Australia’s premier safety conference for the rail industry, RISSB’s Rail Safety Conference, returns to Sydney at the end of March with a bold new program and even greater opportunities to learn from the best.
The 2020 event promises greater interactivity, more topics that are timely and relevant, and sessions that will provide a completely new perspective on how the industry operates. With so much to choose from now’s the time to get on board.
From panel discussions to networking, plenary presentations to technical streams, the new and improved format truly has something for everyone.
New in 2020
- A 2-day supercharged program featuring more than 40 Australian and international speakers
- Concurrent technical streams on the afternoon of Day 1 focused on issues that matter most to today’s rail transport operators – track worker safety, data and information, rail level crossings, system safety assurance, contractor management and sharing investigations
- Safety leaders panel
- A night at the museum (Australian National Maritime Museum) conference dinner
- A choice of site tours.
Two keynote speakers (one internationally recognised) join an already impressive speaker line-up of industry leaders who are ready to challenge conventional thinking and deliver actionable insights during two jam-packed days.
RISSB’s stellar speaker line-up includes:
- Sue McCarrey, Chief Executive, ONRSR
- Carolyn Walsh, Chair, National Transport Commission and Chief Commission ATSB.
- Sandra Wilson-Ryke, SQE Director, Keolis Downer
- Tilo Franz, General Manager, Operations & Maintenance, CMET
- Kieran MacKenzie, CEO, Presien and Innovation Engineer, Laing O’Rourke
- Scott Cornish, Executive General Manager, Safety, Risk and Assurance, Queensland Rail
- John Langron, Rail Safety Manager, Sydney Metro
- Rachel Wood, Lead Investigator – Rail Safety, Transdev Auckland
- Associate professor Anjum Naweed, CQU University
- Simon Vaux, Director, Digital Engineering, Transport for NSW
- Stewart Haycock, Project Manager, Operations Services, Australian Rail Track Corporation
- Tim Proctor, Senior Consultant, Indec Consulting
- David McMah, General Manager Train Service Delivery, Queensland Rail
- Daniel Upton, Manager Continuous Improvement Zero Harm, Metro Trains Melbourne
- Neil Robinson, Consultant and Director, RGB Assurance
- Bill Palazzi, Director, Palazzirail
- Guy Widdowson, Compliance and Investigations Manager Safer Rail, New Zealand Rail Safety Regulator, Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency
- Jamie Dean, Assurance & Improvement Manager Country Regional Network, John Holland
- Paul Nheu, Systems Assurance Manager, Digital Systems Program, Transport for NSW
- Celeste Young, Research Fellow, Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
- Lindsay Holt, Rail Safety & Compliance Manager, Laing O’Rourke
- Nafiseh Esmaeeli, University of Alberta, Canada
- Craig Dance, General Manager – Safety Risk and Assurance, V/Line
- Russell McMullan, General Manager – CRL Assurance and Integration, City Rail Link Project NZ
- Sudha Niles, G&R Lead – Compliance and HSE, Arc Infrastructure.
The Rail Safety Conference will be held at Aerial UTS Function Centre in Ultimo on March 31 and April 1, 2020. For more information or to register to attend the conference, go to www.informa.com.au/event/conference/rissb-rail-safety-conference/