TLG
Members with local national industry knowledge are being sought
to help in organising SIPI61508 workshops in the following countries:
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Czech
Republic
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Hungary
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Spain
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TLG members will TLG members will contribute
by: -
- Advising
on a suitable workshop date
Assisting in development of draft workshop details (duration,
programme, etc.)
- Providing
local knowledge to assist the partners to organise the workshop
- Using
their contacts within the country as a means of promoting the
event
- Organising
a venue and catering facilities, etc.
Highlighting issues of local interest
- Contributing
to the opening address, introductions etc.
- Assist
in running of workshops
- Identifying
potential keynote speakers
- Reviewing
questionnaire and amend if necessary to meet local country needs
- Compiling
mailing list for country
- Issuing
invitations and questionnaires via email and/or post
A
workshop can be run with a minimum of 30 attendees, but up to
50 can be accommodated if interest is high. Workshops will
be non-partisan and non-commercial.
A
typical 2 day generic workshop programme would be as follows:
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Day 1
- Welcome
and Introductions
- Outline
of project
- Objectives
of workshop
- Keynote
Speaker 1
- Identification
of key issues, drivers and blockers to implementation of 61508
- Prioritisation
of issues and prepare for following discussions
Day
2
- Review
of day 1 and review of earlier workshops
- Keynote
speaker 2
- Discussion
on current approaches to implementation
- Gathering
of material, ideas, points of contact
- Discussion
on solutions, current practice, examples of implementation practices
- Structure
of guidance related to the key issues identified
- Summary
of workshop
If you or
your organisation are involved with IEC-61508, operate in one
of the above countries (or any other EU state or Accession state)
and are interested in being involved with this project please
contact Chris Birtles
to explore the possibilities.
Potential
benefits for TLG Members include: -
- The opportunity
to network with engineers with a professional interest in Functional
Safety
- The opportunity
to influence the IEC Standards Committee and thereby the development
of the standard
- The opportunity
to meet suppliers of safety systems and equipment · Personal,
professional development
- Kudos
and high visibility with peers/employer/etc
- Technology
transfer
- Knowledge
sharing
- Enable
EU industry to exploit as rapidly as possible the benefits that
IEC-61508 offers, reducing capital and operational costs of
systems, whilst maintaining safety performance and protecting
people, environment and assets
- Improve
communication, assist regulatory bodies in ensuring that new
systems do not introduce new intolerable risks and reduce both
assessment time and time to market
- Provide
the mechanisms for sharing and capitalising on practical and
uniform implementation guidance
- Overcome
many of these barriers to the sharing and availability of material
- Providing
an interactive, dynamic and rapid means of capitalising on industry’s
experiences
- Guidance
and information to those who are responsible for making decisions
on the appropriate safety strategies · Demonstrate how the EU
process and allied industries can cost effectively reap the
benefits 61508 offers with demonstrable safety and economic
benefits
- Contribute
to increasing competency and knowledge within companies and
organisations throughout the EU and the Accession States
- Providing
open access to implementation guidance will stimulate further
contributions over the longer term and provide a baseline contribution
to other safety-related activities in the standards, technologies
and safety field
- Stimulate
technology transfer and provide accelerated learning and development
in the areas of functional safety and implementation of the
standard.
- As international
markets and supply-chain organizations progressively adopt the
standard, those who have demonstrated cost effective implementations
and their contribution to safety performance will be seen as
market leaders able to exploit their position
- Assist
assessors and certifiers of safety-related systems and facilities
by shortening the time required for certification resulting
in a decrease in the time to market for safety-related products
- Provide
a cost-effective mechanism for sharing and capitalizing on best
practice
- Keep track
of the latest research and thinking and be able to rapidly respond
to market demands
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