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The 2nd Instution of Engineering and Technology International Conference on System Safety
Location: Savoy Place, London, UK:
Date: 22-24 October 2007
Web: http://conferences.theiet.org/safety/
System Safety Engineering (SSE) is the discipline concerned with achieving and assuring safety of systems, including their hardware, software and human elements. It encompasses, but is broader than, Functional Safety as it is concerned with hazards arising from physical causes, e.g. toxic materials and uncontrolled energy sources, as well as functional failures.
The programme has just been announced for this year’s International Conference on System Safety.
There are many challenges for SSE caused by changes in technology, increasing complexity and inter-working of systems, and reductions in the acceptability of risk to the public. SSE has to deal with these challenges – both societal and engineering – to ensure that deployed systems are acceptably safe, and remain so throughout their life.
System Safety 2007 aims to bring together a diverse range of people with a common interest in developing safe systems. This year’s technical programme will contain a combination of tutorials, papers and keynote speakers, addressing the breadth of system safety engineering topics. The programme will be aimed at practitioners, focusing on industrial best practice and will also address emerging research results of value to industry.
A programme of high-level speakers from key organisations in the field will include keynote presentations by:
• Professor Nancy Leveson, MIT
• Peter Mihm, Safety Unit, European Railway Agency
• Professor John McDermid, University of York
If you require any additional information, please contact the organisers:
The Institution of Engineering and Technology Event Services Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2AY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1438 765656 Fax: +44 (0) 1438 765659
Email: eventsa1@theiet.org
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