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The SCSC is the UK's professional network for sharing knowledge about system safety. It brings together engineers and specialists from a range of disciplines and industries working in system safety, academics researching the arena of system safety, providers of the tools and services that are needed to develop the systems, and the regulators who oversee safety.
The SCSC provides seminars, workshops and tutorials throughout the year, with a three-day annual Safety-Critical Systems Symposium in February.
The SCSC is holding a seminar in Germany: Safe Autonomous Transport - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Thursday 28 November, 2024 in Munich.
This event looks at progress in autonomous and highly automated transport and problems that have been encountered. It will also cover latest developments in the standards arena. It features industry speakers and a discussion session.
Ada Lovelace Day is on October 8th. This day celebrates the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and is now truly international, https://findingada.com/events/ The role of women in safety engineering and assurance (and indeed in the SCSC) is incredibly important and needs highlighting: we value the women who speak at our events (we had a record number of women at SSS'24), support our working groups, improve our inclusion and provide technical inputs. Thank you all!
(For those who would like a lighter view on what Ada Lovelace achieved - and might have achieved - this book is heartily recommended: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage )
What can we learn from Grenfell inquiry report? The terrible tragedy of the Grenfell fire in which 72 people lost their lives is a very human story, and something we shall never forget. Is there anything a systems safety engineer should do? Here's a start: (i) Always take a holistic view of a system and its context, don't just look at its parts, (ii) Assess the impact of all evolutionary changes throughout a system's lifetime, (iii) Take a critical view of rules, regulations and standards as they may be not enough to ensure safety, (iv) Consider independent verification of critical items, and (v) Produce a living safety case for the system.