10 September 2010
 

Safety Control Systems Conference

 

Executive Royal Inn – Calgary, Canada
11th, 12th & 13th May 2010

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IDC Technologies is proud to host the Canada’s foremost gathering of Safety Industry Professionals. This conference is committed to bringing you the latest information in the area of safety with an impressive selection of local and international speakers lined up. This conference will focus on the technology and application of safety-related control and instrumentation systems in the chemicals, energy, mining and manufacturing industries. It will examine the complex and challenging issues of using control systems technology to maintain and improve the safety of people and plant whilst ensuring profitability.

We welcome our two keynote speakers Mr Edward Marszal, President of Kenexis Corporation from the USA who is an ISA Fellow and former Director of the ISA Safety Division and safety expert Mr Paul Gruhn, Training Manager at ICS Triplex, ISA contributor/author and household name in the global safety industry. Both Edward and Paul will be presenting a half day pre-conference workshop on the 11th May 2010.

For further information please contact Conference Manager, Sarah Montgomery:
sarah.montgomery@idc-online.com

To download the brochure CLICK HERE

To register online for this event CLICK HERE

FORUM AGENDA:

DAY 1: Tuesday 11th May 2010

HALF DAY WORKSHOP 1 – 11th May 2010

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Safety Systems, and Then Some
Presented by Paul Gruhn, ICS Triplex

HALF DAY WORKSHOP 2 – 11th May 2010

Risk-Based Fire and Gas Detection and Suppression System Assessment
Presented by Edward Marszal, Kenexis Consulting

DAY 2: Thursday 12th May 2010

Session 1:
KEYNOTE

SIL Ratings for Fire & Gas Systems – Are We Barking Up The Wrong Tree?
Paul Gruhn
Training Manager, ICS Triplex

Session 2:
The Fundamentals of LOPA and their Practical Implementation
Peter Scantlebury
Principal Consultant, FSE Global – Canada

Session 3:
Making the Most of Alarms as a Safety Layer of Protection Todd Stauffer Director – Alarms Management Services, Exida

Session 4:
A Cookbook of SIS Experiences and Tid-Bits in the execution of the Safety Requirements Specification (There's many a slip 'twixt crouch and leap)
Simon Lucchini & Stephen Johnson
Chief Controls Specialist & Principal Process Specialist (Risk), Fluor Canada Ltd

Session 5:
Users Need Detailed Reliability Analysis Not Just Numbers
Feng Tao
Project Engineer, Hinz

Session 6:
CASE STUDY
Fire Detector Coverage Mapping for Improving Existing Systems
Edward Marszal
Principal Engineer, Kenexis

Session 7:
Linking Business Operations with Safety Operations – in Real-Time
Murray Macza
General Manager, ACM Facility Safety

Session 8:
CASE STUDY
Safety Instrumented Systems: Why Not Take Advantage of SIL-Rated Fire Panels?
Foungnigue Coulibaly
Automation Engineer, Alberta Oilsands SAGD Project

DAY 3: Thursday 13th May 2010

Session 9:
Best Practices in SIS Documentation from P&ID through SRS
Edward Marszal
Principal Engineer, Kenexis

Session 10:
Comparison of Safety Categories, Performance Levels and SILs for Machine Safety Control Systems
Raj Sohal, Industrial Safety Controls Specialist, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Paul Brzustowski, Team Lead – Industrial Safety Engineering, Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Session 11:
CASE STUDY
Application of SIL principles where the potential for conflict exists for the Functional Safety Engineer
Blair Robichaud
Automation Project Lead, SNC-Lavalin Inc.

Session 12:
A Carrot-or-Stick Approach to the Economics of Safety
Stejarel Achimescu-Gulian
Senior Automation Engineer, Worley Parsons Canada

Session 13:
Things to Consider when Selecting a Safety Instrumented System
Paul Gruhn
Training Manager, ICS Triplex

Session 14:
CASE STUDY
IEC 61511 for the Design of Burner Management and Combustion Control Systems
Sean Carron
Engineering Manager, Combustion Solutions Inc.

Session 15:
Functional Safety Management Systems for Compliant and Efficient Implementation of Safety Instrumented Systems
Edgar C. Ramirez
Safety Systems Business Driver, ABB Inc.

Session 16:
Better Good Than Lucky: Choosing a Personnel Functional Safety Certification Program
Sam Kozma
Managing Director, Exida Canada Ltd

5:00-6:00 – Cocktail Hour - For all attendees to meet and socialise with experts and industry peers at the Safety Control Systems Conference Cocktail Hour.

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