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 19th November, 2024

7:30am - 8:45am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:05am	Opening Introduction and Welcome to Country Room: Royal Theatre
9:05am - 9:45am	Opening Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre
9:45am - 10:25am	Keynote Address 2 Room: Royal Theatre
10:25am - 11:00am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:00am - 11:40am	Keynote Address 3 Room: Royal Theatre
11:40am - 12:20pm	Keynote Address 4 Room: Royal Theatre
12:20pm - 1:20pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:20pm - 2:00pm	Panel Session Room: Royal Theatre What does regulation mean for GWEO Capability Development and Delivery? Moderated by Director, Ordnance Safety DGEO, DGEM GWEO, DGCB GWEO
2:00pm - 2:10pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:10pm - 2:40pm	Session 1A – Manufacturing Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Mr Jason Van Meter, Northrop Gruman Defence Systems Mr Greg Mathams, Northrop Grumman Australia Mr Nick Anderson, Northrop Grumman Defence Systems Session 1B – Security Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Threat informed defences for Information Technology (IT) / Operational Technology (OT) within Explosive Ordnance systems: Understanding adversaries Mr Nico Riquelme-Ramirez, QinetiQ Australia Mr Michael Challen, Maritime Explosive Ordnance System Program Office (MEOSPO) Session 1C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Strategies for ensuring effective interoperability with electrically initiated Explosive Ordnance exposed to dynamic electromagnetic environments Mr Thinus Neethling, K39 Consulting
2:40pm - 3:10pm	Advanced Rocket Motor Technology Demonstrator Program: Accelerating Defence Capability Options through Defence Industry Mr Lachlan Burg, Thales Australia Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group The Role of Cyber Security Assessment & Authorisation (A&A) in Safe IT/OT Integration of the accelerated program SEA 1300 Naval Strike Missile capability into Hobart Class guided missile destroyers Mr Nico Riquelme-Ramirez, QinetiQ Australia Mr Michael Challen, Maritime Explosive Ordnance System Program Office (MEOSPO) Updates to the NATO process for assessment of Safety and Suitability for Service (S3) Mr Matt Ferran, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
3:10pm - 3:50pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Session 2A – Manufacturing Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Advanced rocket technology demonstrator program. 'Accelerating Defence capability options through Australian industry uplift Mr Lachlan Burg, Thales Australia Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group Session 2B – Explosive Risk Assessment Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: The safe delivery of key infrastructure projects to support Interoperability and Interchangeability: Construction safety cases in munition manufacturing environments Ms Kara Livington, Thales Australia Session 2C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Chemical characterisation and qualification of Thales manufactured Trinitrotoluene to US Military specification requirements Mr Mark Dundas, Thales
4:20pm - 4:50pm	Considerations for munitions produced by novel manufacturing technologies to enable effective in-service management Lieutenant Commander Lachlan Bourke RAN, Directorate of Ordnance Safety, Defence Experimental study for predicting and characterising projectile risk around underground mine openings Professor Alex Remennikov, University of Wollongong Safety considerations for drone-like munitions Mr Jakob Breiner, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Welcome Function Exhibition Hall, National Convention Centre Canberra