Introduction:

System Safety 2008 focuses on the development and assurance of safe systems. Safety practitioners from a vast array of sectors will gather at the NEC to share best practice thinking and emerging research results.

Plenary sessions will give an insight into sector-specific issues as well as cross-sector themes such as standards, competency and safety integrity levels. This is a great opportunity to hear from experts in the safety domain, including our renowned keynote speakers:

• Professor Sidney Dekker
  Lund University School of Aviation, Sweden
• Professor John Knight
  University of Virginia, USA
• Dr Martyn Thomas
  Martyn Thomas Associates Ltd, UK
• Alec Trevett
  Civil Aviation Authority, UK

Prior to the main conference, there will be a day of tutorials delivered by leading experts from industry and academia. Participants will learn through practical examples on the following topics:

• human factors and system safety
• practical software safety assurance
• white box safety
• key compliance requirements

Who should attend?

• Systems engineers involved in the specification and procurement of complex systems from different application domain
• Software engineers responsible for the development and maintenance of safety-related software
• Human factors engineers who deal with both human risks and human mitigations during system development
• Project managers interested in the integration of system safety engineering into the system development life-cycle
• Operations and maintenance staff responsible for running safety-related systems
• Regulators and procurement staff responsible for introducing and maintaining systems