When registering for the Osborne (WEST) tour, additional security/nationality information will be required. Photo ID will be required for admission to ASC.

Osborne (WEST) Tour	Location	Tonsley (SOUTH) Tour	Location
09:15	Meet at proposed location	09:00	Meet at proposed location
09:30	University of Adelaide	09:30	Flinders University
10:30	Refreshments / travel	10:30	Travel / Refreshments
11:00	University of SA	11:00	Sage Automation
12:00	Lunch	12:00	Travel to city
13:00	Drive to Osborne	12:30	Lunch
13:30	ASC	13:30	University of SA
14:30	PMB Defence	14:30	Refreshments / Travel
15:30	Travel back to city	15:00	University of Adelaide
16:00	Drop off city	16:00	Drop off city

The visit to the University of Adelaide will involve a presentation at the university’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).

The visit to the University of South Australia will involve a presentation at the university’s Human Centered Design Group - Submarine Control Room and Consoles.

The visit to the Flinders University will involve a presentation at the university’s Centre for Maritime Engineering, Control & Imaging.

ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered in Osborne, South Australia. It is notable for the construction and maintenance of the Collins-class submarine fleet.

PMB Defence is a leading supplier of high quality energy - and specialised engineering solutions - for submarine platforms. Formed in 1989, PMB Defence began with a sole focus on producing the Main Storage Battery for the COLLINS Class of submarines. Since 1989 PMB has continuously supplied Main Storage Batteries for the COLLINS Class, whilst growing an in-country engineering capability. This has progressively evolved to be a dependable supplier of engineering services, battery and niche product solutions for both current and future submarine capabilities. Its state-of-the art production, research and development and engineering facilities are situated at the heart of the Techport opposite ASC, the builder of Australia’s COLLINS Class submarines, and Air Warfare Destroyers.

SAGE delivers agile and innovative electrical control systems for the Australian Defence industry, including Defence Primes, Original Equipment Manufacturers and other SMEs. SAGE has considerable experience in Naval, Air Force and land-based activities, The company has successfully delivered a broad range of end-to-end defence solutions. It specialises in system integration of electrical control systems | LV switchboard & control panel manufacture | Set to work support | Through Life Support (TLS) | Data analytics | Training

ACC Floor Plan and Draft Program - Subject to amendment as necessary.

SubSTEC6 - Adelaide Convention Centre - Monday 8^th – Wednesday 10^th November 2021 - Program Overview
Monday 8th		Tuesday 9th			Wednesday 10th
Time	Event	Time	Room	Event	Time	Room	Event
0900 - 1600	University/Industry Site Visits and Tours for SubSTEC6 Conference Participants	0815 -1315	Hall M	Conference Opening/Plenary Sessions	0800-0845	Rm L2/L3	SIA Annual General Meeting
				See detailed breakdown below
		1315- 1400	Halls N & O	Lunch	0845-0900	Hall M	Opening Comments & Admin
		1400 - 1630	Strm A Hall M Strm B Rm L2/L3	Technical Presentations	0900-0930	Hall M	Gold Sponsor’s Address
				(two parallel streams)	0930– 1230	Strm A Hall M Strm B Rm L2/L3	Technical Presentations
							(two parallel streams)
		1630 -1700	Hall M	Shadow Minister for Defence	1230 - 1330	Halls N & O	Lunch
		1700-1715	Hall M	Sponsor Recognition	1330 - 1630	Strm A Hall M Strm B Rm L2/L3	Technical Presentations
							(two parallel streams)
		1830 - 1900	Foyers L & M	Pre-Dinner Drinks	1630 - 1650	Hall M	Reconvene, Summary and Close
				Student Poster Competition			CDRE Mark Sander Rtd. SIA President
				Presentation of Prizes
1800 - 2000	Opening Reception	1900- 2230	Hall L	Conference Dinner
	Halls N & O			After Dinner Speaker
				Professor Emily Hilder
				Chief Maritime Division
				Defence Science & Technology Group, ADO

Time	Room	SubSTEC6 Tuesday 9^th November Detailed Schedule
0730-0815	Foyers	Registration & Coffee
0730-0815	L & M	Registration & Coffee
Session 1	All Plenary Sessions in Hall M	SubSTEC6 Launch - Plenary
0815 - 0830		Welcome, Opening Comments, Admin	CDRE Steve Davies RAN Rtd. (MC) and CDRE Mark Sander RAN Rtd. – President SIA
0830 - 0845		Welcome to South Australia	Hon Steven Marshall MP – Premier of South Australia (invited)
0845- 0915		Keynote Address	Hon Melissa Price MP – Minister for Defence Industry
Session 2		Setting The Scene - Plenary
0915 - 0945		State of the Union	CDRE Tom Phillips, Director-General Submarines, RAN,
0945 - 1015		TBA	TBA
1015-1045	Halls N &O	Break
Session 3	All Plenary Sessions in Hall M	Technology Innovation & Transition in Submarine/Undersea Warfare (USW) Science, Technology & Engineering - Plenary
1045 - 1115		Technology Innovation and Transition in Australia	Prof. Catherine Foley PhD AO PSM, Australia’s Chief Scientist
1115 - 1145		Defence Strategy for Innovation, Science and Technology	Dr David Kershaw PhD, Chief Science Engagement & Impact, DSTG
1145 - 1215		Defence Innovation and Industry	Andrew Hodgkinson Assistant Secretary Defence Capability & Innovation, SPIG
1215 - 1245		ADO & Academia – Collaborative R&D – Innovative Maritime Programs	Michael van Balen AO, Principal Australian Maritime College, UTAS
1245 - 1315		Superior sovereign capability - some perspectives.	John Chandler AM CSC CSM, Program Director Future Submarine Combat System Director, Lockheed Martin Australia

Time

Room

Event

1315 -1400

Halls N & O

Lunch

Session 4 – Tuesday 9th November 2021 – Day 1 - Science & Technology

Session 4

Room

Title

Presenter

Room

Title

Presenter

1400-1430

All Strm A

4A-1

Maritime Industry Research Past, Present & Future – Collaborations between Academia and Industry

Prof Johnathan Binns

All Strm B

4B-1

Remote Undersea Surveillance STaR Shot

Dr Sam Davey

Presentations in Hall M

Australian Maritime College, UTAS

Presentations in Rooms L2/L3

DST Group,

1430-1500

4A-2

Partnering to develop a world-class Hydrodynamics Capability for Australia

David Pook

4B-2

Underwater Networks for Connecting Robotic Autonomous Systems

Sandro Ghiotto

DST Group

L3Harris

1500-1530

Afternoon Break in Halls N & O

1530-1600

4A-3

TBA

All Strm B

4B-3

Control System Integration in Underwater Vehicles for Complex Intervention

Peter Davis, Saab

Anders Ridley-Smith

Blueprint Lab

Presentations in Rooms L2/L3

1600-1630

4A-4

An Integrated Framework to Support the Realisation of Enduring Leading Edge Submarine Capability

David Brown

4B-4

ASW Sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Systems Planning & Analysis (Australia)

Horden Wiltshire

Acacia Systems

Sessions 5, 6 & 7 – Tuesday 9th November 2021 – Day 1 - Plenary

Session 5 1630-1700

Hall M

The View from the Opposition

The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP. Shadow Minister for Defence

Session 6 1700-1715

Hall M

Sponsor Recognition

CDRE Mark Sander RAN Rtd. – President SIA

Session 7 1830-1900

Foyers L & M

Pre-Dinner Drinks

CDRE Mark Sander RAN Rtd. – President SIA

Student Poster Competition - Presentation of Prizes

Session 8 – Wednesday 10^th November – Day 2 – Science & Technology

Session 8-1 0845-0900

Hall M

Welcome, Opening Comments, Admin

CDRE Steve Davies RAN Rtd. (MC)

CDRE Mark Sander RAN Rtd. – President SIA

Session 8-2 0900-0930

Hall M

Gold Sponsor’s Address

Gold Sponsor – Defence West

0930-1000

All Stream A

8A-3

Real world advice for maximising Australia’s Submarine Main Storage Battery Capability

Greg Carmody

All Stream B

8B-3

Diamond-Doped Optical Fibres for Remote Undersea Magnetometry

Prof Brant Gibson

Presentations in Hall M

Pacific Marine Batteries Defence

Presentations in Rooms L2/L3

RMIT University

1000-1030

8A-4

Towards an Indigenous Alternative Main Storage Battery

Dr Steven Pas

8B-4

Towards Undersea Operations of a Quantum Magnetometer for Undersea Surveillance

Dr Chris Perrella

DST Group,

University of Adelaide

1030-1100

Morning Break in Halls N & O

Session 9 – Wednesday 10^th November – Day 2 – Science & Technology

1100-1130

All Strm A

9A-1

Sovereign Submarine Research Capability for Near Free Surface Hydrodynamics

Dr Alexander Conway

All Strm B

9B-1

Next-Generation Integrated Photonic Sensors for Underwater Communications, Navigation & Awareness

Prof Warwick Bowen

Presentations in Hall M

Australian Maritime College, UTAS

Presentations in Rooms L2/L3

University of Queensland

1130-1200

9A-2

The Australian Research and Experimental Submarine Program (ARES)

Assoc. Prof. Eric Fusil

9B-2

A High-Rate Reconfigurable Underwater Acoustic OFDM System Based on USRP and Python

Prof Yue Rong

University of Adelaide

Curtin University

1200-1230

9A-3

Prospects for Submarine Detection with High Frequency “Over-The-Horizon-Radar”

Prof Stuart Anderson

University of Adelaide

9B-3

Scrambled Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Underwater Acoustic Communication System

Prof Peng Chen

Curtin University

1230-1330

Halls N & O

Lunch

Session 10 – Wednesday 10^th November – Day 2 – Science & Technology

1330-1400

All Strm A

10A-1

An International Collaboration Benchmarking Target Echo Strength Theoretical Prediction Models and measurements on Scaled Submarine Shapes

Dr Nadine O’Brien

DST Group,

All Strm B

10B-1

Designing Submarine Habitable Spaces for Increased Productivity and Wellbeing

Dr Peter Schumacher

Presentations in Hall M

Presentations in Rooms L2/L3

Prof Siobhan Banks

Univ.of South Australia

1400-1430

10A-2

New Generation of Active Anti-Fouling Coatings for Preventing Marine Growth

Prof Mats Andersson

10B-2

Optimising Submarine Sleeping Berths: Impact of Bunk Orientation and Motion on Sleep and Cognitive Performance

Prof Siobhan Banks

Flinders University

Dr Raymond Matthews

Univ. of South Australia

1430-1500

10A-3

Feasibility of a Multi-Function Electronically Steered Array for Electronic Support and Communications in a Submarine Environment

Dr Adrian Sutinjo

10B-3

Assessing Space Requirements of Future Submarines at the Design Stage

Dr Francois Fraysse

Curtin University

Dr Peter Schumacher

Univ. of South Australia

1500-1530

Halls N & O

Break

Session 11 – Wednesday 10^th November – Day 2 – Science & Technology

1530-1600

All Strm A

11A-1

Emerging Technologies to Support Noise Reduction in Submarines

Norman Voss

All Strm B

11B-1

Risk Management for Emerging Submarine Technologies

Mick Warren

Presentations in Hall M

IMI Critical Engineering

Presentations in Rooms L2/L3

Frazer-Nash Consultancy

1600-1630

11A-2

Lighting the way - Operational Autonomy for Submarines using Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing and Prescriptive Analysis

Dr John Arkwright

11B-2

Recommendations for Sonar Tank Design and Low Frequency Behaviour

Dr George Raicevich

Sonartech Atlas Pty Ltd

Arkwright Technologies

Tertiary Research Student Poster Competition (SPC) – Currently Accepted Entries (closing 10^th September)
Title	Presenter
Coordinated Trajectory Control Methods for Multiple Heterogeneous UUVs	John Bennett, Flinders University
Reaching the Fundamental Sensitivity Limit of Optical Hydrophones	Johnathan Hedger, University of Adelaide
High Frequency Magnetic Anomaly Detection for Anti-Submarine Warfare	Kyle Netz, University of Adelaide
Strategies for Integrated Use of Simulation Tools for Development and Verification in Designing Human Spaces in Capsule Environments	Simon Modra, UniSA, SA
Assessing and Training Human Perceptual Expertise for the Identification of Biosecurity Threats	Varun Gandhi, Murdoch University, WA
Low-Observable Submersible Seaplane for Electronic Intelligence (LOSSEI)	SBLT Nicolas Carroll ADFA/UNSW
Reduction of Risky Plume Induced by Submarine Mast	Ahmed Shama ADFA/UNSW

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