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parari 2022
Australian Explosive Ordnance Safety Symposium
Supporting Australia Manufacture
8019 November 2022
National Convention Centre Canberra, Australia

Symposium Program

A comprehensive program over the three days of the symposium will include:

Tuesday 8th November, 2022

7:30am - 8:45am

Registration and Networking

8:45am - 9:05am

Opening Introduction and Welcome to Country

Room: Ballroom

Tim Gavel

9:05am - 9:45am

Opening Keynote Address

Room: Ballroom

Lieutenant General John Frewen DSC, AM
Chief of Joint Capabilities (CJC)

9:45am - 10:25am

Keynote Address 2

Room: Ballroom

Commodore Nigel Smith RAN
Director General Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance (DGGWEO)

10:25am - 11:00am

Morning Tea and Exhibition

11:00am - 11:40am

Keynote Address 3

Room: Ballroom

Brigadier Haydn Kohl
Director General Explosives Materiel (DGEM)

11:40am - 12:20pm

Keynote Address 4

Room: Ballroom

Captain Jacqui King RAN
Executive Director, Explosives Act Thematic Review Task Force (EATR TF)

12:20pm - 1:20pm

Lunch and Exhibition

1:20pm - 2:00pm

Panel Session

Room: Ballroom

DGEO, DGGWEO, DGEM

2:00pm - 2:10pm

Movement Break into Sessions

2:10pm - 2:40pm

Session 1A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: WGCDR G Mathams

A Quick History of GW Design and Manufacture in Australia

Mr L Tilbrook & Mr O Rehman, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ

Session 1B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: Mr B MacNaught

An update to the Quantity Distance QD Tables in AASTP-1

Mr Wingrave, Defence OME Safety Regulator (DOSR UK)

Session 1C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: Mr M Sharp

Lifing Approaches and Ageing Algorithms

Dr K Jaansalu, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)

2:40pm - 3:10pm

BLU Domestic Manufacturing - Part I and II Introduction and Energetic Material Qualification Development

Dr D Mangos, Defence Science and Technology Group

FLGOFF N Widdup, Aerospace Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office

Consequence Analysis Software in Support of Ammunition and Explosives Risk Assessment Safety Cases

Mr C Heron, Directorate of Ammunition and Explosive Regulation (DAER, Canadian Dept of National Defence)

ExploSim: Using RF to Emulate Explosive Effects

Mr D Williams, Layer 3 Services

3:10pm - 3:50pm

Afternoon Tea and Exhibition

3:50pm - 4:20pm

Session 2A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: Dr I Lochert

BLU Domestic Manufacturing - Part III BLU Industrialisation

Mr M Manchée, Australian Munitions

Mr D Watt, Thales Australia

FLGOFF D Iliev, CASG/MIB

Session 2B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: Mr L O'Donohoe

Ammunition and Explosives Consequence Analysis Tool (AECAT) to Support Risk Assessment of Storage-Based Explosive Scenarios

Mr N McCormick,
Lloyd's Register Applied Technology Group (Martec Ltd, CAN)

Session 2C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: Mr M Ferran

New Developments on Polynitro Containing Molecules as High-Energy-Dense-Oxidizers

Dr B Krumm & Prof T Klapotke
Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

4:20pm - 4:50pm

BLU Domestic Manufacturing - Part IV BLU Arena trials

Mr S Bevan, Joint Proof and Experimental Unit

FLTLT B Altantsetseg, Aerospace Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office

Revision of Australian Defence Burning and Demolition Ground Siting Criteria

GPCAPT M Grant, Director, Ordnance Safety

WGCDR G Gibbs
Directorate of Ordnance Safety

EO Shock Testing and Qualification, through use of the Portable Shock Machine JASSO

Mr R Centin,
Thornton Tomasetti

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Welcome Function

Foyer, National Convention Centre Canberra

Wednesday 9th November, 2022

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration and Networking

9:00am - 9:40am

Keynote Address 5

Room: Ballroom

Simplifying Explosive Ordnance Safety

Mr B MacNaught BSc CEng MIET FIExpE MAPM
UK Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator (DOSR)

9:40am - 9:50am

Movement Break Into Sessions

9:50am - 10:20am

Session 3A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: Mr L Tilbrook

Influence of Risk Tolerability on Approaches to S3 Assessment

Mr M Ferran Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium

Session 3B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: LTCOL B Matthews

Improved Assessment Methods for Impulsive Noise Exposure and Hearing Protector Performance

Mr C Nelson
Land Engineering Agency

Session 3C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: LTCOL J Abundo

Enabling Safe Explosive Ordnance Storage

Mr B Durrant - Aecom Australia
Mr A Gehl Karagozian & Case

10:20am - 10:50am

OME Recognition Program – Instilling Trusted Partnerships

Mr G Belley, Director - Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator, Department Of National Defence, Canada

Spike LR 2 Minimum Smoke Rocket Motor: Made in Australia

Mr MYosef & Mr Dr Bittoun, Rafael

Design Improvements to Singapore High Performance Magazine

Mr Tay Yuh Sheng, et al. Defence Science & Technology Agency, Singapore

10:50am - 11:20am

Morning Tea and Exhibition

11:20am - 11:50am

Session 4A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: CMDR S Morgan, RAN

Control of Electro-explosive Hazards in the Australian Defence Force - A Critical Overview of the Status Quo

Mr K Stowe, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ

Session 4B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: LTCOL D Mattison

Innovation in IM designs

Mr E van Meerten & Mr M Melan, Rheinmetall

Live Q&A with Mr Jack Rimmer.

Session 4C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: Mr G Belley

Fragmentation Safety Risks and Safety Distances for Field Storage of Large Calibre Munitions

Dist Prof M Stewart, University of Technology Sydney

11:50am - 12:20pm

An Overview Of Helicopter-Borne Electrostatic Discharge as an Electro-Explosive Hazard in The Australian Defence Force

Mr T Neethling, Directorate of Engineering EMB/QinetiQ

The Use of Robotics and Automation to Remediate Stocks of Artillery Ammunition, Deemed Unsafe to Move, Due to the Possibility of Armed Fuzes

Mr T Hutchin
Pentarch Pty Ltd

Introduction Into Service of New Combat Weapon Systems Onto Existing Training Areas

Ms J Green, GHD Pty Ltd

12:20pm - 12:50pm

Considerations Towards the Establishment of an E3 and HERO Test and Evaluation Capability in Support of the Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise

Mr M Hayes, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ

Software Safety Assurance for Explosive Ordnance

Mr W Miller, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ

Modelling and Simulation as a Risk Assessment Tool to Support Warships in Harbour

Mr R Centin, Thornton Tomasetti

12:50pm - 1:50pm

Lunch and Exhibition

1:50pm - 2:30pm

Keynote Address 6

Room: Ballroom

Mr Gilles Belley
Director Ammunitions and Explosives Regulation
Department of National Defence
(Government of Canada)

2:30pm - 2:40pm

Movement Break into Sessions

2:40pm - 3:10pm

Session 5A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: Dr K Jaansalu

The Status of International and National IM Policies across the Nations

Mrs C Collet,
Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium

Session 5B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: LTCOL M Dwyer

Process Hazards Analysis for Explosive Ordinance

Mr S Genta, et al.

Safety Management Services, Inc. West Jordan, United States/NIOA Australia

Session 5C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: COMM C McGregor

Sensitivity of Munitions to Lightning Strikes; The Effect of Building Lay-out, Munition Stacking, Type of EED and Packaging

Dr ir R Bouma, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Comparison of IM Threats Versus the Real World

Mrs C Collet, et al.
Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), Brussels, Belgium

DSTG Static Rocket Motor Test Capability: Past, Present and Future

Dr C Prior, Defence Science And Technology Group

Lightning Protection on a Munition Storage Compound – Methodology for Safety Risk Assessment

MSc HPA Dijkers, et al. The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Afternoon Tea and Exhibition

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Session 6B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: Mr B Smith-Roberts

Research with Explosives at the University of Adelaide

Mr T de Prinse, et al. Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide

Session 6C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: Dr A Provatas

Developments in Assessing Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Damage Risk from Sources of Impulsive Noise and Ototoxic Chemicals

Dr P Teague, et al. Vipac Engineers & Scientists Ltd & Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group

Mr M Jennings, Department of Defence

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Quality Control in M-CMOPI Small Arms EPVAT Testing

Mr L Quill, Joint Proof and Experimental Unit

Exposure to Emissions from Small Arms Munitions

Ms S Cherian. Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ

Mr M Jennings, Department of Defence

7:00pm - 10:30pm

Symposium Dinner

Ballroom, National Convention Centre Canberra

Thursday 10th November, 2022

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration and Networking

9:00am - 9:40am

Keynote Address 7

Room: Ballroom

Dr Michael Sharp, Research Leader
Advanced Propulsion and Weapon Effects, Defence Science and Technology Group

9:40am - 10:05am

Morning Tea and Exhibition

10:05am - 10:35am

Session 7A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: Dr J Reid

Resonant Acoustic Mixing of Composite Propellant

Dr N Stanley, Defence Science and Technology Group / YTEK Pty Ltd

Session 7B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: Ms F Ince

Reducing Negligent Discharges: A Novel Approach - from Idea to Prototype

FLTLT Fraser, EMB
WOFF J Reinertsen, ATACSPO

Session 7C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: CAPT J King

Explosives Act Thematic Review – Proposing an Outcomes and Principle-Focused Explosives Safety and Security Legislative Framework

Mr Philip Jones-Hope & Mrs Jennifer Wilson, KPMG

CAPT J King, RAN
Executive Director EATR Task Force
Joint Logistics Command

10:35am - 11:05am

Evaluation of Properties of Solid Rocket Propellant Using Strain Evaluation Cylinder Methodology, for Use in Finite Element Analysis of Rocket Motors

Mr J Huf & Mr J Anglberger,
Defence Science And Technology Group

I Don't Care About Your Risk Matrix: Reducing Risks SFARP

SQNLDR J. McGrath
Directorate Of Ordnance Safety

Explosives Act Thematic Review – Proposing an Outcomes and Principle-Focused Explosives Safety and Security Legislative Framework Cont

CAPT J King, RAN
Executive Director EATR Task Force
Joint Logistics Command

11:05am - 11:35am

Engineering Assessments and Their Dependence on Test and Evaluation

Mr. M. Ashcroft, Directorate of Engineering, EMB/QinetiQ

Utility of Quantitative Risk Assessment and Modelling for Explosives Safety

SQNLDR M. Netherton, Directorate of Ordnance Safety

GPCAPT M. Grant, Director, Ordnance Safety

EO Storage and Handling – Leading Edge Approaches to Safety

Mr. I. Shaik & Mr. D. Taylor, ACOR Consultants

11:35am - 12:35pm

Lunch and Exhibition

12:35pm - 1:05pm

Session 8A

Room: Ballroom

Chair: MAJ R Brinkworth

Rethinking Munition Stockpile for Sustainability

Mr Tan Chow Tat, Singapore Armed Forces

Session 8B

Room: Swan & Torrens

Chair: Mr T Neethling

Digitisation of Explosives Transport Documents for ADF EO Logistics

Mr D Nothdurft, Thales EO Services

Session 8C

Room: Murray & Fitzroy

Chair: SQNLDR J McGrath

Explosives Transport Risk Assessment Methodology

Mr Lee Choon Keat, et al - Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore/Singapore Armed Forces Ammunition Command

1:05pm - 2:35pm

Panel

Considerations for Manufacture and Prototyping of Explosive Ordnance

MAJ R Brinkworth. Directorate of Ordnance Safety

Panel Members:
Senior GWEO & DSTG representatives

Workshop

An Overview of Potential Strategies for the Derivation of RF Susceptibility Data for Electrically Initiated Explosive Ordnance (Workshop)

Mr T Neethling & Mr K Stowe,
Directorate of Engineering EMB/QinetiQ

Panel

EO Risk Management within Operational Decision Making

SQNLDR J McGrath, Directorate of Ordnance Safety

Panel Members:
Panel will comprise representatives with operator, regulatory and legal backgrounds.

2:35pm - 3:00pm

Afternoon Tea and Exhibition

3:00pm - 3:40pm

Closing Keynote Address 8

Room: Ballroom

Commodore James Nash RAN,
Director General Explosive Ordnance (DGEO)

3:40pm

Symposium Close

Partners

Platinum Sponsor

NIOA

Gold Sponsors

Defence Connect

Silver Sponsors

APDR

Ascent Professional Services

Australian Defence Magazine

Northrop Grumman

QinetiQ

Dinner Sponsor

Lockheed Martin

Satchel Sponsor

KPMG Law

Name Card / Lanyard Sponsor

Ascent Professional Services

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