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Symposium Program

Please see below the PARARI 2026 Symposium program.
* Please note the program is correct at time of publishing but is subject to change without notice as necessary.

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Wednesday 25th November, 2026

8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:30am	Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel Proportional Safety - A Regulator's Perspective Mr Stephen Gillstroem McLean, UK Ministry of Defence
9:30am - 9:40am	Movement Break into Sessions
9:40am - 10:10am	Session 4A – Storage and Distribution Room: Royal Theatre Chair: CDRE James Nash How nations apply TNT equivalency in QD frameworks: Balancing simplicity and scientific accuracy Dr Socrates Angelides, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Belgium Session 4B – Manufacturing Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Dr Khuong Vuong NIOA Benalla Industrialisation – Primary Explosives Manufacturing Part 1 – Capability Establishment Part 2 – Safety Approach and Validation Dr Emma Coen Mr Sam Brugliera Session 4C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Hashem Matter Reframing minimum viable capability in explosive ordnance engineering Mr Christopher Donaldson, Land Explosive Ordnance System Program Office, GWEO
10:10am - 10:40am	Applying a Whole Body of Evidence Approach to Hazard Classification Mr James Robertson, Directorate Ordnance Safety cont... A data driven approach to missile captive carriage lifing Ms Mary Massiha, QinetiQ
10:40am - 11:20am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:20am - 11:50am	Session 5A – Test and Evaluation Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Dr Donna Capararo How the RAAF and Boeing safely fired an AIM-120 from the MQ-28 Ghost Bat in less than 12 months Mr Alistair Weir, Boeing Defence Australia Session 5B – Manufacturing Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Mr Alec Beerens PBXN-109 Vendor Change Program – Surety of supply Mr Jacob Dobbs, Thales Australia Session 5C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Mr Matt Ferran The default HERO susceptibility trace: Validity, limitations and practical application in modern EO safety Mr David Cooling, K39C
11:50am - 12:20pm	Advanced rocket motor technology demonstrator program Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group Energetic material qualification testing of new alpha cellulose board gun propellant Dr Tristan Kilmartin, Defence Science and Technology Group Novel instrumentation technique to derive critical diameter in PBXN-111 Dr Valerian Kuznetsov, Defence Science and Technology Group
12:20pm - 12:50pm	Exploding foil initiator and fire set characteristics using statistical techniques to establish firing principles in accordance with STANAG 4560 Mr Paul Wittering, Thales UK Mr Nick Kovess, Thales Australia Development of a non-toxic cannon propellant formulation for current and future large calibre applications Dr Daniel Baer, Thales Australia Energetic material qualification of Thales Australia produced PBXN-111 (AX-2002) Dr Caitlyn Neesam, Defence Science and Technology Group Mr Nicholas Buggy, Thales Australia
12:50pm - 1:50pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:50pm - 2:40pm	Panel Discussion Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel T&E Panel Discussion AIRCDRE Simon Bird, GWEO Air Mr Ryan Esam, Rurex Mr Greg Mathams, Northrop Grumman Australia LTCOL Andrew Shipton, Joint Proof and Experimental Unit
2:40pm - 2:50pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:50pm - 3:20pm	Session 6A – Regulation and Risk Management Room: Royal Theatre Chair: CAPT Paul Yow NATO Ammunition Recognition Program (NARP) Mr Gilles Belley, Department of National Defence, Canada Session 6B – Manufacturing Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Prof Nish Hameed Environmental impacts of explosive ordnance – Why should we care? Ms Taryn Collaton, Defence Science and Technology Group Session 6C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Mr Chris Hollands Remote controlled fuzing – two approaches to standard compliant safety and suitability for service Mr Jakob Breiner, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Belgium
3:20pm - 3:50pm	Enabling proportional safety in conflict through adaptive explosive materiel limits Mrs Norah Walden, GWEO Systems Division Considerations in support of sovereign perchlorate manufacture in Australia Mr Benjamin Boyle, Flinders University Mr Julian Jones, Flinders University Keep your distance! Safe separation and no-arm distance for fuzes Mr Matthew Ferran, Department of Defence
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
4:20pm - 4:50pm	‎ Symposium Product Brief Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Prof Nish Hameed Use of RF to Emulate Explosive Effects Mr Don Williams, Layer 3 Services Symposium Product Brief Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Mr Chris Hollands An Innovative Australian Explosive Ordnance Storage System Mr Michael Wright, InQuik International
6:30pm - 10:40pm	Symposium Dinner

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