Program

Tuesday 5 March

08:00	Registration	Tea & coffee on arrival
08:45	Welcome and introduction	Peter Hart, Chairman, ARTSA
09:00	Session 1 – The first five years of PBS and its future under the NHVR	Chair: Peter Hart, ARTSA
	The first five years of PBS (2007-2012)	George Konstandakos, Acting Chief Executive, NTC
	Making PBS happen in Victoria	Gary Liddle, Chief Executive, VicRoads
	PBS “under new management” (2013 and beyond)	Richard Hancock, Chief Executive, NHVR
10:20	Morning tea
11:00	Session 2 – Successes and failures: learning from experience	Chair: Rob Di Cristoforo, Advantia
	Panel session including PBS Review Panel Chair and Deputy Chair	David Anderson, PRP Chairperson Neil Findlay, PRP Deputy Chairperson Sri Kannan, PRP Secretariat (NTC) Les Bruzsa, PRP Secretariat (NHVR)
12:00	Lunch Includes PBS vehicle “show and shine” An outdoor display of approved PBS vehicle combinations. Walk over after lunch for a closer look and talk to the owners.
13.15	Session 3 – Case studies	Chair: Ken Cowell, KD Cowell & Associates
	Case studies from vehicle manufacturers and transport operators	Darren Whyte, Kalari Ray Cauchi, Cartage Australia Dean Moule, Volvo Bus Australia Luke Hardy, Bus Industry Confederation Greg Brown, Maxitrans
14:45	Afternoon tea
15:00	Session 4 – Road access challenges and solutions	Chair: Ian Webb, CEO, Roads Australia
	Victoria	Ian Mond, VicRoads
	Queensland	Russell Hoelzl, TMR
	Local government	John Hennessy, MAV
	National opportunities	Gerard Waldron, ARRB Group
16:00	Session 5 – Streamlining the PBS process	Chair: Rob Di Cristoforo, Advantia Selected Day 1 speakers
16:50	Closing remarks – Day 1	Rob Di Cristoforo, Advantia
18:00	Conference dinner at Lifesaving Victoria Includes guest speaker Dr Peter Sweatman, UMTRI	Drinks served between conference and dinner

 

Wednesday 6 March

07:45	Breakfast on the beach	Outside the venue
08:45	Welcome – Day 2	Peter Hart, Chairman, ARTSA
09:00	Session 6 – Assessment and certification issues	Chair: Les Bruzsa, NHVR
	Assessors and certifiers panel	Philip Roper, ARRB Group Rob Di Cristoforo, Advantia Ken Cowell, KD Cowell & Associates Bob Edwards, TEAM
10:30	Morning tea
11:00	Session 7 – Migrating popular designs into law	Chair: Neil Findlay, PRP Deputy Chairperson
	Some PBS combinations have become very popular and share common designs. Can these be made into prescriptive vehicles?	Rob Di Cristoforo, Advantia Dr Hans Prem, MSD
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Session 8 – Approving sub-assemblies and key components
	Components such as tyres and suspensions have no standalone PBS approval status; they are specified, if suitable, in each vehicle application. Can we introduce a method of ongoing PBS approvals for these?	Peter Heatley, Michelin Mario Colosimo, BPW Transpec Nemanja Miletic, SAF Holland
14:20	Session 9 – Making changes to PBS	Chair: Simon Humphries, Truck Industry Council
	What needs to be changed in the standards and procedures, and how? OEM assessment and certification of individual vehicle units for use in combinations: How will it work?	Marcus Colemanv, Tiger Spider Jose Arredondo, NTC
15:00	Afternoon tea
15:15	Session 10 – Issues for further work – recommendations to take PBS forward	Chair: Peter Hart, ARTSA
15:45	Closing remarks – Day 2	Peter Hart, Chairman, ARTSA
16:00	Conference closes

Draft 1 March