Safety & Risk Conference 2026 Agenda

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Morning Sessions

Tuesday, October 20

7:00-7:45 | Breakfast

7:45-8:00 | Welcome

Dr. Joe Eladb &Dr. Faisal Khan

8:00-8:45 | Plenary Speaker- Dr. Anne O’Neal

8:45-9:30 | Plenary Speaker- Ghassan G. Abulfaraj

9:00-10:00 | Panel Discussion - From Compliance to Culture: What Actually Improves Safety Performance

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Mark Slezak

    11:00 | 184-Advancing Barrier Management: The 2026 Update to IOGP 544 and the Transition to a Functional Barrier Model-Kiran Krishna, Shell

    11:30 | 149 – Measuring Process Safety Performance Tekin Kunt

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Sara Sexena

    11:00 | Keynote Address – David Moore, AcuTech

    11:30 | 162 Machine Learning-Assisted Benchmarking of Laminar Burning Velocity Calculation Methods for Hydrogen-Air Mixtures Rafal Porowsk, University of Kielce

  • ROOM: skyscraper

    Session Chair: Sreeraj Nair

    11:00 | Keynote Address - Jack Hu, Dow

    11:30 | 13 Behind the Curtain: AI and the Dangerous Illusion of Compliance Robert Day, Cognisense

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair: Harini Gunda

    11:00 | ABS – Jin Wang - Navigating the Maritime Energy Transition Safely

    11:30 | Electrification: Novel Offshore Renewable System Integration: Addressing Challenges and Safety in Wave-Powered Subsea Energy Storage and Hydrogen Generation Systems

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: G. Barnard

    11:00 | 182 User Panel: AI in Process Control: Practical Use Cases, Governance, and the Next Two Years of Industrial Adoption Arnold Martin, Audubon

    Panel Members

    1. Craig Spivery (Air Liquide)

    2. Ashwin Sridharan (Schneider Electric)

    3. Rajeev Limaye (Linde)

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: M. Scott

    11:00 | 134 User Panel: Functional Safety for Process vs Machinery in the Process Industry Kedar Kottawar, SIS-TECH Solutions, LP

    Panel members

     1. John Rawls (Eastman)

    2. Juan Gutierrez (Bayer)

    3. Gabriel Rivera (Qnity)

Lunch Break

12:00 - 1:00 P.M. | Grand Ballroom

Plenary Speaker | Dr. Narayan Ramesh, DOW

Mid-day Sessions

Tuesday, October 20

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Nagababu Sanapala

    1:00 | 150 Optimizing Process Safety Layers Tekin Kunt, PSRG

    1:30 | 107 Addressing Fire and Gas Spurious Trips Without Bypass or Earplugs Bryant Hendrickson, Jensen Hughes

    2:00 | 29 Improving Consistency in Mechanical Seal Risk Assessment within HAZOP and LOPA Studies Maziar Amouie, Premium Safety Solutions

    2:30 | 100 Integrating SIS and Low Integrity Protection Layers into a Unified Functional Safety Management Program Eloise Roche, SIS-TECH Solutions

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Sreeraj Nair

    1:00 | 21 QC for PHAs: How to Address the Catch-22 Jody Olsen and Judith M. Lesslie, JE Olsen Consulting LLC

    1:30 | 103 Beyond a PHA: Using QRA and FTA to Evaluate Complex Hazards Richard MacNguyen, AcuTech

    2:00 | 56 Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment Tool for Dust Fires and Explosions from Process Equipment Chris Gordon, Prime Process Safety Center

    2:30 | 85 From Assumed to Measured: Blower Door Testing for Shelter-in-Place Air Tightness and Toxic Vulnerability in Refinery, Chemical and Midstream Facilities Albert Paterson, ABSG Consulting Inc.

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Zohra Halim

    1:00 | 139 A Governance-Aware Multi-Agent HAZOP Architecture with Pre-Analysis Grounding: Toward Responsible Human–AI Integration in Process Safety Sunhwa Park, King Fahd University of Petroluem and Minerals

    1:30 | 20 AI: Disruptive Technologies & Unintended Consequences for Process Industries Karen Morton, Hargrove Controls & Automation

    2:00 | 33 Simulation Driven, AI Assisted Autonomous Operations: A Safer Path to Value in Process Manufacturing Natalie Wittick, infragard

    2:30 | 200 AI Cannot Fix a Broken Safety System: Building the Foundation for Responsible and Effective AI- Rajender Dahiya, SARP Risk Consulting, LLC

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair:

    1:00 | ABS – Subrat Nanda - Condition-Based Maintenance: Using AI and ML for informed decision-making

    1:30 | Analyzing text-based unstructured data from maintenance operations

    2:00 | Building sensor mapping methodologies using ML

    2:30 | Anomaly detection for machinery systems

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: K. Klein, N. Sands

    1:00 | 143 - Instrumentation Systems Replacement Projects: Best Practices for Successful (No Surprises) Execution. Jose Calzada, Titan Controls LLC and Michael Taube, SDConsulting

    1:30 | 151 AI‑Enabled Modernization of Legacy Control Systems Jordan Morris, Emerson

    2:00 | 112 - Lessons Learned using AI in SIS Engineering and Design Keith Brumbaugh, aeSolutions

    2:30 | 175 Ai-OP - Scaling AI Beyond the Pilot Unit Across Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Mining, Utilities, and Retail Phillip Hansel, ai-op

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: P. Pathasema, MC Chow

    1:00 | 125 Digital Twin Simulation from an Owner/Operator Perspective Greg Hall, Retired - Eastman Chemical Company

    1:30 | 154 - A Digital Twin–Based Control Room Simulator Behie, TAMU CC

    2:00 | 110 Workshop: SLB- Using Dynamic Simulation to Understand Control Strategies. Kyle Macfarlan, SLB

Coffee Break

3:00 - 3:30 P.M. | Exhibit Area

Afternoon Sessions

Tuesday, October 20

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Sara Saxena

    3:30 | "Development of Model Evaluation Protocol (MEP) for Fires". SNL developed the MEP for evaluating fire hazard software models and conducted field-scale experimental fires involving non-LNG fuels to obtain data that was included in the MEP. Thach Nguyen, Anay Luketa

    4:00 | 54 An Update to the Baker-Strehlow-Tang Vapor Cloud Explosion Prediction Methodology Flame Speed Table Darren Malik, BakerRisk

    4:30 | 133 Righting a wrong: why thermal dose should not be used to assess fireproofing needs, and what can be used instead Federica Gavelli, Blue Engineering and Consulting

    5:00 | 123 Analysis and Validation of an Integral Dispersion Model for LNG Consequence Modelling Andreas Mack, Gexcon

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Mark Slezak

    3:30 | 98 Impact of Equivalence Ratio on Scalar Dissipation Rate Dynamics in Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen–Air Flames Savio Vianna, University of Campinas

    4:00 | 82 Funding FEED Gates for SIS Installations Bret Moore, Integrity Controls and Instrumentation, LLC

    4:30 | 99 Development of a Transient Physics-Informed Neural Network for Gas Dispersion Modeling Savio Vianna, University of Campinas

    5:00 | 170-Calculating External Impacts for BESS HMA Studies-Jeff Marx, Quest Consultants Inc.

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Rajender Dahiya

    3:30 | 135 From Static Assessments to Continuous Barrier Integrity: A Fuzzy Bowtie Framework with LLMDriven Decision Support Raphael Almeida, State University of Campinas

    4:00 | 2 How AI is Helping Humans Make Process Safety Even Better Stefan Mizera, Rockwell Automation

    4:30 | 38 Process-Aware AI in HyCO Operations: Field Evidence and a Human-Integrated Deployment Framework Ernest Sumrall, Samson

    5:00 | 25 From Alarm Database to Compliance Record: A Generative AI Pipeline for Trustworthy, Standards-Aligned Alarm Documentation & Rationalization Martin Bergmann, Octave

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair:

    3:30 | Keynote – Steven Wong, DOE

    4:00 | Nuclear/Reliability: A Maritime-Informed Level 1 PRA Framework for FNPPs: Application to Collision, Fire, and Grounding Events

    4:30 | Carbon Capture: Onboard Carbon Capture Systems: Technical Feasibility, Energy Penalties, and safe integration with Shipboard Power and Propulsion Cycles

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: P. Ferrara, I House

    3:30 | 69 Workshop: Demystifying the PID Controller & A Distillation Control Primer. Michael Taube, S&D Consulting

    4:30 | 32 From Depressurization to Restart: Where Industrial Gas Purging Operations Go Wrong . John Puskar, Prescient Technical Services LLC.

    5:00 | 46 Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Instrumentation and Control. Gregory McMillan, Retired Process Modeling and Control Specialist

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: M. Paoli, M. Scott

    3:30 | 156 APL - Where It’s at today MC Chow & Aaron Severa, Emerson

    4:00 | 31 Open Process Automation: The Next Control Platform for the Process Industries. Trevor Cusworth, Collaborative Systems Integration

    4:30 | 7 Bridging IT and OT Safely: A Practical Framework for Secure, Resilient, and Compliant Integration in Chemical Facilities. Sunjay Shankar, Siemens

    5:00 | If your Control System isn’t Secure, it isn’t Safe John Cusimano, Armexa

BBQ Networking Dinner/

Awards (Ticketed Event)

7:00 - 9:00 P.M.

Happy Hour - Exhibitor Networking

5:45 - 7:00 P.M.

Morning Sessions

Wednesday, October 21

7:00-7:45 | Breakfast

7:45-8:00 | Welcome

8:00-8:45 | Plenary Speaker - Dr. Michael Hamblin

9:00-10:00 | Panel Discussion - Impact of Workforce Competence on Safety - Dr. Michael Hamblin, Dr. Susan Losavio, Mike Chilton, Frank Gardner

7:00-7:45 | Breakfast

7:45-8:00 | Welcome

8:00-8:45 | Plenary Speaker

Dr. Judith Jeevarajan (UL Research Institutes)

8:45-9:45 | Panel Discussion - Automation and AI in Risk Management: Hype or Gamechanger? - Ed Marzal, Abdul Aldeeb, Jack Hu)

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Jack Chosnek

    10:30 | Keynote Address Susan Losavio

    11:00 | 6 Digital Transformation - is your workforce prepared for the data revolution? Get your data house in order “now” to take advantage of what your data has to offer in the future. Lloyd Colegrove, Dow Chemical (Retired)

    11:30 | 186-OT Cyber Incidents with Process Safety Consequences-Matt Malone, Yokogawa

  • ROOM: Aollo

    Session Chair: Nick Reding

    10:30 | Keynote Address -Mike Chilton

    11:00 | 197 – From Prevention to Response, Bridging Process Safety and Emergency Management to Mitigate Catastrophic Events Turki AlKhaldi

    11:30 | 178 – When PSM Does Not Apply, Process Risk Still Does-Risk-Based Process Safety for Partially Covered and Non-PSM Facilities Rajender Dahiya

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Surendra Singh

    10:30 | Building a Semiconductor Process Safety Learning Ecosystem: A Roadmap for Industry-Wide Incident Learning – Dr. Zohra Halim, Micron

    11:00 | 84-Development of Backtracking Model for Leakage of Semiconductor Fab-Junghoon Lee, Ajou University

    11:30 | 161-A Process Safety Framework for Semiconductor Waste Handling Systems, Sri Kavya Priyanka, Micron

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair:

    10:30 | Panel Discussion - Gaby Ubay, Lisa Grant, Steven Wong, Raj Kota

    11:30 | 94 Downhole Commingling MFAT analysis in Deep Gulf of America Wilcox reservoirs Yiming Zhang, Louisiana State University

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: C. Garcia

    10:30 | 181 Panel: Availability, Integrity, and Safety: Cybersecurity for SIS in Practice. Nick Sands, DuPont

    Panel members:

    1. Emilie C S Hudson (BP),

    2. Gabriel Rivera (Qnity),

    3. Bernadette Thornton (Chevron),

    4. Chris Wells (Exxon Mobil)

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: J. Smith

    11:00 | 127 Panel: Control and Safety System Data Lifecycle. Don Antosh, Prolytx

    Panel Members:

     1. Geoff Barnard (B&C Automation Systems)

    2. Mariano Paoloi (SIS Silverstone),

    3. Brian Bailey (ProLytX),

    4. David Wicker (ProLytX)

Lunch Break

12:00 - 1:00 P.M. | Grand Ballroom

Mid-day Sessions

Thursday, October 22

Mid-day Sessions

Wednesday, October 21

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Nagababu Sanapala

    1:00 | 44 Applying Human Reliability Analysis to Expose Task Level Vulnerabilities in Process Safety Calvin Medders, Sis-Tech

    1:30 | 36 Seeing Fatigue Before It Becomes Failure: Real-Time Fatigue Monitoring from Commute to Control Room to Reduce Risk in Oil and Gas Operations Emily Tetzlaff, Wenco International Mining Systems

    2:00 | 26 Who Owns My Pressure Relief Sizing? A Technical Guide to Navigating Safe Overpressure Protection Nicholas Reding, Exponent, Inc.

    2:30 | 177 Risk-Based Without a Risk Basis: Why High-Hazard Operating Facilities Need Defined Risk Tolerance Criteria Rajender Dahiya, SARP Risk Consulting, LLC 

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Sara Saxena

    1:00 | 102 Confined Explosion Hazards in Enclosed Process Buildings: A Recognized Risk with Limited Guidance Richard MacNguyen, AcuTech Group, Inc.

    1:30 | 147 CFD Analysis of Ammonium Nitrate Explosions: Influence of Trench Geometry on Shock Wave Mitigation Using FLACS-Blast Raphael Tsukada, DPR Engenharia

    2:00 | 37 CFD and AI: Predicting Trench Fire Heat Flux with FDS and Machine Learning Thomas Butts, BLUE Engineering and Consulting Company

    2:30 | 48 Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage System Consequence Modelling Case Study for Process Plant Power Supply Applications Alex Waugh, AMOG Consulting

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Mark Slezak

    1:00 | 165 Can Energize-to-Trip (ETT) Electric Motors Meeting Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2? Scott Abraham, Joe Veasey, aeSolutions

    1:30 | 49 Measuring the Human Factors of Alarm Floods Brian Nixon, Octave

    2:00 | 169 – AI-Augmented PHA Through Same-Fleet Precedent Retrieval: Linking Prior Studies, Incidents, Public Sources, and Guidance Ivo Dujmovic

    2:30 | 9 Role of changing the alarm management to enhance the SIL rating Minesh Prajapati, Saudi aramco

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair: Harini Gunda

    1:00 | Keynote Address –Frank Gardner

    1:30 | 67 Novel Offshore Renewable System Integration: Addressing Challenges and Safety in WavePowered Subsea Energy Storage and Hydrogen Generation Systems Logan Cox, American Bureau of Shipping

    2:00 | 78 Literature Review and Gap Analysis of Marine Energy Technology Safety Management Systems Junming Fei, Stevens Institute of Technology

    2:30 | 4 Qualitative Risk Assessment of Ammonia-Fueled Vessels: Lessons from HAZID and HAZOP Applications Hadiseh Ebrahimi, American Bureau of Shipping

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: M Nagappan, M Scott

    1:00 | 91 Bridging the Gaps: The Role of Functional Safety Assessments in Enforcing a True Safety Life-cycle Mariano Paoli and Monica Hochleitner, Sis-Silverstone

    1:30 | 126 Building Skills for Long-term Ownership of Functional Safety Assets Sholonda Walker, DOW

    2:00 | 77 Permissives in Instrumented Protective Systems: Defining the Protective Function and Verification Boundary Angela Summers, SIS-Tech

    2:30 | 76 Reliability Parameter Updating Using Bayes’ Method. Dave Grattan, ABS Group

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: M Taube, K Klein

    1:00 | 92 Fundamentals of Radar Level Measurement Greg Tischler, VEGA Americas, Inc.

    1:30 | 95 Unique Uses for Differential Pressure Dana Pfeifer, VEGA Americas, Inc.

    2:00 | 71 Advanced Steam System Control and Behind-the-Meter Optimization for Large Industrial Energy Systems Benoit Janvier, Enero Solutions

    2:30 | 146 Selection Criteria for a Reliable and Regulatory-Compliant Flare Flowmeter for Natural Gas Compressor Stations. Mashhood Zafar, Nyati Engineering LLC

Coffee Break

3:00 - 3:30 P.M. | Exhibit Area

Afternoon Sessions

Wednesday, October 21

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Nick Reding

    3:30 | 63 Strengths and weaknesses of current single phase sizing methods for rupture discs – a numerical case study. Christopher Dechert, REMBE GmbH Safety+Control

    4:00 | 189-Experiences from incidents: Process safety interactions between process units and atmospheric tanks-Muhammad Shafique Bashir, Aramco

    4:30 | 59-Using local Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems to analyze and learn from safety incidents in a secure way. Juan Angarita C., IMS Global

    5:00 | 111 Achieving Safety Excellence Through Effective Assessments Ather Zia, Saudi Aramco

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Dr. Zohra Halim

    3:30 | 183-After the Investigation Is Too Late: Applying Multivariate Analytics to Human Factors Data for Process Safety Improvement-Kari Strobel, Workgenics

    4:00 | 168-AI as a Hazardous Technology in Process Safety: A Self-Applied Systems-Theoretic Safety Case for AI-Native PSM Workflows-Ivo Dujmovic, uc2c.ai

    4:30 | 131 AI Tools in Functional Safety: Challenges, Limitations, and Future Opportunities for SIL 2–3 Applications Ehab Tayel, Worley

    5:00 | 171-From Major Accident Investigations to HAZOP Preparation: Leveraging AI to Improve Hazard Identification Through Incident Learning -Alysson Ferreira, DNV USA Inc.

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Mark Slezak

    3:30 | 24-Knowledge Management in the Process Industries-Jack Chosnek, Knowledge One

    4:00 | 28-Execution Intelligence: Why Plants Can See the Process but Not the Work-Neil Beekie, OperAid Software Inc

    4:30 | 65- Can years of experience Reliably Measure Process Safety Competency? Luc Vechot, Texas A&M University at Qatar

    5:00 | 62-From Unit-Level to Plant-Wide Integration: Operationalizing Safe Operating Limits in Major Hazard Installations-Karthikganesh Senthilvelan, Asahi Kasei Synthetic Rubber Singapore Private Limited

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    3:30 | 160 Recognizing Risk Migration in Offshore Oil and Gas: Operational and Systemic Risk Across the Asset Lifecycle James Pettigrew, JNT83

    4:00 | 108 - LLM-Based Analysis and LLM-as-a-Judge Evaluation of Offshore Fire Incident Reports Haoyu Yang, Texas A&M University

    4:30 | 121 Using AI for Injury Trend Analysis: Balancing False Discoveries and Missed Safety Signals James Curry, Lamar University

    5:00 | 17- SAFE-WIND: Data-Driven Fidelity Expert System Integrated with a Coupled OpenFASTOpenFOAM Framework for Predicting SafetyCritical Responses of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in Extreme Seas Yijun Sun, Texas A&M University

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: B Mozisek, I House

    3:30 | 132 In Search of the Data Holy Grail Kevin Klein, Retired

    4:00 | 75 Next Level Learning from Near Miss Events: A Deeper Look at Safety Instrumented System Demand Data. Nicholas Sands and Julia Bukowski, DuPont

    4:30 | 57 Workshop: Instrument Reliability Program Roadmaps--A Necessity NOT an Option Patrick Skweres

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: P Ferrara, P Pathasema

    3:30 | 19 Welcoming Control Valve into the Digital World & Lessons Learned. Ricardo Castaneda, Flow Safe Dresser Utility Solutions

    4:00 | 81 Safety and Productivity Benefits Utilizing Electro-Hydraulic Actuators for Turbine Governor Speed Control. Mike Lipman, Rexa

    4:30 | 72 Workshop: Control Valve Metrics and Troubleshooting. James Beall, Enero Solutions

Happy Hour - Exhibitor Networking

5:45 - 7:00 P.M.

Awards Dinner (Open to All)

7:00 - 9:00 P.M. | Grand Ballroom

Morning Sessions

Thursday, October 22

Afternoon Sessions

Thursday, October 22

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair:

    10:00 | Keynote Address – Abdulrehmn Aldeeb

    10:30 | 5 Process Safety Digitalization in the Age of Artificial Intelligence David Drerup, Operational Sustainability

    11:00 | 152 Predictive Structural Integrity of Industrial Pipelines: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach Neil Joe

    11:30 | 187-From Retrospective Learning to Predictive Intelligence: AI-Assisted Cross-Incident Analysis of Sixteen Major Process Safety Investigation Reports Across Three Regulatory Frameworks Geir Karlsen, Deep Oceans LLC

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Jack Chosnek

    10:00 | Keynote Address

    10:30 | 70 Consequence Driven Safe Operating Limits Unlock Operator Shutdown Authority Eric Nussberger, Cognascents

    11:00 | 180 Impact of AI on Process Safety Vira Jogia, VRJ Consultancy Ltd

    11:30 | 173 Assessing Process Safety Culture Maturity Across Saudi Arabia's Petrochemical Industry Fahad AlQatani, Sahara International Petrochemical Company (SIPCHEM)

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Harini Gunda

    10:00 | Keynote Address- Dr. Prerna Jain

    10:30 | 167-CFD Assessment of Water Spray Mitigation for Hydrogen Fluoride Releases-Michal Lewandowski, Gexcon AS

    11:00 | 174-PHAST-Based Empirical Correlations for Rapid Estimation of Radius of Exposure of Toxic Gas Releases-Zihao Wang, Texas A&M University

    11:30 | 40-Repurposing Facilities for Automotive R&D: The Financial Case for Early-Phase Hazardous Materials Reports (HMR)-Edward Naranjo, Kenexis

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair: Nagababu Sanapala

    10:00 | 185 – Frontline Access to HSEE Risk Information Olga Armstrong

    10:30 | 51 – Intelligent Pipeline Monitoring – Computational Pipeline Leak Detection Christian Espinoza

    11:00 | 176 – From Green on Paper to Red in the Field: Are the Safeguards You Credit Really Working? Rajender Dahiya

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: N Sands, G Barnard

    10:00 | 105 Stop Over Testing Everything: A Smarter Approach to Safety Critical Instrumentation. Michael Scott and Paul Pathasema

    10:30 | 90 Enhancing Productivity Without Compromising Safety. Keith Riley

    11:00 | 88 AI-Assisted Troubleshooting for Instrumentation and Control Systems: Enabling Proactive Reliability with Harmony Models. Jesse Mikulec

    11:30 | 55 AI-Based Predictive and Prescriptive Asset Management Mohammed Al-Haddad

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair: M Paoli, K Kottawar

    10:00 | 10 Enhancing Operational Safety Through Integrated Tank Safety System. Alina Green

    10:30 | 172 Deterministic by Design: Engineering Control Authority Boundaries in AI-Scale Data Center Infrastructure. Jhonny Matos

    11:00 | Workshop: Professional Engineering Training – Ethics. IAS Team

Lunch Break

12:00 - 1:00 P.M. | Grand Ballroom

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair: Jack Chosnek

    1:00 | 86- Eliminating Process Safety Events through Normalization of Deviance Management Isiaka Yusuf, Aramco

    1:30 | 144 – PSM Culture – People at the Center: What People Leaders do Differently Dana Cooper, Cooper Hayes, LLC

    2:00 | 192- Behind the Curtain: Strategies to Enhance Safety and Operational Excellence Bander Alanazi, Aramco

    60-Atomistic Modeling of Particle-Mediated Hydrogen Ignition-Charles Ayi, TAMU

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Mark Slezak

    1:00 | 164 Beyond Classification: Device Capability and Application Capability Approaches to Reliability Data Treatment in SIL Verification Angela Summers, Sis-Tech

    1:30 | 109 Why is it still going wrong and then still going wrong - planning to manage forward the future Robert Wittkower, Bob Wittkower, CSP

    2:00 | 68 Developing a Battery Safety Management System Tasya Nasoetion, Texas A&M University

    2:30 | 35 Firewater runoff prevention as an ESG action for chemical storage SMEs Cheolhee Yoon

  • ROOM: Skyscraper

    Session Chair: Sara Saxena

    1:00 | 104 Safety Aware Controllers for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems Josiah Butterfield, Texas A&M University

    1:30 | 159 – Techno-Economic Assessment of Nuclear Co-Located Hydrogen Production via PEM Electrolysis Ahmad Al-Douri

    2:30 | 188-Machine Learning Extension of the Run-up Distance Correlation for Stoichiometric Hydrogen-Methane-Air Mixtures in Obstructed Tubes-Rafal Porowski, University of Kielce

    2:30 | 52 A Dimensionless Correlation Framework for Ammonia Spill Modeling in Seawater - Javier Ovalle, Texas A&M University

  • ROOM: Wildflower

    Session Chair:

    1:00 | 96 – A Reinforcement Learning-Based Self-Calibration Framework for Radar Systems in Offshore Crane Applications Natalia Sandoval

    1:30 | 141-AI-Enabled Dynamic Risk Assessment Framework Incorporating Real-Time Barrier Effectiveness-Saripalli, Indian Institute of technology

    2:00 | 119 Development of AI Based Performance Indicators for Sustainable Asset Integrity Hafiz Abid Ali, Texas A&M University

    2:30 | 135 – From Static Assessments to Continuous Barrier Integrity: A Fuzzy Bowtie Framework with LLM-Driven Decision Support Raphael Almeida

  • ROOM: Veranda

    Session Chair: Nick Reding

    1:00 | 30 The Power of Data Integration and Visualization for Safer, Reliable Operations Mark Susich, Acutech

    1:30 | 157 Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Systems: Review of Risk and Reliability Data Needs Ahmad Al-Douri, University of Oklahoma

    2:00 | 14 Power & Process Integration--Do Not Pay for Gold but Use as Copper Lianwei Zhong, Albemarle Corporation

    2:30 | 128 Revealing Hidden Safety Risks in Scaffolding Operations: A FRAM-Based Analysis of Weak Signals in the Oil and Gas Industry Mohammad Abushal, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

  • ROOM: Pre-Function Veranda

    Session Chair:

    1:00 | 166 – A Hybrid Integral-CFD Quantitative Risk Assessment: Methodology for Identifying and Refining Critical Scenarios Cahyono Faiz, Gexcon US

    1:30 | 179 – Risk Assessment Based on the layout of the ammonia Supply facilities in co-firing power plants Yongha Lim, Ajou University

    2:00 | 136 – The Human Element in PHA’s: Navigating Personality-Driven Disruptions John Binion, Hargrove Controls & , Automation

    2:30 | 47-When cyber threats bypass CHAZOP: Safety gaps in process control architectures Javeed Mohammed, Flour

Break

3:00 - 3:30 P.M.

  • ROOM: Lonestar

    Session Chair:

    3:30 | 120 From Measurement to Mitigation: AIDriven, Physics-Grounded Risk Reduction in Complex Industrial Systems Ali Soofastaei, ContinuumOps

    4:00 | 50 Using AI on the Edge for Early Gas Leak Prediction in a Critical Energy Infrastructure Mashhood Zafar, Nyati Engineering LLC

    4:30 | 142-Beyond Mere Compliance: An AIEnabled Process Safety Case Framework for Evaluating PSM Effectiveness and Identifying Systemic Gaps Saripalli, Indian Institute of technology, madras

    5:00 | 15 – Predictive Modeling of Hydrogen Incident Severity: A Machine Learning Approach Ahammed T C

  • ROOM: Apollo

    Session Chair: Mark Slezak

    3:30 | 66 A Gate-to-Wheel Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Using Bayesian Networks and Consequence Modeling Yasir Ibrahim, Texas A&M University

    4:00 | 83 A Time-Resolved Probabilistic Assessment of Post-Injection Risk in Offshore CO₂ Storage Induced by Periodic-Rate Injection Bright Odike, Texas A&M University

    4:30 | 12 Worker Involvement in Process Safety Management Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities Anilkumar Nair, Aramco

    5:00 | 79-Large language model-assisted causal graph reconstruction for exhaustive hazard scenario generation in chemical process systems-Chen Yang, Texas A&M University

  • Room: Skyscraper

    3:30 | 93-Millimeter-Wave NDT Radar Driven Anomaly Identification and Condition Assessment using Finite Element Digital Twin for Offshore Crane Platform-Muhammad Faeyz Karim, Texas A&M University

    4:00 | 117 – Human Factors in Process Safety: Robust Process Safety Management Ali Shahin

    4:30 | 53-Probabilistic Integrity Assessment of CO₂ Injection Wells-Mohammad Elkady, Texas A&M University

    5:00 | 190-Multi-Agent Intelligent System for HAZOP Automation- Rohan Thakur, Texas A&M University