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Australia’s Co-Regulatory Model: Don’t Throw out the Baby with the Bathwater
With $155 billion in rail infrastructure investment planned over the next 15 years, prioritizing safety is vital for Australian productivity and sustainability. Our co-regulatory environment has paved the way for improving efficiency and advancing optimization. Yet, as the rail industry experiences an unprecedented pace of transformation encompassing digitalization, interoperability, and decarbonization, it is imperative to sound the alarm: Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Bringing together operators, manufacturers, contractors and government stakeholders, RISSB Rail Safety 2024 will delve into the latest advances in technology and innovation to share case studies and project updates from successful rail safety projects in Australasia and the world.
Save the date in your calendars now for our gathering in April 2024. Join us at the only rail safety conference in Australia, where you can leverage the collective insights of our esteemed industry experts.
Key themes to be addressed include:
- Australia’s rail safety regulatory environment
• What role does regulation play in your planning and operations? Does co-regulation help or hinder interoperability and harmonization?
• Experiences and learnings from the current regulatory environment - Lessons learnt from best practices in safety leadership
• Share how you are driving continuous improvements for a safe, efficient and digitally enabled future
• Collaboration in project management and contractor safety - Practical solutions from the latest innovation and technology
• Discuss your research, advances, trials and learnings for a safer, smarter rail future
• Evidence of co-regulation in facilitating innovation
2024 Speakers
Dr Natalie Pelham
Chief Executive, ONRSR
Carolyn Walsh
Chair, National Transport Commission (NTC)
Amy Lezala
Chief Engineer – Rail Network Design & Integration, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria
Dr Julia Pitsopoulos
Director, Human Factors Risk Management (HFRM)
Dr Christian Christodoulou
Director Engineering, Transport for NSW
Nick Mountford
Head of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality, Downer
Senator the Hon Carol Brown
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Federal Government
Russell McMullan
General Manager Assurance & Integration, City Rail Link Ltd
James McMillan
Chief Safety Officer, Keolis Downer Yarra Trams
Kevin Morrison
Head of Infrastructure Safety, Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM)
Paul Bennett
Senior Technology Leader, National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO)
Peter Doggett
Chief Operating Officer, ONRSR
Kirsty Baxter
National Rail Safety and H&S Manager - RAIL, McConell Dowell
Jessica Tiwade
General Manager - People, Governance & Risk, Arc Infrastructure
Brad Moorhouse
Group Executive Engineering & Systems, ARTC
Melanie Mackie
Head of Operations Standards, ARTC
Crispian Fitzhardinge
Operational Readiness Specialist – Rail | Sustaining Capital, Rio Tinto
Tristan Lynn
Manager, Health Safety Environment & Communities, Rio Tinto
Associate Professor Gemma Read
Director, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
Dylan Hoskin
Operational Systems Engineer, Aurizon
Emmanuel Cindric
Operational Systems Engineer, Aurizon
Dr Sara Pazell
Principal Work Design Strategist, ViVA health at work
Chris Van Berendonck
Chief Engineer, Queensland Rail
Damien White
Chief Executive Officer, RISSB
Amy Davis
Senior Legal Counsel, ONRSR
Chau Fat Chan
Assistant Director / Railways, EMSD HKSAR Government
Rebecca Blewitt
Senior Manager – Marketing & Communications, Downer Rail & Transit Systems
Brendan Poile
General Manager – National Zero Harm, Downer Rail & Transit Systems
Jason Zhou
Technology Strategy Engineer, Downer
David Presley
Director, Agonics
Griffin Smith
Key Account Manager, Metro Trains Australia
Neal Roebuck
Program Manager Robotics & Automation, Downer
Phil Lock
Commercial Manager, ARCS Group
Angus Mitchell
Chief Commissioner, ATSB
Ben Fountain
Head of Safety Health & Environment, Aurizon
Genevieve Nix
RISSB Board Member & Chief HSE and Sustainability Officer, Pacific National
Mark Carling
RISSB Board Member & APAC Regional Managing Director, Unipart Rail
Sudha Niles
General Manager Products and Innovation, RISSB
Tony Braxton-Smith
Board Member, RISSB
RISSB Rail Safety Awards Dinner
2024 RISSB Rail Safety Awards Dinner: 30 April 2024 | Luminare Rooftop Melbourne
18:30 Pre-dinner drinks
19:00 Conference dinner and Rail Safety 2024 Awards Ceremony
Stunning by day and sleek by night, experience the shine of the 2024 RISSB Rail Safety Awards Dinner celebrations at the Luminare Rooftop! Join us in celebrating industry’s safety achievements and relaxing with peers and colleagues after the first day of conference proceedings.
Separately bookable, the Awards Dinner is open exclusively to speakers, sponsors, award finalists and conference attendees. With the heartbeat of the city pulsing below us, and the excitement and anticipation of the Award announcements around us, everyone will feel on top of the world at this year’s dinner!
To sponsor the Awards Dinner contact Sarah Ingram, Sponsorship & Exhibition Sales Manager, Sarah.Ingram@informa.com or +61 406 530 043.
Award categories include:
- Safety Leadership Program
- Frontline Worker Safety Initiative
- Community Safety
- Emerging Leader
- Industry Safety Professional of the Year
Visit www.rissb.com.au/rissb-rail-safety-awards for more information and to submit your nomination.
Nomination deadline: 29 March 2024
The dinner is now sold out – to join the Priority Waitlist please email info@informa.com.au
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
The 2024 RISSB Rail Safety Conference will bring together government bodies, railway operators, engineers, project managers and industry experts and stakeholders from across the rail safety spectrum.
To showcase your services, expertise and product to the rail safety professionals and decision makers to this established industry gathering, contact Sarah Ingram, Sponsorship & Exhibition Sales Manager, Sarah.Ingram@informa.com or +61 406 530 043.
Sponsor Profile
Downer is the leading rail business in Australia, with expertise in delivering whole-of-life asset management support to our customers.
With 150+ years of experience, we have a long history of designing and manufacturing locomotives, and are the largest provider of through-life asset management services for passenger rollingstock in Australia.
We build and maintain passenger trains across all major cities in Australia with some of our flagship projects including:
- Manufacture and maintain 65 new six-car trains as part of the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program, supporting Cross River Rail and the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympics Games.
- Manufacture and maintain 119 Waratah trains in NSW.
- Manufacture and maintain 70 High Capacity Metro Trains in Victoria.
But we couldn’t do all of this without our incredible colleagues, as well as our commitment to Safety. At Downer, Safety is paramount with Zero Harm embedded in everything we do.
Technical Tour
ENHANCE YOUR LEARNING WITH A GUIDED TECHNICAL TOUR
Technical site tour: Pakenham East Depot | Thursday 2 May 2024: 08:00- 14:30
Following the conference, attendees will enjoy a guided tour of Downer’s Pakenham East Depot on 2 May. The 118-hectare site is the largest, most technologically advanced and sustainable train maintenance facility in Australia, and possibly the world. Built by Downer using 90% local content and recognised for sustainable and environmental excellence in 2022, the Pakenham East Depot is where testing and maintenance occurs for Melbourne’s bigger, better High Capacity Metro Trains (HCMT).
*Places only available for registered conference delegates, speakers and sponsors. RSVP when booking for the conference.
Insights
The risk of poorly-considered rail safety technologies
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How the UK redeemed its rail safety profile following five track fatalities
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Ensuring rail safety controls stand the test of time
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How to modernise rail safety assurance protocol in a world of tech disruption
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ConnectMe + Streamly
ConnectMe • Networking enhanced
All of our events utilise a bespoke dynamic smartphone app, ConnectMe – which guarantees attendees a premium event experience. Logins are sent prior to the conference commencement allowing you to check who’s attending, schedule in meetings and catch ups, participate in live Q+A and interactive polls, and much more. ConnectMe ensures you never miss a beat prior, during and post event.
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Streamly • On-Demand video vault
Streamly is a new video platform from Informa Connect – hosting hours of session recordings from our events and more. Select the Streamly add-on at the checkout to receive year round access to exclusive On-Demand session recordings from all of our related transport events*. Login information will be sent post event. For more information visit our Streamly page.
* Note: In a minority of cases, speakers may request their sessions to be excluded from Streamly access.
Event Code of Conduct
We want everyone who comes to our events to have a great experience. This code explains our expectations and rules, which includes general good practice behaviour, and how to report anything witnessed or experienced that goes against them. Read our Event Code of Conduct here.
Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainability
In Australia, we are committed to running our events in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Across Informa Connect we are focusing on the short and long-term sustainability impacts we have on customers and colleagues alongside the communities we work in.
We recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognising that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve.
To read more on our latest sustainability reports and Faster Forward initiatives – click here.
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contact
Still have a question?
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Sarah Ingram
+61 406 530 043
Sarah.Ingram@informa.com
Speaking Enquiries
Tina Karas
+61 431 442 504
Tina.Karas@informa.com.au