EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

Less Than 2 Weeks To Go Until RISSB's Rail Safety Conference

You have less than two weeks to secure your spot at this year's Rail Safety Conference at the Swissotel Sydney from 11-12 May 2021. And, if you can't be there in person, why not join us virtually? We have virtual attendance options (including a mixture of live and virtual attendance options).

Themed New ideas, new perspectives and new directions, at this year's conference you will hear from more than 50 senior industry professionals from the USA, New Zealand, the UK, and Australia and have the opportunity to network with a large community of safety  professionals, project managers, engineers and investigators.   

RISSB's jam-packed agenda delves into some of the challenges currently facing the rail industry.

Presentations include :
·  The National Rail Action Plan: Driving Harmonisation and Interoperability
·  The ATSB’s Approach to Investigating Fatigue
· Reducing the Need to Access the Danger Zone
·  Two Approaches Become One: Safety Assurance Best Practices
·  Virtual Reality Training and Safety – a Human Factors Perspective
.  What do you Really Know About the Assets you Own and Manage?
.  Train Control Automation Using AI
.  Rail Safety and the 4th Industrial Revolution
·  Recent Advances in Fatigue Management.

Click the blue 'Book Your Seat' button to book a seat on behalf of yourself or your team.

Visit railsafetyconference.com.au for more information.

Abstracts for Technology and Innovation Conference Due COB Monday, 3 May 2021

Interested in speaking at our August Technology and Innovation Conference?

Abstracts of 20 minute presentations to be delivered during one of six streams at this year’s conference are due COB Monday, 3 May 2021. We are looking for best practice, practical and results-driven presentations that thematically relate to our conference theme Rail innovation – adapt or adopt.  

The six major conference streams are:

Stream 1: Automation
Stream 2: Customer Information
Stream 3: Energy Systems 
Stream 4: Sustainability
Stream 5: Asset Management 
Stream 6: Human/machine Integration

How to nominate
If you would like to put forward a presentation, please click on the Abstract Submission Template link to download the Abstract Submission Template.

Please submit a completed template to events@rissb.com.au before COB Monday, 3 May 2021. 

INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

RISSB's International Focus On Level Crossings

Last week, RISSB took part in an international discussion between the International Union of Railways, Great Britain’s Network Rail, Australia’s and New Zealand’s TrackSAFE, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, and France’s SNCF.

We were very pleased to be invited to their level crossing working group – the UIC Global Level Crossing Network, and to be part of a taskforce being established on risk assessment methods.  A first task: establish a benchmark of existing methods, send a questionnaire to members, and analyse the results ready to publish a UIC guideline in 2022.

It’s fantastic that there is such a global emphasis on this important topic, and we are proud to be part of it!

PUBLICATIONS

AS 7522 Access And Egress Available to Download

AS 7522 is now available to download from RISSB’s website. If you are an employee of a RISSB member and would like to download a copy of this publication, please click here.

This Standard covers access and egress by passengers and workers on access paths for passengers or access ways for workers and their access devices. This includes the design, construction and maintenance of locomotive, freight, passenger, and infrastructure maintenance rolling stock.

Good Practice For The Management Of Wheel Squeal Report

RISSB, through its Major Projects portfolio, continues to look at ways of addressing industry-wide issues that cannot be solved through Standards, Codes of Practice or Guidelines.

This commissioned report looks at the issues around environmental noise caused by wheel squeal and how it may be addressed. Following a peer review by some of the top people in infrastructure and rolling stock in Australia the final report has been prepared and is with RISSB for a final check before being made more widely available. Keep an eye out for this one!

Open Calls For Public Consultation

AS 7601.1 Light Rail And Road Interfaces Part 1: Management of Light Rail Vehicle Movement

Safety Critical Communications Code of Practice 

AS 1085.17 Railway track material: Part 17: Steel sleepers 

GENERAL NEWS 

Practical Uses Of ARRM Guideline

Development of the Practical uses of ARRM  guideline has commenced. Do you have a case study that you would like to contribute to this guideline to help other rail transport operators? If you have any questions about ARRM or valuable contributions for the guideline please email arrm@rissb.com.au.

RISSB's ARI Safety Award

This year we've proudly assumed ownership of the Australasian Rail Industry Awards' (ARI Awards) Safety Award. 

The Safety Award recognises organisations that have achieved and maintained a significant outcome in improving safety, or developed an innovation that can contribute to improved safety throughout the industry.

If you believe that your organisation has delivered a significant safety outcome that has benefited the rail industry, then we encourage you to nominate your safety work, today.

Nominations close at 5pm AEST on Thursday, 17 June.

For full details on award criteria, nomination questions and how to nominate, view the nomination guide on the ARA's website.