Past Events
20th November 2024
Managing Cybersecurity for Operational Technology
Developments in technology and digitalisation introduce new and diverse risks that evolve over time, and Cybersecurity risk is one of […]
13th November 2024
London Branch: Application of Engineering Safety Management on a Major Project – Lessons Learnt – Part 3: Worked Example
SaRS is delighted to be bringing you a series of Technical Learning webinars on the Lessons Learnt from the Application […]
12th November 2024
Safety and Reliability Society and SaRS Ltd AGM 2024
The Chairman invites you to the Annual General Meeting of the Society and of the Company SARS Ltd which will […]
30th October 2024
London Branch: Application of Engineering Safety Management on a Major Project – Lessons Learnt – Part 2: Progressive Assurance & Project Wide Hazard Record
SaRS is delighted to be bringing you a series of Technical Learning webinars on the Lessons Learnt from the Application […]
16th October 2024
London Branch: Application of Engineering Safety Management on a Major Project – Lessons Learnt – Part 1 – The Basics
SaRS is delighted to be bringing you a series of Technical Learning webinars on the Lessons Learnt from the Application […]
9th October 2024
London Branch: Santiago Rail Crash – Failure to do a risk assessment
The Santiago rail crash happened over 11 years ago, and the judge has now ruled on the responsibility for the […]
27th September 2024
SaRS Affiliate Organisation Forum and Information Day
SaRS will convene a forum for Affiliate Organisations to meet and discuss technical issues, and take part in the development […]
18th September 2024
Asia-Pacific: Advancing Railway Dependability: A Case Study on ETCS Level 2 Maintainability Demonstration
This event was re-scheduled from the 9th July. If you registered for the previous event that was postponed you will […]
16th July 2024
Incorporating cybersecurity knowledge into safety accident investigation: An educational perspective.
This webinar outlines the latest research into which elements of a cybersecurity academic knowledge framework (CyBOK), see the background described […]
10th July 2024
London Branch Annual General Meeting 2024
The London Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 10th July 2024 starting at 18:00. […]
9th July 2024
Asia-Pacific: Advancing Railway Dependability: A Case Study on ETCS Level 2 Maintainability Demonstration
The European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 is pivotal in contemporary rail transportation, ensuring safety, efficiency, and interoperability across […]
11th June 2024
SaRS Midlands Branch Annual General Meeting
The Midlands Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 11th June 2024 starting at 18:30. The […]
22nd May 2024
Pressure Relief: Seven Deadly Sins
Join Steven King of TUV Rheinland’s webinar as he delves into the crucial topic of protecting equipment from over and […]
14th May 2024
Asia-Pacific: Lessons from a HAZOP Facilitator
15:00 in Hong Kong, 17:00 in Sydney and 08:00 in the UK. This webinar will draw from well over 400 […]
17th April 2024
London Branch – Safety Culture – A Case Study in Establishing a Reporting Culture in a Major Theme Park
The presenter is the Health and Safety Director at the UKs largest theme park. Over the last 6 years he […]
9th April 2024
Diving in a Nuclear Pond – Development of the Safety Case
The event has been re-scheduled from the 12th March 2024 to 9th April 2024. This webinar will present a case […]
28th March 2024
London Branch – Early Career Professionals Presentation Event – now open for registration
The London Branch of SaRS is delighted to announce that our very popular annual Early Career Professionals event is now […]
19th March 2024
Midlands Branch – Modelling dependencies in complex systems: The Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2)
The technological progress of the last fifty years has reshaped the design and operation of modern engineering systems. Conversely, the […]
28th February 2024
Creating meaningful actions in risk assessments
All too often we (the operator of an asset or project) receive an action from a risk assessment such as […]
13th February 2024
Reliability Validation in Product Development at Jaguar Land Rover
This webinar will look at the Reliability Validation Process currently being developed at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with some insights […]
9th January 2024
Asia-Pacific: Human Failures – What are they and how can we minimise the associated risk?
16:00 in Hong Kong, 19:00 in Sydney and 08:00 in the UK. The webinar provides a brief introduction to human […]
13th December 2023
Lessons from a HAZOP Facilitator
This webinar will draw from well over 400 days of HAZOP and LOPA facilitation that our speaker Louise Whiting has […]
7th December 2023
London Branch – Air Accidents Investigation Branch Tour
We are delighted to announce an opportunity for up to 20 people to experience a tour of the Air Accidents […]
5th December 2023
Blending Artificial Intelligence developments into Safety Management Systems: A bridge to Adversarial AI?
The increased digitalisation of safety-critical and other systems is leading to scrutiny of how those systems can be made more […]
15th November 2023
Improving Spares Inventory Management – Optimisation for Multiple Maintenance Regimes
This webinar will outline the approach taken to improve spares inventory management and sparing requirements within a client’s computerised maintenance […]
14th November 2023
The Annual General Meeting of the Safety and Reliability Society and SaRS Ltd
The Annual General Meeting of the Safety and Reliability Society and SaRS Ltd will take place online on Tuesday 14th […]
21st September 2023
Train Maintenance Depot tour
This is an exciting opportunity to see a train depot up close: Hitachi are kindly partnering with the Safety and […]
13th September 2023
Human Failures – What are they and how can we minimise the associated risk?
The webinar will provide a brief introduction to human failures (errors and violations) and the factors which can influence their […]
5th July 2023
Drone utilisation in engineering, construction and beyond
Drone use is widely anticipated to deliver cost benefits in the engineering and construction industry and beyond, but what happens […]
13th June 2023
SaRS Midlands Branch Annual General Meeting
The Midlands Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13th June 2023 starting at 18:30. The […]
6th June 2023
Training and Risk: Effective control or tick-box exercise?
We often use training to help us avoid mistakes, or to ensure that when things go wrong, we know what […]
6th June 2023
London Branch Annual General Meeting 2023
The London Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 6th June 2023 starting at 17:15. The […]
3rd May 2023
Effectively Managing the Case for Safety
There is a variation on what we consider to be a safety case, engineering safety and health and safety use […]
19th April 2023
London Branch – At the Limit? Using operational data to estimate train driver human reliability
Human reliability analysis plays an important role in the safety assessment and management of rail operations. This event will present […]
31st March 2023
Motorway Control Room tour (2/2)
Tour of a motorway control room You may have visited a railway or aviation control room, but have you visited […]
17th March 2023
Motorway Control Room tour (1/2)
Tour of a motorway control room You may have visited a railway or aviation control room, but have you visited […]
15th March 2023
Revealing weak signals of potential Major Accidents in the North Sea: Key findings from 147 Offshore Inspections
A research document was compiled following a Freedom of Information request to the HSE for 147 letters issued in 2019 […]
28th February 2023
Midlands Branch – Development of Risk Assessment Methodologies for Gas Distribution Systems Containing Hydrogen, both to and within homes and other Buildings
The last few years have seen a lot of interest in the proof that gas distribution systems can be operated […]
15th February 2023
Reliability Validation for Electrified Powertrains
The transition from ICE to EV powertrains has been rapid and the array of configurations including Mild-Hybrid (MHEV), Plug-In Hybrid […]
31st January 2023
Ammonia as a future clean energy fuel: knowledge gaps and ongoing risk studies
The production, distribution and use of energy is going to change significantly in the coming decades, due to the need […]
26th January 2023
Safety leadership: A nuclear industry perspective – North West Branch Event
Presenter Nick Shaw, Principal Nuclear Safety Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation Abstract The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has developed […]
25th January 2023
London Branch – Early Career Professionals Presentation Event
Postponed from 14th December due to the Rail Strikes. Come and hear three early career Safety & Reliability professionals present […]
8th December 2022
Midlands Branch – “It’s a Risky Business”? (Qualitative, quantitative or just a wet finger!)
In the railway industry we have (compared to some other industries) very low populations of safety critical equipment. For example, […]
22nd November 2022
London Branch – The Ethics of Risk Intensity Transfer
As safety professionals we are used to estimating risk, both individual and societal – but we need to start to […]
22nd November 2022
Annual General Meeting of the Safety and Reliability Society and SaRS Ltd
The Chairman invites you to the Annual General Meeting of the Society and of the Company SARS Ltd which will […]
12th October 2022
‘Vision Zero’ for Road Safety
How can we apply the safe system/vision zero approach to road safety? We will answer this question and more in […]
27th September 2022
Railway Safety in a Period of Change
This is a joint face to face lecture/online webinar presented by the University of Huddersfield and the Safety and Reliability Society. […]
14th June 2022
SaRS Midlands Branch Annual General Meeting
The Midlands Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 14th June 2022 starting at 18:30. The […]
26th May 2022
London Branch – The safety of low carbon hydrogen and its applications
The UK government aims at achieving net zero target by 2050. Hydrogen is potentially one of the key low carbon […]
26th May 2022
London Branch Annual General Meeting 2022
The London Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 26th May 2022 starting at 17:15. The […]
4th May 2022
Asia-Pacific Branch – Digital Maintenance for Rolling Stock: Emerging Challenges in Safety, Cybersecurity and Data
This Asia-Pacific Webinar will take place at 15:00 Hong Kong time, 17:00 Melbourne/Sydney time and 08:00 UK time. Note start […]
26th April 2022
Midlands Branch – Current challenges and future solutions for systems safety analysis
Most common risk assessment methodologies, such as Fault and Event Tree, have played a crucial role in the design and […]
29th March 2022
Asia-Pacific Branch – Dependent Failures
RESCHEDULED TO 29th March please also note the time changes for those attending from outside the UK due to the […]
23rd March 2022
Affiliate Organisation Forum: Cybersecurity in the Safety World
Emma Taylor (Razorsecure Ltd and ex-Chair of SaRS) will present and answer questions in this Affiliate Organisation session.
22nd March 2022
London Branch – Safety of offshore wind power generation
The role of offshore wind in the realisation of net zero is significant and, to achieve this, a drastic increase […]
22nd February 2022
Asia-Pacific Branch – Balancing Risk and Cost – do the Old Rules of SFAIRP Still Apply in 2022?
This Asia-Pacific Webinar will take place at 16:00 Hong Kong time, 19:00 Melbourne/Sydney time and 08:00 UK time. The duty […]
27th January 2022
Solent Branch – Designing a mandated, proactive, reliability process customised to the railway infrastructure in Britain
Kevin Rayment from Network Rail will outline the mandated Design for Reliability (DFR) process that has been created and introduced […]
14th December 2021
Solent Branch – Spares Optimisation for Multiple Maintenance Regimes – postponed due to illness
Unfortunately we have had to postpone this webinar due to our speaker being taken ill. We are hopeful that we […]
9th December 2021
Midlands Branch – Incident to Improvement – RESCHEDULED TO 9TH DECEMBER 2021
Unfortunately due to business commitments for our speaker this event has been rescheduled to the 9th December at 17:30 UK […]
7th December 2021
London Branch – A ‘Chadwick’ to solve today’s building miasma
Covid has shown that our current buildings are not developed to ensure the health of their occupants. We now need […]
23rd November 2021
London Branch – Identifying, Recording and Investigating a Digital Incident
Identification, recording and investigation of digital anomalies such that those that occur on rolling stock and infrastructure systems can be […]
23rd November 2021
Safety and Reliability Society and SaRS Ltd Annual General Meeting
The Chairman invites you to the Annual General Meeting of the Society and of the Company SARS Ltd which will […]
17th November 2021
The 3 layers of defence – The case for systematic barrier assurance
The 3 layers of defence (3LOD) process, incorporating audit, barrier assurance and verification is a widely used concept to understand […]
6th October 2021
Rail Week – Safety on the Rails
How does a train driver know how to stop the train at the right point along the platform? Is there […]
22nd September 2021
London Branch Early Career Professionals Presentation Event
Join us to hear from three early career Safety & Reliability professionals as they present on interesting safety and reliability […]
15th September 2021
Asia-Pacific Branch – Rail Tunnel Safety
With the rapid expansion of railway and metro systems worldwide, there has been an increased emphasis on the safety and […]
18th August 2021
Basics of Functional Safety Part 5 – Importance of Data Collection within Functional Safety
This is the final part of the SaRS Technical Learning webinar series on the Basics of Functional Safety. The series […]
28th July 2021
Affiliate Organisation Drop-In
Monthly Affiliate Organisation Drop-ins Our Affiliate Organisations have pulled together through these difficult times of COVID19 and SaRS would like […]
21st July 2021
Basics of Functional Safety Part 4 – Software Safety Considerations to IEC 61508-3
This is Part 4 of the SaRS Technical Learning webinar series on the Basics of Functional Safety. The series gives […]
14th July 2021
Solent Branch – Asset Management
Please note that this webinar has been RESCHEDULED from the 23rd June to the 14th July 2021 at 12:30 UK […]
6th July 2021
Asia-Pacific Branch – Safety leadership through the application of system assurance
We are delighted to announce that the Asia-Pacific Branch will be presenting its second webinar on 6th July at 15:00 […]
1st July 2021
Carpe Data: the impact of digitalisation on risk assessment and insurance – co-hosted with the IRM
Effective assessment and mitigation of risk, whether insurable or not, frequently depends on good data, well used. Technological advances mean […]
16th June 2021
Basics of Functional Safety Part 3 – Methods of Safety Integrity Level Determination
This is Part 3 of the SaRS Technical Learning webinar series on the Basics of Functional Safety. The series gives […]
9th June 2021
Living Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Risk Visualisation
A Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) is a useful tool commonly used in the nuclear industry. A PSA can provide valuable […]
8th June 2021
SaRS Midlands Branch Annual General Meeting
The Midlands Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 8th June 2021 starting at 18:30. The […]
25th May 2021
The Nimrod Independent Review, 12 years on. What did we learn?
In this independent talk, John Campbell (Rolls-Royce plc) recaps the Haddon-Cave Independent Review as we approach 12 years since its […]
19th May 2021
London Branch Webinar – The Value of Safety Culture: Panel Discussion
Poor safety culture has contributed to many major incidents, and can be just as influential on safety outcomes as an […]
12th May 2021
Basics of Functional Safety Part 2 – HAZOP & LOPA Study Pitfalls
This is Part 2 of the SaRS Technical Learning webinar series on the Basics of Functional Safety. The series gives […]
28th April 2021
Lessons learned from 10 years of using the CSM for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSMRA)
The Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSMRA) is a European harmonised Regulation (Regulation 402/2013). It first became […]
14th April 2021
Basics of Functional Safety Part 1 – Introduction to Functional Safety and challenges of implementing a Functional Safety Management System
SaRS is delighted to be bringing you another series of Technical Learning webinars this time on the Basics of Functional […]
30th March 2021
London Branch – Road Tunnel Safety
The 1999 Mont Blanc road tunnel fire increased the emphasis on tunnel safety. During this webinar we will hear about […]
16th March 2021
Solent Branch – Improving safety at UK station platforms for disabled people – an accident investigation by the RAIB
In this Solent branch webinar the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) will provide an overview of its investigation into a […]
11th March 2021
Fukushima: A Decade On
11th March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the great Tohoku earthquake in which Japan endured one of the worst […]
10th March 2021
FRACAS – A Practical Guide to Failure Management – Part 3. FRACAS reporting and decision making
SaRS is delighted to be presenting this 3 Part Technical Learning Webinar Series on the development and use of Failure […]
25th February 2021
London Branch – Innocent Bystanders? Taking human activities into account in QRA
The methods in common use for quantitative risk assessment in the oil and gas industries model consequences of hazardous releases […]
10th February 2021
FRACAS – A Practical Guide to Failure Management – Part 2. RCA techniques & pitfalls and developing solutions
SaRS is delighted to be presenting this 3 Part Technical Learning Webinar Series on the development and use of Failure […]
3rd February 2021
Asia-Pacific Branch Webinar – Fundamentals of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Verification
The Asia-Pacific Branch is delighted to present its inaugural webinar on the 3rd February 2021 at 1630 Hong Kong time/1930 […]
27th January 2021
Webinar: London Branch – Forecasting Reliability Through Life
Forecasting Reliability Through Life – Presented by Ms Paula Pritchard and Dr Matthew Stapleton of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). […]
20th January 2021
Webinar: Solent Branch – Testability: Requirements, Assurance, Benefits and Considerations for Autonomous Platforms
One area of ARM&T that has often been an issue is the definition, requirement setting and assurance of Testability, particularly […]
12th January 2021
FRACAS – A Practical Guide to Failure Management – Part 1. FRACAS Process overview/what makes a good process
SaRS is delighted to announce another 3 Part Technical Learning Webinar Series, this time on the development and use of […]
17th December 2020
Digital safety and cyber security – a time for questions
For many professionals, the core “nuts and bolts” of risk assessment methodology have been well established for some time. However […]
8th December 2020
Explosions: A historical perspective of research at DNV-GL Spadeadam and a look to the future
Speaker: Mike Johnson, DNV-GL There have been significant advances in the understanding of gas explosions over recent decades. This has […]
3rd December 2020
Solent Branch – Sustainability in Space? – Could Safety Cases help?
BREAKING NEWS: This event will NOW include a Q&A session with Daniel Porras, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at the […]
24th November 2020
Webinar: London Branch – Smart Motorways
Smart motorways have been in the news over the last few years and an action plan has been agreed to […]
24th November 2020
Annual General Meeting of the Safety and Reliability Society 2020
The Annual General Meeting of the Safety and Reliability Society and SaRS Ltd will take place at 1645 for 1700 […]
13th November 2020
Webinar: Learning Cyber Security and its Application to Safety Critical Systems – 3. Future challenges and preparing the response
This is Part 3 of a series of 3 webinars on Learning Cyber Security and its Application to Safety Critical […]
3rd November 2020
Webinar: Midlands Branch – Flammable Mists Hazards involving High Flashpoint Liquids
In this SaRS Midlands Branch event, Dr Simon Gant from the Health and Safety Executive will provide an overview of […]
28th October 2020
Webinar: London Branch – Safety-II and the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM)
Safety-II is the new kid on the block in the safety and reliability world. But what is the hype about, […]
16th October 2020
Webinar: Learning Cyber Security and its Application to Safety Critical Systems – 2. Today’s threats and solutions
This is Part 2 of a series of 3 webinars on Learning Cyber Security and its Application to Safety Critical […]
8th October 2020
Webinar: Safety, Security and Sustainability in Space – Mythbusters and Managing Risks
This webinar is a SaRS London Branch Event To celebrate World Space Week 2020 we are excited to bring together […]
7th October 2020
Webinar: Putting the fun into safety – managing the many dimensions of safety in a theme park complex environment
Theme parks represent a complex environment involving engineering safety, operational safety, and food safety in what is a high reliability […]
1st October 2020
Webinar: Insights into the new MOD guidance on In-service Reliability and Maintainability (R&M)
The Solent Branch of SaRS is presenting an evening webinar covering the results of the recent development of two Reliability […]
24th September 2020
Webinar: London Branch Early Career Professionals Presentation Event
Join us to hear from three early career Safety & Reliability professionals as they present on interesting safety and reliability […]
18th September 2020
Webinar: Learning Cyber Security and its Application to Safety Critical Systems – 1. History and basic principles
SaRS is delighted to announce a new series of 3 webinars on Learning Cyber Security and its Application to Safety Critical […]
29th July 2020
Webinar: Human Factors and Asset Management
This webinar will focus on the touch points between Human Factors and Asset Management. The aim will be to highlight […]
15th July 2020
WEBINAR: Basics of Risk Management – 6. Managing events post loss of containment
So the worst has happened, you’ve lost containment. Join us to revisit our gasoline storage example safety lifecycle and understand […]
8th July 2020
Webinar: Safety Leadership
Over the last few decades, the performance goals that organisations strive after have increased tremendously in number. To manage and […]
30th June 2020
SaRS Midlands Branch Annual General Meeting
The Midlands Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 30th June 2020 starting at 18:30. The […]
30th June 2020
Webinar: Fundamentals of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Verification
The webinar will present the fundamentals of performing a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Verification which is a key requirement specified […]
26th June 2020
Webinar: Incident Investigation – Key Insights for High Hazard Industries
In the aftermath of an incident leading to a loss (injury, fatality and/or physical damage), focus turns to understanding what happened and getting […]
17th June 2020
WEBINAR: Basics of Risk Management – 5. People Placement
The single most important step in ensuring people are not injured in a process incident is deciding where to place […]
3rd June 2020
Delivering Safety and Reliability through Industry Collaboration
Joint SaRS and YRP Webinar – 3 June – 13.00 to 13.45 The railway is made up of many organisations […]
27th May 2020
WEBINAR: Basics of Risk Management – 4. Managing Intervention Activities
In designs it is often difficult for the designers to envisage all the scenarios that will occur in operations. A […]
26th May 2020
Solent Branch AGM 26th May 2020
SaRS Solent Branch 17th Annual General Meeting Will be held on 26/05/2020 at 18:00 The 17th Annual General Meeting will […]
21st May 2020
Webinar: Bowties and their use across different industries
Since the early nineties when the Royal Dutch / Shell group adopted the Bowtie method for analysing and managing risk […]
21st May 2020
London Branch Annual General Meeting
The London Branch of SaRS will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21st May 2020 starting at 17:30. The […]
22nd April 2020
WEBINAR: Basics of Risk Management – 3. Overfill Protection
Overfill protection is important in any storage facility as we all know as a result of Buncefield. Join us in […]
27th March 2020
Webinar: Risk Culture in Commercial Air Transport
Safety culture has been extensively studied in various safety critical industries over the decades. An extensive literature review identified over […]
20th March 2020
WEBINAR: Basics of Risk Management – 2. Overpressure Protection
Due to the unprecedented demand on online systems the webinar providers are having to do urgent maintenance today (18th March) […]
19th March 2020
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED* Incident Investigation
Roger Stokes and Robert Magraw Baker Risk Europe Ltd The presentation comprises a high-level review of the key stages of […]
18th March 2020
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED* History of the Dependability Case
Reliability is a fundamental characteristic of all systems, which if not thought about and managed throughout the life cycle will […]
19th February 2020
WEBINAR: Basics of Risk Management – 1. Safety Life Cycle
Join us as we begin our journey into the safety lifecycle of a project to deliver fuel storage and distribution […]
18th February 2020
Testing of One-Shot Devices
Challenges of high reliability, low volume, high value products By Carl Peacock, AWE 6:30pm, Tuesday 18th February 2020, at Atkins, […]
12th February 2020
30 years of SIL
Summary This event will look back at the 30 year history of SIL. The three speakers will explore the history […]
11th February 2020
Real World Challenges for Driverless Vehicles
In this SaRS Midlands branch event, Alan Thomas from CAVT will look at the many challenges faced by driverless vehicles, […]
28th January 2020
Asset Management: what is it?
An overview of what Asset Management is and what it is not. In his role as Chair of the ISO […]
21st January 2020
Safe delivery of a programme to upgrade military Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems and services
Speaker: Matthew Dilley On Tuesday 21st January 2020, the Solent Branch of the Safety and Reliability Society (#SaRS) will be […]
16th January 2020
Material Failure Investigation & Analysis
Andrew Piercy, Principal Engineer Failure Investigation and Consultancy Team, Intertek Production & Integrity Assurance, Manchester Technology Centre Andrew has more […]
14th January 2020
WEBINAR: ‘Hidden’ Hazards of Materials
Safety practitioners need to be wary of making standard assumptions about hazards, in case those assumptions mask other hazards that […]
5th December 2019
Lifting – Making an Engineering Case
Lifting – Making an Engineering Case Joanne Griffin, BEng, MSc, FIMechE, CEng, MSc, BEng, MWES Safety in Engineering Centre of […]
20th November 2019
Taking Safe Decisions—A Rail Perspective – Mike Castles of Ricardo Rail
This webinar will review the legislative, ethical and business drivers that determine what is considered acceptably safe within the mainline […]
19th November 2019
Integration of Human Factors into Engineering Programmes
SaRS Solent Branch are pleased to host a talk by Nicola Fairburn who will discuss how Human Factors (HF) can […]
19th November 2019
Understanding Risk in Deterministic Safety Cases – Derby
Understanding Risk in Deterministic Safety Cases. Speaker: Tony Rice – Rolls-Royce plc Venue: Quarndon Room, The Pavilion, Rolls Royce Leisure, […]
12th November 2019
Automotive Intelligent Speed Adaptation – Friend or Foe?
Three speakers will present on new EU speed limiting technology and explore the benefits and disbenefits from a road safety and driver behaviour perspective in this SaRS London Branch event at WSP.
30th October 2019
Derby Day – Membership, Professional Registration & Evening Presentation
Derby Day - Membership, Professional Registration & Evening Presentation. Mike Castles (Ricardo Rail) will present "Modal shift and safety budgets – Please, sir, I want some of theirs!"
29th October 2019
Cybersecurity – What’s The Threat? (Meeting and Webinar)
This SaRS London Branch event addresses cybersecurity, an area of increasing concern across industry. Is there a way to narrow the gap using established research, practices, skills, disciplines and ways of thinking? Our speakers are Scott Meadows (WSP), Richard Bye (Network Rail), Nigel Stanley (TÜV Rheinland).
22nd October 2019
The Importance Of Language in Safety & Reliability
Language is vital when discussing Safety and Reliability, with much effort being put into ensuring there is a mutual understanding of terms. Richard Denning talks to Western Branch in Bristol.
15th October 2019
Are you an enthusiastic Developing Safety and Reliability Professional who would like to present your work in the Solent area?
Following the success of last year’s event by the Solent and London Branches of the Safety & Reliability Society (SaRS), Solent Branch is pleased to announce an evening event on the 15th October 2019 for developing Safety and Reliability professionals.
11th October 2019
Functional Safety: Proof Testing – What’s it all about? – David Green of Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd
Webinar: David Green of Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd talks about Functional Safety: Proof Testing – What’s it all about?
26th September 2019
Primary Containment Failures – David Glass, HSE
David Glass from HSE will talk about Primary Containment Failures. This event is at Birchwood, Warrington
24th September 2019
Investigating beyond Swiss Cheese – CAST Accident Analysis Overview
Bristol: Learn about the Accident Analysis process based upon STAMP, known as CAST: Causal Analysis based on Systems Theory
20th September 2019
Risk Acceptance in critical sectors: a Wicked problem* – George Bearfield, Huddersfield University
Webinar: *A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are […]
18th September 2019
Early Career Speaker Presentation Competition
PLEASE BOOK HERE FOR THIS EVENT The London Branch are pleased to announce the first event of the 2019/2020 Branch […]
17th September 2019
Service Based Safety Assurance; A Provider Approach in a Challenging Environment
Whiteley, Portsmouth: Safety assurance in the defence industry in the UK has had to evolve to encompass the provision of services in safety-related environments, this presentation outlines an approach to product safety management. Speakers: Kevin King and Steve Elliott, BAE Systems
19th June 2019
How Safe is Safe Enough?
The presentation will set out the key elements that form the foundation for determining what is deemed "safe" in the context of Safety Critical Systems to judge“How Safe is Safe Enough”?
4th June 2019
Are Risk Matrices Hazardous ? (Meeting & Webinar)
The use of risk matrices for safety decision making is common place, with a wide range of guidance documents, templates […]
22nd May 2019
Healthcare: Understanding the Safety of Current Systems and Future Technology (Meeting & Webinar)
Where’s the evidence? Understanding safety of current systems and future technologies in healthcare, also London Branch AGM
9th May 2019
Safety and Organisations
Nick Shaw, ONR will present a talk about Safety and Organisations
23rd April 2019
Modelling Fleet Performance Over Complex Operating Scenarios (Meeting)
Modelling of complex systems and systems of systems, also Solent Branch AGM
9th April 2019
Midland Branch Annual Technical Debate: Safety, Competence and Accountability following the Grenfell Tower Fire
The issues raised by the Grenfell Tower fire are directly relevant to all of our activities, not just those directly related to High Rise Residential Buildings (HRRBs).
26th March 2019
Could Blockchain help optimise logistics?
Speaker: Rob Smithers AMIMechE, Engineer, Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology, Atkins Rob will explore the potential of the new technology […]
21st March 2019
Learning from Grenfell Tower: Implications for High Hazard Industries
Ian Herbert MMI Engineering will present on Learning from Grenfell Tower:Implications for High Hazard Industries
19th March 2019
Safety in Space : A New Frontier?
Over the past decade, the number and variety of organisations launching into space has significantly increased. This will create new challenges in terms of risk assessment and appropriate health and safety regulation.
12th March 2019
Pipeline Risk and ALARP through Time
The talk follows the acceptability of the design of high pressure natural gas transmission pipelines through the separate developments of […]
30th January 2019
Safety in Numbers?
Using QRA and Well-Reasoned Arguments (WRA) in the formation of a safety / ALARP argument Colin Dennis – SaRS Past Chair […]
17th January 2019
Quantitative Risk Assessment in Railways
Peter Sheppard Technical Director, System Assurance WSP Quantitative Risk Assessment in Railways – “Pick a Number, Any Number!” Book for […]
15th January 2019
Layers of Protection Analysis
Layers of Protection Analysis studies, LOPAs, are commonly used to decide on the suitability of the protection provided by safety […]
30th June 2016
Dangerous Decisions, Lessons from Andrew Hopkins’ study of the Macondo Blowout
Graham Dalzell “Dangerous Decisions, Lessons from Andrew Hopkins’ study of the Macondo Blowout”