RISSB Rail Safety Conference 2024 | Informa Australia | 29 April 2024 | Grand Hyatt Melbourne, 123 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

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, this event 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
GM Assurance and Integration, City Rail Link New Zealand

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
Co-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 RTS

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 & Innovation, RISSB

Tony Braxton-Smith
Board Member, RISSB

2024 Sponsor

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Downer