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The next London branch meeting is as follows:

Title: Safety in Space : A New Frontier? (joint meeting with Hazards Forum)

Date: Tuesday 19th March 2019

Venue: The event will be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA

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The event will start at 1800 and finish by 1940. Registration, tea and coffee is available from 17:30. The event will conclude with a drinks reception.

Over the past decade, the number and variety of organisations launching into space has
significantly increased. The major driver for these activities has been a growing commercial
sector, a change from the institutional dominated missions seen in the early years of the space
industry. The UK has a number of companies involved in this growing space sector involved in
everything from constellations, to on-orbit servicing to launch. All these missions require a clear
understanding of safety and the risk presented in orbit and on the ground. One of the areas
receiving particular attention in the UK is launch. Commercial actors in the UK are now
developing a range of launch options and locations for space ports to allow small satellites to be
launched from the UK rather than using international launch sites. As space infrastructure
continues to develop, it will continue to be at the frontier of an evolving legislative regime. This
will create new challenges in terms of risk assessment and appropriate health and safety regulation.

This Evening Forum, jointly organised by the Chairs of the Safety and Reliability Society and the Hazards Forum, will provide perspectives on how the challenges of ensuring a safe launch from UK space ports could be managed. Andrew Ratcliffe and Robert Garner from the UK Space Agency will introduce the UK’s space sector, the emerging challenges associated with new types of space operations and the UK’s developing regulatory approach. Ron MacBeth from the Health and Safety Laboratory will present the results of the major accident hazard analysis of launch site safety and how this is influencing launch licensing. Joanne Wheeler MBE from Alden Advisers will cover the developing area of legislation for launch sites to in-orbit operations, and consider what might happen when things go wrong, including a recent case study.

Dr Luise Vassie (Hazards Forum Chair) and Dr Emma Taylor (Safety and Reliability Society Chair) will then lead a panel discussion to explore the transferability of lessons between established major accident hazard sectors such as nuclear, rail and O&G, and the developing
discipline of space safety.

The Hazards Forum is a UK-registered charity working for the public benefit to mitigate and reduce hazards and disasters, both natural and man-made, thereby reducing injury or loss of life and property and minimise distress and damage. The aim is to foster sharing of knowledge, experience and networking between engineers and related disciplines across industry sectors.

The Safety and Reliability Society (SaRS) is the professional body for safety, reliability and risk management practitioners. With a global membership, and a broad range of academic and commercial affiliate member organisations, SaRS is internationally recognised as the leading body for cross-sector safety and reliability expertise. SaRS is a UK Engineering Council

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Speakers
• Joanne Wheeler MBE, Director, Alden Advisers
• Ron Macbeth, Risk Assessment Technical Lead, Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL)
• Andrew Ratcliffe, Head of Launch Systems, UK Space Agency (UKSA)
• Rob Garner, Mission Analyst, UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Joanne Wheeler MBE (Alden Advisers)
Joanne Wheeler is the Founder and Director of Alden Advisers, globally-recognised space and satellite firm. She is
one of the leading experts in the field of satellite law, regulation and commercial contracts, having worked at both
Ofcom, the European Space Agency and for over 20 years in private legal practice in this area. Joanne won the
Financial Times European Legal Innovator of the Year award in 2014 for her work with the UK space industry and
government. She is a founder and Co-Chair of the Satellite Finance Network and has received an MBE for her services
to the space industry.

Ron Macbeth (Health and Safety Laboratory)
Ron Macbeth is the risk assessment technical lead at the Health and Safety Laboratory, providing expertise and
support to the Health and Safety Executive and other clients in hazard and risk assessment. Ron and his team provide
expert analysis in major hazard risk assessment, particularly in the area of process safety, covering failure
frequencies, hazard identification and consequence modelling. In addition to their risk assessment work on UK
spaceports for the UK Space Agency, he and his team have assessed risks in the utilities, rail and aviation sectors.

Andrew Ratcliffe (UK Space Agency)
Andrew Ratcliffe is the Head of Launch Systems within the Chief Engineers Team at the UK Space Agency. Andrew
and his team have been tasked with supporting the development of the regulatory framework that will allow launch
to occur from the UK. In addition, Andrew provides cross-directorate support providing technical guidance on future
technology development activities. Prior to joining the UK Space Agency, Andrew worked for Airbus Defence and
Space in the Earth, Navigation and Science Business Unit, leading technology developments and mission studies for
the European Space Agency

Robert Garner (UK Space Agency)
Robert Garner is a Mission Analyst at the UK Space Agency, and a postgraduate researcher in the field of
environmental impact of future supersonic and hypersonic vehicles. He is the holder of an Arthur C. Clarke award for
his services to space education.

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The London Branch meetings will begin at 1730, for a 1800 start.

Branch Organisers

Chairman: James Catmur

Branch Coordinator: Angela Ku

Treasurer: Pete Stanton

Membership: Vincent Ganthy

Past Chair: Colin Dennis

 

Previous London Branch Events

Date	Speaker	Topic	Venue
20th September 2018 Talk to start at 1800	Jamie Moore (Frazer-Nash) Nazanin Kabir (WSP) Hamza Butt (RSSB/ Huddersfield) Ameen Ali (BAE Systems) View poster here	Young Safety and Reliability Professionals Presentation Evening Register here	Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB
16th November 2016	James Turner, Wood Group Mustang Mia Bennett, CRA Lucy Wickham, Mouchel Pete Stanton, Network Rail View the poster here.	“Making Balanced Safety Decisions”	Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RB
18th January 2017	Michael Kilby, Crossrail View the poster here	“System Safety of Large Projects”	RSSB Offices, Moorgate, London
15th March 2017	Simon Stevens, ZF TRW Steve Denniss, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff View the poster here	“Cyber Security – Different industry approaches?”	WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AF
17th May 2017 AGM to start at 1730 Talk to start at 1800	James Catmur, JC&A Associates George Cleland, Adelard View the poster here	“Goal Structuring Notation  – Theory and practice”	RSSB Offices, Moorgate, London
28th June 2017 Talk to start at 1800	Simon Whiteley – Whiteley Aerospace Safety Engineering & Management View the poster here	“Beyond Swiss Cheese & Dominoes: STAMP”	RSSB Offices, Moorgate, London
21st September 2017 Talk to start at 1800	Jonathan Gregory, RSSB Kay Rigby, Risktec Fabio Oshiro, MES International Christos Pistolas, DNV GL View the poster here	Young SaRS Professionals are the “Future of Safety and Reliability” Open to SaRS members and non-members	Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB
24th October 2017 Talk to start at 1800	Peter Sheppard – WSP Rail Muhammad Zaid Iqbal – EDF Energy Stephen Barker – Civil Aviation Authority View the poster here	The Different Faces of System Assurance	WSP Offices, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF
October 2017 Talk to start at 1530 – 1700		CPD workshop and SaRS drop in session for membership applications Emma Taylor, Colin Dennis	WSP Offices, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF
30th November 2017 Talk to start at 1800	Morteza Lahijanian – Oxford University Kate Carpenter – Jacobs View the poster here	Connected & Autonomous Vehicles: What Safety & Reliability Benefits	RSSB Offices, 1 South Place, Moorgate, London, EC2M 2RB
Wednesday 24th January 2018 Talk to start at 1800	Pete Stanton – Network Rail John Barker – ioMosaic Martin Crawford-Brunt – DNV GL View the poster here	The Power of Big Data	DNV GL Office 4th Floor, Vivo Building, 30 Stamford Street Vivo Building, SE1 9LQ London
Tuesday 22nd May 2018	Dr Huw Gibson – Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) Dr Mark Young – Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Paul Davis – Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) Chris Gray – Boeing View the poster here	London Branch AGM 1715 – 1745        AGM Agenda Learning from Human Factors in Incident Investigations 1730 for 1800 start Book Here	RSSB Offices, 1 South Place, Moorgate, London, EC2M 2RB
17th October 2018 Talk to start at 1800	David Gleave (Aviation Safety Investigations) Rob Knight (Independent) James Turner (Wood) View poster here	You cannot manage what you do not know – Finding the unknown hazards Register Here	RSSB, The Helicon, 1 South Place, London EC2A 1SA
27th November 2018 SaRS AGM 1700 for 1715 Talk to start at 1800	Rail – Paul Booth (Network Rail) Aviation – Mikela Chatzimichailidou (WSP) Roads – Paul Marsh (WSP) View poster here	Issues for Automation in Transportation Register Here	WSP Offices 70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF
30th January 2019 Talk to start at 1800	Colin Dennis – SaRS Past Chair and former Technical Director of RSSB Keith Miller – Consultant in the Oil & Gas industry James Catmur – Director, JC&A and London Branch Chairman	Is There Really Safety in Numbers? Using QRA and Well-Reasoned Arguments (WRA) in the formation of a safety / ALARP argument	30 Stamford Street Vivo Building 4th Floor, London, SE1 9L