Opening: Robust implementation and continuous improvement of State Safety Programme (SSP)/Safety Management System (SMS)

Global safety management strategies continue to evolve.  ICAO will present pending changes to Annex 19 and related documents, while regulators share the implementation and application of SSP and national aviation safety plan (NASP).

(i) Proposed amendments of ICAO Annex 19 – Safety Management, new Safety Intelligence Manual and 5th edition of the Safety Management Manual  

Speaker:

Ms. Manoosh Valipour, Secretary, ICAO Safety Management Panel (SMP), ICAO

(ii) Implementation progress of SSP and NASP, and their relationships

Panel Moderator:

Ms. Yamani Chan, Senior Operations Officer (Strategic Safety) of Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HKCAD)

Panel Members:

Mr.  Hasan Mujahid, Additional Director SSP of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA)

Mr.  Ruiyi Ang, Principal Manager (Safety Assurance) of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)

Mr.  John Thomson, Senior Technical Advisor – Safety Management of UK Civil Aviation Authority international (UKCAAi)

Revisits priorities and challenges in APAC based on an ICAO Survey and invites Panel Members to share strategies to overcome challenges capitalizing on a strong positive safety culture.

Safety information/safety data are important in modern safety oversight approach.  This Panel will share applications of compliance-based/performance-based oversight, and risk-based surveillance, and actions that may foster informed culture and aid in safety decision-making.   

Panel Moderator:

Mr. Michael Burgess, Manager Safety Systems of Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

Panel Members:

Mr. Ruiyi Ang, Principal Manager (Safety Assurance) of CAAS

Mr. Garrett Newman, General Engineer – Safety Management of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  

Mr. Joohyun Ahn, Research Engineer, Korea Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center

Mr. John Thomson, Senior Technical Advisor – Safety Management of UKCAAi

The Panel will share practices to manage safety data and information by ensuring data integrity, data protection; apply safety culture (including just culture) to balance safety needs and accountability; and promote informed culture.  The Panel also recognizes ANSPs’ important roles in aviation safety and shares practical applications of ANSP’s SMS.    

Panel Moderator:

Mr. Shayne Campbell, FAA ATO Senior International Air Traffic Representative Asia Pacific of Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization (FAA ATO)

Panel Members:

Ms. Sohyun Park, Assistant Director, Aviation Safety Policy Division of KOCA

Mr. John Wennes, Safety Programme Manager of Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO)

Mr. Pete McCarthy, Head of Group Human Factors of Cathay Pacific Airways

Mr. Deepak Joshi, Head of Flight Safety of Air India

As effectiveness of safety reporting systems are underpinned by a positive reporting culture, how can Administrations/Organizations foster a culture that encourages reporting and ensures effectiveness of these systems. While systems and sources require protection, implementation, and follow-through, is there a one-size-fit-all solution, or are there different means of effective implementations? The Panel will share successful safety reporting systems and practices that support positive reporting culture and drive safety improvements, and challenges.

Opening Remarks (Pre-Seminar Survey):
Mr. Mitch Fox, Director APAC Centre for Aviation Safety of Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) (Singapore)

Panel Moderator:
Mr. Garrett Newman, General Engineer – Safety Management of FAA
 

Panel Members:
Mr. Muhammad Nazirul Izzat bin Mahat, Principal Assistant Director, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM)
Mr. Sophondarith Tan, Director of Quality Assurance Standards and Safety Department of State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) of Cambodia
Mr. Daniel Cruz, Bangkok Project Office Manager | ATM/ANS & Safety Intelligence Expert of European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Mr. Monty Yeung, Head of Corporate Quality, Safety and Security, Greater Bay Airlines
Mr. Glen Lang, Head of Safety of Australia Airservices (Virtual)

Participants will be guided to have more in-depth discussions on their SSPs/SMSs and ANSP’s reporting systems (in particular voluntaryreporting systems) managed by participants’ organisations; strategies to encourage open reporting culture; and case study to demonstrate various just culture models as follows:

• Why are voluntary reports and reporting systems important in upholding our SSP/SMSs?
• How may various models (e.g. James Reason, FAiR3 etc.) support reporting systems?
• What are the benefits or challenges faced by States or service providers?  How to further build trust and encourage use of such systems?

Moderator: 

Mr.  Md Nastain Bin Mahazur, Director ANSP Division, CAAM

Panel Members:

Mr. Job Brüggen, Safety Officer, Operational Risk Management of LVNL ATC Netherlands (Virtual)

Mr. Adrian Abraham, Regional Safety Director – Southeast Asia, Airbus

Mr. Pete McCarthy, Head of Group Human Factors of Cathay Pacific Airways

Mr. Garrett Newman, General Engineer – Safety Management of FAA

Mr. John Thomson, Senior Technical Advisor – Safety Management of UKCAAi

The desirable outcome of safety reporting systems is safety intelligence.  Expert speakers will share practices to turn safety information/data into safety intelligence and actionable insights.  More importantly, how sharing of safety information with partners may enable learning, not just from own information, but from each other, to support safety culture and optimize capacity to extract safety intelligence.  

Panel Moderator:

Ms. Patnaree Piraphatnapong, Aviation Safety Management and Standards Assurance Officer of Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT)

Panel Members:

Mr.  Ponkrit Sawedsud, Systems Engineer, (SMS) of Monitoring Agency for Asia Region, AEROTHAI

Ms.  Noordin Badriyah, Senior Manager Safety of Airports Council International

Mr. Monty Yeung, Head of Corporate Quality, Safety and Security, Greater Bay Airlines

Mr.  Phillip O'Connell, Manager Safety Analysis, Change & Resilience of Airways New Zealand (Virtual)

Ms. Cherie Love, Safety Performance Management Specialist of CASA

This session will explore how safety intelligence informs aviation safety culture and shapes planning frameworks. Panelists will discuss its integration of safety intelligence into NASPs, SSPs and SPIs, examining collaborative strategies to enhance safety outcomes. The session will also highlight practical applications and stakeholder cooperation across aviation systems of different sizes and complexity.

Moderator:

Mr. Ruiyi Ang, Principal Manager (Safety Assurance) of CAAS

Panel Members:

Ms. Sohyun Park, Assistant Director, Aviation Safety Policy Division of KOCA

Mr. Hasan Mujahid, Additional Director SSP of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA)

Mr. Engr Anwar Hossain, Deputy Director (CNS-ANS Inspection) of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh

Ms. Sereima Bolanavatu, Executive Manager Standards & Compliance of Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji

Mr. Sarbhpreet Sawhney, Senior Technical Advisor – Aviation Safety FAA

Moderator(s) will guide participants to have more in-depth discussion of possible use of ICAO indicators in SSP/SMS and participants may report common SPIs (or possible new SPIs).

Opening Remarks (Pre-Seminar Survey):

Mr. Mitch Fox, Director APAC Centre for Aviation Safety of FSF (Singapore)

Panel Moderator:

Ms. Sohyun Park, Assistant Director, Aviation Safety Policy Division of KOCA

Panel Members:

Mr. Rahul Agarwal, Assistant Director Air Safety of India Directorate General of Civil Aviation

Mr. John Thomson, Senior Technical Advisor – Safety Management of UKCAAi

Mr. Myles Brown, Director, Safety & Regulatory Affairs - Asia Pacific of Boeing

This Interactive panel revisits 5 core elements of Safety Culture covered in Day 1 and Day 2 and identifies the “people” and “process” enablers for continuous improvement of each element. Panelists will share regional Safety Culture approaches to overcome cultural and organizational barriers and discuss examples of effective attitudes and behaviors.

Moderator:
Ms. Erin Jones, Safety Culture Specialist Air Traffic Organization of FAA
 

Panel Members:
Mr. Ruiyi Ang, Principal Manager (Safety Assurance) of CAAS
Mr. Satya Subramaniam, Vice President & Head - Group Safety of Bangalore International Airport

The Interactive panel continues with audience engagement and member presentations on just, reporting, learning, flexible and informed cultures.

Panel Participants:
Mr. John Wennes, Safety Programme Manager, CANSO
Mr. Mitch Fox, Director APAC Centre for Aviation Safety of FSF (Singapore)
Ms. Yamani Chan, Senior Operations Officer (Strategic Safety) of HKCAD
Ms. Patchara Kongthanasarasith, Aviation Safety Management and Standards Assurance Officer of CAAT

“You can learn or blame, but you can’t do both.” Leaders are the architects of organizational culture. This Panel will share their challenges and success stories about leading by example and modeling behaviors that build trust and sustain a just culture. This session will engage with the audience to identify leadership behaviors, norms and values which promote a reporting culture and shift mindsets from “who is to blame” to “how did the overall system enable this to occur”.

Panel Moderator:
Mr. Sarbhpreet Sawhney, Senior Technical Advisor, Aviation Safety FAA
 

Panel Members:
Captain Md Jani Bin Md Dom, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Regulatory Affairs) of Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia
Mr. Maneesh Kumar, Joint Director General of India Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Mr. Bennet Walsh, Senior Vice President of Korean Airlines
Mr. Benjamin Scheidel, Group Director Airframe Services of HAECO HK

Safety culture is a journey not a destination. This interactive panel will discuss how we can assess the health of safety culture by measuring success of implementation and continuous improvement. How are panelists and participants currently measuring safety culture? How are we working to improve safety culture? What tools can be used for implementing improvement?

Moderator:
Ms. Katherine Murphy, Safety Culture Program Manager of FAA
 

Panel Members:
Mr. Bennet Walsh, Senior Vice President of Korean Airlines
Mr. John Wennes, Safety Programme Manager, CANSO
Mr. Mitch Fox, Director APAC Centre for Aviation Safety of FSF (Singapore)
Mr. Ruiyi Ang, Principal Manager (Safety Assurance) of CAAS
Captain Md Jani Bin Md Dom, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Regulatory Affairs) of Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia

Wrap up and invite participants to share takeaways from the Seminar.