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Inquiry
into Improving Safety at Level Crossings
Public Hearings
3 March 2008
31 March 2008
7 April 2008
14 April 2008
5 May 2008
21 July 2008
22 July 2008
Monday, 3 March 2008
Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place, Melbourne
10:00–12:00pm |
Department of Infrastructure
Howard Ronaldson, Secretary
Tom Sargant, General Manager – Safety & Asset Management
VicRoads
Gary Liddle, Chief Executive |
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12:30–1:30pm |
Public Transport Safety Victoria
Alan Osborne, Director
Chris McKeown, General Manager, Safety Systems |
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1:30–2:30pm |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Peter Foley, Deputy Director, Surface Safety Investigation |
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31 March 2008
Room G.1, 55 St Andrews Place, Melbourne
11:30am–12:30pm |
National Transport Commission
Jeff Potter, Senior Manager, Safety
Jan Powning,
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1:00–2:00pm |
Australasian Railway Association
Bryan Nye, Chief Executive Officer |
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Monday, 7 April 2008
Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House, Melbourne
11:00–11:40am |
VLine
Robert Barnett, Chief Executive Officer |
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11:40 am – 12:20pm |
Asciano/Pacific National
David Edwards, Group General Manager Safety, Health and Environment |
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1:00–2:00pm |
Connex Melbourne
Barry Hedley |
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2:00–3:00pm |
Australian Rail Track Corporation
Tim Ryan |
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14 April 2008
Room G.1, 55 St Andrews Place, Melbourne
10:00am–11:00am |
ITS Australia
Terry Warin, Executive Director |
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11:00–11:45am |
Transport Certification Australia
Chris Koniditsiotis, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Charles Karl, Manager Major Projects
John Baring, Nation Manager - Government Relations |
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12:30am-1:15pm |
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers
Patrick McKay, Treasurer, Transport Division Committee |
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1:15-2:00pm |
Safety Institute of Australia
Gary Lawson-Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Geoff Dell CFSIA, National President and Dean College of Fellows
Dr George Rechnitzer FSIA |
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Monday, 5 May 2008
Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place, Melbourne
10:00–11:00 am |
ARRB
Peter Cairney, Principal Research Scientist |
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11:00am–12:00pm |
Dr Eric Wigglesworth |
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12:00–12:45pm |
Australian Trucking Association
Stuart St Clair, Chief Executive |
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1:15–2:00pm |
Sinclair Knight Merz
Brent Graham, Project Director, Rail Group |
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2:00–3:00pm |
Victorian Railway Crossing Safety Steering Committee, Railway
Crossing Technical Group
Tom Sargant, Chair, Victoria Railway Crossing Safety Steering
Committee
Geoff Walker, Chair, Railway Crossing Technical Group |
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Monday, 21 July 2008
Forum Day 1 - New Technologies
Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House, Melbourne
| 10:00–10:15am |
Westinghouse
Stephen Baker, Electro-Mechanical Technology, Sales Manager
Wayne McDonald, Manager, Technology & Training
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| 10:15–10:30am |
Hi-Lux Technical Services Pty Ltd
Sam Sozio, Director
Michael Maguire |
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| 10:30–10:45am |
Alcatel-Lucent
Walter Schwalbe, Business Development Director, Industry and Public Sector Solutions |
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| 10:45-11:00am |
STI-Global
Dylan Reichelt, Business Development Manager |
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| 11:00-11:15am |
EV Alert Pty Ltd
Greg Blackwood, Managing Director |
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| 11:15-11:30am |
NFA Innovations Pty Ltd
Pat Latter, Executive Director
Anthony Boscacci, Technical Director |
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| 11:30-11:45am |
SICE Australia Pty Ltd
Frank De Zilva, Business Development Manager, Railways |
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| 11:45-12:00pm |
Speedshield
Paul Dawson, Executive Director
Jason Ko, Manager Systems Development,
Automation Control Systems |
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| 12:00-12:15pm |
United Group Rail Ltd
Jim Watters, General Manager Technical Alliances and Product Development
Tim Buchanan, Project Engineer, Product Design |
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| 12:15-12:30pm |
National Safety Agency
Bill Yeadon, Research Director
Dominic Luppino, Managing Director, Emergency Warning Systems |
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| 1:00-2:00pm |
An open discussion on the merits of the technologies
Geoff Walker, Chair, Railway Crossing Technical Group
Matthew Kluga, Manager, Railway Crossings, VicTrack |
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Forum Day 2 - Failsafe
Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House, Melbourne
| 10:00–10:10am |
Ray Taylor facilitator
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| 10:10-10:15am |
Welcome
John Eren, MP Chair,
Parliament of Victoria Road Safety Committee |
| 10:15–10:30am |
Defining fail-safe and non fail-safe technologies
Nick Thompson
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers |
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| 10:30–10:45am |
The case for fail safe technology
Tom Sargant Department of Transport
General Manager, Safety and Asset Management |
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| 10:45-11:00am |
The case for non-fail safe technology
Chris McKeown Public Transport Safety Victoria
General Manager, Safety Systems |
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| 11:00-11:15am |
Human factors issues associated with driving and level crossings
Professor Ian Johnston |
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| 11:40-11:55am |
Legal issues
Jennifer Patterson, Public Transport Safety Victoria
Manager, Regulatory Policy and Legal |
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| 11:55-12:10am |
Indemnity issues
Alan Woodroffe Transport Accident Commission
Senior Manager, Policy, Service and Review |
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| 12:10-12:25pm |
National Perspective
Tony Simes, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Senior Transport Safety Investigator |
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| 12:25-12:40pm |
Railways’ perspective
Phil Sochon Australasian Railway Association
Deputy Chief Executive, Manager Government Relations |
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