Tuesday 6 November 2018
9th Biennial SIA Conference - Day 1

Start	Finish	Session	Activity	Speaker, Venue etc

18:00	20:00	CTP	Opening Reception and presentation of Submarine Engineering Excellence Award: sponsored by MacTaggart Scott Australia	Howling Moon Rooftop Bar, Canberra Rex Hotel
Wednesday 7 November 2018
9th Biennial SIA Conference - Day 2
7:30	8:15	Reg	Registration & Refreshments	Canberra Rex Hotel
Session 1 - Plenary Session (1)
8:15	8:30	Admin	Opening Comments and Admin	Steve Davies (Master of Ceremonies)
8:35	8:45	Welc	Welcome	Mark Sander - SIA President
8:50	9:15	1-1	Opening Address.	Senator the Hon. David Fawcett - Assistant Minister for Defence
9:15	9:40	1-2	Australia's Future Submarine Program - An Update	RADM Greg Sammut AO CSC RAN, Head Future Submarine Program, Capability Acquisition & Sustainment Group (CASG)
9:40	10:05	1-3	'State of the Union'	Commodore Tim Brown, RAN - Director General Submarines, Navy Capability Division
10:05	10:15	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Session 1
10:15	10:40	Break	Morning Session Break - Sponsored by: Defence SA	Canberra Rex Hotel
Session 2 - Plenary Session (2)				Canberra Rex Hotel
10:45	11:10	2-1	US Submarine Design, Construction and Life Extension	RDML David Goggins USN - Program Executive Officer, Submarines, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
11:10	11:35	2-2	Swedish experience with upgrades to Gotland class	RADM Jens Nykvist - Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Swedish Navy
11:35	12:00	2-3	Submarine Transition: Key Challenges	Marcus Hellyer - Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
12:00	12:15	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Session 2
12:15	13:25	Lunch	Luncheon Break sponsored by: JFD Australia	Canberra Rex Hotel
Session 3 -				Canberra Rex Hotel
13:30	13:55	3-1		Andrew Davies - Strategist (ASPI Rtd.)
13:55	14:20	3-2	Progress with the Future Submarine	M Jean-Michel Billig (Chairman) & Mr John Davis (CEO) - Naval Group Australia
14:20	14:45	3-3	Gold Sponsor's Address	Chris Jenkins - CEO Thales Australia and New Zealand
14:45	15:00	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Session 3
15:00	15:30	Break	Afternoon Session Break sponsored by: Blue Zone Group	Canberra Rex Hotel
Session 4 -				Canberra Rex Hotel
15:35	16:00	4-1		VADM Michael Noonan AO, RAN - Chief of Navy
16:00	16:25	4-2	Observations from the Opposition	The Hon. Richard Marles MP - Shadow Minister for Defence
16:25	16:45	4-3	Open Forum/Questions & Answers	Speakers from Sessions 1-4
18:30	19:00	PDD	Pre-Dinner Drinks sponsored by JEDS	Canberra Rex Hotel
19:00	22:30	AD	Annual SIA Dinner available for sponsorship Dinner Wines sponsored by PMB Defence	Canberra Rex Hotel Dinner Speaker: The Hon. David Johnston, Australian Defence Export Advocate

Thursday 8 November 2018
9th Biennial SIA Conference - Day 3
8:00	9:15	AGM	Annual General Meeting of the Submarine Institute of Australia	Financial Members only	Canberra Rex Hotel
8.00	9:15	Reg	Single Day Registration & Refreshments	Canberra Rex Hotel
Session 5 -				Canberra Rex Hotel
9:20	9.30	Admin	Opening Comments & admin	Mark Sander, President, SIA and Steve Davies, MC
9:30	9:55	5-1	AE1 - The Search Success	RADM Peter Briggs AO CSC RAN (Rtd.)
10:00	10:30	Break	Morning Session Break Sponsored by APC Technology

Sessions 6-8 - General Presentations

		Stream 6A - LOTE Lessons		Canberra Rex Hotel	Stream 6B - Industry and Engineering		Canberra Rex Hotel
10:35	10:50	6A-1	Exploiting Lessons Learned from Allies' Service Life Extension Activities	Toby Lemerande - Head of Discipline - Asset Management, BMT Defence & Technology Pty Ltd	6B-1	Defence Industry Eco-System – Collaboration is the key	Bill Docalovich - Project Director, Naval Shipbuilding College
10:55	11:20	6A-2	First hand observations of the use of a life extension program to risk reduce a new build – Automation and Control Systems.	Rebecca Brickhill - A26 Automation Lead Engineer, Saab Kockums AB	6B-2	Enhancing Collins Capabilities through use of Support Ships	Ken Goh - Managing Director, Knud E Hansen Australia Pty Ltd and Commodore Denis Mole AM RAN Rtd
11:25	11:50	6A-3	Victoria Class Submarines - A Journey From Life Extension to Modernization	Ken Cox - Program Manager, BMT Canada	6B-3	Collins and FSP – linking the two to get the best outcome	Sean Williams - Capture Manager - Marine, Babcock Australia Pty Ltd
11:55	12:20	6A-4	Optimising in service support to manage availability risk of Naval assets during life extension	Anthony Kwong - Principal Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy	6B-4	Sustaining Australia's Sovereign Engineering Capability for the Collins Class – An Industry Perspective	Jim Burnside - General Manager - Engineering, ASC Pty Ltd
12:20	12:35	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Stream A	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Stream 6B
12:35	13:35	Lunch	Luncheon sponsored by Modis
		Stream 7A - Testing and Information Management			Stream 7B - Sensors, Combat Systems and Artifical Intelligence
13:35	14:00	7A-1	Submarine Batteries - keeping pace beyond 2020	Peter Chaplin - Technical Manager, PMB Defence	7B-1	Retrofitting a Swedish Submarine with an Optronics mast	Pierre-Olivier Nougues - Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Safran Defense
14:05	14:30	7A-2	Predictive Life Cycle Forecasting: An Interactive Method for Optimisation across a Multi-class Submarine Force	Toby Lemerande - Head of Discipline - Asset Management, BMT D&T	7B-2	2025-2045: Preparing for an Australian Submarine Combat System LOTE	Adam Waldie - Submarine Key Account Manager, Thales Australia Pty Ltd
14:35	15:00	7A-3	Applying Non-Destructive Testing for LOTE	Nigel Doyle - Group Leader, Frazer-Nash Consultancy	7B-3	AI Enabling Australia's Future Submarine and COLLINS' Role Today	Professor Anton van den Hengel/Horden Wiltshire - Acacia Systems
15:00	15:15	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Stream 7A	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Stream 7B
15:15	15:45	Break	Afternoon Session Break - Sponsored by Sonartech Atlas

		Stream 8A - Collaboration			Stream 8B - Future Opportunities
15:45	16:10	8A-1	MBSE approach to balancing operational demands and maintenance workforce planning	Tom Bransden - Senior Engineer, Frazer-Nash Consultancy	8B-1	Collins Visual System Life of Type Extension (LOTE)	Alan Stevenson - Sales Director, Optronics & Missiles, Thales UK
16:15	16:40	8A-2	Collaboration in Australia's Sovereign Supply Chain Capability for the Collins Class – An Industry Perspective	Tanya Pimblett - Commercial and Supply Chain Manager, ASC Pty Ltd	8B-2	Deploying multiple autonomous vehicles – the future for ISR	Andrew Lucas - Managing Director, AOS Group
16:45	17:10	8A-3	High performance, low noise submarine converters: SiC technology	Löic Pinson - Head of Sales, ECA Group	8B-3	Providing Breathable Air for Submarines	Scott Peak - Market Leader - Maritime, Ultra Electronics
17:10	17:15	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Stream 8A	Q&A	Questions & Answers	Speakers from Stream 8B
17:15	17:20		Leg stretch while Stream 8B moves to Plenary Hall			Move to Plenary Hall
17:20	17:40		Closing Remarks	Mark Sander - President, Submarine Institute of Australia