London Branch
Upcoming Events
No upcoming branch events at this time. Please contact the branch organisers below for more information.
Past Events
The London Branch meetings will begin at 1730, for a 1800 start.
As with all SaRS branches, the branch covers a wide range of industries and organisations which include marine classification, railway design, assurance and operators.
SaRS London Branch covers London and surrounding area with Central London at its heart and providing the location of many of the events organised by the branch.
Branch information
Each year the branch organises a number of evening lectures. Lectures address topics which are of relevance to Safety and Reliability Professionals and are an excellent method of keeping informed of current developments; additionally the meetings are an ideal networking opportunity. In addition, the branch promotes a number of events organised by related organisations in the London area which might be of interest to members of the SaRS London Branch community.
If you wish to be included in the London Branch distribution list please e-mail the branch co-ordinator and we will arrange for your to receive information from the branch.
Please also feel free to join the LinkedIn group, no membership of SaRS is necessary.
The branch events calendar year runs from September to May each year.
Branch Chair: Richard Derrett-Smith
Branch News
- The London Branch held its Inaugural meeting on the 16th June 2016, with speaker Nicola Stacey from HSL. Nicola’s presentation is available here.
- The London Branch held its AGM on the 26th April 2016, and the minutes of meeting are available here. The presentation includes the incoming Chair’s plans for 2016, as well as the results of the membership consultation survey. The presentation is available here.
- If you want to know how to join the Safety and Reliability Society, view the presentation here
- Please email londonbranch@sars.org.uk if you have any questions.
- Tell us what you would like the London Branch to do https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VTJ5C3J
Previous London Branch Events
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Venue |
| 20th September 2018Talk to start at 1800
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Jamie Moore (Frazer-Nash) Nazanin Kabir (WSP) Hamza Butt (RSSB/ Huddersfield) Ameen Ali (BAE Systems)View poster here |
Young Safety and Reliability Professionals Presentation EveningRegister here | Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB |
| 16th November 2016 | James Turner, Wood Group MustangMia Bennett, CRA
Lucy Wickham, Mouchel Pete Stanton, Network Rail |
“Making Balanced Safety Decisions” | Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RB |
| 18th January 2017 | Michael Kilby, CrossrailView the poster here | “System Safety of Large Projects” | RSSB Offices, Moorgate, London |
| 15th March 2017 | Simon Stevens, ZF TRWSteve Denniss, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff | “Cyber Security – Different industry approaches?” | WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AF |
| 17th May 2017AGM to start at 1730
Talk to start at 1800 |
James Catmur, JC&A AssociatesGeorge Cleland, Adelard | “Goal Structuring Notation – Theory and practice” | RSSB Offices, Moorgate, London |
| 28th June 2017Talk to start at 1800 | Simon Whiteley – Whiteley Aerospace Safety Engineering & ManagementView the poster here | “Beyond Swiss Cheese & Dominoes: STAMP” | RSSB Offices, Moorgate, London |
| 21st September 2017Talk to start at 1800 | Jonathan Gregory, RSSB Kay Rigby, Risktec Fabio Oshiro, MES International Christos Pistolas, DNV GLView the poster here |
Young SaRS Professionals are the “Future of Safety and Reliability”
Open to SaRS members and non-members |
Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB |
| 24th October 2017Talk to start at 1800 | Peter Sheppard – WSP RailMuhammad Zaid Iqbal – EDF Energy
Stephen Barker – Civil Aviation Authority |
The Different Faces of System Assurance | WSP Offices, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF |
| October 2017Talk to start at 1530 – 1700 | CPD workshop and SaRS drop in session for membership applicationsEmma Taylor, Colin Dennis | WSP Offices, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF | |
| 30th November 2017Talk to start at 1800 | Morteza Lahijanian – Oxford University Kate Carpenter – JacobsView the poster here | Connected & Autonomous Vehicles: What Safety & Reliability Benefits | RSSB Offices, 1 South Place, Moorgate, London, EC2M 2RB |
| Wednesday 24th January 2018Talk to start at 1800 | Pete Stanton – Network Rail John Barker – ioMosaic Martin Crawford-Brunt – DNV GLView the poster here |
The Power of Big Data | DNV GL Office 4th Floor, Vivo Building, 30 Stamford Street Vivo Building, SE1 9LQ London |
| Tuesday 22nd May 2018 | Dr Huw Gibson – Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) Dr Mark Young – Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Paul Davis – Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) Chris Gray – BoeingView the poster here |
London Branch AGM 1715 – 1745 AGM AgendaLearning from Human Factors in Incident Investigations 1730 for 1800 startBook Here |
RSSB Offices, 1 South Place, Moorgate, London, EC2M 2RB |
| 17th October 2018Talk to start at 1800
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David Gleave (Aviation Safety Investigations)Rob Knight (Independent)
James Turner (Wood) |
You cannot manage what you do not know – Finding the unknown hazardsRegister Here
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RSSB, The Helicon, 1 South Place, London EC2A 1SA |
| 27th November 2018SaRS AGM 1700 for 1715
Talk to start at 1800
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Rail – Paul Booth (Network Rail) Aviation – Mikela Chatzimichailidou (WSP) Roads – Paul Marsh (WSP)View poster here |
Issues for Automation in TransportationRegister Here | WSP Offices 70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF |
Organisers
James Catmur
Pete Stanton
Vincent Ganthy
Colin Dennis
Contact Details
For further information on the London Branch (including events), please contact the branch co-ordinator, Angela Ku, by e-mail