An international group of high-level representatives from academia, industry, government agencies, and professional organizations convened on 8 and 9 October 2024 at Delft University of Technology. They discussed technical, economic and societal challenges of today’s complex systems and articulated the need for multi-disciplinary competencies for systems professionals which are in high demand worldwide. They endorsed a “Call for Action” directed to the global systems policy, analysis, management, and engineering, communities, to mitigate current system workforce deficits.
For more background information you can download here the CFA Support Charts below, which have been generated by the Summit Architect, Prof. Heinz Stoewer, Delft University of Technology, for use by anyone without restrictions.
This Call for Action is endorsed by:
- Prof. dr. ir. Tim van der Hagen, Rector Magnificus and President of the Executive Board, Delft University of Technology
- Prof. dr. Paulien Herder, Dean of Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology
- Prof. Henri Werij, Dean of the Aerospace Faculty, Delft University of Technology
- Joris Melkert, Education Director Aerospace Faculty, Delft University of Technology
- Prof. Heinz Stoewer, Summit Architect
- Dr. Henk van Houten, Chair of the Board, Netherlands National Academy of Engineering
- David Nichols, Former Director Systems and Software Division, NASA JPL / Caltech
- Jan van Vlerken, Senior Vice President System Engineering, ASML
- Kerry Lunney, Head of Discipline Systems Architecture & Engineering, Director Safety Assurance & Product HSE, Chief Engineer, Thales
- Prof. Emma Sparks, Rector and Dean, University of New South Wales
- Prof. Eberhard Gill, Chair of Space systems Engineering, Delft University of Technology
- Larry D. James, Lt Gen USAF (Ret), former Deputy Director and COO of NASA JPl/Caltech, USA; currently Strategic Advisor to the SmartSat Cooperative Research Center, Australia’s Space Research Organization; Professor of Space Innovation at Monash University
- Twan de Wit, Domain Manager Systems Engineering, Dutch NXTGEN Hightech Program
- Prof. Daniel Hastings, President American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA
Interim Vice Chancellor MIT - Steve Records, Executive Director, INCOSE
And by over 150 other representatives from academia, industry, government agencies, professionals organizations and students.
