PROVISIONAL PACDEFF 2026 PROGRAM

Day 1 (20 October)

Session 1 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Ballroom – Moderator Wayne Martin

0920-1005    Keynote 1: Professor Sidney Dekker – Griffith University

1010-1055    Keynote 2: Angela Garvey – Navigating Aviation

1055-1125 Morning Tea

Session 2 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Ballroom – Moderator Adrian Park

1125-1150 Sharing Safely: Trauma Informed Storytelling – Learning from Lived Experience While Preserving Audience and Speaker Wellbeing – Nicole Gray – Keil Centre (TBC)

1150-1220 Invited Speaker – Greg Smith – Paper Safety (TBC)

1220-1315 Lunch

Session 3 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Ballroom – Moderator Tarryn Ryan

1315-1340 Parallels in Non-technical Skills Between Healthcare and Aviation – Dr Stewart Ure – PA Hospital (TBC)  

1340-1405 Competency-Based Training and Assessment: Placing Human Factors at the Heart of Aviation Training – Capt Vega Adrastea – Lion Air Group (TBC)

1410-1435 Enhancing Aeromedical Safety Through Human Factors Training Collaboration – Fenella Jefferson and Heather Ford – RFDS Queensland/RFDS Central

1435-1500 Managing Psychosocial Risks in Aviation – Tony Power – Just Culture Consulting

1500-1530 Afternoon Tea

Session 4 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Ballroom – Moderator Belinda Warner

1530-1555 Teen Pilot: From a Hospital Bed to a Journey Around the World – Byron Waller

1555-1620 An Ethnography of Airline Cultural Change Between Countries – Stuart Beveridge (United Airlines) and Vaughan Leiber (Alaskan Airlines)

1620-1645 The Benefits of Diversity for Organisational Health and Prosperity – Jo Hamilton

1650-1700 Day 1 Wrap Up

Day 2 – (21 October)

Session 1

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Ballroom – Moderator Wayne Martin

0900-0910    Welcome

0910-0955    Keynote 3 – Professor Graham Braithwaite – Cranfield University

1000-1045    Keynote 4 – Captain Angela de Beaufort – Lufthansa Human Factors Academy

Morning Tea

Session 2

PARALLEL STREAMS

Human Factors Forum 1 – Catalina and de Havilland Room – Moderator Wayne Martin

1115-1140   HF Topic TBA – Dr Rithi Baruah – Air India

1140-1205   Pilots With ADHD – A Personal Journey – John Davidson – Fieldmaster Systems

1205-1230   Integrating Psychological and Neurocognitive Perspectives on Learning Problems for Practical, Real-world Application in Aviation Settings – Jennifer Langdon and Tarah Laric-Hynes – Psychologists and Counsellors Australia

1230-1315    Lunch

Workshop 1 – Avro Room – Moderator Belinda Warner

1115-1230 Workshop 1: Applying Aviation HF Strategies Across Different Industries – James Redgrove – Dreamworld

1230-1315    Lunch

Helicopter Safety Collaborative Human Factors Parallel Forum – Bristol Room – Moderator Adrian Park

1115-1140   TBA

1140-1205   TBA

1205-1230  TBA

1230-1315   Lunch

Session 3

Human Factors Forum 2 – Avro Room – Moderator Tarryn Ryan

1315-1340    From Inclusion to Safer Decisions: Improving Safety Voice and Safety Listening Through Better Assurance Communication in Aviation – Julia Gibney

1345-1410   Integrating Human Factors into Safety Investigations – Nick Lewins – Qantas

1415-1440   Cabin Crew HF Topic TBA – Natasha Heap – UniSQ (TBC)

1445-1515   Afternoon Tea

Human Factors Forum 3 Defence Aviation Human Factors Forum – Bristol Room – Moderator Adrian Park

1315-1340    TBA

1345-1410    TBA

1415-1440    TBA

1445-1515    Afternoon Tea

Workshop 2 – Catalina and De Havilland Room – Moderator Bill Appleby

1315-1445    Workshop 2: Communication Training for Aircrew – Eran Thomson – PowerProv Team Training

1445-1515    Afternoon Tea

Session 4

Workshop 3 – Avro Room – Moderator Wayne Martin

1515-1645  Safety Performance Indicators – Dr Robert Forster-Lee – CASA

Workshop 4 – Catalina and De Havilland Room – Moderator Belinda Warner

1515-1645    Workshop 3: Facilitator Skills and NTS Assessment – Tarryn Ryan (Lifeflight) and Gareth McGraw (Qantas) (TBC)

Human Factors Forum 5 – Bristol Room – Moderator Bill Appleby

1515-1540  The Influences Associated with Weather-related Risk Appraisal in Part 135 Type Aviation Operations – Matthew Harris – UniSQ

1545-1610 More Influential Than a Manager; More Powerful Than an Executive; More Inspiring Than a World Leader – Chris Smith – Acultural Leadership

1615-1640 ATC Presentation (TBC)

1645-1700 Day 2 and Conference Wrap Up

Standby Presentations

Co-regulation – We are Wired to Connect: The Art and Science of Self
Regulation to Influence Others – Jo Hamilton