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The
2009 International Applied
Reliability Symposium, India will be held
April 15 - 17, 2009 in Pune, India.
The deadline for proposal submission has passed. If your
presentation is selected, you will be notified soon. The
Symposium's theme is:
"Sharing applications,
success stories and lessons learned in reliability and maintainability
engineering."
Presentations will be selected
on the basis of the proposal. Because of the applied nature of the
Symposium, if your proposal is selected,
you will be asked to submit materials in presentation format only
(i.e. PowerPoint). An accompanying paper is not required.
50 minutes have been allocated to each presentation with 10 minutes
of questions for a total of 60 minutes per session.
Presenters Receive:
As the primary author of a presentation delivered at the
ARS, you will receive complimentary registration to the
event, a "Presenter" shirt with the ARS logo and our
sincere appreciation for helping to make the event
thought-provoking and rewarding for your fellow
reliability professionals.
Subjects Covered:
Subjects that will be covered
in the Symposium may include, but are not limited to:
- Warranty reduction
- Specifying reliability
and reliability metrics
- Supplier management
- Data collection,
management and analysis
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Design for Reliability
-
Design for Six Sigma
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Proposal Submission Guidelines:
Presentation proposals
must be submitted electronically in either Microsoft Word® or PDF
file format using the form provided. Please submit all proposals
via e-mail to
PresentIndia@ARSymposium.org.
DOWNLOAD
Proposal Submission Form
(*.DOC)
VIEW
Sample Proposal
(*.PDF)
Evaluation Criteria:
The criteria by which proposals
will be assessed include:
- Clarity and coherence of proposal.
- Relevance to the conference
theme.
- Appeal to a varied audience
of practicing reliability/maintainability engineers.
- Relevance and usefulness to
participants.
- Potential to stimulate active
engagement
of participants.
- Contribution to scholarship
and/or new or innovative practice in reliability/maintainability
engineering.
In some cases, the Symposium organizers may approach
proposal writers to request changes in their proposals to better
fit Symposium needs.
If Your Proposal Is Selected:
After the
completion of the proposal review period, an ARS
representative will contact you regarding the status of
your submission. If your proposal is selected for
inclusion at the upcoming event, we ask for your
cooperation with the following process. Specific
deadlines for the upcoming event are posted in the table
at the upper right side of
this Web page.
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Accept Selection
Please send an e-mail to
PresentIndia@ARSymposium.org
to accept your selection as an ARS presenter.
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Submit FINAL Presentation
in ARS Template
Please submit the complete, final draft
of your presentation that is ready for proofreading and
printing. All presenters must use
the PowerPoint template provided by ARS. For
best results, please consider the tips that are provided
on the first slide of the template when preparing your file.
DOWNLOAD
ARS PowerPoint Template, *.PPT
IMPORTANT NOTE: Each presenter is solely
responsible for the content of his/her presentation and
we encourage you to distribute your draft to colleagues
for feedback on the material you intend to present prior
to submitting your file to ARS. If any minor proofreading
or formatting modifications are necessary to make the presentation
print-ready, the ARS Organizers will apply the edits directly
to the PPT file that you submitted.
After submission, changes will
not be accepted unless requested by ARS to make the document
print-ready.
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Submit Publication Release
Form
Please submit a signed publication release form via
e-mail, fax or mail. Without this copyright release, your
materials cannot be included in the Proceedings booklet
distributed at the event.
DOWNLOAD
Publication Release Form, *.PDF
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Presenter Orientation
A brief "orientation" meeting will be scheduled for the
evening prior to the start of the event so that presenters
may familiarize themselves with the microphone, timer, etc.
You will receive specific details via e-mail prior to the
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Present at the Symposium
Please plan to arrive at the podium 5-10 minutes before
your presentation is scheduled to begin. Although the general
attire at the Symposium tends to be "business casual," most
presenters choose to dress more professionally for their
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If you have any questions or concerns during the process,
please contact
PresentIndia@ARSymposium.org. |
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Milestones for
Selected Presenters
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December 5, 2008 |
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Final Deadline to
Submit Presentation Proposals
[Download Form, *.DOC] |
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December 19, 2008 |
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Presentations Selected
and Participants Notified |
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January 10, 2009 |
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Presenters Accept
Selection |
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January 14, 2009 |
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Program Matrix Announced
[See 2009 India
Matrix...] |
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February 27, 2009 |
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Submit
FINAL Presentation
[Download Template, *.PPT]
Submit
Publication Release Form
[Download Form,
*.PDF]
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(After
submission, changes will not be accepted unless
requested by ARS to make the document print-ready.)
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April 15 - 17, 2009 |
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Present at the Symposium |
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