24th Annual CCPS International Conference
Call for Papers is Now Open
Topical Sessions include:
- Risk Criteria
- Process Safety Metrics and Culture
- Managing Organizational Change
- Transportation Risk
- Auditing Process Safety
- Tools to Identify Hazards
- Fire, Explosion & Quantitative Analysis
- Implementing PSM Globally
- Case Histories and Lessons Learned
Contacts
CCPS Conference Chair: Eric Freiburger, 412.490.6309, FreibuE@NOVAChem.com,
AIChE Global Congress Oversight: Roxy Schneider, 646-495-1372, roxys@aiche.org,
Topical Session Descriptions and Chairs
Risk Criteria
The new CCPS Guidelines for Establishing Risk Criteria will be published in 2008. This session will include papers regarding the development and application of risk criteria to improve a company's risk profile. Topics may also include experience and examples with risk apportionment, international application of risk criteria, and business decision processes.
Karen Tancredi, 302.774.8030, karen.k.tancredi@usa.dupont.com
Process Safety Metrics and Culture
This session will feature presentations focusing on using the new CCPS Process Safety Metrics and other metrics to drive continual improvement in a company’s process safety culture and in overall incident reduction performance. Emphasis will be placed on papers that describe actual experience with implementing metrics, tracking results, and making decisions based on these results.
John Wincek, 570.748.7796 x3175, j.wincek@crodausa.com
Managing Organizational Change
Management of Change has long been recognized as a fundamental cornerstone of a process safety program. Through the years, most companies have evolved a mature system to manage technical changes -- equipment, materials, and technology -- in their facilities. In recent years, the effects of, and need to manage, changes to organizations have come to the fore. These types of changes include staffing (for instance due to career advancements, retirements or terminations) or staffing levels, creation or deletion of positions, position duties/job scope, shift durations, mergers and acquisitions, and maintaining competency and knowledge. Of particular interest are the management of change process used (if different from MoC for technical changes), the review techniques employed, authorization of organizational change, and experiences and lessons learned associated with organizational MoC
Donald J. Connolley, 409.941.8020, don.connolley@bp.com
Transportation Risk
Transportation Risk Assessment (TRA) is an essential aspect of risk management. TRA manages transportation risks by considering hazards, routes, and impacts. This promotes the identification of major contributors to the risk and thus strategies for risk reduction. TRA includes consideration of toxic, flammability, explosivity, and security risks. This session will include papers that provide TRA examples and application experience, tools and methods, and risk management decisions made as a result of these assessments.
Cheryl Grounds, 281.366.4740,cheryl.grounds@bp.com
Auditing Process Safety
The 2nd Edition of the CCPS Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems is currently being prepared. This session will include papers that address management systems for ensuring effective audit processes. Topics in this session may also include developing internal audit program; audit team independence, skills, and qualifications; tools to audit and to follow-up on items identified during an audit; auditing process safety culture; and auditing global operations.
Christie Arseneau, 713.267.2293, carseneau@acutech-consulting.com
Tools to Identify Hazards
Personnel involved with day-to-day plant operations maintain an important role in the hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) process. These individuals are often the first to identify hazardous process conditions in an operating environment. Papers submitted to this session should focus on tools and techniques for hazard identification and field evaluation. Subjects may include educational platforms, programs that raise awareness and improve understanding, and practical methods that can be readily implemented at the plant level.
Robert F. Wasileski, 412.490.4086, wasiler@novachem.com
Fire, Explosion & Quantitative Analysis
Fires and explosions result in the largest losses in process safety accidents. The increase sensitivity by industry, regulatory, and public sectors to recent events as well as challenging market conditions has caused industry to scrutinize their existing approaches and develop balance between consequence and risk methods. Papers submitted to this session will focus on new techniques, stories of applications, comparisons of methods, nuance of applications, etc. for both temporary and permanent facilities.
Jatin Shah, 952.944.5580, JShah@BakerRisk.com
Implementing PSM Globally
In the last several years there have been numerous changes in technical and analytical methods, process safety management systems, regulations, globalization and consolidation, new and increased accountability to public and regulatory entities, and changing market conditions. Papers submitted to this session will focus on revisions to existing PSM systems and implementation of new systems in companies and sectors across the world. Issues for papers include, but not limited to, implementing and merging of different cultures, regulations, foreign owned companies, joint ventures, etc.
Shakeel Kadri, 610.481.6762, kadrish@airproducts.com
Joint Session: Case Histories and Lessons Learned
Chair: Henry L. Febo, 781.255.4771, henry.febo@fmglobal.com
Co-Chair for CCPS: William Bridges, 865.675.3458, wbridges@p-i-i-i.com