IChemE's "Hazards XX" Process Safety and Environmental Protection Symposium

The theme of this symposium is that if we are to maintain the high levels of safety we enjoy in the chemical and process industries we need to make the best use of our current knowledge and avoid complacency. Additionally, we must apply that knowledge ...

The theme of this symposium is that if we are to maintain the high levels of safety we enjoy in the chemical and process industries we need to make the best use of our current knowledge and avoid complacency. Additionally, we must apply that knowledge to emerging industries and in emerging economies. For example, concern about global warming has given an impetus to the development of new technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration, the storage and use of hydrogen as a fuel and the use of biofuels.

We should ensure that the lessons we have acquired in the old industries are applied to the new so that we do not make the same old mistakes over again. Similarly as technology is transferred to emerging economies, we should make sure that the knowledge of how to use the technology safely is transferred as well. Equally, we must ensure that we maintain our competencies and standards in the old industries so that familiarity does not breed disaster.

Hazards XX is the latest in the series of symposia run by the Institution of Chemical Engineers NW Branch since 1960. These have provided a forum for the discussion of new research and technical developments into ways to control risks in the process industries thus helping to meet increasing expectations of risk control.

The aim of this symposium is to bring together international experts and practitioners in process safety and environmental protection to present and discuss the latest technical advances and new thinking in safety and environmental management techniques.

This symposium is sponsored by: BP plc, ABB Engineering Services, and Burgoyne Consultants Ltd and Co-Sponsored by CCPS (AIChE), SCI, CIA, EPSC, RSC, Safety & Reliability Society, IOSH, SIESO, and the Safety and Loss Prevention, and Environment Subject Groups of the IChemE

For any queries about the symposium or workshops, please contact Mike Adams on +44 (0) 1539 732845 (phone / fax) or e: mikeadams@rawgreen.fsworld.co.uk

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