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Call for e-Poster

SCOPE:

The objective of the conference is to enhance Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Protection in the region by providing a forum for practitioners from various industries, academia, and government to share their experiences, achievements, technological advances and innovations in HSSE.

TOPICS FOR PRESENTATIONS:

Presentations relating to theme of the conference are welcome. Following major disciplines will be covered:

Occupational Health / Industrial Hygiene
Process Safety
Personnel Safety
Fire Safety
Environmental Engineering and Management
Loss Prevention
Industrial Security
Behavior Based Safety (BBS)
Ergonomics
Journey Management.

The detailed listing of topics are provided separately.

LANGUAGE:

English or Arabic.
 
ELIGIBILITY:

Organizations, Professionals, Consultants, Teachers, Scientists, Research Scholars and Students.

NUMBER OF AUTHORS:

A maximum of three authors are accepted per presentation.

CONFERENCE EXPENSES:

Presenters shall be permitted to attend the conference technical sessions FREE OF CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE.
Students and researchers registered with University or Recognized research institution will be reimbursed a portion of the expenses, as decided by the Conference Organizing Committee.

II. Guidelines for e-Posters:

An electronic poster (e-Poster) is a poster in Power Point format, allowing the inclusion of movies, sounds and other multi-media formats, and presenters are encouraged to take advantage of the versatility of this medium. All multi-media E-posters will be presented at  numbered monitors in the main poster display hall. e-poster presentations are 10 minutes in length, and authors must be available for discussion at an assigned time, and an assigned computer. In addition, conference attendees have access to all e-posters on the monitors at any other time during the conference.

Important Dates

Last Day for the Submission of Abstract
30th June 2015

Notification on Acceptance of Abstract
1st August 2015

Last Day for Submission of Final Paper/Poster
31st August 2015

www.igrapix.org/web

Please submit your abstract by any of the following modes:

    Online submission : www.igrapix.org/web

      Email : speakers@igrapix.org/web

      Mobile: +965-66846040
      Email: info@igrapix.org/web
      Fax : +965-22428148

          Post :
          ASSE – Kuwait Chapter ,
          C/O Kuwait Society of Engineers, Bneid Al Ghar,
          PO Box 4047, Safat 13041, Kuwait

          Guidelines for the Presenters:

          Please plan your presentation with the following points in mind:

              Use concrete examples / case studies;
              Include hints for immediate user implementation;
              Don’t be theoretical; use real events or case studies;
              Use best practices, including a variety of opinions / recommendations.

          e-poster presenters are expected to:

          1. Work closely with Conference Organizers in advance of the Conference;
          2. Provide a high-quality Conference paper for inclusion in proceedings CD; a detailed format guideline will be sent to the authors based on the approval of the abstracts;
          3. Provide a short outline of the presentation for inclusion in the Conference brochure;
          4. Make no substantive changes in content, process, names or numbers of presenters without the approval of the conference organizers ;
          5. Agree to have the session audio and video recorded to provide ongoing learning for Conference participants who are unable to attend their session (if appropriate to proposed design);
          6. Agree to refrain from marketing their products or services and to share openly their knowledge, experience, skills, and creativity with participants.
          7. Agree to high quality Audio Video presentation.

          RECOMMENDED TOPICS

          FOR PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

          1. Accident Prevention & “Lessons Learned” in Safety
          2. Emergency preparedness and response
          3. HSSE Training Effectiveness
          4. HSSE Competence Building
          5. Regulatory Compliance Issues
          6. New Technologies and Advancement in HSSE
          7. Enterprise Risk Management
          8. Behavior Based Safety (BBS)
          9. Human Factors in HSE Performance
          10. Corporate Social Responsibility,
          11. Sustainability Reporting
          12. HSE indicators & metrics
          13. Lifting Safety in Oil and gas industry
          14. Electrical Safety in Oil and gas industry.
          15. Management of green and brown fields in Oil and gas industry.
          16. Radiation Safety.
          17. Ageing and life extension of off-shore installations.
          18. Marine safety.
          19. Work at height.
          20. Defect elimination techniques.
          21. Warehouse safety.
          22. Food Safety Management.
          23. Laboratory Safety
          24. Drilling Safety
          25. Managing Contractors and Sub-contractors HSE Performance
          26. Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) Management in oil and gas industries

          OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE:

          1. Occupational Exposure Monitoring / Assessment
          2. Occupational Health Risk Assessment
          3. Sampling and monitoring techniques
          4. Respiratory protection for working in IDLH Atmosphere
          5. Ergonomics
          6. Indoor Air Quality
          7. Ventilation Assessment
          8. Medical Care Management
          9. Occupational Health Surveillance
          10. Prevalence of Occupational Diseases
          11. Effective Concepts for Occupational Health Management
          12. Rehabilitation
          13. Biological Monitoring
          14. Biosafety and Bio aerosols
          15. Prevention of Molds and other Microorganisms
          16. HAZMAT & HAZCOM
          17. De-classification of leaded facilities
          18. Managing work related / occupational stress
          19. Effective Engineering controls for mitigating occupational health hazards.

          PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT & ASSET INTEGRITY:

          1. Developing process safety indicators – Chemical and major hazard industries
          2. Managing the asset integrity risks associated with CO2, H2S and High BWS (Wells & Facilities)
          3. Integrating Asset Integrity and HSE Management
          4. Managing Process Safety throughout the Asset Life Cycle
          5. Best Practices in Integrity Management of Safety Critical Systems
          6. Integrity Inspection: Latest Development, Effective Measurement and Reporting
          7. Managing Challenges with Asset Life Extension: New Risks, Changing Standards and Codes
          8. Managing Risk in Simultaneous Operations, Drilling, Projects and Maintenance (SIMOPS)
          9. Intelligent diagnostics to predict events and take action before they occur
          10. Best Practices in Pipeline Management
          11. Best Practices in Turnaround and Shutdown Management
          12. Innovations in Shipping & Containment Technology
          13. Hazards and precautions to be taken during Commissioning of process units.
          14. Guidelines to decide the preventive maintenance of critical / non-critical equipment in Oil and gas industries.
          15. Pre-start up safety review
          16. Software for Incident investigation and reporting system.
          17. Implementation of Process Safety Management in Oil and gas industry.
          18. System Safety
          19. Methods used to improve the safety and reduce the consequences of hazardous chemical release
          20. Layout, and operation of equipment handling hazardous chemicals
          21. Incorporating Process Safety in Maintenance and Non-Routine Operations
          22. Recommended strategies for identification, evaluation, and control of process related hazards
          23. Abnormal situation management
          24. Risk based inspection
          25. Risks associated with pyrophoric material
          26. Risk management approaches, planning for higher risk operations, and hazard analysis approaches
          27. Qualitative and quantitative techniques
          28. Damage assessment
          29. Equipment reliability
          30. Safety Integrity Level (SIL) & Layers of Protection
          31. Management of Change
          32. Safety Instrumented System & HIPPS  (High Integrity Pressure Protection System)
          33. Trip/ interlock management in Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries.

          EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE:

          1. Crisis Management
          2. Emergency preparedness and Response plan (Onsite & Offsite)
          3. Disaster Management
          4. Business continuity plan
          5. Incident command system

          FIRE SAFETY:

          1. Fire & Explosion
          2. Fire Prevention and Control
          3. Response during Fire & Explosion
          4. Industry Fire Brigade Management
          5. Rescue Services
          6. Fire & Explosion Detection System
          7. Fire protection equipment and systems
          8. Fire, explosion and reactivity hazards
          9. Halon replacement
          10. Fire Prevention Engineering
          11. Dust explosion – hazards and precautions.

          HSSE & RISK MANAGEMENT:

          1. HSSE & Risk Management systems
          2. Audits, Investigations and inspections.

          ENVIRONMENT:

          1. Environmental monitoring and assessment
          2. New Approaches in Environmental Impact Assessment
          3. Carbon Trading and Air Emission Management
          4. Best Practices in Gas Flaring and Emission Reduction
          5. Minimizing Gas Flaring During Well Testing
          6. Sustainable Development
          7. Cleaner production methods
          8. Energy Management
          9. Environmental economics
          10. Global environmental problems
          11. Statistical modeling of spatial data in ecology
          12. Environmental management systems
          13. Environmental risk assessment
          14. Environmental standards
          15. Air/Water quality monitoring and assessment
          16. Waste minimization program
          17. Hospital / Medical Waste Management
          18. Remediation techniques
          19. Oil spill response planning
          20. CDM Initiatives: CO2 emissions, trading, capture, and sequestration
          21. Meeting environmental commitments
          22. Cost & Environmental effectiveness of new technologies
          23. Sustainable Environmental performances
          24. How an organization acknowledge the need for changing its environmental attitude
          25. Greenhouse gases inventory
          26. Green building program.

          SECURITY:

          1. Emergency trends in security management
          2. Security role for emergency management & disasters
          3. Security advancement & technology
          4. Case studies on security issues
          5. Facility security design – Advancement
          6. Security management – Business Strategy for Success
          7. ISPS – International Ship & Port Security
          8. Security certifications
          9. Cyber security-relevance & importance in Oil & Gas and other continuous process industries.

          ERGONOMICS:

          1. Human Factors Engineering
          2. Office / Worksite Ergonomics
          3. Accident Prevention using ergonomics
          4. Prevention through design ergonomics
          5. Ergonomic Tool Kits and Assessment.

          JOURNEY MANAGEMENT:

          1. Managing Road Safety Risks.