Safety Critical Systems technical training course (SCS)

The course is comprised of three parts spread over two weeks and takes place virtually.

Intensive learning in three parts:

Please note that you can register for the whole course, part one, or parts two and three. However, it’s advisable to register for all three parts.

Parts two and three are a combined section, and therefore, you cannot register for only part two or part three.

Part one: Introduction to functional Safety

08:55	Teams open
09:00	Introduction to the Course Module 1: The basics of functional safety 1 Module 2: The basics of functional safety 2 Module 3: The basics of functional safety 3 Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS \| Consulting UK & Ireland
12:30	Lunch
13:20	Module 4: Safety Lifecycles & Compliance Module 5: Random Hardware failures, Systematic Failures & Modes of operation Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS \| Consulting UK & Ireland
17:00	Open forum
17:30	Close

08:55	Teams open
09:00	Module 6: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Hardware Safety Integrity: Part 1 Module 7: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Hardware Safety Integrity: Part 2 Module 8: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Systematic Safety Integrity Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS \| Consulting UK & Ireland
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Module 8: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Systematic Safety Integrity Module 9: Functional Safety Assurance Measures Module 10: Management of Functional Safety and Competence Module 11: SIL Determination and ALARP Demonstration Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS \| Consulting UK & Ireland
17:00	Open forum
17:30	Close

Part two: Management, design, assessment, and maintenance

09:55	Teams open
10:00	Welcome to the course Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
10:10	Session 1: Walkthrough example from Hazard and Risk Analysis to final design: Part 1 Esteban Bernechea, Principal Consultant \| ORS Consulting (ORS)
11:10	Break
11:30	Session 2: Walkthrough example from Hazard and Risk Analysis to final design: Part 2 Chantal Sealey, Principal Consultant, ERM
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Session 3: Operation and Maintenance Damian Marsden, Principal EC&I Engineer, ERM
14:30	Break
14:40	Session 4: Case Studies Including Interactive Examples Case study 1: BP Texas City incident Case study 2: CAPECO incident Case study 3: Boeing 737 Max Case study 4: Deepwater Horizon Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS \| Consulting UK & Ireland
15:40	Break
15:50	End of course open session Q & A Chair: Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
16:00	Close

Part three: Software safety and cyber security

08:55	Teams open
09:00	Session 5: Hardware Reliability: Data Sources and Modelling Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS \| Consulting UK & Ireland
10:00	Break
10:10	Session 6: IEC 61508: Software Requirements Dewi Daniels, Director, Software Safety Limited
11:10	Break
11:30	Session 7: Complex Semiconductors and Functional Safety Tom Meany, Functional Safety Technical Specialist \| Industrial and Instrumentation group, Analog Devices
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Session 8: Cyber Security and Safety Dr Fan Ye, Principal Consultant \| Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd
14:30	Break
14:40	Session 9: Artificial Intelligence: The Challenges Riccardo Mariani, VP, Industry Safety, NVIDIA
15:40	Break
15:50	End of course open session Q & A Chair: Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
16:30	Close

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