2003

TRACK I

• Skip Early, Early Consulting
• David Chung

TRACK II

• Rob Smith
• Hunter Hild

TRACK III

• Kathy Shell, RMT
• Mike Marshall, OSHA

Risk Assessment/Risk Management

• “Financial Drivers of Accident Preparedness and Safety,” P.R. Kleindorfer, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania
• “Making the Business Case for Process Safety Using Value at Risk Concepts,” J. Fang, D.M. Ford, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University
• “Risk Management for Reactive Processes”, A.E. Summers, SIS-TECH Solutions

Lessons Learned from HSEES Data

• “New York Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance: Learning from Hazardous Substances Releases to Improve Safety,” W.L. Welles, R.E. Wilburn, J.K. Ehrlich, and C.M. Floridia, New York State Department of Health
• “Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES): What Can We Learn from Tropical Storm Allison and Other Adverse Weather Conditions in Texas?” J. Borders, R. Harris, M. Samples-Ruiz, and P. Zeitz, Texas State Department of Health
• “Lessons from Hazardous Chemical Incidents – Louisiana Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) System,” D.J. Raymond and C-Y. Hu, Louisiana Office of Public Health

Process Management for Safety I

• “Knowledge-Based Support Tool for Carrying out HAZOP of Batch Processes,” P. Chung, S. McCoy, and D. Zhou, Loughborough University, UK
• “Geometric Process Control Improves Process Operations and Alarm Management,” R. Brooks, Curvaceous Software, UK
• “22 Elements – DuPont Safety, Health and Environmental Management System“, A. E. Davison, DuPont Safety Resources

Chemical Plan Security

• “Force Protection: Today’s Reality,” Colonel R. Torgerson, Versar, Inc
• “Process Threat Management,” J.R. Whiteley, Oklahoma State University; M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University; and S.J. Brouillard, ConocoPhillips
• “The New Paradigm for Chemical Process Security and Safety,” D.A. Moore and M. Hazzan, AcuTech Consulting Group

Human Factors

• “Can Energy Drinks Prevent Fatigue During a Mental Task?” A. Ronen, T. Oron-Gilad, D. Shinar, and Y. Cassuto, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
• “Who’s Fault is it Anyway? A Practical Illustration of Human Factors in Process Safety,” G. Hughes and M. Kornowa-Weichel, DNV Consulting
• “Human Performance Breakdowns Are Rarely Accidents; They Are Usually Very Poor Choices With Disastrous Results,” R.O. Besco, PPI

Process Management for Safety II

• “Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Investigation of CVD Exhaust System: Identification and Mitigation of Potential Release of Process Gases and Byproducts,” L. Chandna, A. Bustamante-Reynoso, C. Nauert, and K. Hendricksen, Motorola, Inc.
• “Web-Based Workplace Management Systems – The Future of Safe Working in Hazardous Environments,” M. Neill, Petrotechnics Ltd, Scotland, UK
• “Extension of the Relational Database to Common “Global” Scenarios,” A.E. Shackelford, Berwanger, Inc.

General Session - Case Histories

• “Lessons From Experience,” T.A. Kletz
• “Practicing Chemical Process Safety: A Look at Layers of Protection,” R.E. Sanders, PPG Industries, Inc.
• “Loss Prevention at the Houston Chemical Complex,” F. Broussard, ChevronPhillips Chemical Company and A.E. Summers, SIS-TECH Solutions

Cocktail Reception

TRACK I

• Skip Early, Early Consulting
• David Chung

TRACK II

• Rob Smith
• Hunter Hild

TRACK III

• Kathy Shell, RMT
• Mike Marshall, OSHA

Reactive Chemicals I

• “An Adiabatic Calorimetric Study of the Reactions of Butadiene and Isoprene in the Presence of Butadiene Popcorn Polymer,” M.E. Levin, A.D. Hill, L.W. Zimmerman, N.O. Gonzales, and T.E. Paxson, Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc.
• “Calorimetric Measurements of Hydroxylamine Decomposition in the Presence of Transition Metals, ” M. Kumasaki, National Institute of Industrial Safety, Tokyo, Japan
• “Evaluation of 1,3-Butadiene Thermal Stability: Dimerization and Secondary Reactions,” A.A. Aldeeb, Y.S. Liu, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Chemical Engineering Department,
  Texas A&M University

Incident Analysis

• “Investigating Causes and Assigning Blame,” I.J. Rimson, Forensic Engineer
• “Investigating Accidents and Incidents with a Logic-Based Process,” R.F. Smullen
• “Incident Investigation Evidence Management,” J. Philley, Baker Risk and Engineering Consultants

Consequence Analysis I

• “A Way to Conduct a Facility/Stationary Source Study,” W.S. Almon, DuPont
• “Effect of Droplet Size Distribution on Reaction heat in Liquid-Liquid Heterogeneous Reaction Process “, Y. Fujimoto, National Institute of Industrial Safety, Tokyo, Japan
• “Modeling the Initial Velocity of Aerosol Jets”, T. Spicer and J. Havens, University of Arkansas; and D. Johnson, Quest Consultants

Reactive Chemicals II

• “A Novel Methodology for the Study of Decomposition Reactions Induced by Thermal Runaways,” S. Lever and M. Papadaki, University of Leeds, UK
• “The Advanced Approach to Reactivity Rating,” A. Kossoy, ChemInform, St. Petersburg, Russia
• “Use of ARC in Screening for Explosive Properties,” G.T. Bodman, Eastman Kodak

Inherently Safer Design

• “Dynamic Disadvantages of Intensification in Inherently Safer Process Design,” W.L. Luyben, Lehigh University; and D.C. Hendershot, Rohm and Haas Company
• “Evaluating and Assessing Process Hazard Analyses,” P.J. Palmer, Vescen Consulting, Inc.
• “Dow’s Use of Inherently Safer Technology,” T.A. Overton, Dow Chemical Company

Consequence Analysis II

• “Designing an Experimental System to Study Flame Propagation Enhancement and Suppression in Heavy Hydrocarbon Aerosols,” K. Krishna, W.J. Rogers, S. Girimaji, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
• “Explosion Caused by Flashing Liquid in a Process Vessel,” R.A. Ogle, M. Megerle, D.R. Morrison, and A.R. Carpenter, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
• “Consequence Modeling of Fire Using Large Eddy Simulation,” J.A. Sutula, C.F. Schemel, and N. Ryder, Combustion Science and Engineering; and V.V. Brunt, University of South Carolina