London Branch – Risk analysis and Safety Decision Making in GB rail: past, present and future
This will be joint in-person and online webinar event kindly hosted by RSSB at their offices in London.
The webinar will provide an introduction to the three pillars of evidence and risk-based safety management on the GB mainline railway: Safe Insights, the Safety Risk Model and Taking Safe Decisions. What they are, why they exist, and how and why they have evolved.
Current opportunities & challenges:
– more & better data tools and techniques
– a whole system perspective, SFAIRP, and balanced risk decisions
– demystifying safety risk management
– artificial intelligence.
It will provides an overview of the depth and breadth of RSSB’s safety risk work and discusses some of the current opportunities and challenges that are common to all safety-critical industries
The webinar is applicable to all those involved in Risk Assessment and Safety Risk Management across the broad range of safety-critical industries.
Webinar Technical Level: Introductory
The event is scheduled to start at 18:00 UK time and will last for about 90 minutes. There will then be a networking/social drinks reception for those attending in-person to celebrate the Safety & Reliability Society’s 45th birthday.
To register for the webinar please click here.
To register for the in-person event please click here. Please only register for the in-person event if there is a high probability that you will be able to attend in person.
Our presenter for the webinar will be Marcus Dacre of RSSB
Marcus is professional Head of Risk and Safety Intelligence at RSSB. His team provides health and safety analysis, risk assessment and risk modelling expertise to the mainline rail industry. Marcus is a safety professional of nearly thirty years’ experience, mostly rail related. He spent the early part of his career at National Air Traffic Services Ltd (NATS), where he led the quantified risk assessment for reducing the vertical separation minimum in UK upper airspace.
The webinar will start at 18:00 and last for about 90 minutes.
Starts
Wednesday, 18th November 2026 at 6:00pm
Ends
Wednesday, 18th November 2026 at 7:30pm