2000 : 5th Workshop

5th Australian Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software

The Safety Critical Systems Technical Committee held its 5th National Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software (SCS 2000) in Melbourne on the 24th November 2000. The workshop was held in collaboration with the Victorian Chapter of the Systems Engineering Society of Australia.

The full-day workshop consisted of a series of practical experience reports and an expert panel discussion session on the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Software in Safety Critical Systems.

The workshop featured a keynote address by Felix Redmill, a leading international authority on the new functional safety standard IEC 61508. Felix also delivered a one-day course on IEC 61508 in Melbourne the day before the conference.

The workshop papers included reports on safety case development, on the techniques for hazard discovery, and on the use of COTS software. The papers spanned many industries, including defence, railways and the process industries and featured presenters from Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK.

Click here for the programme.

For any information about the SCS 2000 Workshop, please contact:

Dr Alena Griffiths (SCS 2000 Workshop Chair)
Foxboro Australia,
42 McKechnie Drive, Eight Mile Plains, Qld 4113, Australia
Phone: +61 7 3340 2109 Fax: +61 7 3340 2100
email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it