Agenda - Updated 29 March 2000

MORS Education and Professional Development Colloquium
"Expanding the Sciences - The Interdisciplinarity of OR"
4-5 April 2000

4 April
0830-0835	Welcome – Mrs Priscilla Glasow, MORS Education and Professional Development Committee Chair
0835-0840	MORS Welcome – Dr Bob Sheldon, MORS President
0840-0900	Focus for the 2000 Colloquium Exploring the Applicability of Soft OR to the Practice of Military OR – Mrs Glasow
0900-1100	Soft OR Methods Tutorials Session – Dr Mark Youngren, Session Chair
		Session Introduction – Dr Mark Youngren Ms Beth Polakoff, Novigen Sciences, Inc. Topic: Survey Research Methodologies Mr Jim Murphy, Dynamics Research Corporation Topic: Cognitive Science Research Session Summary – Dr Mark Youngren
1100-1200	Soft OR Applications Session – COL Andrew Loerch, Session Chair
		Session Introduction – COL Andrew Loerch MAJ Bob Larsen, US Army, George Mason University Topic: The Use of Case Study Analysis in Army Procurement Decisions CDR Kevin Amos, US Navy Topic: Soft Analysis in Navy Manpower and Personnel
1200-1300	Lunch
1300-1600	Soft OR Applications Session – COL Andrew Loerch, Session Chair
		CAPT Michael F. Winthrop, US Air Force, AFSAA Topic: The Use of Decision Analysis in Two Recent USAF Decisions Mr John Holt, HVR Consulting, UK Topic: The Use of Soft OR Techniques in Defence Analysis in the UK Dr Brian G. McCue, USMC, Twenty Nine Palms, CA Topic: Soft OR Use in Marine Experimentation Dr Alyson Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory Topic: Data, Knowledge, and Information Integration to Support Decision Making LtCol Kirk Yost, US Air Force, J-8 Soft Analysis Techniques in Joint Analysis Session Summary – COL Andrew Loerch
1600-1630	First Day Wrap-up – Mrs. Glasow


5 April
0830-1130	Military Operations Research Education Session – LTC Jack Kloeber, Session Chair New Issues in Military OR Education
		Session Introduction – LTC Jack Kloeber Mr Dennis Fuller, ALMC Topic: Update on Continuing Education Courses LTC Jack Kloeber, AFIT Topic: Update on AF Graduate OR Mr Dennis Buede, George Mason University Topic: Civilian Graduate OR
1130-1300	Lunch
1300-1430	Military Operations Research Education Session – LTC Jack Kloeber, Session Chair Building a MOR Education Roadmap
1430-1500	Wrap-Up – Mrs Priscilla Glasow