Abstract Submission

Abstract submissions for PARARI 2022 have now closed.

The following timetable will apply:

• Abstract Submission due – Extended until Tuesday 23 August 2022.
• Notification of Acceptance – Friday 2 September 2022
• Final Papers and Presentations due – Friday 14 October 2022

Technical Paper

A Technical Paper (delivered in the parallel symposium sessions) covers a technical topic and/or issues associated with Explosive Ordnance Safety and / or Support to Australian Manufacture.

Product Brief

A Product Brief (delivered in the parallel symposium sessions) provides a brief on a commercial product or capability associated with Explosive Ordnance Safety and / or Support to Australian Manufacture. Product briefs are considered a form of sponsorship, the cost of which is outlined in the Conference Sponsorship and Exhibition Proposal.

Workshop

A Workshop (delivered in the parallel symposium sessions) provides a non-commercial in- depth exploration of a concept related to Explosive Ordnance safety and / or Support to Australian Manufacture. It must include some form of audience participation/engagement.

Workshops should be as interactive as possible to ensure that participants are actively engaged in exploring the issues surrounding the topic.

Suggested Topics

• Novel energetic compositions or novel explosives manufacturing technologies and their application in safe munitions
• Energetics research supporting explosives safety outcomes
• Recent advances in explosives safety technologies
• EO safety risk management and its relationship to operational decision making
• Understanding cumulative environmental exposure and effect through munitions Health Monitoring and surveillance
• Explosive Ordnance transportation and storage – domestically and on operations
• The role of Explosives Training, Education and research in achieving safety outcomes
• Explosives site safeguarding and encroachment
• Considering explosives safety during early capability decisions
• Application of traditional qualification to additively manufactured energetics
• Safely accelerating the rate of transition from emerging technology to final product ready suitable for manufacture
• Managing emerging technology disruption in an Explosives Research and Development environment

Live Presentations

• Operation of your presentation will be via a laptop computer and mouse at the speaker lectern. Data projectors with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution (16:9 aspect ratio) will project your images onto the screen. Audio-visual technicians will be available before and during all sessions should you have additional queries or require assistance during your presentation.
• The room will be set with a lectern and microphone, a laptop PC (Windows 10, Office 2016), set to one side of the lectern and operated by a mouse. The laptop sound will be connected to the PA system.
• We are unable to support Apple Mac computers, except by prior arrangement. Please note that other presentation materials/formats will NOT be available without prior arrangement.
• Please bring with you a copy of your presentation materials (PC format only) on memory stick or CD to be provided to the Audio-visual Engineer when you register. It is advisable for all presenters using PowerPoint to bring a backup of all files.

The presentation schedule will be promulgated late August 2022.

Submitting an an Abstract

Please have the following ready before submitting your abstract:

• name
• organisation
• contact details
• presentation type – Technical Brief, Product Brief or Workshop
• delivery model preference (live or pre-recorded)
• abstract – no more than 500 words
• biography and photo of presenter

Technical papers and product briefs are 30 minutes in duration, including introductions and questions. Double sessions can be requested. A workshop is also normally 60 minutes long, but could be extended to two hours if there is room in the program.

Please note: Presenters may receive a complimentary day registration for the day of their presentation. Attendance at the remaining days of the symposium will require paid registration for those days.