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2nd Australian Workshop on Industrial Experience with
Safety Critical Systems and Software

On 3 October 1997 the ACS's Technical Committee on Safety Critical Systems held a National Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software, in conjunction with the 1997 Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC'97) in Sydney. More than 40 people attended the workshop, from a diverse range of organizations and industry sectors, including railways, aerospace, mining, automotive, defence and public utilities. A number of people came from overseas to attend the workshop.

The full-day workshop consisted of seven practical experience reports on the use of software in safety-related applications. Click here for workshop programme details, including links to papers.

An expert panel discussion session of software safety standards was chaired by Dr Praful Bhansali, Airplane Software Safety and Security Focal for the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, USA. The panel included the following distinguished members:

Click here for a brief summary of the panel session discussions.

Participating organisations:

The following organisations were among those represented at the workshop:

Westinghouse Signals Australia SVRC Royal Australian Navy
Civil Aviation Safety Authority DSTO Queensland Rail
Airservices Australia CSIRO CSC Australia
Risk & Reliability Associates Boeing FreightCorp
Ball Aerospace (Australia) QANTAS RTA Technology
NSW Dept of Mineral Resources Intergraph Worley Exearne
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, USA

The ACS held a similar workshop at the Software Verification Research Centre in Brisbane in 1996 and attracted more than 35 participants from all over Australia.

For further details, email the Workshop Chair Dr Peter Lindsay (pal@it.uq.edu.au)