Agenda

8.00 Registration and morning coffee

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

Clifton Pool, Safety & Risk Manager, Rail Infrastructure Corporation

9.10 RISSB safety projects

Kevin Taylor, General Manager, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RISSB)

9.25 The state of rail safety in Victoria

• Improving safety at level crossings
• Leadership and responsibility: The Government's role in investing in infrastructure and awareness campaigns to improve safety for train drivers and passengers, heavy vehicle drivers and motorists
  

9.55 INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY - Safety leadership in the UK rail industry: Developing continuous improvement

John Abbott, Director of National Programmes, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) UK

10.35 Morning tea and networking break

11.00 INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY - Leading safety reform and culture in MTR Corporation Hong Kong

• Managing safety in a period of change
  

Alex Lau, Operations & Occupational Safety Manager, MTR Corporation

11.40 Safety leadership in BlueScope Steel

• A look at BlueScope Steels Zero Harm Initiative
  

Dr Chris Darling, Manager Safety, Health & Risk, Australia & New Zealand Steel Manufacturing Businesses, BlueScope Steel

12.20 Safety leadership issues in the Australian Army

Lt General Ken Gillespie AO, DSC, CSM, Chief of Army

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Demonstrating OH&S safety leadership

• Case study of the three pillars of safety: people, plant and systems
• Engaging people at all levels
  

Steve Gambril, Manager OH&S, Eraring Energy*

* Winner of the National Safe Work Australia Public Sector Leadership Award for Injury Prevention and Management

2.40 Best practice safety leadership attributes in the aviation industry

John Guselli, Director, JCG Aviation Services & Chair, Australian Advisory Board of the Flight Safety Foundation

3.20 Enhanced safety reform in the Australian dairy industry

Cr Bill Hill, Mayor, Benalla Rural City Council, Victoria

3.50 Afternoon tea and networking break

4.10 Safety: A Canadian Perspective
Cliff Mackay, President & CEO, The Railway Association of Canada

4.40 CEO PANEL DISCUSSION
Safety leadership and culture: Have we got it right?

Facilitator:

Sue McCarrey, Executive Director Safety Strategy Development, Public Transport Authority WA

Panelists:

Bob Lindsell, COO, Metro Trains Melbourne
Rob Barnett, CEO, V/Line
Rob Mason, CEO, RailCorp
Tony Braxton-Smith, CEO, Great Southern Rail
Michael Carter, Executive General Manager, QR Network
Bruce Farrar, CEO, Robson Civil Projects
Cliff Mackay, President & CEO, The Railway Association of Canada

5.40 Close of Day One

8.00 Morning coffee

8.30 Opening remarks from the Chair

Sandra Wilson-Ryke, Risk & Compliance Manager, FreightLink

8.40 OH&S national reforms: Driving harmonisation

• Update on the model OHS Act
• What will be the critical elements in enabling harmonisation and streamlining implementation in conjunction with state and federal agencies?
  

Wayne Creaser, Branch Manager for Research & Data, Safe Work Australia

9.20 Lessons from safety investigations

• Case Study: Level crossing collision between the Cairns Tilt Train and a B-Double truck at Rungoo, North Queensland on 27 November 2008
  

Larry Matters, Senior Transport Safety Investigator, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)

10:00 Leading safety reform in QR

Michael Carter, Executive General Manager, QR Network

10.40 Morning tea and networking break

11:10 Rail safety from a Subby's perspective

Bruce Farrar, CEO, Robson Civil Projects

11.50 Thinking like a passenger: Managing community safety expectations while maintaining operational efficiency

• Improving customer satisfaction: The relationship between safety and service at every stage of the journey
  

Michel Masson, CEO, Keolis Downer EDI Rail

12:30 Lunch

1.30 The Beaconsville mine tragedy: A safety lesson

Darren Flanagan, Hero, Beaconsfield Mine Rescue & Todd Russell, Survivor, Beaconsfield Mine Collapse, Tasmania

2.40 Afternoon tea and networking break

3.00 PANEL DISCUSSION

Drugs and alcohol issues in the rail industry

• Reviewing procedures and innovative strategies to promote workers' health
  

Facilitator:

Sue McCarrey; Executive Director Safety Strategy Development, Public Transport Authority WA

Panelists:

Clare Kitcher, Group General Manager Safety, RailCorp

Bruce Farrar, CEO, Robson Civil Projects

Noel Ramsey, General Manager Rail, SCT Logistics

Iresha Herath, General Manager, Regulatory Policy and Legal, Public Transport Safety Victoria

Tim Eaton, General Manager Safety, National Transport Commission

Dr Armand Casolin, Chief Health Officer, RailCorp

Simon Gray, General Manager Risk and Safety, ARTC

4.00 Safety matters from an ARA perspective

Bryan Nye, CEO, Australasian Railway Association (ARA)

4.20 Close of conference