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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. 

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Abstracts & Presentations
Lunch Options
Awards
Awards Banquet
Registration
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Agenda
Wi-Fi
NCSS Points of Contact

Save the Date: NCSS is August 25-27 at GRC

NCSS Key Dates

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NCSS Participation

ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS

  • Call for Abstracts – Submission Deadline June 12, 2026
  • Notification of Acceptance – June 22, 2026
  • Presentations Due – August 17, 2026

AWARDS

  • Call for Awards – Nomination Deadline July 10, 2026
  • Submit nominations via the links below:
    • 2026 Cost and Schedule Leadership Award: MS Word
    • 2026 Cost and Schedule Analyst of the Year: MS Word
    • 2026 Cost and Schedule Rising Star Award: MS Word
    • 2026 Cost and Schedule Team Award: MS Word
    • 2026 Cost and Schedule Support Contractor of the Year: MS Word
    • 2026 Cost and Schedule Top Community Support Award: MS Word
    • 2026 William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award: MS Word

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NCSS Registration & Agenda

REGISTRATION

  • Eventbrite Link – Coming soon!
    • Eventbrite registration is required for ALL attendees – virtual and in-person.
    • The name entered during Eventbrite registration must match your government-issued REAL ID exactly.
  • NASA Conference Tracking System (NCTS)
    • Required for both NASA-badged civil servants and contractors
    • Use NCTS # 54646-26
    • Please note that the NCTS entry currently appears as “Pending.”  However, NASA-badged civil servants (FTEs) and contractors (WYEs) should proceed with NCTS registration at this time.
  • Important info for NASA-badged Virtual and In-Person Attendees (civil servants and contractors) –
    • You must register in both NCTS and the Eventbrite registration portal.
    • Registration in NCTS alone does not register you for the Symposium.

AGENDA

  • Agenda – Available in July 2026

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NCSS Logistics

VENUE INFORMATION

  • Glenn Research Center, MIC Auditorium
    • GRC Visitor Guide
    • Center Map – Main Gate, Visitor Badge Pickup, MIC Auditorium, and Parking
      • Please park only in the designated attendee parking lot shown on the map.
      • Do not park behind the MIC Auditorium, as those parking spaces are reserved for GRC employees working in nearby buildings.
    • Symposium Venue Maps – MIC Auditorium (1st Floor Map and 3rd Floor Map)
  • Important info for ALL In-Person Attendees:
    • NASA-badged Attendees (civil servants and contractors) –
      • You must request GRC Physical Access (ID 232317) through NAMS.
      • After the NAMS request is approved, your badge will provide you access to the event.  
      • If you do not request GRC access through NAMS, you will not be allowed on Center. 
    • Non-NASA-badged Attendees –
      • The name entered during Eventbrite registration, which will be used to generate the Symposium visitor’s list, must exactly match the name on your government-issued REAL ID-compliant identification card to allow access on Center. 
    • International Attendees –
      • We are currently coordinating specific access and badging requirements for international visitors.
      • If you are an international attendee planning to attend in person, please contact hq-ncss@mail.nasa.gov as soon as possible so we can coordinate appropriate access instructions with you directly.

LUNCH OPTIONS

AWARDS BANQUET

  • Awards Banquet – August 26, 2026
  • Venue – TBD

HOTEL INFORMATION

A hotel block has not been reserved for this year’s Symposium. Attendees will be responsible for securing their own lodging accommodations. To assist with planning, we have attached a list of nearby hotel options.

WI-FI

Guest wi-fi will be available at the Symposium venue. Please refer to the NASA-Connect Guide to connect to the guest wireless network while on Center.

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NCSS Points of Contact

  • Symposium Sponsor: Dr. Trinity Bharath, Director of Budget
  • Symposium Coordinator: James Johnson
  • Abstracts & Papers Committee Chair: Charles Hunt
  • Awards Committee Chair: Justin Hornback
  • Communications POC: Michele King

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

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NCSS Presentations

Find NCSS presentations from past years.

The NCSS Presentations page provides links to all NCSS presentations since 2020.

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