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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 20th November, 2024

8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:40am	Keynote Address 5 Room: Royal Theatre
9:40am - 9:50am	Movement Break Into Sessions
9:50am - 10:20am	Session 3A – Regulation and Risk Management Room: Royal Theatre Chair: A semi-quantitative risk analysis approach for determining the level of risk involved in the storage of munitions and explosives Dr Ali Ameri, Directorate of Ordnance Safety, Defence Session 3B – Manufacturing Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Australian resonant acoustic mixing at industrial scale industrialisation and EMQ of RAM-mixed PBXN-109 fill for BLU-126 (AUS) / B Ms Dana Maynard, Thales Session 3C – Risk Modelling Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Characterisation of terrain effects as part of Explosive Ordnance quantitative risk assessments using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis Mr Rhys Centin, Thornton Tomasetti Dr Huon Bornstein, Thornton Tomasetti
10:20am - 10:50am	Progress of the Explosives Act Thematic Review Kate Biddington, Explosive Ordnance Branch, Defence Benalla medium calibre manufacturing and 30 x 173mm manufacturing, 'The installation and operation of a Modern multi-calibre LAP line' Dr Emma Coen, NIOA Numerical modelling of energetics for Air Domain (Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance) Mr Damion Hadcroft, QinetiQ Australia
10:50am - 11:20am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:20am - 11:50am	Session 4A – Security / Explosive Risk Assessment Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Drone Threat to Munition Storage Mr Jakob Breiner, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Session 4B – Manufacturing Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: A successful path to interoperability: Australian Industrialisation of Cartridge 81mm M879A1 Prac Mr Rob Green, Australian Munitions Session 4C – Regulation and Risk Management Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Benalla medium calibre manufacturing and test and evaluation, an inseparable interrelationship Mr David Nink, NIOA Mr Matthew Hampton, NIOA
11:50am - 12:20pm	Explosive Ordnance safety risk communication for decision making in unpredictable operational scenarios Flight Lieutenant Charlotte Watts, Royal Australian Air Force TBC WORKSHOP - Legal Review of New Weapons Colonel Damian Copeland, Australian Army - Defence
12:20pm - 12:50pm	Software aspects of weapon systems interoperability and Interchangeability Mr Warren Miller, QinetiQ TBC continued...
12:50pm - 1:50pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:50pm - 2:30pm	Keynote Address 6 Room: Royal Theatre
2:30pm - 2:40pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:40pm - 3:10pm	Session 5A – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Royal Theatre Chair: The need to ensure that safety and suitability for service (S3) standards continue to be met at a time of significant change Dr Michael Sharp, Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group Session 5B – Professional Development Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: The Explosive Ordnance MSc and Graduate Certificate Programs at UNSW Canberra Dr Nicholas Kanizaj, University of Sydney Session 5C – Test and Evaluation Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Vibration testing of energetics Mr Lachlan Burgess-Orton, Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group
3:10pm - 3:40pm	Electromagnetic heating of energetic compositions in electro-explosive devices and Explosive Ordnance Mr Raoul Mazumdar, Nova Systems Mr Thinus Neethling, K39 Consulting continued... A successful path to product interoperability, Establishing a US-qualified digital x-ray capability for guided weapons and explosive ordnance types Mr Roger Broughton, Thales Australia
3:40pm - 4:00pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Session 6A – Risk Management / Interoperability Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Cross qualification, the pathway to higher levels of interoperability Mr Rudi Bekker, NIOA Mr Peter Schaumburg, NIOA Session 6B – Manufacturing Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: The journey towards achieving US qualification of an Australian production line for M795 155mm high explosive projectiles Ms Candice Birch, Australian Munitions Mr Rob Green, Australian Munitions Session 6C – Regulation and Risk Management Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Revisiting Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) in the Australian Context Mr James Robertson, Directorate of Ordnance Safety, Defence
7:00pm - 10:30pm	Symposium Dinner Royal Theatre, National Convention Centre Canberra

The above symposium program is currently a draft and the organisers reserve the right to change the information where necessary without notice.

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