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Symposium Program

A comprehensive program over the three days of the symposium will include:

Keynote Addresses
Technical Paper Presentations
Workshops
Product Briefs
Trade Exhibition
Welcome Function
Symposium Dinner.

Tuesday 8th November, 2022

7:30am - 8:45am	Registration and Networking
8:45am - 9:05am	Opening Introduction and Welcome to Country Room: Ballroom Tim Gavel
9:05am - 9:45am	Opening Keynote Address Room: Ballroom Lieutenant General John Frewen DSC, AM Chief of Joint Capabilities (CJC)
9:45am - 10:25am	Keynote Address 2 Room: Ballroom Commodore Nigel Smith RAN Director General Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance (DGGWEO)
10:25am - 11:00am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:00am - 11:40am	Keynote Address 3 Room: Ballroom Brigadier Haydn Kohl Director General Explosives Materiel (DGEM)
11:40am - 12:20pm	Keynote Address 4 Room: Ballroom Captain Jacqui King RAN Executive Director, Explosives Act Thematic Review Task Force (EATR TF)
12:20pm - 1:20pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:20pm - 2:00pm	Panel Session Room: Ballroom DGEO, DGGWEO, DGEM
2:00pm - 2:10pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:10pm - 2:40pm	Session 1A Room: Ballroom Chair: WGCDR G Mathams A Quick History of GW Design and Manufacture in Australia Mr L Tilbrook & Mr O Rehman, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ Session 1B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: Mr B MacNaught An update to the Quantity Distance QD Tables in AASTP-1 Mr Wingrave, Defence OME Safety Regulator (DOSR UK) Session 1C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: Mr M Sharp Lifing Approaches and Ageing Algorithms Dr K Jaansalu, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
2:40pm - 3:10pm	BLU Domestic Manufacturing - Part I and II Introduction and Energetic Material Qualification Development Dr D Mangos, Defence Science and Technology Group FLGOFF N Widdup, Aerospace Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office Consequence Analysis Software in Support of Ammunition and Explosives Risk Assessment Safety Cases Mr C Heron, Directorate of Ammunition and Explosive Regulation (DAER, Canadian Dept of National Defence) ExploSim: Using RF to Emulate Explosive Effects Mr D Williams, Layer 3 Services
3:10pm - 3:50pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Session 2A Room: Ballroom Chair: Dr I Lochert BLU Domestic Manufacturing - Part III BLU Industrialisation Mr M Manchée, Australian Munitions Mr D Watt, Thales Australia FLGOFF D Iliev, CASG/MIB Session 2B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: Mr L O'Donohoe Ammunition and Explosives Consequence Analysis Tool (AECAT) to Support Risk Assessment of Storage-Based Explosive Scenarios Mr N McCormick, Lloyd's Register Applied Technology Group (Martec Ltd, CAN) Session 2C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: Mr M Ferran New Developments on Polynitro Containing Molecules as High-Energy-Dense-Oxidizers Dr B Krumm & Prof T Klapotke Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
4:20pm - 4:50pm	BLU Domestic Manufacturing - Part IV BLU Arena trials Mr S Bevan, Joint Proof and Experimental Unit FLTLT B Altantsetseg, Aerospace Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office Revision of Australian Defence Burning and Demolition Ground Siting Criteria GPCAPT M Grant, Director, Ordnance Safety WGCDR G Gibbs Directorate of Ordnance Safety EO Shock Testing and Qualification, through use of the Portable Shock Machine JASSO Mr R Centin, Thornton Tomasetti
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Welcome Function Foyer, National Convention Centre Canberra

Wednesday 9th November, 2022

8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:40am	Keynote Address 5 Room: Ballroom Simplifying Explosive Ordnance Safety Mr B MacNaught BSc CEng MIET FIExpE MAPM UK Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator (DOSR)
9:40am - 9:50am	Movement Break Into Sessions
9:50am - 10:20am	Session 3A Room: Ballroom Chair: Mr L Tilbrook Influence of Risk Tolerability on Approaches to S3 Assessment Mr M Ferran Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium Session 3B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: LTCOL B Matthews Improved Assessment Methods for Impulsive Noise Exposure and Hearing Protector Performance Mr C Nelson Land Engineering Agency Session 3C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: LTCOL J Abundo Enabling Safe Explosive Ordnance Storage Mr B Durrant - Aecom Australia Mr A Gehl Karagozian & Case
10:20am - 10:50am	OME Recognition Program – Instilling Trusted Partnerships Mr G Belley, Director - Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator, Department Of National Defence, Canada Spike LR 2 Minimum Smoke Rocket Motor: Made in Australia Mr MYosef & Mr Dr Bittoun, Rafael Design Improvements to Singapore High Performance Magazine Mr Tay Yuh Sheng, et al. Defence Science & Technology Agency, Singapore
10:50am - 11:20am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:20am - 11:50am	Session 4A Room: Ballroom Chair: CMDR S Morgan, RAN Control of Electro-explosive Hazards in the Australian Defence Force - A Critical Overview of the Status Quo Mr K Stowe, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ Session 4B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: LTCOL D Mattison Innovation in IM designs Mr E van Meerten & Mr M Melan, Rheinmetall Live Q&A with Mr Jack Rimmer. Session 4C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: Mr G Belley Fragmentation Safety Risks and Safety Distances for Field Storage of Large Calibre Munitions Dist Prof M Stewart, University of Technology Sydney
11:50am - 12:20pm	An Overview Of Helicopter-Borne Electrostatic Discharge as an Electro-Explosive Hazard in The Australian Defence Force Mr T Neethling, Directorate of Engineering EMB/QinetiQ The Use of Robotics and Automation to Remediate Stocks of Artillery Ammunition, Deemed Unsafe to Move, Due to the Possibility of Armed Fuzes Mr T Hutchin Pentarch Pty Ltd Introduction Into Service of New Combat Weapon Systems Onto Existing Training Areas Ms J Green, GHD Pty Ltd
12:20pm - 12:50pm	Considerations Towards the Establishment of an E3 and HERO Test and Evaluation Capability in Support of the Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise Mr M Hayes, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ Software Safety Assurance for Explosive Ordnance Mr W Miller, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ Modelling and Simulation as a Risk Assessment Tool to Support Warships in Harbour Mr R Centin, Thornton Tomasetti
12:50pm - 1:50pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:50pm - 2:30pm	Keynote Address 6 Room: Ballroom Mr Gilles Belley Director Ammunitions and Explosives Regulation Department of National Defence (Government of Canada)
2:30pm - 2:40pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:40pm - 3:10pm	Session 5A Room: Ballroom Chair: Dr K Jaansalu The Status of International and National IM Policies across the Nations Mrs C Collet, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium Session 5B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: LTCOL M Dwyer Process Hazards Analysis for Explosive Ordinance Mr S Genta, et al. Safety Management Services, Inc. West Jordan, United States/NIOA Australia Session 5C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: COMM C McGregor Sensitivity of Munitions to Lightning Strikes; The Effect of Building Lay-out, Munition Stacking, Type of EED and Packaging Dr ir R Bouma, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
3:10pm - 3:40pm	Comparison of IM Threats Versus the Real World Mrs C Collet, et al. Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium DSTG Static Rocket Motor Test Capability: Past, Present and Future Dr C Prior, Defence Science And Technology Group Lightning Protection on a Munition Storage Compound – Methodology for Safety Risk Assessment MSc HPA Dijkers, et al. The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
3:40pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Session 6B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: Mr B Smith-Roberts Research with Explosives at the University of Adelaide Mr T de Prinse, et al. Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide Session 6C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: Dr A Provatas Developments in Assessing Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Damage Risk from Sources of Impulsive Noise and Ototoxic Chemicals Dr P Teague, et al. Vipac Engineers & Scientists Ltd & Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group Mr M Jennings, Department of Defence
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Quality Control in M-CMOPI Small Arms EPVAT Testing Mr L Quill, Joint Proof and Experimental Unit Exposure to Emissions from Small Arms Munitions Ms S Cherian. Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ Mr M Jennings, Department of Defence
7:00pm - 10:30pm	Symposium Dinner Ballroom, National Convention Centre Canberra

Thursday 10th November, 2022

8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:40am	Keynote Address 7 Room: Ballroom Dr Michael Sharp, Research Leader Advanced Propulsion and Weapon Effects, Defence Science and Technology Group
9:40am - 10:05am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
10:05am - 10:35am	Session 7A Room: Ballroom Chair: Dr J Reid Resonant Acoustic Mixing of Composite Propellant Dr N Stanley, Defence Science and Technology Group / YTEK Pty Ltd Session 7B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: Ms F Ince Reducing Negligent Discharges: A Novel Approach - from Idea to Prototype FLTLT Fraser, EMB WOFF J Reinertsen, ATACSPO Session 7C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: CAPT J King Explosives Act Thematic Review – Proposing an Outcomes and Principle-Focused Explosives Safety and Security Legislative Framework Mr Philip Jones-Hope & Mrs Jennifer Wilson, KPMG CAPT J King, RAN Executive Director EATR Task Force Joint Logistics Command
10:35am - 11:05am	Evaluation of Properties of Solid Rocket Propellant Using Strain Evaluation Cylinder Methodology, for Use in Finite Element Analysis of Rocket Motors Mr J Huf & Mr J Anglberger, Defence Science And Technology Group I Don't Care About Your Risk Matrix: Reducing Risks SFARP SQNLDR J. McGrath Directorate Of Ordnance Safety Explosives Act Thematic Review – Proposing an Outcomes and Principle-Focused Explosives Safety and Security Legislative Framework Cont CAPT J King, RAN Executive Director EATR Task Force Joint Logistics Command
11:05am - 11:35am	Engineering Assessments and Their Dependence on Test and Evaluation Mr. M. Ashcroft, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ Utility of Quantitative Risk Assessment and Modelling for Explosives Safety SQNLDR M. Netherton, Directorate of Ordnance Safety GPCAPT M. Grant, Director, Ordnance Safety EO Storage and Handling – Leading Edge Approaches to Safety Mr. I. Shaik & Mr. D. Taylor, ACOR Consultants
11:35am - 12:35pm	Lunch and Exhibition
12:35pm - 1:05pm	Session 8A Room: Ballroom Chair: MAJ R Brinkworth Rethinking Munition Stockpile for Sustainability Mr Tan Chow Tat, Singapore Armed Forces Session 8B Room: Swan & Torrens Chair: Mr T Neethling Digitisation of Explosives Transport Documents for ADF EO Logistics Mr D Nothdurft, Thales EO Services Session 8C Room: Murray & Fitzroy Chair: SQNLDR J McGrath Explosives Transport Risk Assessment Methodology Mr Lee Choon Keat, et al - Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore/Singapore Armed Forces Ammunition Command
1:05pm - 2:35pm	Panel Considerations for Manufacture and Prototyping of Explosive Ordnance MAJ R Brinkworth. Directorate of Ordnance Safety Panel Members: Senior GWEO & DSTG representatives Workshop An Overview of Potential Strategies for the Derivation of RF Susceptibility Data for Electrically Initiated Explosive Ordnance (Workshop) Mr T Neethling & Mr K Stowe, Directorate of Engineering EMB/QinetiQ Panel EO Risk Management within Operational Decision Making SQNLDR J McGrath, Directorate of Ordnance Safety Panel Members: Panel will comprise representatives with operator, regulatory and legal backgrounds.
2:35pm - 3:00pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:00pm - 3:40pm	Closing Keynote Address 8 Room: Ballroom Commodore James Nash RAN, Director General Explosive Ordnance (DGEO)
3:40pm	Symposium Close

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