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19 Nov 2021, by Informa Insights
Thanks again to everyone who made RISSB’s Rail Safety Conference 2021 such a success.
Themed ‘New ideas, new perspectives and new directions’, the conference brought together over 180 attendees, both in-person at the Swissotel Sydney and online in a new virtual conference environment, representing government, regulators, operators, network managers, safety leaders, and suppliers from right across Australia and overseas.
The 2-day program featured international and local keynotes, 2 panels of renowned rail industry experts, concurrent streams, workshops, our popular ‘Ask the Regulator’ panel, an exclusive networking event, three site visits and much, much more. With safety innovation, safety harmonisation and interoperability, fatigue, asset management, safety culture and track worker safety all on the agenda there was plenty of ground to cover.
More than fifty speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines shared their heartfelt leadership stories, hard won lessons learned, and strategies on how to achieve positive outcomes in an industry that has traditionally been slow to change.
The conference theme ‘New ideas, new perspectives and new directions’ reflected not only a 21st anniversary coming of age for the conference, but also the need for the rail industry to respond to unprecedented and rapid changes, including the challenges of a post pandemic world. A special thanks to speakers who stepped up to the challenge of speaking authentically and engaging in difficult conversations rather than reading from a safe playbook.
Conference highlights included:
After the considerable challenges of staging events during COVID, a special thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s conference the fruitful event that it was, including all 2021 conference speakers and conference delegates who turned up online and in-person and dug deep and pushed boundaries with their questions.
A big thank you also to our sponsors and exhibitors 4Tel and 7DX for supporting the event and enhancing our knowledge of of AI, VR and AR.
View the event images from Rail Safety 2021 here
Feedback included:
“The speakers were engaging and informative. The different streams allowed me to select the topics that I believed were most beneficial to my business, while having access to the presentations post-conference will allow me to revisit those that I wish to see again and watch those that I missed.”
“Excellent speakers. Given the current circumstances we all find ourselves, the conference provided the opportunity to obtain the latest safety implementations being made across the Nation and even globally.”
“Good range of topics, and good to see industry-wide idea sharing and general direction of the industry. Obviously, given the current situation the only way to meet is virtually, but naturally it would be more value to have this type of event in a live environment.”
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