Safeskies Conference 2011 program annouced

Safeskies is preparings to host its 10th biennial conference in Canberra from 25 to 27 October this year.

The 10^th biennial Safeskies Aviation Safety Conference will be held on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 October at the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra. The final program has just been annouced and is available to download here.

The conference will be preceded by the Ansett memorial Lecture 2011, which will be a joint presentation by Australian astronaut Dr Andy Thomas and his wife, fellow astronaut Dr Shannon Walker.

The conference will open on the Wednesday with a powerful panel of the four members of the Aviation Policy Group: Mike Mrdak, the Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Air Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of Air Force, John McCormick, Director of CASA and Greg Russell, CEO of Airservices Australia.

Other high-profile speakers invited to contribute include:

• Kevin Humphrey, Director Safety Regulation, Irish Aviation Authority
• Martin Dolan, Chief Commissioner ATSB
• Dr Kathy Abbott, NASA Ames/FAA project
• Group Captain Alan Clements, Director Defence Aviation and Air Force Safety
• Lt Col Raymond E King, USAF
• Yanick Malinge, Head of Safety Airbus
• Greg Marshall, BHP Aviation, BARS Program Manager
• Vince Galotti, Deputy Head, Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO