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Defence Engineering Conference
DMO/EA/ASDE Defence Engineering Conference 2010
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Adams Hall, Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra
Engineers Australia, the Department of Defence and the Australian Society for Defence Engineering invite you to attend the DMO/EA/ASDE Defence Engineering Conference 2010, to be held in Adams Hall, ADFA on Tuesday 23 November 2010.
The Conference theme will be: "The Engineering Challenges of delivering capability in a SRP environment without compromising safety"
Attending this conference will be an excellent opportunity for Department of Defence and Defence Industry engineers to network and discuss engineering challenges in delivering capability in the current reform environment.
Program
For full program details please see below
Registration
| Engineers Australia Member | Complimentary | REGISTER NOW | |
| ASDE Member | Complimentary | ||
| Department of Defence Staff | Complimentary | ||
| Non member | $100 |
If you are not a member of the Australian Society for Defence Engineering and would like to join to receive the complimentary registration rate please click here, complete the form and return prior to registering for the conference.
Venue
Adams Hall, the Australia Defence Force Academy
Dress
The Australian Defence Force Academy is a defence training establishment for leaders of the ADF. Dress and bearing of visitors is expected to be of a high standard. There is a hat policy that must be followed at all times. All military members attending ADFA in uniform, must wear a hat at all times, while walking the grounds or outside buildings of ADFA. The ADFA Café precinct is the only non-saluting area within ADFA.
Emergency Procedures
The use of the Australian Defence Force Academy facilities requires that fire and emergency procedures are followed. A dedicated emergency control notice board is located on each floor of each building. Refer to the map of the Australian Defence Force Academy to identity the designated area to gather in case of evacuation of buildings; oval 81 below the main parade ground.
Smoking
Smoking must be conducted 25 metres away from any building within ADFA or in the designated smoking areas.
Parking
Personnel are requested to park their vehicles in car-park 91. Please do not park in reserved areas. If car park is full please use car park 90. Refer to the map of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
Participants are to adhere to Australian Defence Force Academy OHS and Building Emergency Control Organisation policies and procedures. Please be aware this is a working area and noise needs to be kept to a minimum.
Contact us
For all registration or sponsorship enquiries please contact:
Rhiannon Hegarty
Engineers Australia
T: 02 6270 6563
E: Rhegarty@engineersaustralia.org.au
For all program enquiries please contact:
Ian O'Hara
E: Ian.OHara@defence.gov.au
Program - Day 1
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
PRESENTER |
| 0745 | Registration for attendees & registration for morning session presenters | Conference admin staff - Adams Hall Foyer |
| 0820 | Conference Administration, welcome and first speaker introduction | Conference MC: Mr Denton Bocking (Engineers Australia). |
| 0830 |
Opening Address with the themes: "Is Engineering a key enabler to the SRP?" and |
DMO Ms Shireane McKinnie (Chair of the MEC and DMO Acting General Manager Systems) |
| 0900 | "SRP - where are we going and where are we now?" | DMO Ms Jane Wolfe (General Manager Reform and Special Projects) |
| 0930 | "What went Wrong? A Different Perspective on the NASA Shuttle Accidents" | Jacobs Australia Dr Jan Davis, former NASA Astronaut |
| 1030 | MORNING TEA | ADFA Cadet's Mess Ante Room Building 4 |
| 1100 | "Development of in-country industry specialised maintenance and defect repair capabilities for COLLINS Class Submarine generators and main propulsion motor, as cost saving initiatives without compromising integrity or safety" |
DMO Maritime Systems Division - DSME ASC |
| 1200 | LUNCH AND REGISTRATION OF AFTERNOON SPEAKERS | ADFA Cadet's Mess Ante Room Building 4 |
| 1245 | "Safety Culture: a mystery masquerading as a puzzle" | Jacobs Australia Dr David Schmidtchen |
| 1345 | "A new development approach for Over the Horizon Radar delivers functional and performance improvements at reduced cost and schedule" | DMO Electronic Systems Division- OTHRSPO WGCDR James Blagg (Chief Engineer (CE) & Mr. Ray Hentzschel (Deputy CE) BAE Systems Australia Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems |
| 1445 | AFTERNOON TEA | ADFA Cadet's Mess Ante Room Building 4 |
| 1515 | "Interfacing with Engineers Australia and Defence Engineering" | Australian Society for Defence Engineering Mr. Doug Roser |
| 1530 | "Using Engineering Modelling to reduce materiel life cycle costs and schedule" | DMO Land Systems Division - LEA Mr. Colin Nelson (Land Platform Development Prog) |
| 1600 | "Engineering issues and challenges for rotary wing platforms in a SRP environment" | DMO Helicopter Systems Division Dr. Arvind Sinha (Director Engineering HSD) |
| 1630 | "Performance Based Contracting in a SRP environment and the role of the Engineer" | QinetiQ Dr Andrew Jacopino |
| 1730 | Thanks for participation, close conference, invite to Drinks and Dinner | Conference MC |
| 1740 | Drinks, Industry Poster Presentation and Networking | ADFA Cadet's Mess Ante Room Building 4 |
| 1900 | Conference Dinner (Entree served) | ADFA Cadet's Mess Dinning Room Building 4 |
| 2000 | Dinner Speaker | MAJGEN Tony Fraser, Head of Program Control & Assurance/ACTING HEAD COMMERCIAL ENABLING SERVICES in the DMO |
| 2020 | DMO Engineering Awards | Presented by Ms. Shireane McKinnie (DMO Chair of the MEC) |
Program - Day 2
Please note that the Day 2 Program is for Department of Defence personnel only.
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
PRESENTER |
| 0800 | Registration and ID Checking | DME staff in Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), Adams Hall Foyer |
| 0845 | Conference Administration, Welcome and first speaker introduction | Director Engineering (EOD) Mr Jason Cutting |
| 0900 |
Opening Address |
CEO DMO Dr Steven Gumley |
| 0915 |
Keynote
|
Acting General Manager Systems Ms Shireane McKinnie DMO HEng and Chair of the MEC |
| 0945 |
DMO Materiel Engineering Council, Community of Practice, Higher Engineering Policy |
Directorate of Materiel Engineering (DME) Dr Shari Soutberg |
| 1000 | NCWIIS benefits to Defence and the DMO | Capability Development Group CMDR Murray Smith |
| 1030 | MORNING TEA (ADFA Mess) | |
| 1100 | Advances in key technologies |
ANZACSPO |
| 1130 |
Sustainment - ASD SRP initiative
|
ASD CENGR (ACQ) WGCDR J. Medved |
| 1200 | HSD - MRH Gun Mount | MRH PO |
| 1210 | LUNCH (ADFA Mess) | |
| 1300 |
DMO/DSG Environmental Management |
DME Mr Adrian Pitman |
| 1315 | Technical Regulatory Council | DGTA-designate GPCAPT T. Saunder |
| 1345 | ||
| 1400 |
DMO Engineering Training and Development
|
DME and DGHR Mr Stuart Garrett and Ms Anne Miller |
| 1430 |
Projects of Concern
|
General Manager Programs Mr Warren King |
| 1500 | AFTERNOON TEA (ADFA Mess) | |
| 1520 |
Panel Q&A Session
|
A/GMSYS, HASD, HMSD, HESD |
| 1620 | Closing Remarks | Acting General Manager Systems |
