Great Ideas Competition 2008: Call for Abstracts

DoD Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition
October 27-30, 2008
Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado, USA

Deadline for Abstracts: July 11, 2008

Abstracts (300-500 words) for the 2008 Great Ideas Competition will be accepted during the period March 14 through July 11, 2008.

Selected presenters will be given the opportunity to highlight promising new technologies, processes, or business practices to the Symposium audience. Presentations must be technical in nature -- focused on current or potential maintenance operations or management -- and avoid commercialism. Each presenter will be allocated exactly 15 minutes, including audience questions.

Abstracts will be judged on the basis of:

• Original contribution to the state of the art
• Technical accuracy
• Test data or valid simulation support for all performance claims and conclusions
• Feasibility or practicality of the idea

An evaluation board with maintenance expertise will select the finalists. The presenters will be notified of acceptance by August 18, 2008.

Abstract requirements:

• Submit in Word format
• Include presenter's complete contact information at the bottom left corner of the abstract document
• Filename should be the presenter's last name (i.e., Jones.doc)
• Only one presenter per presentation
• Submit via email to Greg Muha, Staff Team Leader, SAE International, at niorfido@sae.org. The email subject line should read, "Great Ideas - Presenter's Last Name."

Please call Nicole Iorfido at 724-772-7570 if you have any questions about the 2008 Great Ideas Competition.