Program and Theme

Program and Theme

 

 

 

SIA Conference 2025 

Nuclear Submarines in Australia

18- 20 August 2025, Perth WA

 

Pan Pacific Perth

 

Confirmed speakers:

HE Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG,  UK High Commissioner to Australia

Dr Miles Apperly, Group Executive Nuclear Safety, Security and Stewardship, ANSTO;  ANSTO - A Valuable Partner in the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Enterprise

Ron Sullman, Mike McKinley, Professor David Lowe, Submarine Institute of Australia Panel: ANSM Research Group; Social Licence

Alex Walsh, ASC; Developing the Nuclear Safety Culture and Industrial Capability Needed to Deliver Australia’s Future Submarine Programs 

 

Confirmed Technical Speakers 

Infrastructure and Socity 

Philip Oxley, Mott MacDonald; Pivoting or Growing: How Does the Australian NPS Enterprise Prepare for the East Coast Base?

Dr Peter Cock , CCIWA; AUKUS: what needs to happen to capitalise on this once-in-a-generation opportunity.

Michael Mahy DSC, Synergy Group; AUKUS Pillar 1 - Systemic Improvements and Substantive Change to Australia's National Preparedness and Strategic Outlook.

Warwick Carter,  Perth South West Metropolitan Alliance; AUKUS and the Community: Shaping Perth’s South-West Corridor.

Liz McKinney-Bennett, Mott MacDonald; Driving the Narrative - Shaping Enduring Positive Public Attitudes to AUKUS.

Paul Harrison, Mott MacDonald; 'Requirements, Requirements, Requirements!' - From Design to Deployment.

 

Industry and Supply Chain

Marius Pretorius, ASC ; Industrial Uplift in Australia: DIVQ and How Australian Suppliers can Support AUKUS Through the Virginia Class Submarine Program in the USA.

Gary Zimack, HII-Newport News; Shipbuilding Navigating Supplier Quality: Insights from Newport News Shipbuilding Experts for Australian Companies Entering the VCS Supply Chain.

Brian Persons, RAND Corporation; Developing the industrial Base for Nuclear Powered Submarines – Lessons from the U.S.

Tim Brown, H&B Defence; A National Endeavour, Transforming Australia's Defence Industry with Nuclear Powered Submarines.

Mark Schneider, UBH Group; Nuclear Supply Chain Compliance and Importance to Social Licence.

 

Education, Training and Workforce 

Dr Julieanne Dougherty, ANU; Building Australia’s Nuclear Future: The Role of the Australian Nuclear Research and Education Network (ANREN).

Gary Hale, Curtin University;  SRF-WEST and Beyond: Building Capability in Nuclear Submarine Workforce.

Dixon Hicks, SERCO-NA;  Lessons Learned Related to Workforce Development in America.

Dr Edward Obbard, UNSW; Sydney Nuclear Mindset Assurance in an Undergraduate Nuclear Engineering Program.

Andrew Widdis, South Metropolitan TAFE; How Western Australia's VET Sector is Equipping the Defence Industry for AUKUS and Beyond.

 

Safety and Technology 

Bradley Robb, ALARP; Perspective on the Application of the Safety Case regime to Australian-Acquired Virginia Class Submarines.

Ian Leaver, Thornton Tomasetti; SUBSAFE: Developing Robust Assurance Capability in Australia to support AUKUS. 

Adam Falconer-West,  Franmarine; The Rise of Underwater Sustainment in the Nuclear Submarine Enterprise.

Dr Ishan Solomon, DST Consulting; Enhancements to the Collins Class Submarines Over the Next 10-15 Years

Kirsty Braybon, University of Adelaide; Igniting the Reactor Rulebook: Turbo-Charging Australia’s Nuclear Law for the SSN-AUKUS Era.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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