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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 • 7:30AM -8:00AM – Continental Breakfast
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8:00AM
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Frank P. Lees Memorial Lecture: Process Safety – Focusing on What Really Matters – Leadership! – Ms. Judith Hackitt, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive, UK
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8:45AM
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General Session – Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, Chairman, U.S. Chemical Safety Board
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Director’s Address – Dr. Sam Mannan, MKOPSC
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9:45AM Break and Exhibit Hall
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Track I
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Track II
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Track III
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Track IV
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Ray Mentzer, Kathy Shell,
Scott Ostrowski
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Michela Gentile, Kiran Krishna, Mike Marshall
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Sara Saxena, George King, Ramasamy Ravi, Chad Mashuga
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Marc Levin, Maureen Orr,
Anjana Meel, Julie White
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LOPA
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Hazard Assessment
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Case Study/
Lessons Learned I
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Process Mgmt
for Safety I
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10:15AM
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“Impact of LOPA Uncertainty on Safety Instrumented System Design,” Randy Freeman, S&PP Consulting |
“Application of the Graph Theory and Matrix Calculus for Optimal HAZOP Nodes Order Determination,” Ryszard Sauk, Office of Technical Inspection (UDT), Poland
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“Flammable Vapour Cloud Generation from Overfilling Tanks: Learning The Lessons from Buncefield,” Graham Atkinson, Health & Safety Laboratory, UK |
“HES / Asset Integrity Training & Development Program,” Stewart Behie, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation
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10:45AM
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“Now What? After the LOPA Is Done,” Michael Schmidt, Missouri S&T
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“Identification and analysis of the key drivers for a systemic and process-specific Reactive Hazard Assessment (RHA) methodology,” Renato Benintendi, Foster Wheeler
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“Piper Alpha Revisited,” Kees Van Wingerden, GexCon AS
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“Utilizing Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) for Enhanced Plant Reliability & Safety,” Vishal Lagad, Lloyd’s Register
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11:15AM
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“Layer of Protection Analysis of Clean Fuels Complex of Refinery,” Rinav Shah, Reliance Industries Limited, India |
“Process Safety Management for Subsea Production System,” Eric Chang, Shell |
“Case Study: Implementing
Performance Based Gas
Detector Placement per ISA
TR 84.00.07 on a Gas Oil
Hydrotreating Unit,” Edward
Marszal, Flint Hills Resources |
“Overview on the use of Ammonium Nitrate in the Texas Agricultural Business,” Donnie Dippel, Texas Ag Industries Association |
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11:45AM Lunch and Exhibit Hall
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Safety Culture
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Process Mgmt
for Safety II
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Hazard Assessment II
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Case Study/
Lessons Learned II
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1:00PM
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“Utilizing Field-Based Risk Registers to Improve Process Safety Culture and Competence,” Megan Weichel, DNV
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“Simplified Process Safety Management for Smaller Companies,” Melody Soderberg, ioMosaic
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“Hazard Assessment,” Chad Mashuga, The Dow Chemical Company
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“Case Study: A Risk-Based Approach for Combustible Dust Hazard Mitigation,”
Timothy Cullina, Fauske & Associates
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1:30PM
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“API Process Safety Site Assessment Program – Promoting a Culture of Process Safety,” Ron Chittim, API
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“Overcoming PSM Challenges for Small Sites & Chemical Companies: Observations, Insights, and Guidance from the Trenches,” Philip Myers, Advantage Risk Solutions
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“CFD Dispersion Modeling Supporting the Design of a Potential Oil Shale Field Test,” Parag Gupte, ExxonMobil Upstream Research
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“Case Study: A Risk Based Approach to Disaster Response and Business Continuity Planning,” Charles Soczek, Dupont
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2:00PM
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Debrief: The Experiential Learning Cycle, Process Safety Competency, Safe Work Practices, Identifying and Reporting of Near Miss/Incident Data,” Clyde Young, JM Campbell Co
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“Management Of Life Extension For offshore production Platforms In China,” Liu Yang-Yang, Tianjin, China
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“From Belts and Suspenders – Or How You Shouldn’t Leave Yourself Exposed Despite Explosion Protection Investments …! ,” Johannes Lottermann, REMBE, Germany
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“Hazards of Gasoline Contamination – Case study of a Tanker Truck Explosion Resulting from Switch Loading,” Scott Davis, GexCon US
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2:30PM
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“Integration of Process Safety in Chemical Process Design: Initiating a Different Way of Thinking,” Khaled Elsaid, Texas A&M University Qatar
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“Best Practice Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Review for the Chemical Process Industry,” Mike Bearrow, Optimized Systems & Solutions Inc
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“Substances that can be formed during major accidents – legal requirements and procedures,” Agnieszka Gajek, Central Institute for Labour Protection -NRI, Poland
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“Lessons learned from Process Incidents – Viewing Historical Data Through the Lens of “Tenets of Operational Excellence,” Ram Goyal, Bahrain Petroleum Company
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3:00PM Break and Exhibit Hall
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Process Mgmt
for Safety III
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Risk Assessment
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Consequence Analysis I
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Metrics &
Performance Drivers
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3:30PM
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“Risk Management Decision Making (RMDM) Methodology,” Ben Poblete, Atkins
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“Investigating Risk Reduction and Mitigation in the Petroleum Industry,” Mohammad Alkazimi, Missouri S&T
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“Effect of Confinement due to Parallel Vapor Barriers on Vapor Cloud Overpressures,” Josh Richardson, MKOPSC
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“Safety Summaries, Numbers, Charts, Graphs, YTD vs YTD, Projected TRIR,……SO WHAT? ,” Larry Kistler, ExxonMobil
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4:00PM
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“Development of an Effective Framework for Shift Handover,” Sonny Sachdeva, MKOPSC |
“Performing Assessments of Mechanical Integrity Management Systems,” Mark Bell, PinnacleAIS |
“An Easy and Accurate Method to Design Gas/Vapor Relief,” Guibing Zhao, Chilworth Technology
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“Use of KPIs for Process Safety,” Prasad Goteti, Honeywell Process Solutions
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4:30PM
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“The Role of Chemical Reactivity Data in Process Safety Management,” Michelle Murphy,” ioMosaic
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“The Bumpy Road to Better Risk Control,” Hans Pasman, MKOPSC
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“Blast Wave Clearing Behavior for Positive and Negative Phases,” Quentin Baker, BakerRisk |
“An Industry’s Journey to Use Metrics to Improve Process Safety Performance,” Karen Paulk, Phillips 66 Company
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5:00PM
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“Safety Culture – Relationship to High Consequence/ Low Probability Events,” Sunil Kumar, Reliance Industries Limited, India
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“Wellbore Safety and Integrity during Hydrocarbon Production,” C.S. Kabir, Hess Corp.
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“Condition Based Monitoring Redefined,” Majdi Rajab CBM Enterprise Solutions
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“Operational Discipline: Panacea for Performance? ,” Brian Rains, Dupont
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5:30-7:00PM Cocktail Reception
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 • 7:30AM -8:00AM – Continental Breakfast
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8:00AM
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Keynote Lecture –Chevron’s Journey in Process Safety – Wesley E. (Wes) Lohec, Vice President, Health, Environment and Safety, Chevron
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| 8:45AM |
Center Activities 2013 – Valerie Green, MKOPSC
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9:00AM
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Presentation of Annual Merit Award, Harry West Service Award, and the Lamiya Zahin Memorial Safety Scholarship
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Dr. Sam Mannan, Director, MKOPSC
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9:30AM – Break and Exhibit Hall
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Track I
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Track II
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Track III
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Track IV
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Ray Mentzer,
Kathy Shell,
Scott Ostrowski
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Michela Gentile, Kiran Krishna, Mike Marshall
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Sara Saxena, George King, Ramasamy Ravi, Chad Mashuga
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Marc Levin, Maureen Orr,
Anjana Meel, Julie White
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SIS
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Consequence Analysis II
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Resilience/ Sustainability
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LNG
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10:00AM
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“Safety Controls, Alarms, and Interlocks as IPLs,” Angela Summers, SIS-TECH Solutions
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“Use of HotSpot Dispersion Model to Establish Extent of Downwind Contamination,” Wayne Davis, URS Professional Solutions
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“Building Resilience – A
Risk-Based Approach to
Disaster Response and
Business Continuity
Planning,” Charles Soczek,
Dupont
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“Numerical Analysis of Dense Gas Dispersion: Effect of Continuous and Staggered Fences,” Francesco Colella, Exponent Inc.
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10:30AM
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“SIS System Gap Assessment and Closure Plan,” Armando Lara, Lyondellbasell
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“Public Health Consequences of Acute Ammonia Releases,” Maureen Orr, ATSDR
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“Are Today‘S Engineering Designs Preventing Tomorrow‘s Process Safety Incidents?,” Sheila Van Geffen, The Dow Chemical Company
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“Assessment of LNG Pool Spreading Behavior in Brayton Fire Training Field Tests,” Nirupama Gopalaswami, MKOPSC
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11:00AM
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“Procedural Automation,” Tom Williams, Honeywell Process Solutions
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“Modelling of Time-Varying Dispersion For Elevated Pressurised Releases Without Rainout,” Henk Witlox, DNV, UK
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“Future technology – Thermal Management Systems for Li-Ion Batteries,” Simon Waldram, MKOPSC
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“Advanced Tools to Improve FLNG Design through Probabilistic Explosion Hazard Analyses ,” Scott Davis, GexCon US
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11:30AM
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“Dealing with an Imperfect World,” Robert Brown,
Consultate LLC |
“Evaluating the Consequence of Sustained Casing Pressure during Well Integrity Testing,” Tony Rocha-Valadez, MKOPSC
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“Modeling Capability Development of Thermal Safety and Cracking in Batteries,” Partha Mukherhjee, Texas A&M University |
“Validation of Liquid Nitrogen Vaporisation Rate by Small Scale Field Experiments and Analysis of the Heat Transfer to the Pool,” Tomasz Olewski, , Texas A&M University Qatar
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12:00 1:30PM Lunch and Exhibit Hall
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Relief Systems
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Risk Assessment II
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Process Mgmt
for Safety IV
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Hazard Assessment III
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1:30PM
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“Pressure Relief Valve Failures in Tank Cars Statistics and Assessment of Causes,” Phani Raj, Office of Safety, Federal Railroad Administration |
“Understanding, Measuring and Managing Uncertainty – The Role of RBI,” Greg Alvarado, Equity Engineering Group
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“A Methodology for Identifying and Addressing Dead-Legs and Corrosion Issues in a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA),” René Murata, Risk Integrity Safety knowledge
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“Evergreen HAZOP as an Essential Part of Your PSM System,” Graeme Ellis, ABB Consulting, UK
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2:00PM
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“Before You Fix the Relief Valve Problem – Careful Considerations When Mitigating Inadequate Relief Systems Designs,” Jason Spearow, Smith & Burgess
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“Development of Risk Screening Tool for Enhanced Oil Recovery Operation Using CO2,” Yuan Lu, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation
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“Risk Assessments for Brownfield Modifications to Promote Inherently Safe Processes,” Varsha Pedhireddy, Scandpower Risk Management Inc.
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“Measuring & Managing Process and Occupational Hazards Side by Side in a Gas Fired Power Station,” Russell Mills, GHD |
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2:30PM
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“A New Approach to Offshore Risk Modeling,” Cynthia Spitzenberger, DNV
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“Research on the Correlation of the Info Activities with the Safety Behavior on the Offshore Platform,” Xuan Shi, Tianjin, China
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“Selecting Effective Inspection & Testing Methodology for Fixed Equipment,” Russ Davis, Mistras |
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3:00PM Break and Exhibit Hall
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Process Mgmt
for Safety V
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Facility Siting
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Consequence Analysis III
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Reactive Chemicals
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3:30PM
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“Paradigms of Process Safety,” Adam Markowski, University of Lodz, Poland
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“Enhancing Facility Siting Studies with Process Hazard Analyses,” Jay Patel, MMI Engineering
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“Improved Far-Field Blast Predictions from Fast Deflagrations, DDTs and Detonations of Vapor Clouds Using FLACS CFD,” Olav Hansen, GL Noble
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“Study of the N-Oxidation of 3-Picoline using a 2K Factorial Design of Experiments,” Alba Pineda, MKOPSC |
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4:00PM
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“Establishing a Superior Bottom Line via PSM Excellence,” Brian Rains, DuPont Sustainable Solutions
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“Facility Siting Study with Pressure Vessel Bursts,” Seungho Jung, Air Products
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“A Stochastic Approach for Risk Analysis in Vapor Cloud Explosion,” Clementina Ramirez, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Mexico
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“Thermal Hazard Assessment about Reaction of Ozone Oxidation 2-Butene-1,4-dioldiacetate by RC1,” X.H. Pan, Nanjing University of Technology
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4:30PM
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“Keep a Sense of Vulnerability: For Safety’s Sake,” Roy Sanders, MKOPSC
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“Leveraging Multi-User Virtual Plant Environments and 3D Interactive Visualization to Optimize Plant Safety,” Sloane Whitely, AVEVA
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“Impact of Vapor Cloud Detonation Propagation from a Congested Area on Building Blast Loads,” Kelly Thomas, BakerRisk
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“Ammonium Nitrate Thermal Decomposition With Additives,” Zhe Han, MKOPSC
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5:00PM
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Engineering Ethics Session (1 hr)
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Symposium Banquet at Traditions Club
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 • 7:30AM -8:00AM – Continental Breakfast
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8:00AM
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Keynote Lecture – Making Safety Real, A Journey to High Performing Safety Cultures – Prof. Gord Winkel, Chair and Industrial Professor for the Safety and Risk Management Program, University of Alberta
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9:00AM Break and Exhibit Hall
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Track I
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Track II
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Track III
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Track IV
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Chairs:
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Ray Mentzer, Kathy Shell,
Scott Ostrowski
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Michela Gentile, Kiran Krishna, Mike Marshall
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Sara Saxena, George King, Ramasamy Ravi, Chad Mashuga
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Marc Levin, Maureen Orr,
Anjana Meel, Julie White
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SIS II
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Risk Assessment/
LOPA III
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Human Factors
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Consequence Modelling IV
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10:00AM
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“Reliance verification of Safety Instrumented Systems,” Bernd Schroers, Bayer AG, Germany
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“A Quantitative Assessment of the Placement Practices of Gas Detectors in the Process Industries,” Alberto Benavides, MKOPSC
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“Using human factor data to evaluate risk controls and identify areas for improvement,” A.W. Armstrong, Kestrel Mgmt Services
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“Explosively Generate Pipe Collapse,” Phillip Mulligan, Missouri S&T
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10:30AM
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“Control Systems – The Distinguishing Factors between Common Cause and Systematic Failures,” John Kelley, aeSolutions
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“Bridging the Competence Gap in Technical HS&E,” Kris Smith, Risktec Solutions
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“Countermeasures to Improve Workers’ Performance and Reduce Errors due to Inadequate Sleep and Fatigue,” Susan Murray, Missouri S&T
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“Consequence Modeling for Hydrocarbon Pipeline using a Geographic Information System GIS,” Luis Zabala, Ecopetrol S.A., Colombia
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11:00AM
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“Implementation of Safety System Programming Changes at an Operating Facility,” Manuel Hernandez, Fluor
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“The Importance of Effective Sensitivity Analysis in Design HSE Activities,” Stephen Johnson, Fluor Canada
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“The Cost of Operator Errors and What You Can Do to Minimize,” James Henry, ProSys
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“Blast Loads from Elevated Pressure Vessel Burst,” Jihui Geng, BakerRisk
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11:30AM
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“Safety Control in Process Operations – Petroleum Refineries & Gas Processing,” S.L. Chakravorty, Oil Industry Safety Directorate, MOP&NG, India
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“Development of a Novel Communication System to Facilitate Navigational Guidance for Operators in Emergency Situations,” Thomas Ferris, Texas A&M University
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“Modelling of the Venting of an Untempered System
Under Runaway Conditions,”
Valeria Casson, Texas A&M University, Qatar
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12:00 Noon – Close
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