TOPICS & FORMAT

The Conference will bring together experts from all over the world to exchange key information and hold helpful discussions on the topics listed below. Specific sessions on key topics will also be organized. Plenary lectures on key-issues by recognized experts will also be scheduled.

1) COMBUSTION SAFETY
- Analysis, prevention, protection and mitigation of gas, vapour and dust explosion
- Accidental fires (large-scale, building fires, forest fires, fire prevention)
- Emerging safety issues of innovative fuels

2) CHEMICAL AND PROCESS HAZARDS
- Hazards of chemical substances
- Process runaway and stability of reactors
- Scale-up of reactive processes

3) CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS
- Models and experiments for the analysis of accident consequences
- Selection of best available models
- Models for escalation and equipment damage

4) RISK AND HAZARD ANALYSIS
- Hazard identification, risk assessment, multi-risk and multi-hazard analysis
- External hazard factors and security issues
- NaTech scenarios and influence of natural hazards

5) HUMAN FACTORS AND SAFETY CULTURE
- Human error
- Safety culture and education
- Risk perception and communication

6) RISK GOVERNANCE AND REGULATIONS
- Seveso Directive: applications and experiences
- ATEX and PED related issues
- Environmental Impact Assessment and Integrated Pollution Prevention Control

7) FORENSIC ENGINEERING AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
- Analytical and computational methods in forensic investigation
- Accident investigation and case-studies
- Learning from accidents

8) PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY
- Life-cycle approach to sustainability
- Process integration and green engineering
- Inherent safer processes and performance indicators

9) SAFETY OF ENERGY SYSTEMS
- Safety in the oil&gas industry including the LNG and CNG supply chains
- Safety in nuclear energy production
- Safety of energy transportation infrastructures and of renewable sources

10) SAFETY OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
- Safety in the land transportation of hazardous materials
- Risk analysis and risk assessment after the Viareggio accident
- Safety in water transportation of hazardous materials

11) HSE MANAGEMENT
- Environmental Safety and occupational health
- Emergency planning and emergency exposure
- HSE Management Systems

12) THEMATIC SESSION: CCS safety

13) THEMATIC SESSION: project FP7 TOSCA