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Hello Guest, Hello to all SCSC members! We hope the return to work after the summer break is going well. One-day Seminars for 2024 The SCSC in Europe Safe Autonomous Transport - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly will take place in central Munich. This 1-day seminar looks at progress in autonomous and highly automated transport. It will also cover the latest developments in the standards arena. It features industry speakers and a discussion session. Who should attend? Speakers include:
Further details can be found here: https://scsc.uk/e1134 Safety-Critical Systems Symposium SSS’25 The next Safety-Critical Systems Symposium in 2025 will be held at the Principal York Hotel, York, UK, 4 - 6 Febuary. Early-bird delegate bookings are now open https://scsc.uk/sss This features keynote speakers, talks selected by submitted abstracts and also invited presentations.
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Exhibiting at SSS'25 If you are interested in sponsorship or exhibiting at the Symposium please contact alex.king@scsc.uk. The exhibition package includes: 6ft trestle table with cloth, 2-day Symposium pass for two members of staff (4th and 5th Feb 2025); logo in the event brochure, buffet meal and drinks. Sponsorship of SSS'25 If you are interested in sponsoring a particular aspect of SSS’25 please contact alex.king@scsc.uk in the first instance. Crossword Competition The 3rd Safety Systems Crossword prize competition is also available for you to test your knowledge of the world of System Safety! Send you completed grids to crossword@scsc.uk or drop into the crossword entry box at SSS’25 by 1pm on 5th Feb 2025. The first correct answer drawn from a hat at SSS’25 will win a £100 gift voucher! The SCSC Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Network needs you! We have acted on your feedback and initiated a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Network within the SCSC, and we’re now looking for any members who would like to join us in creating SCSC policies, sharing best practice guidance and improvements and generally make the SCSC a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place to be. During our first meeting we will explore the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion. We will then elect an SCSC DEI Lead to run the DEI Network. Would you like to join the DEI Network? Perhaps you would like to be the new SCSC DEI Lead, or would you like to share your thoughts on these topics with us, with no pressure to join the network? Please get in touch with us on our new email address: DEInetwork@scsc.uk if you have any thoughts or would like to attend our first meeting. If you would like to attend the first meeting, please contact us by 12:00 21st October. All interested will be sent a poll for suitable meeting times in the afternoon of 21st October. Working Groups Safe System Architecting Working Group (SSAWG) The recently formed Safe System Architecting Working Group (SSAWG) is a joint initiative between the INCOSE UK Architecture Working Group and the Safety Critical Systems Club, with a vision of addressing systems safety through the promotion of choosing, using, and developing appropriate architectures. The group’s web page provides details on its aims and objectives - https://scsc.uk/gw. The next meeting is scheduled for 9th October 2024, 3pm-5pm (BST), an online meeting link is available on the web page. Contact jane.fenn@scsc.uk for more details. Safe AI Working Group (SAIWG) The newly formed Safe AI Working Group (SSAWG) recently held its second meeting. The group’s web page provides details on its aims and objectives - https://scsc.uk/gb. Contact alan.simpson@ebeni.com for more details. 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. Safety Futures Initiative (SFI) Working Group The Safety Futures working group meets once a month to bring together fresh perspectives, innovative ideas and insights. The Safety Futures is diligently working on developing a comprehensive roadmap to guide new safety The next meeting will be 29th October 2-4pm so please do reach out to Khadijah Khatun, khadijah.khatun@scsc.uk, if you would like to attend or if anything about the group takes your interest. We encourage anyone to get involved to help shape the future of safety engineering careers. Safety Culture Working Group (SCWG)The SCWG would like some help in arranging meetings and general running of the group. If you would like to Chair, or just support the group then contact mike.parsons@scsc.uk Newsletter
Article: Reliability After The Post Office Horizon Scandal - Harold Thimbleby As the enquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal continues, Harold Thimbleby explores this and other cases where IT system failures have had significant impact on welfare and safety. He discusses the legal factors that make it hard for IT systems to be called into question, and proposes measures that could be taken to prevent these issues arising again in the future. Article: Environmental Hazard And Impact Identification - Nick Hales Nick Hales expands on his earlier article, published in the February 2024 News- letter, which advocated the use of a modified Doughnut Economics ring using three rings to recognise the current situation of the global economy. Nick helps illustrate these concepts with a real-world example relating to the production of electric vehicle batteries, in particular, the mining of resources required for their manufacture. Article: Women In Engineering: Reflections - Wendy Owen Back in June, Wendy Owen wrote an article celebrating International Women in Engineering Day (INWED). The article was published on the SCSC website to tie in with the INWED event, which occurs on 23rd June every year. Wendy has kindly agreed to reproduce the content in this edition of the newsletter; this will help make the insights arising from her group discussion with prominent female system safety engineers available to as wide as readership as possible and ties in with Ada Lovelace Day (findingada.com) also celebrated this month. Advertising in the SCSC Newsletter eJournal Vol. 3 Iss. 2, the summer issue of the Safety-Critical Systems eJournal is available here:https://scsc.uk/SCSC-196, featuring three peer-reviewed papers:
Other Events HISC 2024: High Integrity Software Conference The mission of the High Integrity Software Conference is to share challenges, best practice and experience between software engineering practitioners. The conference features talks from industrial and academic specialists which disseminate experience and knowledge of important techniques and methods that are applicable across industry sectors. 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 thescsc.org |
