NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

NCSS Overview

Each year, the NASA HQ OCFO Strategic Insights and Budget Office sponsors the NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium (NCSS), uniting the programmatic PP&C community across all Centers and HQ. This event allows participants from NASA, its contractors, other U.S. government agencies, and partners like universities and national laboratories to share their work and exchange ideas, best practices, methodologies, and lessons learned. The Symposium highlights the contributions of analysts and estimators, fostering professional growth and enhancing the overall quality of analysis at NASA. Attendees engage through professional paper submissions, briefings, presentations, live demonstrations, and training sessions. We look forward to seeing the tradition of the Agency’s finest analysts and estimators at NASA continue to make NASA better. 

Symposium Email: hq-ncss@mail.nasa.gov

NCSS Key Dates

Symposium Event

• Save the Date – April 29 – May 1, 2025

Call for Abstracts & Presentations

• Call for Abstracts – Submission Deadline February 14, 2025
• Notification of Acceptance – February 24, 2025
• Presentations Due – April 21, 2025

Call for Awards

• Award Descriptions
• Call for Awards – Nomination Deadline March 14, 2025
• Submit nominations via the links below:
  • 2025 Cost and Schedule Leadership Award: Web-based Form or MS Word
  • 2025 Cost and Schedule Analyst of the Year: Web-based Form or MS Word
  • 2025 Cost and Schedule Rising Star Award: Web-based Form or MS Word
  • 2025 Cost and Schedule Team Award: Web-based Form or MS Word
  • 2025 Cost and Schedule Support Contractor of the Year: Web-based Form or MS Word
  • 2025 Cost and Schedule Top Community Support Award: Web-based Form or MS Word
  • 2025 William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award: Web-based Form or MS Word

NCSS Agenda/Logistics

Symposium Agenda

• Agenda – Available in March 2025

Symposium Venue Information

• The Royal at Stovehouse in Huntsville, AL

Awards Banquet Venue Information

• US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL

• Awards Banquet – April 30, 2025

NCSS Points of Contact

• James Johnson, Conference Coordinator

• Charles Hunt, Call for Abstracts, Papers, and Guest Speakers

• Kristen Kehrer, Call for Awards and Awards Committee Chair

• Jon Fleming, Venues and Facilities Coordinator

• Michele King, Email Announcements and Distribution List

• Victoria Nilsen, Procurement and Support Contractor Task Monitor

• Robin Smith, “Keeper of the Wisdom”

For all NCSS Points of Contact, please use hq-ncss@mail.nasa.gov.

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