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Safety Critical Systems

12 - 15 June 2012 | Wyboston Lakes Hotel, Bedfordshire, UK

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Course programme

 

Day 1: Tuesday 12 June 2012

12:00

Registration and lunch

 

13:15

Introduction and welcome

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

13:30

Session 1: Safety critical systems - legal Implications

Dai Davis, Chartered Engineer & Solicitor, Percy, Crow, Davis & Co Ltd

 

14:30

Session 2: Incidents and risk concepts

Martin Goose, ChemEnvoy, Institution of Chemical Engineers

 

15:30

Refreshments break

 

16:00

Session 3/4: Introduction to IEC 61508

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

17:30

Close

 

19:00

Dinner followed by special session

 

Day 2: Wednesday 13 June 2012

08:30

Session 5: Safety integrity levels (SILs) and overall design framework

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

09:30

Comfort break

 

09:40

Session 6: Techniques for safety requirements determination

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

10:40

Refreshment break

 

11:00

Session 7: Workshop task 1: Risk concepts

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

12:00

Lunch

 

13:00

Session 8: Discussion task 1: Risk concepts

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

13:45

Session 9: Human factors

Ned Hickling, Director, Synergy Consultants Ltd.

 

14:45

Refreshment break

 

15:15

Session 10: Management for functional safety

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

16:00

Session 11: IEC 61508 competence requirements

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

16:45

Session 12: IEC 61508: Structure and essentials

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

18:00

Close

 

19:00

Dinner followed by informal lecture

 

Day 3: Thursday 14 June 2012

08:30

Session 13: Random hardware failures

Simon Burwood, Principal Consultant, Engineering Consultants Ltd

 

09:30

Comfort break

 

09:40

Session 14: Hardware architectures for meeting specified SILs

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

10:40

Refreshment break

 

11:00

Session 15: Workshop task 2: Hardware architectures

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

12:00

Lunch

 

13:00

Session 16: Discussion task 2: Hardware architectures

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

14:00

Session 17: Systematic failures

Dr Richard Hawkins, Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, University of York

 

14:45

Session 18: Safety assurance - functional safety assessment

Peter Wyman, I&C Lead Engineer, Horizon Nuclear Power

 

15:30

Refreshment break

 

16:00

Session 19: Safety assurance: documentation and safety cases

Dr Richard Hawkins, Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, University of York

 

16:45

Session 20: Operations and maintenance

Bill Black, Blacksafe Consulting Ltd

 

17:30

Close

 

19:30

Formal course dinner with guest speaker

 

Day 4: Friday 15 June 2012

08:30

Session 21: IEC 61508 : structure and essentials

Ron Pierce, Principal Consultant, CSE International Ltd

 

09:30

Comfort break

 

09:40

Session 22: Software techniques and measures

Ron Pierce, Principal Consultant, CSE International Ltd

 

10:40

Refreshment break

 

11:00

Session 23: Workshop task 3: Software safety

Ron Pierce, Principal Consultant, CSE International Ltd

 

12:00

Session 24: Discussion task 3: Software safety

Ron Pierce, Principal Consultant, CSE International Ltd

 

12:30

Question and answer session and topical issues

Ron Bell, Director, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd

 

13:00Close followed by lunch

 

* Programme is subject to change