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.

Thursday 21st November, 2024

8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:40am	Keynote Address 7 Room: Royal Theatre
9:40am - 10:10am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
10:10am - 10:40am	Session 7A – Risk Management / Interoperability Room: Royal Theatre Chair: WORKSHOP - Air Domain GWEO interchangeability; Hurdles and pathways Wing Commander Ryan Kell, Royal Australian Air Force, GWEO Session 7B – Munitions Health / Risk Management Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Review of nitrocellulose single base stabiliser chemical kinetic depletion trends Mr Raoul Mazumdar, Department of Defence Session 7C – Test and Evaluation Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: The one that got away: Key lessons from a static rocket motor test Dr Chad Prior, Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group
10:40am - 11:10am	continued... Design for Six Sigma for in-service surveillance: Revolutionising Explosive Ordnance lifecycle management Mr Adam Leer, QinetiQ Australia Product agnostic test facilities to support production of Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance products in Australia Mr Jacob Sheehy, Lockheed Martin Australia
11:10am - 11:40am	EO Safety Risk Management Squadron Leader, Justin Miilverton, Royal Australian Air Force, Directorate of Ordnance Safety, Defence Munitions safety in operations and design: Git 'er done Dr Kevin Jaansalu, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) National Australia Explosives Laboratory (NAEL) Mr William E. Post, Safety Management Services Inc. (SMS)® Mr Kirt N. Sasser, Safety Management Services Inc. (SMS)® Dr Emma Coen, NIOA
11:40am - 12:10pm	continued... Explosives site safeguarding and encroachment Mr Imran Shaik, Acor Consultants Successful integration of process hazards analysis into manufacturing and testing of explosives materials and articles Mr Scott E. Genta, Safety Management Services Inc. (SMS)® Mr William E. Post, Safety Management Services Inc. (SMS)® Mr Dennis Vengust, NIOA
12:10pm - 1:10pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:10pm - 1:40pm	Session 8A – Modelling and Simulation / Risk Management Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Energetic material qualification, 'Yesterday, today and tomorrow' Mr Chris Hollands, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Session 8B – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: All electronic safe and arm fusing devices for the safe and reliable initiation of guided warheads and rocket motors Mr Gary Buzzard, Thales UK Session 8C – Professional Development / Test Evaluation Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: WORKSHOP - Strategically advancing education, training and research innovation in energetic materials for a sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) manufacturing capability Professor Nish Hameed, Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group
1:40pm - 2:10pm	The Field Deployable Explosives Siting and Licensing Tool (FDESLT), a solution for the rapid siting and licensing of Explosive Ordnance facilities Mr Rhys Centin -Thornton Tomasetti Mr Adam Hubble, Thornton Tomasetti Hazardous voltages in loop type structures used for Explosive Ordnance handling Mr Thinus Neethling, K39 Consulting continued...
2:10pm - 2:40pm	Weaponised Unmanned Aircraft Systems, The rapid evolution of ordnance application Wing Commander Lucas Ricciardi, Air Warfare Engineering Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force Mr Andrew Dunstone, Royal Australian Air Force Safety and suitability assurance considerations associated with sovereign loitering munition stores deployed from existing uncrewed aerial systems Mr Andrew Rouen, NIOA AU & NZ Dr Warren Williams, JVAT Mr Denzel Kapadia, JVAT Understanding the mechanical ventilation in a modern urban operations live fire facility, through a practical, near real-world, multi-phase experimental program Dr Stephen Hall, GHD Pty Ltd.
2:40pm - 3:10pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:10pm - 3:50pm	Closing Keynote Address 8 Room: Royal Theatre
3:50pm - 4:00pm	Symposium Close