11th Process Plant Safety Symposium (PPSS)
Call for Papers is Now Open
Topical Areas include:
- Process Safety – From the Top-Down and Bottom-Up
- Safety Culture and Operating Discipline
- Applications of Risk Analysis Techniques
- Safety Instrumented Systems – Problems and Innovative New Solutions Mechanical Integrity – State of the Art
- Contractors and Their Impact on Process Safety
- Case Histories and Lessons Learned
Contacts
Symposium Chair: John W. Champion, 281-228-8265, jchampion@rohmhaas.com
Symposium Co-Chair: Dr. Colin (Chip) S. Howat, 785-218-3718, cshowat@ku.edu
Topical Sessions and Chairs
Process Safety – From the Top-Down and Bottom-Up
The theme of this session is implementing Process Safety systems from two different perspectives: (1) what Senior Management needs from process safety and risk practitioners to effectively facilitate decision making and ensure ongoing process safety excellence and (2) what technical personnel can do to best assess and then present what is needed for process safety to gain ongoing positive support of management and business leaders. Case histories, methods of analysis and assessment, approaches to presenting and “selling” general or specific process safety needs are solicited.
Philip M. Myers, 740-965-6304, pmyers@arisksolution.com
Donald Abrahamson, 972-443-4942, donald.abrahamson@celanese.com
Safety Culture and Operating Discipline
This session welcomes abstracts focusing on the cultural aspects of a successful Process Safety program. Papers that present new and innovative ideas on corporate-wide and site-specific safety culture improvements, developing or improving operational discipline, and other approaches addressing the “human element” in operating safely will be considered.
James R. Thompson, 281-673-2853, jthompson@absconsulting.com
James A. Klein, 763-416-0400, James.A.Klein@USA.dupont.com
Applications of Risk Analysis Techniques
Hazard identification and risk assessment continue to be a critical part of the process safety efforts in process plants. Papers highlighting methods, tools and examples of successful application or lessons learned from misapplication in a plant environment are desired.
Alvin Waller, 609-951-3054, ALVIN.WALLER@fmc.com
Douglas J. Ferguson, 281-586-6818, Douglas.J.Ferguson@usa.dupont.com
Safety Instrumented Systems – Problems and Innovative New Solutions
The identification of Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) and the design and proper application of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) is an ongoing challenge for the process industries. This session invites papers featuring new and innovative ideas in the areas of Independent Protection Layer (IPL) identification, Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) identification, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assignment, and SIS management systems.
Bill Vogtmann, 281-922-8324 Ext 22, bvogtmann@sis-tech.com
Kiran Krishna, 713-589-7319, Kiran.Krishna@atkinsglobal.com
Mechanical Integrity – State of the Art
This session solicits papers on the latest mechanical integrity concepts, practices and programs. All aspects of mechanical integrity are of interest, including equipment inspection, interlock testing, reliability initiatives, and overall system design. An additional area of focus is on the challenges of meeting the needs of a global organization, including language & cultural barriers, widely varied national regulations and availability of qualified resources.
Stephen D. Emerson, 361-880-8145, steven.emerson@emersonanalysis.com
James H. Willis, 713-920-7386, willisjh@airproducts.com
Contractors and Their Impact on Process Safety
Contractors play a key role in many aspects of business in the chemical industry, including Process Safety. This session would welcome submissions on Process safety topics associated with engineering design, construction, operations support, and maintenance from the contractor and/or operating company’s perspective.
Jack Chosnek, 281-538-0220, jc@knowledge1.net
James Gary, 765-245-6026, James.Gary@shawgrp.com
Case Histories and Lessons Learned
Reviews of process safety incidents and near misses provide valuable learning opportunities. Papers dealing with incidents, near misses and the lessons learned are requested. This will be a joint session of PPSS with LPS and CCPS.
Chair: Henry L. Febo, 781-255-4771, henry.febo@fmglobal.com
PPSS Co-chair: Kathy Pearson, 281-228-8236, katherinepearson@rohmhaas.com