2019 Programme
The 2019 programme was put together by our programme committee of representatives from industry and academia: Jamie Ayre, AdaCore, Mike Bennett, Rolls-Royce, Tim Kelly, University of York, Stuart Matthews, Altran UK and Paul Parkinson, Wind River.
0800
Registration
0900
DO-178C and the Overarching Properties Initiative
George Romanski
Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Computer Aircraft Software at the Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation regulations require a high degree of confidence that systems controlling or assisting the pilot to control aircraft do not compromise safety. Many of these controls are provided through Software or Airborne Electronic Hardware. The current prescriptive approach to the certification of these systems have been used successfully for many years, but with the increase in the size and complexity the verification costs are becoming disproportionate with the development costs.
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Future Aerospace Systems
Future Automotive Systems
0950
The Future of Aerospace – More Software Please!
Mark Scully
Head of Technology - Advanced Systems & Propulsion, Aerospace Technology Institute
No Silver Bullets: Challenges for High Integrity Software in Intelligent Mobility and Digital Twins
Kathy Camille
Cyber Security Advisor for Autonomous Vehicles and Roads, Department For Transport
Paul Caseley
Senior Fellow at Dstl
1020
Coffee & Exhibition
1100
1130
1200
Lunch & Exhibition
1325
Lessons Will Be Avoided: A Critical Perspective on Software Development Not Having Learnt from Mistakes
Les Hatton
Emeritus Professor of Forensic Software Engineering at Kingston University UK

A recurrent theme in software engineering is that it isn't soft and there is no engineering in it. This may be a little cruel, but it makes a perfect T-shirt. In truth, one of the principle defining characteristics of successful 'engineering' is that by analysing why it screws up, it learns from its mistakes.
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Critical Systems: Security & Safety
Languages and Technologies
1415
1445
1515
Using Tiers of Assurance Evidence to Reduce the Tears! Adopting the “Wheel of Qualification” for an Alternative Software Safety Assurance Approach
Mark Hadley
Senior Principal Consultant - Software and Systems, DSTL
Mike Standish
Senior Engineer - Systems, DSTL
Data Distribution in Complex High-Performance Systems
Paul Tingey
Senior Field Application Engineer, RTI
1545
Tea & Exhibition
1615
Panel Session: Innovation vs. Regulation
- Cyrille Comar, AdaCore
- Mark Hadley, DSTL
- George Romanski, Federal Aviation Administration
- Neil White, Altran UK
1700
Networking / Cocktail Hour
Programme subject to change.