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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.

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

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