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Australia’s Co-Regulatory Model: Don’t Throw out the Baby with the Bathwater

With $155 billion in rail infrastructure investment planned over the next 15 years, prioritizing safety is vital for Australian productivity and sustainability. Our co-regulatory environment has paved the way for improving efficiency and advancing optimization. Yet, as the rail industry experiences an unprecedented pace of transformation encompassing digitalization, interoperability, and decarbonization, it is imperative to sound the alarm: Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Bringing together operators, manufacturers, contractors and government stakeholders, RISSB Rail Safety 2024 will delve into the latest advances in technology and innovation to share case studies and project updates from successful rail safety projects in Australasia and the world.

Save the date in your calendars now for our gathering in April 2024. Join us at the only rail safety conference in Australia, where you can leverage the collective insights of our esteemed industry experts.

Key themes to be addressed include:

• Australia’s rail safety regulatory environment
  • What role does regulation play in your planning and operations? Does co-regulation help or hinder interoperability and harmonization?
  • Experiences and learnings from the current regulatory environment
• Lessons learnt from best practices in safety leadership
  • Share how you are driving continuous improvements for a safe, efficient and digitally enabled future
  • Collaboration in project management and contractor safety
• Practical solutions from the latest innovation and technology
  • Discuss your research, advances, trials and learnings for a safer, smarter rail future
  • Evidence of co-regulation in facilitating innovation