e-Flyer - SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS CLUB (SCSC)

Hello Guest,

A big welcome from the SCSC team. We hope you are well and enjoying the exceptional September weather! 

Welcome to the SCSC’s September 2023 e-flyer, keeping you up-to-date with details of upcoming events, publications and activities which may be of interest to you.

Upcoming Events - See the SCSC - Events diary 

How to Write Compelling Safety Arguments
Thursday 28 September, 2023 - London, UK
Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE

This considers what makes a compelling safety argument, and how to use narrative techniques to improve the flow and 'story' of the argument.

Talks include one from a professional writer: 

Emma Darwin, https://www.emmadarwin.com/writingindex

There will be an interactive workshop in the afternoon. 

This event will be relevant to anyone who has to produce, review or approve safety or assurance cases.

Speakers are:

• Carmen Carlan, Director of Safety Products at Edge Case Research 
• Emma Darwin, emmadarwin.com
• Tim Rowe, Consultant
• John Spriggs, Independent author and presenter

To book please visit: https://scsc.uk/e982

Please note, there are limited places available, booking as soon as possible is advised. 

What makes Good Evidence for a Safety Case?
Thursday 30 November, 2023 - London, UK
Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE

This seminar will examine the role of evidence in supporting a safety case. What makes strong, compelling evidence - and what is weaker evidence? If evidence is not available or is of poor quality what can be done to make up the gaps? If evidence is continually evolving or being updated how should this be handled? 

Speakers include:

• Norina (Popa) Ratiu, Oxbotica
• Sean White, NHS England
• Helen Wright, ARC Ltd 

Further details and bookings at: https://scsc.uk/e1043

Safety-Critical Systems Symposium SSS’24 

The next Safety-Critical Systems Symposium will be held in Bristol, UK
13-15 February 2024 https://scsc.uk/sss

This features keynote speakers, talks selected by abstracts and also invited presentations. There will be a panel discussing the impact of AI on safety. The keynote speakers are:

• Adiac Aguilar, Volvo Cars
• Dewi Daniels, Software Safety Ltd
• Mikela Chatzimichailidou, Imperial College London & UCL 
• Simon Davies, Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd.
• Phil Koopman, CMU 
• Alessio Lomuscio, Imperial College London and Safe Intelligence
• Hayat Zerkani, Crossrail Ltd

Early-bird delegate bookings are now open https://scsc.uk/sss

If you would like to present a poster at SSS’24 please contact mike.parsons@scsc.uk 

If you are interested in sponsorship or exhibiting at the Symposium please contact alex.king@scsc.uk.

Working Groups 

For a list of all upcoming Working Group meetings please see the Events Diary (https://scsc.uk/events?tab=working) If you would like to participate in one or more of these please contact the group leader.

Newsletter

The latest edition of the SCSC newsletter is available at: https://scsc.uk/newsletter

Advertising in the SCSC Newsletter.  
The club publishes its newsletter Safety Systems three times a year in February, June and October.  The newsletter is distributed to paid-up members and can be made available in electronic form for inclusion on corporate members' intranet sites.

Half or full page advertising space is available.
If you would like to advertise in the SCSC Newsletter, please contact office@scsc.uk for further information.

eJournal

Vol. 2 no. 1 of the SCSC eJournal is available here: https://scsc.uk/eJournal featuring high-quality peer-reviewed articles

Partner Event: High Integrity Software Conference (HISC)
17th October 2023, https://www.his-conference.co.uk/

The mission of the High Integrity Software Conference (HISC) is to share challenges, best practice and experience between software engineering practitioners. The conference, now in its 10th year, features talks from industrial and academic specialists which disseminate experience and knowledge of important techniques and methods that are applicable across industry sectors.

The programme for the event is now available: https://www.his-conference.co.uk/programme

Registration is now open - https://www.his-conference.co.uk/registration

Other Events:

ESREL 2023: European Conference on Safety and Reliability (ESREL), September 3 - 8, 2023 - Southampton UK

SAFECOMP: The 42nd International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security, 19-22 September 2023, Toulouse, France. This includes the 10th International Workshop on Next Generation of System Assurance Approaches for Critical Systems (SASSURE 2023).

RSSRail 2023: International conference on reliability, safety and security of railway systems: modelling, analysis, verification and certification, October 10 - 12, 2023 - Berlin, Germany

IET SCS: Safety Critical Systems training course: Managing systems, hardware and software safely, November 1 - 2, 2023 - Online

Full SCSC Membership

Why not become a full member of the SCSC? This gives you discounts on events and access to all website content, and gives you a say in the running of the club. Full membership details are here:  https://scsc.uk/membership

Alex and Mike

alex.king@scsc.uk

mike.parsons@scsc.uk 

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