Our program
Safeskies 2022 preliminary program
(as at 19 September 2022)
DINNER / LECTURE
Tuesday,
20 September, 2022
18:00 – 18:45
Australian Parliament House foyer
pre-dinner drinks
18:45 – 20:00
Sir Reginald Ansett Memorial Lecture
Andre Stein CEO Eve Air Mobility
20:00 – 22:00
Conference dinner
DAY ONE
Wednesday,
21 September, 2022
07:30
Registration desk open
Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
08:30 – 08:45
Welcome and conference introduction
Peter Raven AM, Linda Spurr
08:45 – 09:00
Conference opening
Mike Mrdak AO
09:00 | Session 1
Aviation Policy Group Discussion
Richard Wood First Assistant Secretary Dept Infrastructure, Pip Spence CEO CASA, Jason Harfield CEO Airservices Australia, AIRCDRE Joseph Medved Director General, Defence Aviation Safety Authority
(15 min each, + 30 min). Overview of aviation safety issues from each speaker followed by panel discussion/Q and A.
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea – Supported by L3Harris
11:00 | Session 2
‘Safe integration of increasingly complex airspace.’
Peter Kearney CEO Irish Aviation Authority and chair of COOPANS.
11:45 | Panel facilitated by Greenbird Consortium
‘Leveraging aviation safety standards to build consumer confidence in emerging air mobility systems’.
Speakers:
Jia Le Koh – Skyports Asia Pacific
Tim Ryley – Professor of Aviation, Griffith University
Andrew Moore – Co-Founder and CEO, AMSL Aero
Moderator: Sara Hales, Managing Director, Greenbird
12:30 – 12:40
AVM Mark Skidmore (ret) AM – Chairman Skykraft
12:40 – 13:30
Next-Gen lunch – (Students, aviation cadets and new entrants)
Supported by Dick Smith
13:30 | Session 3
‘Cyber-securing Australian airspace’
Grant Williams Technical Director, Airspace Mobility Solutions, Thales Group Australia
13:50
Regulation and new technology
Dr Reece Clothier Boeing ‘Closing the gap – enabling safe aerospace innovation’
Dr Rob Weaver Eve Air Mobility ‘Building the urban air mobility ecosystem’
Zachary Kennedy Swoop Aero ‘Making access to the skies seamless’
Chair/moderator: Jackie Dujmovic
Safeskies board member
15:00 – 15:30
Afternoon Tea
15:30 – 1700 | Session 4
Safety investigation – civil and military
Robert Sumwalt: former head of the US NTSB (virtual)
Angus Mitchell: Chief commissioner ATSB
Group Captain Dennis Tan: Director Defence Flight Safety Bureau
Jane Meares Chief commissioner New Zealand Transport Accidents Investigation Commission
17:00
Close of Day 1 – Margo Marchbank, Manager Safeskies Australia
17:00 – 18:00
Safeskies Networking Happy Hour
DAY TWO [VIRTUAL]
UPDATE / Respecting the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II declared for 22 September, we will be delivering day 2 of the program virtually at a date to be advised.
Thursday,
22 September, 2022
08:00 – 08:45
Venue open Hyatt Hotel – networking
08:45 – 09:00
Welcome and introduction to Day 2
CDRE Chris Smallhorn (ret) Safeskies Deputy Chair
09:00 | Session 5
Airline heads of safety
Mark Cameron Qantas Airways
Michael Chapman Jetstar
Amanda Drake Alliance Airlines
Anthony Gibara Rex Airlines
Chris McKie Virgin Australia
10:00 – 10:30
Recreational aviation safety panel
Cody Calder head of safety, Recreational Aviation Australia
Mark Edwards head of operations, Australian Parachute Federation
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea – Supported by Flight Safety Foundation
11:00 | Session 6
Dr. Rob Lee Memorial Session – System safety
Timothy Hudson Hudson Consulting: ‘Improving safety management approaches using underlying structures in the safety culture ladder’
Dr Kevin McMurtrie UNSW: ‘Just culture – an enabler of trust and confidence for voluntary reporting, or a utopian ideology?’
Dr Louise Raggett – ‘Marrying Safety I and Safety II approaches – A practical application of new methods in aviation ground operations’
Moderator: Sue Burdekin
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch – Boeing Australia
13:30 | Session 7
ADF Aviation Safety Panel
‘Current and future safety challenges for Defence aviation.’
ACDRE Nathan Christie RAAF
Brigadier David Hafner, Deputy Commander Army Aviation
CDRE David Frost Commander Fleet Air Arm.
Moderator: AVM Alan Clements AM CSC
14:15
Training and human factors
Denis Manson ‘Human factors in the metaverse – virtual training spaces for non-technical skill development’
Allison McDonald ‘Human-centred design for emerging technologies’
Shane Tobin ‘Upset prevention and recovery training – stick and rudder problem or human factors problem?’
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 | Session 8
PG Taylor Address
ACM Mark Binskin AC (ret) Chair of CASA board
16:15 – 16:50
‘The resilient pilot and continuing professional development’
Captain Naomi Radke AFAP
16:50 – 17:00
Close day 2 & conference close – Captain Peter Raven AM/ Linda Spurr – Chair and Treasurer Safeskies