Under the key-word of “Design of Safety”, the Conference expects positive participation of the people from Administrations Classification Societies Universities, Research Institutes, Ship Design Offices, Shipbuilding and Shipping industries, Oil and Gas and any other industry with knowledge-intensive, safety-critical products from all over the world to exchange the latest information and innovative ideas.

Scope

The Conference welcomes papers in aspects of Design for Ship Safety and topics in the areas of:

• Philosophy/Framework on Design for Safety - such as safety culture, active and passive safety, life cycle design, risk- based regulations.
• Methodology/Application on Design for Safety - such as risk analysis, performance-based approach, Formal Safety Assessment, first principles approach, risk-based design.
• Ship Stability Safety - such as probabilistic damage stability, flooding analysis and control, intact stability code, high-speed craft, fishing vessel safety.
• Fire/Explosion Safety - such as IMO “Alternative Design and Approaches”, fire risk analysis and control.
• Structural Strength - such as bulk carrier/tanker safety and reliability.
• Operational safety - such as passenger ship evacuation, decision support systems, crew training.

Call for Papers

Persons who intend to submit a paper or participate in the Conference are asked to return the pre-registration form by 28 May, 2010. The papers focusing on philosophy or methodology of Design for Safety including safety regulations, safety policies and safety culture are the most welcome and scientific papers should explain their relationship to Design for Safety. Authors are kindly requested to submit a one-page abstract (400 words). Papers for presentation will be selected by the International Standing Committee with the submitted abstracts.

One-page abstract should be sent to: alessandro.maccari@fincantieri.it