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.
Wednesday 9th November, 2022
8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration and Networking |
9:00am - 9:40am |
Keynote Address 5Room: BallroomSimplifying Explosive Ordnance Safety Mr B MacNaught BSc CEng MIET FIExpE MAPM |
9:40am - 9:50am |
Movement Break Into Sessions |
9:50am - 10:20am |
Session 3ARoom: BallroomChair: Mr L TilbrookInfluence of Risk Tolerability on Approaches to S3 Assessment Mr M Ferran Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium Session 3BRoom: Swan & TorrensChair: LTCOL B MatthewsImproved Assessment Methods for Impulsive Noise Exposure and Hearing Protector Performance Mr C Nelson Session 3CRoom: Murray & FitzroyChair: LTCOL J AbundoEnabling Safe Explosive Ordnance Storage Mr B Durrant - Aecom Australia |
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 4ARoom: BallroomChair: CMDR S Morgan, RANControl 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 4BRoom: Swan & TorrensChair: LTCOL D MattisonInnovation in IM designs Mr E van Meerten & Mr M Melan, Rheinmetall Live Q&A with Mr Jack Rimmer. Session 4CRoom: Murray & FitzroyChair: Mr G BelleyFragmentation 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 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 6Room: BallroomMr Gilles Belley |
2:30pm - 2:40pm |
Movement Break into Sessions |
2:40pm - 3:10pm |
Session 5ARoom: BallroomChair: Dr K JaansaluThe Status of International and National IM Policies across the Nations Mrs C Collet, Session 5BRoom: Swan & TorrensChair: LTCOL M DwyerProcess Hazards Analysis for Explosive Ordinance Mr S Genta, et al. Safety Management Services, Inc. West Jordan, United States/NIOA Australia Session 5CRoom: Murray & FitzroyChair: COMM C McGregorSensitivity 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. 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 6BRoom: Swan & TorrensChair: Mr B Smith-RobertsResearch with Explosives at the University of Adelaide Mr T de Prinse, et al. Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide Session 6CRoom: Murray & FitzroyChair: Dr A ProvatasDevelopments 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 DinnerBallroom, National Convention Centre Canberra |