As we are now bounding into the 2016-17 session, I thought it would be good to review what has been happening in the FS TPN over 2015-16 and what we are looking at for 2016-17.

Overview of the TPN: 

The IET Functional Safety TPN helps support activities that improve the development and assurance of safe systems, and to draw together professionals working in functional and systems safety.  This means we are a focal point within the IET for system and functional safety - products, processes and people.  We are actively involved in many of the different department in the IET and contribute to policy and standards and develop conferences, courses, and events that contribute to your CPD.  For more on what we cover, have a look at the slides from our Annual Open Meeting.

 

Some of the conferences and activities we have been linked to are:

System Safety &Cyber Security Conference (Oct 16)

Safety-Critical Systems Course (Jun 16)

Local Network Presentations (various)

Code of Practice:  Competence for Safety-Related Systems Practitioners (published Nov 16)

FS TPN Webpages (continuous)

Looking forward

The has been quite a chance to the Executive Team for 2016-17.  We have a new Chair and some new members of the Executive Team.  I would like to welcome:

• Brian Penfold (Chair) 

• James Inge (Deputy Chair, Webmaster) 

• John Canning (ISA WG Rep) 

• Graham Jolliffe (SCSC Rep) 

• Mark Nicholson (UoY Rep) 

• Ron Bell 

• Andy German 

The next steps

We have the very popular 'Ethics in Safety Event' being held at IET London:  Savoy Place on 25th November.  Presented jointly by speakers from the High Integrity Systems Engineering Group at the University of York and the Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre at the University of Leeds, we have a fully booked event.  Look our for some photos and blogs.  

2016-17 Plans

There are several threads that the new Exective Team will be working on for the TPN, so keep a look out for details, make comments on what we are suggesting or just start a discussion.

• Strategy

• TPN/TAP

• Wider IET Involvement

• Functional safety vs wider safety and risk based TPN

• Top 10/top 20 list

• Membership

• TORs for TAP

• Communications/Publicity

Join us

There are space available for other Executive Team members and for Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) members. Contact Lynsay Callaghan for more detaills.

 
Keep up to date with what we are doing

There are several ways to make sure that you are fully up to date with what we are working on

• www.theiet.org/safety

• @IETsafety

• Technical Advisory Panel linkedin.com/groups/8460542