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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.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Full program
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Tuesday 19th November, 2024

7:30am - 8:45am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:05am	Opening Introduction and Welcome to Country Room: Royal Theatre
9:05am - 9:45am	Opening Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre
9:45am - 10:25am	Keynote Address 2 Room: Royal Theatre
10:25am - 11:00am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:00am - 11:40am	Keynote Address 3 Room: Royal Theatre
11:40am - 12:20pm	Keynote Address 4 Room: Royal Theatre
12:20pm - 1:20pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:20pm - 2:00pm	Panel Session Room: Royal Theatre What does regulation mean for GWEO Capability Development and Delivery? Moderated by Director, Ordnance Safety DGEO, DGEM GWEO, DGCB GWEO
2:00pm - 2:10pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:10pm - 2:40pm	Session 1A – Manufacturing Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Mr Jason Van Meter, Northrop Gruman Defence Systems Mr Greg Mathams, Northrop Grumman Australia Mr Nick Anderson, Northrop Grumman Defence Systems Session 1B – Security Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: Threat informed defences for Information Technology (IT) / Operational Technology (OT) within Explosive Ordnance systems: Understanding adversaries Mr Nico Riquelme-Ramirez, QinetiQ Australia Mr Michael Challen, Maritime Explosive Ordnance System Program Office (MEOSPO) Session 1C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Strategies for ensuring effective interoperability with electrically initiated Explosive Ordnance exposed to dynamic electromagnetic environments Mr Thinus Neethling, K39 Consulting
2:40pm - 3:10pm	Advanced Rocket Motor Technology Demonstrator Program: Accelerating Defence Capability Options through Defence Industry Mr Lachlan Burg, Thales Australia Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group The Role of Cyber Security Assessment & Authorisation (A&A) in Safe IT/OT Integration of the accelerated program SEA 1300 Naval Strike Missile capability into Hobart Class guided missile destroyers Mr Nico Riquelme-Ramirez, QinetiQ Australia Mr Michael Challen, Maritime Explosive Ordnance System Program Office (MEOSPO) Updates to the NATO process for assessment of Safety and Suitability for Service (S3) Mr Matt Ferran, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
3:10pm - 3:50pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Session 2A – Manufacturing Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Advanced rocket technology demonstrator program. 'Accelerating Defence capability options through Australian industry uplift Mr Lachlan Burg, Thales Australia Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group Session 2B – Explosive Risk Assessment Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: The safe delivery of key infrastructure projects to support Interoperability and Interchangeability: Construction safety cases in munition manufacturing environments Ms Kara Livington, Thales Australia Session 2C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Chemical characterisation and qualification of Thales manufactured Trinitrotoluene to US Military specification requirements Mr Mark Dundas, Thales
4:20pm - 4:50pm	Considerations for munitions produced by novel manufacturing technologies to enable effective in-service management Lieutenant Commander Lachlan Bourke RAN, Directorate of Ordnance Safety, Defence Experimental study for predicting and characterising projectile risk around underground mine openings Professor Alex Remennikov, University of Wollongong Safety considerations for drone-like munitions Mr Jakob Breiner, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Welcome Function Exhibition Hall, National Convention Centre Canberra

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

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

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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