEO, Cigital Inc.

Session F:
Research Advances & Applications in Risk Management
Lead: Francesca Barrientos, PhD, ARC

Risk Management During Design
Leila Meshkat, PhD
Mission Systems Concepts Section, JPL

Goals and Reality of Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Space Program Execution
Sergio Guarro, PhD
The Aerospace Corporation

Systems Design & Integrated System Health Management (ISHM) Technologies
Francesca Barrientos, PhD
Complex Systems Division, ARC

Session G:
Human Error and Risk Assessment

Lead: Faith Chandler, HQ

Juxtaposition of Human Reliability and Human Performance
Harold S. Blackman, PhD
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director
Science and Technology Division
Idaho National Laboratory

Other People's Problems: Estimating the Risk of Human Organ Transplantation Miss-Match (Duke-like) Events
Richard I. Cook, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Director, Cognitive Technologies Laboratory
Director, Medical Event Data Collection and Analysis System (MEDCAS)
University of Chicago

Human Reliability Analysis Methods for Space Safety
Ronald Laurids Boring, PhD
Senior Scientist
Human Factors, Instrumentation and Control Systems
Idaho National Laboratory

Prioritizing Human Interface Design Issues For Range Safety Systems using
Human Factors Process FMEA
Dave Dunkle
Human Factors Engineer
ITT Industries

MIDAS Video & Wrap-Up
Faith Chandler, HQ

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Thursday December 8 (Day 3)

Welcome & Remarks

John E. Tinsley

Keynote

NASA's Exploration Architecture
Douglas R. Cooke
Deputy Associate Administrator
for Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD)

Topic Area 3: Exploration Missions -- Continuing the Vision for Integrating Risk Management

A. Risk Management in Exploration
    Moderator: Anngienetta R. Johnson, DSc
    Office of Education, HQ

      Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Project Overview & Objectives
      Roselle Hanson,
      Deputy Project Manager (Acting), CEV Project, JSC
    Implementation of Risk Management in NASA’s CEV Project Office
      Jeevan S. Perera, PhD, JD
      Risk Manager, Crew Exploration Vehicle, JSC

      NASA Exploration Safety Study
    Joseph R. Fragola
      Vice President, Valador, Inc.

      A Risk Manager's Perspective: Lessons Learned for Future Exploration Systems
      John Turner, PhD
      Space Shuttle Program Risk Manager, JSC

Lunch Speaker

      Exploration Challenges for Industry (No Slides Used)
      Frank Culbertson, Jr.
      General Manager, Sr. Vice President
      Space, Earth, and Aviation Sciences Business Unit
      Science Applications International Corp.
      Astronaut (Retired)

B. Consideration of Risk and Risk Management in Deep Space Programs and Projects                    Moderator: James R. Rose, PhD
    Principal, Office of Safety & Mission Success, JPL

      Risk Management on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Project
      Jim Graf, Project Manager, JPL
      Phil Barela, Mission Assurance/ Risk Manager, JPL

    The Success of Deep Impact Mission: A Study of Risk Management Processes
      Rick Grammier, Project Manager, JPL

      Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Operations Phase Real-time Risk Management
      Jim Erickson,
      Project Manager, JPL
      Steve Squyres, PhD (video)
      Principal Investigator, Cornell University

Concluding Remarks & Acknowledgements

John Tinsley

Concurrent Tutorials & Breakout Sessions

Tutorials:

Session A:
Part II - Continuous Risk Management (CRM): Applications & Case Study
Charlie Cockrell & Bob Wingard
Risk Management Corporation
James La, Louis Barbieri
Space Science Missions Operation, GSFC

Session B:
The Powers of Fault Tree Analysis
Powers of FTA / Hazard Analysis and FTA / Columbia Accident Investigation FTA

Bill Vesely, PhD
OSMA, HQ

Breakout Sessions:

Session C:
Risk Management Best Practices
Lead: Dave Lengyel, HQ

IPAO Lessons Learned
Mike Canga, LaRC

NESC Perspective
Daniel Yuchnovicz, LaRC

Risk Management Best Practices and Lessons to be Learned
Harold Taylor
ARES Corporation, JSC

Session D:
Risk Management and Lessons Learned
Lead: Warren Connley, GSFC

A Formal Lessons Learned Process as an Effective Countermeasure
Against Known Risks (with video attachments)
David Oberhettinger
Office of the Chief Engineer, JPL

CRM Maturity Assessment
William Powell
Reliability & Quality Assurance, MSFC

Reducing Mission Operations Risk Through
Anomaly Data Management and Knowledge Management
Warren Connley, Ed Rogers, Mike Rackley
Office of Mission Success, GSFC

Session E:
Methods & Metrics for Reducing Risk
Lead: Pedro Curiel, JSC

Supplier Risk Management Assessment Results
Philip Montag
Program Manager, Honeywell TSI

Update - Risk Management Process Metrics:
Measuring Effectiveness of Risk Management
Jeevan Perera, PhD/JD
Risk Manager, Crew Exploration Vehicle, JSC
Ray Williams, Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

Applied Lessons Learned on ARM Implementation for CEV
Pedro Curiel
CEV Risk Management Project Office, JSC

Session F:
Innovations in Risk Management
Lead: Lawrence Davis, DFRC

Risk-Informed Inspection of Nuclear Power Plants
Jerry H. Phillips, PE, PhD
Consulting Engineer
Risk, Reliability & NRC Programs Department
Idaho National Laboratory

Lessons Learned from the X-31 Project (Video)
Lawrence Davis
SMA Director, DFRC

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