SIPI61508

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.