17th International System Safety Conference August 16-21, 1999 Orlando, Florida System Safety at the Dawn of a New Millennium  www.system-safety.org

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If you haven't been keeping up with our news, make sure you scroll down and read some of this history for important information.

August 2, 1999

To speed up the registration process at the ISSC, if you are going to be paying at the door, go ahead and send a registration form with that so noted.  That way, we'll already have you in the computer and have your registration package all ready for you.  Then, all you have to do is pay when you get to the conference.

To date, over 150 organizations are represented at Orlando'99.   These originate from 19 different countries. Check out the new Participating Organizations page.

Continuing Education Units (CEU's) will be offered at tutorials during the conference.  If you are planning on participating in these sessions, be sure and sign up for them during the tutorials.  The CEU's will be granted by the University of Central Florida, at a rate of one-tenth (0.1) of a CEU per hour of class.

July 23, 1999

The ISSC hotel, the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, has sold out some dates.  If you attempt to make reservations and there is no room at this hotel, please ask for information about the alternate accomodations that have been pre-arranged.

Details on the distinquished speakers featured at the ISSC are now located on the Speakers page.  The slate is as follows:

• Keynote – Nancy G. Leveson
• Awards Banquet – Felix Redmill
• International Luncheon – Olga Stanislavovna Vorontsova
• Wednesday Lunch – Chuck Dorney & Richard E. Beard Jr.
• Thursday Lunch - Adrian Laffitte
• Friday Lunch – Dev G. Raheja

For exact times as to when you can catch these speakers, refer to the Schedule page.

A new price has been posted for those interested in going on the tour of Kennedy Space Center.  It is still necessary to pre-register for the tour, but the cost will be $10 for anyone (including spouses, etc.) wanting to attend.   Please visit the page on Tickets and Tours or use this form to sign up.

The System Safety Handbook will be offered for sale on CD-ROM at the ISSC.  It will be available to conference attendees at a 25% discount ($60 for Society members and $75 for non-members).  Also, as a FREE bonus, a copy of MIL-STD-882C will be included.

Several Orlando'99 participants have authored textbooks related to system safety.  These books will be available for sale at a discount during the ISSC.  Arrangements are being made where the authors will be on hand to autograph their books, as well as answer questions during the conference.

July 14, 1999

We are sorry to report that Panel PL-5, Safety Standards has been cancelled.  This was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.  There are still plenty of other activities to choose from during this time, including 3 concurrent technical sessions.

July 9, 1999

The Schedule page has been enhanced to include much greater detail.  Information is posted on exact time, place, and content of all the ISSC's technical content, including papers, tutorials, and panels.  If you are looking for something in particular at Orlando'99, go to the schedule.

The Information for Authors page now includes important information such as a list of session chairs.  If you are presenting a paper, please visit this part of our site.

We are promoting a golf outing on the morning of Saturday, August 21 at 9:00 a.m. at the International Golf Club.  This course is a challenging test of skill, designed by renouned architect Joe Lee.  The special rate for ISSC attendees is $45 (plus tax) for greens fees and a cart.  To reserve a tee time, please contact the ISSC Conference Chair, Mike Kochmann.  Check out the IGC website.  If you are a golfer, you won't want to miss this opportunity.

The Session Chair page also contains new information.  If you have volunteered to help out in this capacity, please take a look by clicking on this link on the Orlando '99 main page.

A diagram of the Holiday Inn International Drive conference facilities is now on-line.

There are several exhibitors slated to introduce you to their business.  Go to the exhibitor page.

June 25, 1999

The Schedule is locked for the conference.  We will be publishing more details soon, including paper presentations, panel content, and tutorial information.  All these details will be provided to attendees in hard copy when they arrive, but we will be posting some of this information shortly.

June 15, 1999

Have you registered yet?  If you have, check out the new Information for Attendees page.  You will find news on what is going to happen between now and when the conference will begin, which is only 2 months away!  If you haven't, do so soon.  The registration fee goes up as the conference dates approach.

June 2, 1999

The Schedule page has more information including when sessions, tutorials, and panels will take place.  If there is a particular topic you are looking for, look at the schedule for when those papers will be presented.

All conference attendees will be provided the opportunity to tour Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for only $10. We have arranged for representatives from the KSC Safety Office to serve as your personal tour guide on a KSC tour Monday and Saturday.  These tours are limited to the first 50 people that sign up for each day.  Additional tours will be provided through the KSC visitor center on Saturday.  All of these tours are available for $38 for persons (such as family) not attending the conference.  Go to the Tickets and Tour page to view a description of the tours, to sign up, and pay by credit card. EVERYONE ATTENDING THE TOURS MUST SIGN-UP.

May 15, 1999

See the Schedule page for evolving details of what is planned for the conference.  We have announced 8 tutorials and 4 panel discussions.  Also, there is instructions on the CSP workshop, and news about the Kennedy Space Center tours.

We have live music planned for Monday evening for a welcome reception and for after the awards banquet on Thursday. Both are going to be poolside. One is a guy-on-a-stool/Jimmy Buffet type, and the other is a steel drum band. The details of this are still coming together.

Speakers for various occasions have been announced. Here's the line-up so far:

Keynote -- Nancy Leveson

Awards -- Felix Redmill

April 15, 1999

If you encounter problems emailing your draft paper to ISSC1999@yahoo.com, try again later.  The mailox may fill up as we expect most people to send their paper at the same time.  We will monitor this and try to make room for your message to be received.  However, there may be periods where your email may not go through. Keep trying!

April 2, 1999

• The Orlando '99 Concerence Chair, Mike Kochmann, has a few words of interest.

• Authors:   if you sent an abstract, you should have been notified as to the details of submitting your paper, along with deadlines (full text draft is due April 15th).   More details are posted on the Info for Authors page.

• Our hotel, the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, has a limited number of rooms available for conference attendees.   There should be enough to go around, but we recommend that you make your reservation early.  Something to consider:  the hotel has rooms poolside as well as in a 13 story tower.  Without asking, rooms are being reserved in the tower.   If you prefer poolside (i.e. if you have children you think might be part fish or are afraid of heights), be sure and ask to reserve a room near the pool.

• We are pleased to announce that SRS/Las Vegas Safety Workshops has agreed to do their CSP class Saturday through Monday before the conference. This is an intensive 3-day class to prepare for the CSP Comprehensive Examination. SRS/Las Vegas Safety Workshops offer a different technique. They begin their program with a three day preparatory session in the classroom where they define the scope of the exam, illustrate the complexity of problems to be encountered, review basic math skills, discuss test strategy, examine reference materials, and present a model home study program. In their workshops, you are provided with a 650 page professionally published two-volume workbook. To get more details or to register, contact Marvin Becker, 1-888-589-6757.

• The details are still forming, but our intent is to provide tutorials every day during the conference, concurrently with technical sessions. Our target is to have 10 tutorials, ranging in difficulty to suit beginners as well as more experienced system safety professionals.

• The conference schedule has changed slightly, for the better.  We are adding an extra day of technical sessions and two tours of Kennedy Space Center.  Wednesday night, we are taking you out on the town to Church Street Station for dinner and entertainment.

• Reminder:  The CPS ticket site has not only discounts on tickets to area attractions, but they have put together some interesting tours to give our attendees alternatives to the going to the theme parks.  For example, there are tours of scenic Winter Park, air boat rides, and a behind-the-scenes tour of Sea World.

February 9, 1999

• The January 15, 1999 abstract deadline brought in over 100 submissions from 15 different countries.  These abstracts are currently under review by the Technical Committee.  Authors will be notified within the next few days whether their abstracts are acceptable.

November 25, 1998

• Our conference planner, CPS, has established a web site for tours and attractions during the 1999 ISSC.  Go to www.cpsorlando.com/issc for information, prices, and ordering information.  This should be a big help to those of you who are bringing your family.

November 19, 1998

• The Call for Papers has been modified to request submissions be electronic in format.  Please send abstracts to the Orlando'99 address, ISSC1999@yahoo.com .
• The Registration page now includes Individual, Exhibitor, and Sponsor forms in MS Word 97 (read-only) format.  They can be downloaded and printed at your convenience.
• Pictures from Seattle, the 16th ISSC, thanks to Ruth Boyd.

October 2, 1998

• Our conference planning service, C.P.S., Inc., has a toll-free number set up to take calls for registration.  The number is 1-800-777-5333.
• Forms for registration (individual, sponsor, and exhibitor) are now available on registration page in MSWord read-only format.
• We have our first sponsor for Orlando99.   EG&G is continuing the support again this year.

September 23, 1998

• Thanks to all of you in attendence at the 16th ISSC in Seattle for stopping by our exhibit.  We receieve many good suggestions concerning Orlando'99.  We are sorry that we ran short of some of our promotional items, but most everybody went away with something reminding them about next year.
• Congratulations to John Hancock of the New Mexico Chapter for winning our drawing for free registration to Orlando'99.
• The forms passed out in Seattle contained an error.  The telephone and fax number for the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort was incorrect.  The correct numbers are

phone: (407)351-3500 fax:      (407)351-5727

These correct numbers are reflected on the forms here on the website.

• Remember that the hotel may fill early, so make your reservations now!

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