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Symposium Program

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Thursday 26th November, 2026

8:00am - 8:30am	Registration and Networking
8:30am - 9:00am	Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel Mr Gilles Belley - Director, Ammunition and Explosives Regulation - Department of National Defence (Canada)
9:00am - 9:30am	Panel Discussion Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel Munitions Safety International Analysis Center (MSIAC) - Who are MSIAC? What are the technical service offerings provided by MSIAC? What does proportional safety from within competition to conflict environments look like from a MSIAC perspective? Mr Chris Hollands, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Mr Jakob Breiner, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Dr Socrates Angelides, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Mr Jean-Francois Fournier, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
9:30am - 10:00am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
10:10am - 10:40am	Session 7A – Risk Modelling Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Physics based modelling of earth covered magazine breakup and consequence using ammunition and explosives consequence analysis tool (AECAT) Mr Neil McCormack, Lloyd's Register Advisory, Canada Session 7B – Regulation / Storage and Transport Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Presentation Title TBC CAPT Paul Yow RAN, Director, Ordnance Safety – Department of Defence Session 7C – Test and Evaluation / S3 Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Energetics material models for air domain GWEO Mr Damion Hadcroft, QinetiQ Australia Mr Jason Anglberger, Defence Science and Technology Group
10:40am - 11:10am	Practical application of the ammunition and explosives consequence analysis tool (AECAT) Mr Christopher Heron, Canadian Department of National Defence Presentation Title TBC Mr James Robertson, Directorate Ordnance Safety Proportional safety outcomes improved by the generic guided weapon architecture Mr Luke Serfas, Australian Missile Corporation Dr Daniel Clayton, Australian Missile Corporation Dr Robert Porter, Defence Science and Technology Group
11:10am - 11:40am	Warships in harbour – consequence advice for decision makers Dr Michael Netherton, Karagozian & Case Australia Proportional safety – applying modern explosives safety principles to northern base hardening in the transition from competition to conflict Mr Oliver Crowther, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd EMRNet: Advancing Australia's energetic materials capability for future sovereign GWEO challenges Prof Nish Hameed, Defence Science and Technology Group Prof Martin Johnston, Flinders University Prof Adrian Pudsey, RMIT University
11:40am - 12:10pm	The Field Deployable Explosive Siting and Licensing Tool Mr Rhys Centin, Thornton Tomasetti Australia From competition to conflict: Designing explosive ordnance infrastructure for proportional risk Mr Billy Durant, BG&E Australia A low cost hybrid nose for the detection and classification of explosive vapours Dr Adrian Garrido Sanchis, University of New South Wales
12:10pm - 1:10pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:20pm - 1:50pm	Session 8A – Risk Modelling Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Characterising blast induced injury: State-of-the-art experiments and predictive modelling and simulation Mr Asher Gehl, Karagozian & Case Australia Session 8B – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: From R&D to ADF capability. Proportional safety and evidence based assurance for weapon certification Dr Michael Sharp, Defence Science and Technology Group Session 8C – S3 / Test and Evaluation Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Hidden Risks in Sovereign Munitions Manufacturing - Applying AS IEC 62443 to Ensure Production Readiness from Competition to Conflict Mr Alfonso Sanzo, GPA Engineering
1:50pm - 2:20pm	Maintaining compliance with Defence criteria and safety standards Ms Lizzy Dobson, ACOR Consultants Electro-explosive hazards in the ADF: Addressing the quiet threat of organisational memory loss Mr David Cooling, GWEO Systems Division NIOA Benalla industrialisation: Environmental test facility capability Mr Sam Brennan, NIOA Australia
2:20pm - 2:50pm	Explosive Ordnance storage in constrained sites – challenges and responses Ms Julie Green, GHD Pty Ltd Safe to arm, ready to fight: Evolving fuze systems for modern defence Mr Benjamin Campion, JUNGHANS Microtec GmbH – Germany Lightning as an electro-explosive hazard in an Army context MAJ Matthew Reid, Land Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office – GWEO
2:50pm - 3:20pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Keynote Closing Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel AIRCDRE Adam Spinks, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group
4:00pm	Symposium Close

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