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7:30am - 8:45am
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Registration and Networking
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9:00am - 9:05am
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Opening Introduction and Welcome to Country
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair:
Opening Introduction
CAPT Paul Yow, RAN
Welcome to Country
Elder Aunty Serena Williams |
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9:05am - 9:35am
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Opening Keynote Address
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair: Tim Gavel
CJC Landscape
AIRMSHL Glen Braz, AM CSC DSM - Chief Joint Capabilities |
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9:35am - 10:05am
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Keynote Address
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair: Tim Gavel
GWEO Landscape
RADM Nigel Smith, CSC RAN – Head of GWEO Systems Division |
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10:05am - 10:40am
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Morning Tea and Exhibition
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10:40am - 11:10am
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Keynote Address
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair: Tim Gavel
AIRCDRE Adam Spinks, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group |
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11:10am - 11:40am
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Keynote Address
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair: Tim Gavel
Mr Jose Rullan-Rodriguez – Executive Director, Department of War Explosives Safety Office (US) |
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11:40am - 12:10pm
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Panel Discussion
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair: Tim Gavel
Explosive Ordnance Safety Landscape from Conflict to Competition Environments - A Regulator's Perspective
- AIRCDRE Adam Spinks, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group
- Mr Jose Rullan-Rodriguez – Executive Director, Department of War Explosives Safety Office (US)
- Mr Stephen Gillstroem McLean – UK Ministry of Defence
- Mr Gilles Belley - Director, Ammunition and Explosives Regulation - Department of National Defence (Canada)
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12:10pm - 1:40pm
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Lunch and Exhibition
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1:40pm - 2:10pm
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Session 1A – Regulation and Risk Management
Room: Royal Theatre
Chair:
A Case Study for Modified QERA based on Weighting Factors for Operational Risk, Mission Urgency, Personnel and Asset Protection
Mr Rhys Centin, Thornton Tomasetti Session 1B – Regulation
Room: Bradman Theatre
Chair:
Australian regulatory approaches to explosives – lithium batteries
Mr James Robertson, Head, Competent Authority Cell, Directorate Ordnance Safety Session 1C – Professional Development
Room: Menzies Theatre
Chair:
Rapid development of suitably qualified and experienced personnel in DSTG
Dr Chad Prior, Defence Science and Technology Group |
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2:10pm - 2:20pm
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Movement Break into Sessions
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2:20pm - 2:50pm
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Session 2A – Safety and Suitability for Service
Room: Royal Theatre
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The benefits of insensitive munitions
Ms Ann Leni Fladvad, Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency Session 2B – Battery Technology
Room: Bradman Theatre
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Comparison of lithium ion battery thermal threat and NATO standardised fast heating threat
Mr Jean-Francois Fournier, MSIAC Belgium Session 2C – Regulation and Risk Management
Room: Menzies Theatre
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Beyond simple numbers – the critical importance pf accurate TNT equivalency in international explosives safety
Mr Troy Gardiner, Safety Management Services (US) |
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2:50pm - 3:20pm
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Insensitive high explosives qualification
Ms Elizabeth Francois, Los Alamos National Laboratories (US)
Integrating innovation without compromising safety – battery energy storage system consequence modelling
Mr Alex Waugh, AMOG Consulting
Progress update of Explosive Act Thematic Review in Australia
Ms Madelaine McDonald, Explosives Act Thematic Review Taskforce – Department of Defence
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3:20pm - 3:50pm
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Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
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4:00pm - 4:30pm
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Session 3A – Manufacturing
Room: Royal Theatre
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Applying digital engineering to support the introduction into service of complex GWEO systems
Miss Josephine Matthias, Australian Missile Corporation Session 3B – Storage and Distribution
Room: Bradman Theatre
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Proportionality in exclusion zones. Projectile hazards from underground ammunition storage facilities
Dr Edward Gan, Kellogg Brown and Root Australia Session 3C – Safety and Suitability for Service
Room: Menzie Theatre
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Energetic material qualification requirements
Dr Khuong Vuong, Directorate of Ordnance Safety (Department of Defence) |
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4:30pm - 5:00pm
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Building a sovereign rocket – Development of the Koonibba Rising vehicle and performance capabilities of a wholly Australian sounding rocket
Mr Christopher Norton, Southern Launch Australia
Investigation of quantitative explosive risk assessment approaches applicable to selected storage and transport scenarios of explosive ordnances in the ADF
FLTLT Franz Pulikkottil, Royal Australian Air Force
RF shielding effectiveness of metal ammunition boxes in EO safety applications
Mr Prodip Ghosh, Directorate of Ordnance Safety (Department of Defence)
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5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Welcome Drinks
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