PACDEFF 2024 Program
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Day 1 (29 October)
Plenary Session – Centre Stage Room (Click on Link for Abstracts)
0900-0915 Welcome
0920-1005 Keynote 1: Professor Sidney Dekker – Griffith University
1010-1055 Keynote 2: Pip Spence – CEO and Director of Aviation Safety, CASA
1055-1125 Morning Tea
1125-1150 Self-evident Approaches to Managing Human Factors – Ken Wylie (Buried, 2020 Author)
1150-1215 CRM – What is it for? Preventing Error or Saving the Day? – Dr. Dirk Maclean – Swinburne University
1215-1315 Lunch
1315-1340 Fatal Solution – Building a Fair and Just Culture in Healthcare – Prof. Jan Davies (Professor Emerita, University of Calgary)
1345-1410 Improving Pilot Training and Operations using Predictive Analytics & Insights – – Alexander Robinson – Ocean Software
1415-1440 The Evolution of Women in Air Traffic Control – Associate Professor Selina Fothergill (RMIT)
1440-1505 Challenging the Efficacy of a Just Culture – Curtis Calabrese (UNSW Aviation)
1505-1535 Afternoon tea
1535-1600 Multimodal Sensory Effectiveness and the Realism of Virtual Cabin Door Trainers – Moving Beyond the Digital Twin – Denis Manson – Alliance Airlines
1605-1630 A Graphical Model for Improving Flight Crew Resilience – Capt. Ping Lee – EVA Air
1630-1655 Human Performance and CRM/NTS Through the Lens of Contemporary Safety – David East – Crew Fusion
1655-1705 Day 1 Wrap Up
1900-2200 Conference Dinner – Pre-dinner drinks outside Function Room at 1830
Day 2 – (30 October)
Plenary Session – Centre Stage Room
0900-0910 Welcome
0910-0955 Keynote 3 – Matt Hall – Matt Hall Racing
1000-1045 Keynote 4 – Nicole Ashcroft – Uber Safety (TBC)
1045-1115 Morning Tea
Helicopter Safety Collaborative Human Factors Parallel Forum – Meeting Place 1&2
0800-1100: Program TBA
Pilot Human Factors Forum 1 – Centre Stage Room
1115-1140 Psychophysiological Responses in Aircraft Upsets – Shane Tobin – UPRT Australia
1140-1205 Eye Tracking Results from a Large Study into Pilot Startle and Surprise – Aruna Ranganathan – CQ University
1205-1230 Evaluation of Heights Used in Simulated Engine Failures in Twin-engine Aeroplanes under 5,700 kg – Stephanie Sabadas
Human Factors Forum 2 – Meeting Place Rooms 1&2
1115-1140 Surviving the Aircraft Accident – A Critical Review of Head Injury Criterion (HIC) – Prof. Jan Davies (Professor Emerita, University of Calgary)
1140-1205 The typography of Flight Deck Documentation and its Effects on Safety – Pascal Schmid – Griffith University
1205-1230 ‘The Cultural Leader. Giving our ‘crew’ reason to follow us, for good’ – Capt. Chris Smith
Workshop 1 – Meeting Place 3&4
1115-1230 Facilitator Skills – Jana Ewing – Collaborative Training Group
1230-1315 Lunch
Human Factors Forum 3 (Mental Health, Peer Support, and Resilience) – Centre Stage Room
1315-1345 Pilot Mental Health and Aviation Rule Making – Capt Herwin Bongers – Air New Zealand
1345-1415 Providing Support in General and Regional Aviation – Angela Garvey – Navigating Aviation
1415-1445 Creating the Resilient Pilot – Naomi Radke – AFAP
Workshops 2 and 3 – Meeting Place 3&4
1315-1445 Workshop 2: A Master Class for Improving CRM & NTS in Airline Pilots – Capt. Steve Swauger (Author, Master Airline Pilot – ex Southwest Airlines)
1445-1515 Afternoon Tea
1515-1645 Workshop 3: Using an Escape Room Methodology to Practise CRM Skills – Andi Thompson, Elizabeth Willis, Dr Kim Vidhani (Princess Alexandra Hospital) [48 pax + Observers]
Human Factors Forum 4 – Meeting Place Rooms 1&2
1515-1540 The Effects of Distraction and Recency on Mid-air Collisions – Billie Petty – University of Otago
1545-1610 Presentation Topic TBA – Mark Holmes – Qantas
1610-1645 Presentation Topic TBA- Carolyn Vaughan – Qantas
1645-1700 Day 2 and Conference Wrap Up
Standby Workshops and Presentations (TBC)
Capt Tarryn Ryan – Instructional Techniques (Workshop)
Dr Tony Power – An analysis of Different Models of Just Culture.
Capt Nitya Jain – Effect of Training Experience and Type of Classroom Training Exposure on
Inter-rater Agreement/Reliability (IRA/IRR) for Nontechnical Skills Assessment of
Pilots in Indian commercial airline environment.
Chanika Mannawaduge – Analysing the Flight Crew Fatigue Management Regulation (CAO 48.1) Using a Framework that Includes Factors Related to Fatigue.
Dr Rithi Baruah – “Fostering Psychological Safety Through Effective CRM to Enhance Aviation Safety and Maintain a Just Culture”