Biographies

Jean PARIÈS graduated from the French National School of Civil Aviation as an engineer, then joined the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile) (DGAC), dealing with air safety regulations. In 1990, he joined the Bureau Enquêtes Accident (BEA) as Deputy Head, and Head of Investigations. In 1994, he left the BEA to be a founding member – and now the President – of Dédale SAS, a company set in Paris and Melbourne (Australia).  Through Dédale’s activity, he addresses the Human and Organisational dimensions of safety, for aviation as well as for nuclear electricity, energy networks, railways, hospitals, roads, and the like. From 2000 to 2004, he was also a Research Associate Director with the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and worked on hazards associated with failures in high risk activities. He is the author of numerous papers, book chapters and communications on Human and Organisational Factors in safety. He is a founding member, and the current President, of the Resilience Engineering Association.

Pedro holds a PhD in “Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management” by the University of Nottingham. He has over 15 years of experience, both as a researcher and a consultant in the field of human factors and ergonomics, and over 5 years in the field of occupational health and safety at work and safety management. He is engaged in the Resilience Engineering community since 2007 and is actively involved in European research under the topic of resilience, in particular within the ongoing secure societies work programme.

Aside from industry consultancy work, he is currently an invited associate professor at the Department of Aeronautics and Transport of the Lusófona University (ULHT), a researcher as a joint professor at CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering of the University of Lisbon and an invited researcher at the CIMCYC – Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento at the University of Granada.

ferreira.pnp@gmail.com or +351 912 245 362

Johan van der Vorm is principal consultant at AdviSafe Risk Management was a pioneer in resilience engineering and applied research in the Netherlands. He was a founding father of the Resilience Innovation Lab at TNO. Presently Johan is consultant serving organisations in the field of operational safety and safety culture in a diversity of high risk industries. As project leader he co-developed the serious game Training for Operational Resilience Capabilities (TORC) and is licenced to provide trainings in this field.

As secretary of the REA Board he was responsible for developing the REA network into a professional organisation being supported by internet infrastructure. Johan contributed in several roles to the organisation of the last 3 REA symposia. At present he is member of the REA Council

Elisabeth A. Lay, founder and principal, Applied Resilience, LLC, Houston Texas, is an experienced leader who develops resilient, reliable organizations by redesigning how safety is created. Four years of experience as Director of Human Performance at Calpine Corp – an owner / operator of 80+ electric utility power plants. Seven years experience as the leader of Siemens Energy Field Service Risk Management team. A Practitioner in Resilience Engineering & Highly Reliable Organizing communities for 10+ years.  She is a mechanical engineer with graduate work in cognitive science.  She has worked with companies such as NASA, Los Alamos National Labs, ThyssenKrupp, and contributed to development of EU crisis management guidelines through the Darwin project.

Areas of Expertise Include:  Resilience Engineering (RE), Highly Reliable Organizing (HRO), Safety 2, Human Performance (HP), Operational Risk Management

Elizabeth.A.Lay@Outlook.com   or mobile:  321-946-4936

Dr. Gesa Praetorius is a postdoctoral fellow in Maritime Science at the Kalmar Maritime Academy, Linnaeus University, Sweden. She holds an MSc degree in Cognitive Science (Linköping University, Sweden) and a Ph.D. in Shipping and Marine Technology (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden). Gesa is an expert in human factors and system safety with a specific interest in studying resilience in complex socio-technical systems in maritime operations and traffic management systems.

Gesa is a member of the FRAMily and has been a part of the resilience engineering community since her PhD studies. In 2013 Gesa participated in the Young Talent Program and later joined the Young Talents organizing committee and chaired the program in 2016/17.

gesa.praetorius@lnu.se or phone: +46(0) 480 49 76 62, mobile: +46(0) 70 348 76 62