02 Jul 2019
The Whistle Board Newsletter – July 2019
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RISSB's Technology and Innovation Conference Wrap Up RISSB kicked off its first Technology and Innovation Conference in Sydney on 19 June. The conference theme Developing innovative technology in the rail industry focused on the engineering and technology underlying a digital age railway. The jam-packed program brought together inspirational keynotes and more than 20 speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines who shared their experiences, research and knowledge with attendees. The 2019 conference was a fantastic learning and networking opportunity, affording rail professionals the opportunity to broaden their professional networks and at the same time gain a better understanding of what technology is currently available to the rail
industry and how it can be introduced into a multitude of work environments. 
New Published Products The following products submitted to and approved by RISSB's Board on 21 June 2019 are on rissb.com.au
RISSB Visits Canberra Light Rail RISSB met with Canberra Light Rail on 24 June to see their operations and discuss development of light rail standards. Great to see the sparkly new trams and hear that passenger numbers are impressive. RISSB Board Approves 2019/20 Work Plan On the 21st June, our Board approved RISSB’s work plan for the next financial year. It’s another significant program of work, and we’re looking forward to your continued support in producing these Standards / Codes of Practice / Guidelines. This is an exciting program that spans some really high priority areas for our industry so with your help, we will deliver these valuable documents that will reduce costs, improve safety/performance and interoperability, and solve some real problems for the railway. 
RISSB Briefed on National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy RISSB and the ARA met with the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development on 24 June to be briefed on the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy. The strategy is proposing to focus on key areas – investment, operations, planning, data and community acceptance. Actions with a national focus for each area will be highlighted and industry engagement forums will be established. 
Horizons Sydney Forum Hits the Mark Feedback from Horizons Participants ranked the Sydney Forum as the best of the three held so far (albeit by a small margin over the previous two forums). Thanks to Sydney Metro for hosting – what a spectacular room! And thanks to SNC Lavalin Atkins for supporting the networking function. 
RISSB Delivers Another Bumper Crop of Standards / Codes of Practice / Guidelines Over the 2018/19 financial year, RISSB has coordinated another vast cross-industry program of work resulting in 23 publications. As always, these documents represent the consolidated view of contemporary good practice, and we commend them to you for your use. To see the list of RISSB publications for the past 12 months, view them on RISSB's website. Introducing the Chair of the Safety Managers Group RISSB is delighted to introduce the new Chair of the Safety Managers Group (SMG) - Michelle Nation, General Manager Zero Harm and Rail Safety at Downer. Michelle is a safety professional of almost 20 years, most of which has been in the rail industry. She has worked in construction - on level crossing removals, tunnels, infrastructure; she’s worked with a public transport operator, transporting the public; and most recently worked with a manufacturer, building and maintaining rolling stock. We’re delighted to have Michelle at the helm of this important industry group for sharing good practice, and advancing whole system safety issues. If you want to know more about SMG, don't hesitate to contact info@rissb.com.au 
The Safety Critical Communications course is intended for anyone (particularly rail safety workers) who, in the course of their duties, is required to identify and respond to operational information as part of their role. 
RISSB invites you to submit a 400-600 word abstract of a proposed paper in your area of expertise related to “Rail Cyber Security: Are We Sleepwalking Into Danger?” and the conference sub-themes. Please submit your abstract to events@rissb.com.au by COB, Friday 5 July 2019.
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