Safety & Risk Conference 2026 Agenda coming soon.
Morning Sessions
Tuesday, October 20
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ROOM: Azalea 4
10:00 | Keynote Address, Dr. David Allen
10:30 | 225-Methane emissions measurement insights from an Offshore Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification, Sandip Deshpande
11:00 | 48-Technical Fit-for-Service Review of FLNG, Nirupama Gopalaswamy
11:30 | 110-PSM Gap Assessments: Preventing Repeat Accidents, Rajender Dahiya
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ROOM: Azalea 5
Session Chair: Dr. Nazmul Rahmani
10:00 | Keynote Address, Dr. Kelly Thomas
10:30 | 102 - Insights into the safety and reliability of hydrogen electrolyzers from quantitative risk assessment, Katrina Groth
11:00 | 138 - Comparative Risk Assessment of Alternative Technologies for Hydrogen Supply for the Decarbonization of Manufacturing Industries, Valerio Cozzani
11:30 | 70 - Quantitative Risk Assessmenr of Ammonia Release from Atmospheric Storage Tanks A Case Study at Dangjin Port, Seung Joon Lee
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ROOM: Azalea 6
10:00 | 108-Evaluation of Passive Fire Protection Installation Methods, Chi-Yang Li
10:30 | 168- Experimentation on the Effectiveness of Passive Fire Suppressant for LNG Pool Fires, Alec Cusick
11:00 | 125-Fighting LNG Pool Fires: a First-Hand Report, Bobbi Jo Reeves
11:30 | 129-FDS Validation for LNG Pool Fire with Passive Fire Suppressant, Filippo Gavelli
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ROOM: Pine
Session Chair: Dr. Jack Chosnek
10:00 | Keynote Address, Dr. Pistikopoulos & Dr. Yuhe Tian
10:30 | 22-Accelerating HAZOP Studies with AI: Automating Transcription, Summarization, and Worksheet Generation, Edward Marszal
11:00 | 31-Enhancing Semiconductor Safety: Collaborative Strategies for Risk Mitigation, Steve Putna
11:30 | 151-Safe Augmented Intelligence: Theory and Application, Tekin Kunt
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ROOM: Willow
10:00 | Keynote Address – AI in Process Safety - A solution in search of a problem, Fiona Macleod
10:30 | 150 – Scitrera, Toward Generative AI for Interpreting P&IDs, Drew Botwinick
11:00 | 88 - E2G, AI-Driven Sensor Failure Analysis, Rohan Oak
11:30 | 136 – Application of AI and ML, Palaniappan Kannan
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ROOM: Cypress
10:00 | 192 – Freeport LNG, Advancing Instrumentation Reliability, Bart Propst
10:30 | 40 – Hexagon, Ensuring Reliability and Asset Integrity through Resilience Engineering, Syed Belal
11:00 | 118 – Burrow Global, Expectation vs Reality: Navigating the Gaps between plans and reality, Brain Mozisek
11:30 | 149 – CPChem, Control System Development, Angela Magee
Lunch Break
12:00 - 1:00 P.M. | Azalea Ballroom 1-3
Mid-day Sessions
Tuesday, October 20
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ROOM: Azalea 4 + 5
1:00 | 200-Open Process Automation - Reducing costs and improving system flexibility through software defined automation – Mark Hammer
1:30 | 194 - Full Lifecycle Alarm Management: An LNG Facility’s Path to Operational Excellence, Reporting and Verification, Greg Pajak
2:00 | 29 - Digitalization of Functional Safety, Joseph O’Dell
2:30 | 236-Even Glaciers Move: Understanding and Leading Organizational Change in a Changing Safety and Risk Environment – Michael Aspland
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ROOM: Azalea 6
Session Chair: Dr. Jack Chosnek
1:00 | 11 - Husky Fatal Naphtha Release and Fire, William Steiner
1:30 | 27 - Learn from Others and Set Operators up for Success, Chad Istre
2:00 | 50 - Bridging the Response Gap: Fixed Facility vs. Contract Fire Brigades in Process Safety Events, Jason Schexnayder
2:30 | 139 - Next Level Learning from Near Miss Events, Nicholas Sands
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ROOM: Cedar
Session Chair: Dr. Nazmul Rahmani
1:00 | Keynote Address - On the Occurrence of Dust Explosions, Dr. Paul Amyotte
2:00 | 111 - Beyond Training: Achieving True Competency in Process Safety Management, Rajender Dahiya
2:30 | 43 - Applying a Digital Expert platform to anchor operational discipline, cut incidents and downtime, and preserve critical knowledge, Christian McDermott
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ROOM: Pecan
Session Chair: Dr. Zaman Sajid
1:00 | 131 - Cyber-physical System of Integrated Metal Hydride Storage and Fuel Cell for Real-Time Monitoring and Control, Zhane Ann M. Tizon
1:30 | 16 - Capital Portfolio Management, Melanie Zamora
2:00 | 204 - Cybersecurity Implementation for Oil and Gas Capital Projects, Pankaj Goel, Jeevan Sakti
2:30 | 95 - Delivering a Subsea Blowout Preventer Digital Twin using Process Safety Management and Data Analytics, Mark Siegmund
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ROOM: Willow
Session Chair: Juan Angarita
1:00 | Keynote Address-Autonomous Plant Operation, Rajeev Limaye
1:30 | 130 – Autonomous Control Nuclear, Timothy Triplett
2:00 | 115 - Safe Agentic Quantum AI for Autonomous Cybersecurity, Jonah Merritt
2:30 | 121 – Integrating Process Knowledge with Data Driven Approaches for Sensor Development, Fanguan Ma
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ROOM: Cypress
1:00 | 187 – IPS Engineering Management Program, Greg Hall
2:00 | 228 – Data Data Everyone, But not a Proven Lamda, Curt Miller and Dan Poston
2:30 | 52 – Fear and Loathing in the Safety Lifecycle, Geoff Barnard
Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:30 P.M. | Azalea Ballroom 1-3
Afternoon Sessions
Tuesday, October 20
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ROOM: Azalea 4 + 5
3:00 - 5:30 PM | Overview of Low Carbon Energy (LCE) Hazards with Discussion on H2, NH3, Biofuels & Batteries, Murtaza Gandhi
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ROOM: Azalea 6
3:30 | 8 - VCE Testing of Methane/Hydrogen Blends, Darren Malik
4:00 | 33 - Modeling the behavior of a peroxide under runaway conditions during venting, Dr. Luc Vechot
4:30 | 184 - Leading a Root Cause Analysis and Incident Investigation with “All Four of Me”, Henrique Paula
5:00 | 75 - Enhancing Computational Modelling of Atmospheric Boundary Layers, Savio Vianna
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ROOM: Cedar
Session Chair: SreeRaj Nair
3:30 | 123 - Facility Siting Tolerance Criteria: Do's and Don'ts – Annette Ashiofu
4:00 | 91 - Systemic Risk and Offshore Energy Operations, Jim Pettigrew
4:30 | 107 - Maximizing Insurability: Showcasing Strengths in Insurance Inspections - Rajender Dahiya
5:00 | 240, Scott McHugh
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ROOM: Pecan
3:00 - 5:30 PM | Practical Through-Life Risk Management; The Bow Tie Methodology, James Sneddon
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ROOM: Willow
Session Chair: Dr. Zaman Sajid
3:30 | 69 – AI Use Cases in Process and Functional Safety, Mike Scott
4:00 | 13 – The evolving industrial process safety world (how does AI/VR come into play?), Stefan Mizera
4:30 | 109 - Cybersecurity During DCS Upgrade, Charles Fialkowski
5:00 | 77 – Binary Distillation Column Control, James Beall
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ROOM: Cypress
3:30 | 83 – Slips, Trips and Loss of Containments, Jimmy Miller
4:00 | 76 – You got LI-PL, Eloise Roche
4:30 | 25 – IPL Alarm with Operation Action, Greg Hall
5:00 | 172 – Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Safety Interlock Integrity, Ed Naranjo
BBQ Networking Dinner/
Screwball Awards
5:45 - 8:00 P.M.
Morning Sessions
Wednesday, October 21
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ROOM: Azalea 4 + 5
Session Chair: Dr. Savio Vianna
10:00 | Keynote Address - David Moore (AcuTech Consulting)
10:30 | 177 - Reliability analysis of cryogenic pumps for hydrogen fueling stations – Cristian Schaad
11:00 | 74 - Risk Mitigation Study for Ammonia Release from Pressure Safety Valve Using CFD – Chanwoo Lee (Ajou University)
11:30 | 143 - FDS based Analysis of Ammonia Leakage and Diffusion Behavior for Safety Assessment in Ammonia-Coal Co-Firing Power Plants – Jeongwon Kim (Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH))
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ROOM: Azalea 6
Session Chair: Dr. Jack Chosnek
10:00 | 59 - Beyond Compliance: Applying Military Principles to Strengthen Industrial Process Safety Culture, Terry Barrett
10:30 | 53 - PHA and PSI Lessons Learned through Growth, Expansion, and Cross-Pollination, Mason Martin
11:00 | 55 - Process Safety Risk Management through Replication of Projects, Geunwoong Yun
11:30 | 56 - A Risk-Based Approach to Prioritizing Relief System Deficiencies, Kumud Chaurasia
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ROOM: Cedar
Session Chair: SreeRaj Nair
10:00 | Keynote Address - Manufacturing for New Technology – David Doctor (Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.)
10:30 | 103 - Novel Quantitative Causal Logic Models for Human Reliability Analysis, Katrina Groth
11:00 | 199 - Utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) and Standard Alarm Management Practices to Provide Real-Time Information to Refinery Workers in High-Stress Environments, James Henry
11:30 | 231 - New techniques for Training Non-Native English Speakers in the Energy Sector, Richard Hannah
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ROOM: Willow
Session Chair: Dr. Nazmul Rahmani
10:00 | 162 - Large Language Model-based HAZOP Study – Sunhwa Park (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)
10:30 | 19 - Modeling security and safety events in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems as a new hazard in process safety – Juan Angarita (IMS Global)
11:00 | 94 - Human-AI Interaction for Safe Operations, Victor Torres
11:30 | 188 - AI Driven Remote Imaging of Subsurface Infrastructure: Practical Case Studies, Souvik Mukherjee
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ROOM: Pecan
10:00 | 224 –Modernizing Maintenance: Combining Proven CBM Methods with AI/ML Innovations, Stacey Jones
10:30 | 51 – IEC 61511 O&M Challenges in SIS Design, Karen Morton
11:00 | 26 - SIS Competency, PANEL DISCUSSION
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ROOM: Cypress
10:00 | 193 – C&E Migration: Automation methodology, AI, and Quality Control, David Wicker
10:30 | 63 – Digital Dissonance, Michael Glass
11:00 | 148 – Nurturing Execution: Evolving a Successful IIoT Ecosystem, Jason Pennington
11:30 | 157 – Functional Safety Demand Investigation for Digitisation, Palaniappan Kannan
Lunch Break
12:00 - 1:00 P.M. | Azalea Ballroom 1-3
Mid-day Sessions
Wednesday, October 21
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ROOM: Azalea 4 + 5
Session Chair: Dr. Nazmul Rahmani
1:00 | 119 - Managing Major Accident Hazards; Safety Critical Roles and Safety Critical Tasks, James Sneddon
1:30 | 3 - Enterprise Loss Prevention: The Path to Operational Excellenc, David Drerup
2:00 | 185 - Enhancing Process Safety Through a Holistic Approach to Safe Operating Limits (SOLs), Jeffrey Miller
2:30 | 24 - Using Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to quantify complex overpressure hazards in a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), Faiyaaz Yusuf & Diego Conti
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ROOM: Azalea 6
Session Chair: Dr. Zaman Sajid
1:00 | 196 - Safety and Productivity Benefits Using Electro-Hydraulic Actuators on Dampers on Crude Fired Heaters, Mark Ferra
1:30 | 44 - Crisis Management in the Power Sector: A Process Safety & Risk Management Approach, Mohammed Alkhaldi
2:00 | 113 - Synergistic Effect of Magnetic Magnetite and Greigite Nanoparticles Dispersed Pinewood Biochar for Aqueous Lead (II) and Cadmium (II) Adsorption, Prashan Rodrigo
2:30 | 89 - Enhancing Maritime Safety through AI-Driven Risk Assessment: Machine Learning Approaches to HAZID Report Analysis – Hadiseh Ebrahimi (ABS)
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ROOM: Cedar
Session Chair: Dr. Savio Vianna
1:00 | 201 - Vapor Cloud Explosions in a Series of Complex Geometries - Application of the BST Method, Nicholas Reding
1:30 | 98 - Evaluating the Performance of Buildings Used as Toxic Refuges, Kevin Sweeney
2:00 | 202 - When One Door Opens - Case Study of a Fluidized Bed Dryer Smoke Explosion, Isaac Mastalski
2:30 | 166 - Critical scenarios and consequences of hydrogen pressure vessels exposed to fire, Vojtech Jankuj
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ROOM: Willow
Session Chair: Juan Angarita
1:00 | 34 - Mapping Underground Gas Flow Regimes using Experimental and Numerical Insights, Ola Srour
1:30 | 49 - Combustible Dust Off, Hannah Murray
2:00 | 93 - Using Time-Varying QRA to Evaluate Hazards During a Turnaround or Temporary Operations, Rich MacNguyen
2:30 | 183 - Recognizing Non-Routine Operations and Declaring Down Graded Situations: Effective Means to Avoid Disastrous Operational Decisions, Stewart Behie
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ROOM: Pecan
1:00 | 68 - Instrument Testing - Reducing Cost, Extending Intervals, Mike Scott
1:30 | 46 - Logic Solver Testing - Panel, Ashley Pharr
2:00 | 169 – Offshore Platform Compliance - Automated Testing, Nigel James
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ROOM: Cypress
1:00 | 112 – Risk-based Design of Control Systems, Brad Bonnette
2:00 | 90 – Instrumentation and Control Systems Reliability and Maintenance, Rohan Oak & Dewayne Martin
2:30 | 144 – Ethernet APL, Greg Tishcler
3:00 | 205 – Deploying I/O Agnostic Control, Reaz Kabir
Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:30 P.M. | Azalea Ballroom 1-3
Afternoon Sessions
Wednesday, October 21
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ROOM: Azalea 4 + 5
3:00 - 5:30 PM
Process Safety Knowledge Management
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ROOM: Azalea 6
3:30 | 210 - Preventative Maintenance for New and Existing Dust Processing Equipment – Nick Reding (Exponent, Inc.)
4:00 | 61 - A Generalized Prognosis and Health Monitoring Platform for Network, Wadie Chalgham
4:30 | 124 - Title: Field-Driven Asset Integrity, Ranessa Davis
5:00 | 153 - Process Safety in the Circular Economy: Risk Model for recycling hazardous materials – Wejdan Alhowaiti (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)
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ROOM: Cedar
3:30-5:30 PM
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ROOM: Willow
3:30 | 158 - Thermoplastic Pipe Degradation Simulation and Failure Simulation using a Novel Bayesian Network – Theresa Stewart (The UCLA B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences)
4:00 | 35 - SuparShield Corrosion Management Technology, Anshul Godha
4:30 | 159 - Prediction of Fracture Toughness and Fatigue Failure Risk for Gas Pipelines – Theresa Stewart (The UCLA B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences)
5:00 | 225 - Key lessons from Past LNG Incidents for Safer Operations – Samynathan (Belmont Scientific)
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ROOM: Pecan
3:30 | 32 – Evaluating Sensor Accuracy, Alina Green
4:00 | 146 – Bridging Safety and Productivity, Keith Riley
4:30 | 66 - Automate Maintenance Override Switch Report, Maha Alhouti
5:00 | 54 – Effective Hardware Modernization Practices, Mohamad Ashour
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ROOM: Cypress
3:30 | Random and Systematic, Angela Summers
4:30 | 79 – Tutorial on Model Based Loop Tuning, James Beall
Happy Hour - Exhibitor Networking
5:30 - 6:30 P.M.
Awards Dinner (Open to All)
6:30 - 9:00 P.M.
Morning Sessions
Thursday, October 22
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ROOM: Azalea 4 + 5
10:30 | 176 - Reliability-Informed Economic Assessment of Electrolytic Hydrogen Production at Nuclear Power Plants – Ahmad Al-Douri (University of Oklahoma)
11:00 | 222 - Simplified approach for determining consequences of UVCE – Nugrahanto Widagdo (STTIB)
11:30 | 218 - Knowledge Management in Petrochemical - From Past to Future - Robert Wittkower (Bob Wittkower, CSP)
12:00 | 233 - Process Safety Digitalization, David Drerup
12:30 | 96 - To SIF or not to SIF: That is the Question - Norman Ritchie (vPSI Group, LLC)
1:00 | 152 - From Reports to Insights: Identifying Contributing Factors to Process Safety Incidents through an Analysis of Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Investigation Reports - Ahmad Al-Douri (University of Oklahoma)
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ROOM: Azalea 6
10:30 | 126 - A Prototype Software System to Locate and Report Maritime Safety Data, James Curry
11:00 | 67 - A Physics Informed Neural Model Combined to Monte Carlo Simulation, Savio Vianna
11:30 | 190 - Addressing the Knowledge and Complexity Crisis in Oil & Gas and Chemicals through Domain - Specific AI Solutions, David Parham
12:00 | 145 - Review of Proposed Methodologies to Assess Secondary Projectiles in the Liquified Natural Gas Industry from Vapor Cloud Explosions (VCEs), Travis Holland
12:30 | 57 - A Process Safety Risk Framework for the Design of Hazardous Chemical Processes – Austin Johnes (Texas A&M University)
1:00 | 234 - Quantifying accepted public risk for conventional fuels - Yasir Ibrahim (Texas A&M University)
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ROOM: Cedar
10:30 | 104 - Development of Methodologies for Cryogenic Release and Fire Protection Requirements for LNG Facilities, Onder Akinci
11:00 | 237 - Dust Collector Explosion During Steel Shot Blasting Operations: Investigation of Pyrophoric Steel Alloy Dust and Prevention Strategies - Emmanuel Addai (Prime Process Safety Center)
11:30 | 156 - Development of a Dose Response Relationship for Wood Exposed to Thermal Radiation – Jeff Marx (Quest Consultants Inc.)
12:00 | 128 - Flammable Vapor Concentration build-up from liquid spills inside an enclosure with a single vent, Andrew Goetz
12:30 | 147 - Numerical Analysis of Thermal Impact of Wildland Fires on Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines – Muhammad Jujuly (Oklahoma State University)
1:00 | 135 - Multi-hazard Risk Analysis of EO/EG Production Processes: Methodologies and Case Study – Zhichao He (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
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ROOM: Pecan
10:30 | 15 - Inherent Risk of Applying Generative AI in Process Industries – He Wen (Indiana State University)
11:00 | 20 – Generative AI Framework for Advanced Risk Analysis in Complex Industrial Systems – Juan Angarita (IMS Global)
11:30 | 161 - Empowering Safe Drilling with Agentic AI: An Intelligent Troubleshooting System for BOP Reliability, Mohamed Ridha Znaidi
12:00 | 99 - Enhancing the Safety of Window Glass in Petrochemical and Offshore Facilities Under Blast Loads Using Machine Learning Techniques, Ali Sari
12:30 | 141 – Real-time Risk Based Contro: – Sahithi Akundi (Texas A&M University)
1:00 | 175 - Towards an Intelligent-Based Safety Battery Management System – Tasya Nasoetion (MKO)
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ROOM: Willow
9:45 | 84 - Industrial Cyber Financial Risk Analysis – Matt Malone (Yokogawa)
10:15 | 62 - ICS Integrity Issues – Control Related Problems – Michael Glass (Orion Technical Solutions LLC)
10:45 | 117 - Cyber Quantitative Risk Assessment: Gaps and New Approaches – Matteo Iaiani (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna)
11:15 | 41 - Enhancing Process Safety and Risk Management through Industrial-Grade Inventory and Change Detection – Syed Belal (Hexagon)
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ROOM: Cypress
10:30 | 28 – Resourcing in a Resourceless World, Patrick Skweres
11:30 | 186 – Engineering Ethics, Shane Pirtle
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