PUBLIC EVENT
As our world becomes more intricately connected, conventional approaches fall short. This engaging webinar will dive into the transformative power of shifting mindsets to address safety challenges within complex systems.
This session will explore how embracing a systems mindset can lead to innovative solutions, how we should learn from failures for a culture of safety resilience, and why engineers need to apply different tools to produce safer outcomes. Learn from experts and practitioners in the field as they share insights, real-world examples, and practical tools to foster a collective mindset shift for safer and resilient adaptive systems.
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Programme
| 1.00pm |
Welcome and introduction Facilitated by Shane McHugh, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 1.05pm |
Failing to learn from incidents in complex systems Professor Colin Pilbeam, Cranfield University |
| 1.15pm |
Safety in complex systems requires application of a range of tools Trish Kerin, IChemE Safety Centre |
| 1.25pm |
Panellist discussion and audience Q&A session Professor Colin Pilbeam, Trish Kerin, Emma Houiellebecq and Federico Sittaro |
| 1.55pm | Closing remarks |
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Shane McHugh
Professor Colin Pilbeam
Trish Kerin
Emma Houiellebecq
Federico Sittaro
Managing 'before' and 'after' a safety incident in a complex system
Hear from Professor Colin Pilbeam about managing change following safety incidents in complex systems. Safety incidents are a ‘brutal audit’ of a complex system. By developing an event sequence timeline and drawing on a set of nine case studies of serious incidents in different sectors, including oil and gas, nuclear, healthcare and fire & rescue, it is possible to identify key success factors for managing ‘before’, ‘during’ and ‘after’ an incident occurs in a complex system. He will illustrate and explain through several cases in the presentation, the key success factors, drawing attention to those additional skills required by engineers, and others, wanting to successfully manage in complex systems.
Safety in complex systems requires application of a range of tools.
Hear from thought leader and safety expert Trish Kerin on how can we effectively manage process safety and why does it require a focus on leadership, knowledge and competence, systems and procedures, engineering and design, assurance, human factors, and culture. Trish will highlight why all these elements apply to complex systems in delivering safer outcomes. This presentation will explore how the process safety fundamentals apply to broader complex systems thinking.