On 14 June 2024, the Office of the Defence Seaworthiness Regulator hosted its annual Seaworthiness Conference, with the theme 'Seaworthiness in an evolving enterprise'.
Video presentations
Welcome and introduction
Mr James McPherson, Director Advice, Communications and Education
Office of the Defence Seaworthiness Regulator
Opening Address
Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AO RAN, Chief of Navy, Defence Seaworthiness Authority
Address from the Defence Seaworthiness Regulator
Rear Admiral Rachel Durbin CSC RAN, Defence Seaworthiness Regulator
Progress of the Maritime Sustainment Model and organisational changes within NSSG
Rear Admiral Steven Tiffen AM CSM RAN, Head Maritime Sustainment Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group
Understanding culture and how to change it
Professor Jenny George
Dean of Melbourne Business School
Maintaining Seaworthiness risk awareness during rapid development of mission ready prototype RAS-AI capabilities
Commodore Michael Turner CSM and Bar RAN, Director General
Maritime Systems Integration
Nuclear Stewardship, a convenient message or integral to nuclear facilities?
Doctor Miles Apperley, Group Executive Nuclear Safety, Security and StewardshipAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
How we move forward from what initially appear as a complex set of naval nuclear regulations, to understanding them in a simple form as we now do for Seaworthiness
Rear Admiral Katherine Richards AM CSC RAN, Head of Nuclear-Powered Submarines Regulatory Design
Building regulatory assurance into capability requirements
Mr Jon Finderup, Director Maritime DomainNew Zealand Ministry of Defence
Regulation of capability systems at the Force Element level
Brigadier Damien McLachlan CSC and Bar, Director General Landworthiness
Closing Remarks from the Defence Seaworthiness Regulator
Rear Admiral Rachel Durbin CSC RAN, Defence Seaworthiness Regulator
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