Trevor Zwar is a Principal Engineer with 17 years’ engineering experience across multiple industries including defence, mining, agriculture, infrastructure and manufacturing. He has practiced in the electrical, mechanical and control systems disciplines, and has worked across the engineering lifecycle. Trevor has a passion for safety in engineering and is a certified Functional Safety Engineer. Trevor has worked collaboratively with research institutions to develop new technologies, including two patented designs. Trevor holds degrees in mechatronic engineering (hons) and economics, is a fellow of Engineers Australia and a chartered professional engineer in the mechanical and electrical disciplines.

Samara is a Senior Risk Engineer at R4Risk with over five years of experience in risk management for petroleum storage, chemicals manufacturing, logistics and oil and gas industries. She completed a Bachelor of Science / Engineering (Honours) at Monash University, where she majored in chemical engineering, atmospheric science and applied mathematics. Samara has extensive experience in completing a variety of technical studies, including consequence modelling (fire, explosion, and toxic dispersion), quantitative risk assessments, occupied building risk assessments, fire safety studies, emergency response planning and hazardous area classification.

Daryl is an electrical engineer whose career has been focused on Instrumentation, Control Systems and in particular Safety Related Control Systems. During his 35+ year career, Daryl has been involved in project delivery and technical roles that have spanned conceptual work through to execution, commissioning, ramp-up and operational support. Daryl’s experience has been in metallurgical extraction, refining, wastewater treatment, coal, transportation, product handling and mineral processing. His areas of special expertise include burner management, functional safety and safety system cyber security. He has a special interest in human factors and how they affect safety outcomes.