16 Aug 2018
The Whistle Board Newsletter – August 2018
No Images? Click here Message from the CEO This month, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the importance of safety. This week is Rail Safety Week and we as an industry must continue to encourage people to think and act safely in and around the rail network. It's great to see so many of the rail industry organising activities for their employees and the public to bring safety around trains to the front of everybody's mind. During this week, RISSB will be attending events and working with members and governments to drive the message of safety. It’s no coincedence that safety is a top priority at RISSB. With the word safety in our name, we live and breathe the safety ethos and make sure that our employees return home safely every day. We deliver products and services that drive safety and harmonisation throughout rail across the nation. And we help our members better manage their risks by providing the right tools in the form of standards, guidelines, codes of practice and of course Australia's own Rail Risk Model (ARRM). Perhaps the biggest risk facing organisations comes from their increasing reliance on new technology to drive efficiency and improve productivity. Future-proofing a business can often mean a significant investment in new systems and automation. So, what does the future hold for the rail industry? Perhaps the hardest thing about future-proofing any organisation is trying to figure out what’s coming next, how to prepare for it, or even how to capitalise on it. Over the next month, RISSB’s focus is well and truly on the future with two events that are guaranteed to have broad appeal. The development of a transit system that can propel people and cargo in pods at more than 1,000 kilometres per hour sounds more like science fiction than a concept that is gaining traction across a broad audience. So, we’re very pleased to welcome Zac McClelland, VicHyper’s Project Director, to speak at our very first industry networking breakfast in August. Each quarter we’ll be holding a breakfast in an Australian capital city and inviting industry to connect with senior leaders, academics and employees from government agencies as well as RISSB staff and board members. With a focus on the future, we’ll be discussing trends, initiatives and opportunities in each area of the rail industry. This month, we’ll be hearing from Dr Todd Bentley, RISSB’s Industry Director – Passenger Operations as well as RISSB’s Chair, Deb Spring. The Melbourne breakfast has been well supported and RISSB is pleased with the number of people who RSVP'd to attend the event. Our next event will be held in Sydney in November. Please keep checking your emails for details about this breakfast event. And, if you see an event in your capital city, I encourage you to come along. It’s your chance to talk with RISSB, discover what products will be developed over the coming year, and get your tough questions answered by RISSB employees. Next month we’ll continue to explore how the fourth industrial revolution is affecting the rail industry during our second annual Rail Cyber Security Conference. Featuring 20 speakers, immersive breakout sessions and two full days of world-class discussions, this event will provide conference delegates with a unique opportunity to hear from employees of Queensland Police, the Australian Cyber Security Centre and Tobruk Security. On a final note, I will leave you with these words - a cyber security risk is a safety risk. Until next month. Paul Daly RISSB Industry Networking Breakfast OversubscribedRISSB’s industry networking breakfast was scheduled for Collins Square on Tuesday, 21 August but has moved to a new venue to accommodate the large number of people who registered to attend the event. Close to 120 people signed up to hear from RISSB (and our guest speaker) and rather than turn people away, we accepted all registrations. So, if you received a confirmation email today, please note the address of the new venue: If, for whatever reason, you are unable to attend the event, please contact RISSB on 07 3724 0000.
Horizons Program Brisbane Forum Taking Shape The first two-day forum for RISSB's Horizons Program will be held in Brisbane on the 13th and 14th of September. The initial forum will include:
On 7 August 2018, RISSB (represented by General Manager Safety and Innovation, Jesse Baker) attended the Standards Australia MS-012 committee meeting. High on the agenda was the revision to AS 1742.7 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices Railway Crossings for which RISSB is the drafting leader. Industry Gathers to Share Learnings from InvestigationsAround 25 people from across the rail industry attended the first Shared Learnings from Investigations forum held in Melbourne recently. The forum heard from prominent industry members and developed a range of key learnings. These learnings will be shared amongst those who attended before further discussions at the upcoming Safety Managers Group meeting in Perth on 3 and 4 October. ATSB attended the latter part of the forum to discuss industry feedback and how ATSB approaches system investigations. Feedback from those who attended the forum was very positive with further forums to be planned
for 2019.
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