TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 • 7:30AM- 8:00AM – Registration & Continental Breakfast

Oakwood The Frank P. Lees Memorial Lecture: “Our Continuing Journey to Process Safety Excellence” Ms. Susan Wang, Vice Chair of the Board, Formosa Plastics Group 8:00AM

8:45AM The Future of Process Safety - Dr. Sam Mannan, MKOPSC and Trish Kerin, IChemE Safety Centre

9:45AM Break and Exhibit Hall - Ballroom

Track I Track II Track III Track IV

Rooms Oakwood North/South 40 Brazos Mockingbird

Chairs: Kathy Shell, Scott Os-

trowski, Stewart Behie

Chairs: Michela Gentile, Mike

Marshall, Kiran Krishna Chairs: Sara Saxena, Jeff Thomas Chairs: Marc Levin, Victor Car-

reto Vazquez

Case Study/Lessons Learned I Hazard Assessment I Risk Assessment/LOPA I Pipelines

10:15AM "Normalizing Deviance: 30 Years after the Challenger Explosion" Joey Cranston, Albemarle

"Effects of floating beads on the flash/fire temperatures and occur-rence of boilover" Hiroshi Koseki, Chiba Institute of Science

"What value has risk assessment? What factors do we have to reckon with in explaining its results?" Hans Pasman, MKOPSC

"Data Analytics/Data Management Solutions to Manage Pipeline Integ-rity and Comply with New PHMSA Regulations" Henrique Paula, ABS Group

10:45AM "CSB Investigation of the West (Texas) Fertilizer Fire and Explosion" Vanessa Allen Sutherland, Chairperson, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investiga-tion Board

"HAZOPs in a Cash Constrained Environment" Chris Israni, ERM

"Developing a Framework for Dynam-ic Risk Assessment Using Bayesian Networks and Reliability Data" Rym Kanes, ExxonMobil Qatar

"Development of New Pipeline Integrity and Failure Assessment Tool" Arafat Aloqaily, Saudi Aramco

11:15AM "Macondo Incident" Mary Beth Mul-cahy, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

"CFD Explosion Sensitivity Analysis" Dennis Taylor, Worley Parsons

"Developing Early Risk Detection and Preparedness System with Risk Analy-sis and Contingency Plan " Joon-Yeoul Oh, TAMU Kingsville

"Consequence analysis of acci-dental release of supercritical car-bon dioxide from high pressure pipelines" Qingsheng Wang, Okla-homa State University

11:45AM "Control Room Design: Best Practic-es and Lessons Learned from a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective" Mary Lane, BAW Architecture

“An Update to the Universal Risk Scales – A Tool for Developing Risk Criteria by Consensus - How safe is safe enough?" Tom Pfitzer, APT

"Report on the PHMSA LNG Regula-tion Workshop" Jeffrey Marx, Quest Consultants

12:15PM Lunch SPONSORED BY RISKPOYNT and Exhibit Hall - Ballroom

Explosion Hazards Safety Culture Process Management for Safety Case Study/Lessons Learned II

1:15PM "Expanded Technique to Determine Ignition Probability" Troy Bennett, ExxonMobil

"Applying Predictive Analytics to Process Safety Leading Indicators" William Brokaw, Kestrel

"Zero Based Maintenance Program" Holly Dollinger, Shell

"Using Data to Build a Picture of Safety" Michael Mostert and Kevin Blakely, RiskPoynt

1:45PM "Large Scale Detonation Testing: New Findings in the prediction of DDTs at large scales" Scott Davis, GexCon

"Mentoring New Plant and Process Safety Engineers" Laura Bellman, Covestro

"Process Safety for OHS Profession-als" Trish Kerin, IChemE

"Lessons in Process Safety Manage-ment Learned in an Explosion Acci-dent in Taiwan" Horng-Jang Liaw, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

2:15PM “LNG Safety Excellence: A Decade of Efforts by the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center” Bin Zhang, MKOPSC

“Flame-Retardant Polymer Nano-composites Synthesis and Charac-terization” Lubna Ahmed, MKOPSC

"Journey Towards Risk based Process Safety" Prashanthi Bhupathi, Reliance Industries

"Results Matter: Three Case Stud-ies Comparing and Contrasting PFFM and HazOp PHA Reviews" Rosalynn MacGregor, Sapphire Engineering

2:45PM Break and Exhibit Hall (*Door Prizes at 2:45PM) - Ballroom

Dispersion Risk Assessment/LOPA II Consequence Analysis I Human Factors I

3:15PM "Multiscale Modeling of Buoyant Fires" Niveditha Krishnamoorthy, CD Adapco

"Multi-Community Risk Assessment Framework for Drinking Water" William Peplinski, Sandia National Laboratories

"Evaluation beyond a consequence-only approach: When is it really need-ed?" Savio Vianna, Genesis Oil and Gas

"System dynamic simulation of risk perception for enterprise decision-making in communication of chemi-cal incident risks" Mingguang Zhang, Nanjing Tech University

3:45PM "Evaluation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) vs. Target Gas Cloud for Indoor Gas Detection Design" James McNay, Micropack

"Assessing Risk in the Supply Chain Using the Bowtie Method" Yaneira Saud, ERM

"Mitigation of Industrial Hazards by Water Spray Curtains" Delphine La-boureur, Von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics

"Utilizing Scenario Based Risk As-sessment Methodology to Support Operations Teams during Abnormal Events" John Craik, Human Cen-tered Solutions

4:15PM "Large-Scale Vented Deflagration Tests" Peter Diakow, BakerRisk

"Mind the Gap – Improving Process Safety with an Integrated Approach Using Risk Assessments, Incident Analyses & Audits" Joep Winters, CGE

"An Overview of Worldwide Risk Tol-erability Criteria for Chemical Process Industries" Jordi Dunjo, ioMosaic

"A Modern Control Room – Human Factors and their Impact on Plant Safety and Optimization" Julia Niel-sen, CGM

4:45PM "Experimental investigation of blast wave propagation in an urban envi-ronment" Charline Fouchier, Von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics

"A Resilience Index for Process Safety Analysis" Richart Vazquez Roman, Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya

"Process Safety - Equations of State" Brian Dickson, University of Strath-clyde

"Admitting Human Error in the Workplace: The Mindset Shift to Attaining Operational Resilience" David Wilbur, Vetergy

5:15-7:00PM Cocktail Reception — SPONSORED BY SIEMENS (*Door Prizes at 6:00PM) - Ballroom

5:30-7:30PM Poster Session - Inside Ballroom

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 • 7:30AM-8:00AM – Continental Breakfast

Oakwood Keynote Lecture - “The Aviation Safety Action Program - A Game Changer in US Commercial Aviation” Mr. John DeLeeuw, Pilot, American Airlines 8:00AM

8:45AM Presentation of Trevor Kletz Merit Award, Harry West Service Award, and the Lamiya Zahin Memorial Safety Scholarship - Dr. M. Sam Mannan

9:15AM Break and Exhibit Hall - Ballroom

Track I Track II Track III Track IV

Rooms Oakwood North/South 40 Brazos Mockingbird

Chairs: Kathy Shell, Scott Os-

trowski, Stewart Behie

Chairs: Michela Gentile, Mike Mar-

shall, Kiran Krishna

Chairs: Sara Saxena, Jeff Thom-

as

Chairs: Marc Levin, Victor Carre-

to Vazquez

PSM for Contractors Facility Siting I Hazard Assessment II LNG

10:00AM "Improving Contractor Safety Experience and Engagement" Greg Fletcher and Katherine Molly, North Highland

"The Safest Facilities Are Created During Concept, Siting, and Engi-neering Design" Victor Edwards

"What is a 'Facility Level' Hazard Analysis Anyway?" Ryan Morton and Mostafa Saadi, Anadarko Petroleum

"Risk Benchmarking for Onshore and Offshore LNG Developments" Vijay Raghunathan, DNV GL

10:30AM "Challenges in applying the princi-ples of Process Safety Manage-ment at University Laboratories" Tomasz Olewski, TAMUQ

"LNG Facility Siting - An Alternative Approach for Vapor Cloud Reduc-tion" Francisco Santos, ExxonMobil

"Maximizing the Benefit of Early-Stage CFD Ventilation Analyses to Reduce Fire and Explosion Haz-ards" Drew Botwinick, GexCon

"Improving Prevention and Mitiga-tion Efforts Related to Accidental Releases of LNG" Jesse Brum-baugh, Smith & Burgess

11:00AM "Roles of Contractors in Process Safety" Nafiz Tamim and Wen Zhu, MKOPSC

"A study of effective mitigation sys-tem for accidental hydrogen fluoride releases" Seungho Jung, Ajou Uni-versity

"The Future of Risk Management/RBI in a Lean Environment – Fac-ing Regulatory Uncertainty” Edwin Merrick, The Augustus Group

"High Pressure Relief Systems in LNG Receiving Terminals – A Safety Case for HP Flare" Sunny Choi, IRESC

11:30AM Lunch and Exhibit Hall - Ballroom

Human Factors II Relief Systems Instruments/Controls Reactive Chemicals I

12:30PM "Brain-Centered Hazards: Risks and Remedies" Mike Mangan, Dekra Insight

"Static Head – An Overlooked Issue in Relief System Design" Robert Siml, Siemens

"The Role of Process History in Reducing False Alarms" Alan Ma-honey, PPCL

"Thermal Decomposition Mecha-nisms of 1H-1,2,4-Triazole Deriva-tives: Theoretical Study" Wasana Kowhakul, Fukuoka University

1:00PM "Advanced Next Generation Pro-cedure Research Study" Camille Peres, Texas A&M University; Elliott Lander, ATR

"Make Inlet Piping and PSV One-System" Boyd George

"General Method for Uncertainty Evaluation of Safety Integrity Level Calculations" Randy Freeman

"Isoperibolic study of hydroxyla-mine in aqueous solutions in the presence of selected inorganic salts" Maria Papadaki, University of Patras

1:30PM "Fatigue monitoring in offshore energy operations: Research to Practice gaps" Ranjana Mehta, TAMU

"Align PHA Scenarios with PSV Calcu-lation Cases: Views and Perspectives of an Oil Industry Engineer" Jody Olsen, JE Olsen Consulting

"Pros & Cons of Electronic Mar-shalling for a Safety System" Ma-nuel Hernandez, Fluor

"Ignition Sensitivity of Hybrid Mix-tures" Emmanuel Addai, University of Magdeburg

2:00PM Break and Exhibit Hall (*Door Prizes at 2:30PM) - Ballroom

Vapor Cloud Explosions Facility Siting II OESI Reactive Chemicals II

2:45PM "Accounting for Channeling and Shielding Effects for Vapor Cloud Explosions" James Wesevich, Thornton Tomasetti

“A Method to Utilize Facility Siting Techniques in the Early Phases of Capital Projects to Reduce Risks and Safety Spending" Phillip Hodge, Baker Risk

"Probabilistic Approach to Deriv-ing Oil Spill Size" Elaine Kleiner, BSEE

"Effects of environmental temper-ature and heat dissipation condi-tion on thermal runaway of lithium ion battery during charge-discharge process" Linsheng Guo, Nanjing Tech University

3:15PM "A Review of Very Large Vapour Cloud Explosions" Graham Atkin-son, UK Health and Safety Office

"Layout Optimization for Onshore and Offshore LNG Projects" Mukundray Dave, Bechtel

"A Novel Oil-Water Emulsion Burner Concept for Offshore Oil Spill Clean Up" Kemal Arsava, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Development of Reaction Kinetic Model of Alkali Catalyzed Phenol-Formaldehyde Reactive System" Surendra Singh, ioKinetic

3:45PM "Modelling and validation of at-mospheric expansion and near-field jet dispersion for pressurised vapour or two-phase releases" Henk Witlox, DNV GL

"Probabilistic methods of quantita-tive risk analysis: a case study with Bayesian networks and petri nets approach" Zohra Halim, MKOPSC

"The Impact of Subsea Gas Releas-es and Resulting Gas Plumes Using Techniques in Computational Fluid Dynamics" Kejia Wu, BMT

"Analysis of Enhanced Flame Speed in the Transition Droplet Sizes for N-Alkane Aerosols Gener-ated by Electrospray” Yan-Ru Lin, MKOPSC

4:30PM Engineering Ethics Session (1 hr) – Brazos Room

6:30PM Symposium Banquet at Traditions Club – (Ticketed Event) Buses arrive at 6:00 at the Fountain Entrance

SPONSORED BY FORMOSA PLASTICS GROUP

Symposium

Sponsors:

Beyond Regulatory Compliance,

Making Safety Second Nature

2016 International Symposium

Hilton Conference Center ♦ College Station, Texas

October 25-27, 2016

In Association with IChemE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 • 7:30AM-8:00AM – Continental Breakfast

Oakwood Keynote Lecture - Chris Elfring, Executive Director, Gulf Research Program

8:00AM

8:30AM Safety Culture Panel - Mark Griffon, Retired US Chemical Safety Board Member; Cheryl MacKenzie, Investigations Team Lead, US Chem-ical Safety Board; Laura Bellman, Principal Engineer, Covestro

9:30AM Break and Exhibit Hall - Ballroom

Track I Track II Track III Track IV

Rooms Oakwood North/South 40 Brazos Mockingbird

Chairs: Kathy Shell, Scott Os-

trowski, Stewart Behie

Chairs: Michela Gentile, Mike

Marshall, Kiran Krishna

Chairs: Sara Saxena, Jeff Thom-

as

Chairs: Marc Levin, Victor Car-

reto Vazquez

Process Management for Safety Data Analysis Case Study/Lessons Learned III Consequence Analysis II

10:00AM "A Global Stochastic Programming Approach for the Optimal Place-ment of Gas Detectors with Nonu-niform Unavailabilities" Carl Laird, Purdue University

"Equipment Reliability Data Col-lection: A Journey to Operational Excellence in the Offshore Indus-try" Jim Pettigrew, OESI

"Case Study of Relief Analysis of Compressor Stations" Kumud Chaurasia, and Aniket Patankar, Lloyd's Register

"A Medium-Scale Cryogenic Spill Study to Estimate Vapor For-mation on Concrete Substrate" Monir Ahammad, MKOPSC

10:30AM "Reducing Human Error in Crane and Hoist Operations" Irene Jian, Atkins

"Learnings from MKOPSC Instru-ment Reliability Network’s Project on Pressure Transmitter Mainte-nance Data Collection" Keith Lapeyrouse, Process Reliability Solutions

"Challenges in Fire Risk Assess-ment and Mitigation of Ready-made Garments (RMG) Industry: Bangladesh Perspective" MAA Shoukat Choudhury, BUET

"Thermokinetic Investigation of o-Nitrotoluene Using Reaction Calorimetry” Wen Zhu, MKOPSC

11:00AM "The Challenges in Achieving Compliance to RAGAGEP in Pro-cess Safety Management Enforce-ment and the Impact of Non-Compliance to Budget and Sched-ule" Bob Brown

"Measuring the Reliability of Safe-ty Controls, Alarms, and Inter-locks" Angela Summers, SIS-TECH

"Lessons from Recent US Onshore and Offshore Accident Investiga-tions" Steve Arendt, ABS Group

"Benefits of Simple Consequence Modeling for Burner Manage-ment Systems" Matthias Braedel, aeSolutions

11:30AM "CCPS' Vision 20/20 – Improving your vision so we all can see better " Cheryl Grounds, BP

"Transient Large-Scale Chlorine Releases in the Jack Rabbit II Field Tests: Rainout Source Data Analy-sis" Tom Spicer, University of Arkansas

"A Framework for Identification of Lessons Learned from Offshore Operational Data Using Barriers and Success Paths" William Nel-son, DNV GL

"Are We Missing Any Detona-tions? Max Kolbe, Genesis Oil and Gas

12:00 Noon – Close (Box lunches available)

Exhibitors ABS Group

AcuTech Consulting

aeSolutions

AIChE-CCPS

ATR

BakerRisk

CGE Risk

Chemical Processing Magazine

DNV GL

Equity Engineering

Farris Engineering Services

Gateway Consulting Group

Genesis Oil and Gas

GexCon US

HIMA Americas

IChemE

Innovatia

IRESC

ioMosaic

Kestrel Management

Micropack Detection

MMI Engineering

Operational Sustainability

Petrotechnics

PPCL

Process Improvement

Institute

Process Safety Matters

Provenance Consulting

PSRG

Quest Consultants

Rockwell Automation

Rolls Royce Controls and Data Services

Siemens

SIS-Tech Solutions

Smith & Burgess

TEES Turbomachinery Laboratory

Trinity Consultants

Virtual Materials

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