Zambia to host Africa’s premier aviation safety conference

By Wallace Mawire Zambia is to host the Safety in African Aviation (SiAA) conference in the city of Livingstone on 24 to 25 November, 2016 being organised by AviAssist Foundation, according to Tom Kok, Director of AviAssist Foundation. According to Kok, SiAA is Africa’s premier aviation safety event, drawing professionals from across Africa and the globe to examine safety matters of special concern to the aviation community. Kok says that delegates will have unrestricted access to the safety event in Africa whilst being given the opportunity to network with experts from all domains of aviation safety. Key topics will include human factors, aircraft dispatching, incident investigation, remotely piloted aircraft systems, flight data management, dangerous goods, safety management, systems simplified, prerequisites to develop a safety culture, just culture, ground handling safety, spatial disorientation and accidents, just to mention a few. "Conference attendees will also have free access to a pre-conference workshop on state safety programme implementation and a pre-conference workshop on just culture," Kok said. It is also reported that delegates will also hear from airlines, airports, regulators and independent experts as they discuss core safety challenges that they are facing  now and over the coming year. The conference presentations are expected to deliver specific information that can be applied directly to  aviation operations, according to Kok.