2002 SHIP
PRODUCTION SYMPOSIUM
“United We Stand….
People, Processes and Tools Coming Together in a New
Culture”
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
AND
CALL FOR PAPERS
Aims and Scope of the 2002 Ship Production Symposium
This
symposium is a well-known annual event where results of research supported by
sources including the National Shipbuilding Research Program Advanced
Shipbuilding Enterprise (NSRP ASE) are presented. The symposium will be held in
conjunction with the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
Annual Meeting, and International Maritime Expo. This conference is dedicated to the support and progress of
United States shipyards, both commercial and naval, in keeping with NSRP's mission
to reduce the cost of warships to the U.S. Navy and establish U.S.
international shipbuilding competitiveness.
The theme of the symposium is: “United We Stand….People, Processes
and Tools Coming Together in a New Culture.” The seamless integration of these “systems,“ including the
workforce development to support the systems and processes, is the key to our
future. An exchange of ideas on this
subject will be of the utmost value to the technical community.
Suggested
Topics:
We invite prospective authors to submit abstracts on
the following topics, which also reflect the interests of the NSRP Panels and
the Strategic Investment Plan of the Shipbuilding Industry (http://www.nsrp.org/). Papers should relate their topic to a
systems approach or a systems perspective that address interface or cross
boundary interactions:
·
Shipyard
Production Process Technologies
·
Systems
Technologies
·
Business
Process Technologies
·
Product
Design and Material Technologies
·
Facilities
& Tooling
·
Crosscut
Initiatives
·
Environment
·
Surface
Preparations and Coatings
·
Welding
Official
Language
The conference will be held in English
Authors are requested to submit only electronic abstracts of
their proposed papers to the Symposium secretariat. The abstract must include
the title of the paper, the preferred topic area, the name, affiliation and
full address including phone and fax numbers and email addresses of ALL
authors. In the case of multiple authors, please clearly designate the
corresponding author. The body of the abstract should not exceed 350 words. All
abstracts will be evaluated by a Technical Committee drawn from members of the
Ship Production Panels of the NSRP, academia, as well as representatives from U.S.
shipyards.
Deadline Dates
Abstract due: 1 February 2002
Abstract Acceptance Notification: 1 March 2002
Draft Papers due: 1 May 2002
Final Acceptance Notification: 1 June 2002
Completed Paper due: 1
August 2002
Address for
Enquiries
Dr. Clifford Whitcomb
Ship Production Symposium
c/o MIT Sea Grant College Program
Room E38-300, 292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4309, USA
Tel. 617-253-9309. Fax 617 253-5730
Email: whitcomb@mit.edu
Our website is: http://www.sname.org/sps2002.htm
Final Papers
Papers
should not exceed 15 pages (one and a half inch margins, single spaced, 12
point type), and must be written in English.
Specific instructions for authors can be found on the Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) website (http://www.sname.org/author_instructions_authors.htm). Papers will be reviewed before final
acceptance. All accepted papers will be
published in the symposium Proceedings.
Conference
Location
The symposium will be held at the Westin Hotel,
Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts.
Further
Information
Details of the technical program, registration,
travel and hotels will be published in the Second Announcement, scheduled for
distribution in January 2002, and will also be posted on our website.
Committees:
Local Organizing Committee Chairman: Dennis P. Mahoney, MIT
Papers Committee Chair: Dr.
Clifford Whitcomb, MIT
Sponsors:
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
National Shipbuilding Research Program
Office of Naval Research