1997 : 2nd Workshop

2nd Australian Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software

The Safety Critical Systems Technical Committee held its 2nd National Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software (SCS 1997) in Sydney on the 3rd October 1997. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 1997 Australian Software Engineering Conference ASWEC'97).

The full-day workshop consisted of seven practical experience reports on the use of software in safety-related applications.

More than 40 people attended the workshop, from a diverse range of organisations and industry sectors, including railways, aerospace, mining, automotive, defence and public utilities. A number of people came from overseas to attend the workshop.

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:

• Dr Praful Bhansali, Software Safety Manager, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
• Dr Tony Cant, ITD, DSTO and co-author draft Def(Aust) DR 5679
• Mr Tim Kelly, High Integrity Systems Engineering Group, University of York, UK
• Mr Charles Page, Westinghouse Signals Australia
• Prof Jim Welsh, Software Verification Research Centre and member ISO SC7/WG9

Click here for the programme. A brief summary of the panel session discussion can be viewed by clicking here.

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