01/10/2018 - 03/10/2018
08:00 - 16:30 Middle East Time
Mövenpick Hotel & Apartments Bur Dubai, 19th Street, Oud Metha Area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Non-Member: Free
Member: Free
This event is now fully booked.
This international technical forum will deliver essential learning and sharing of international good practice to help improve the safety performance of organisations, foster a healthy and accident-free work culture, and ensure a sustainable environment and policy and public engagement towards the transition in a low carbon economy.
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1 - 3 October 2018
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About the event:
Organisations have a legal duty to put in place suitable arrangements to manage health and safety. During this essential event, we will be identifying how you can enhance and continually improve safety, health and environmental management systems, processes and operational performance through sharing of international good practice. Featuring updates and advice from industry leaders, technical sessions, executive panel discussions and round-tables, workshops and a networking lunch, this is a must-attend event for anyone in; HSE and process safety, Operations, Risk Assessment, Compliance and Audit, Occupational Health, Medical Prevention and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection, Control and Monitoring, Energy Managers, Energy Engineers, Sustainability, and Clean Energy.
Conference topics covered include:
- HSE Management: Organisational arrangements to identify hazards, reduce risks and enhance business performance
- Health: Managing health hazards and reducing health impact on workers
- Process Safety: Managing hazards that have the potential to cause major accidents
- Human Factors: Designing jobs and equipment to suit a wide range of user abilities and limitations
- Environment: Processes aimed at avoiding and mitigating environmental impacts
- Sustainability and energy efficiency: Processes aimed at sustainability and energy efficiency
Expert speakers include:
Day 1:
- Andrew Jackson, British Consul General, British Embassy Dubai
- Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem FEI, Senior Director - Sustainability, Operational and Business Excellence, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) and Chairman, EI Middle East Branch and Council Member, Energy Institute
- Hari Kumar, Director – EHS, ENOC
- Saif Humaid Al Falasi FEI, Chief Executive Officer, ENOC
- Hamda Masoum, CSR Executive, ENOC
- Abdulla Al Marzooqi, Manager, Group Health, Safety & Environment Unit, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
- Roger Bresden, Field Compliance Coordinator, Downstream HSE Excellence, Saudi Aramco
- Ahmed Khalil, HSE Manager, BAPCO
- Jamal Zaal, Vice President - Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability, Dubai International Airport
- Gareth Roberts, Partner, ERM
- Louise Kingham OBE FEI, Chief Executive, Energy Institute
- Dr Mark Scanlon, Head of HSE Good Practice, Energy Institute
- Samantha Ellaby, Senior Associate, Clyde & Co
- Rakesh Maharaj, Managing Director, ARMSA Consulting
- Carlos V Tan, Assistant Vice President, Head of Health Safety and Environment Group, Energy Development Corporation
- Glyn Addicott CEng MEI, Operations Director, Hydraulic Analysis Limited
- Dariusz Piotrowski, Director, Cognitive & AI Solutions Development, IBM Industry Platforms, Natural Resources Industries
- Srikanth Mellachervu, Principal Loss Prevention Engineer (Team Leader), Saipem Contracting Netherlands BV Sharjah
- Alex Tsiolas, Fire Engineer, AkzoNobel
- Abdullatif N. Albitawi CEng, SFIIRSM, MEI, MIChemE, COO, EAGLE Industries DWC-LLC
- Shannon O'Rourke, Woodside Petroleum
- Dr Tarek Bengherbia, Principal Consultant, DNV GL
- Jason Wood, Middle East & India Representative, IPAF
Day 2:
- Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem FEI, Senior Director - Sustainability, Operational and Business Excellence, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) and Chairman, EI Middle East Branch and Council Member, Energy Institute
- Mark Kenyon, HSEQ Manager, Middle East & Africa, Marubeni Power Asset Management
- Adil Khalil, Oil and Gas Coordinator, EI Middle East
- Steve Major FEI, President, EI Middle East Branch
- Marwan Al Kendi, Environment Director, Nawah Energy Company
- Dr. Ola Ahmed Mira, Director - OHS & Head - Radiation Protection Center, Ministry of Health, UAE
- Dr Jose Villanueva, Specialist Occupational Medicine, NMC Specialty Hospital
- Dr. Trus Fenton, Manager, Medical Services, BAPCO
- Beate Houette, Research Associate, Robert Gordon University
- Islam Adra MEng, HSE Manager MENA & Turkey, Fortive Corporation
- Michael Nates CEnv, Managing Director, Nates Associates
- Eng. Ahmed Al Jassmi, Manager, Hazardous Materials and Waste Policy and Regulations, Environment Quality, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi
- Mr. Mohamed Al Alam, Sr. Specialist – Air, Noise & Climate Change Policy & Regulations, Environment Quality, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi
- Rahul Shastary, Environmental Consultant
- Vishal Shah, Team Leader HSE (Technical Safety), Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company (ADNOC Sour Gas)
- Arjan Verboom, Program Director, CGE Risk Management Solutions
- Mark Leary, Vice-Chair, IOSH
- Dr. Bassem Nassouhy, Environmental Consultant, Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation & General Manager & Waste to Energy Expert, SBS Group
- Dr Clarence Rodrigues, Associate Professor and HSE Engineering Degree Program Coordinator, Khalifa University
- David Towlson, NEBOSH
Day 3:
- Ahmed Al Muhairbi, Secretary General, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy
- Dennis Peek, HSE Manager, Etihad Energy Service Company (Etihad ESCO)
- Ivano Iannelli, CEO, Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (Dubai Carbon)
Marcin Wronowski, sustainability & Energy Senior Consultant, WSP - Dr. Ghanim Kashwani, Postdoctoral Research Associate, NYU Abu Dhabi
- Hanife Ymer, Head of Sustainability Services, KPMG Lower Gulf
- Noaman Al Saleh, Dubai Aviation Navigation Services
- Mustafa Vahgjipurwala MEI, Senior Engineer, Petrofac
- Alia Busamra, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, ENOC
- Abdullatif N. Albitawi CEng MEI, COO, EAGLE Industries DWC-LLC
- Bruce Smith, Forecasting and Planning Director, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity
- Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group – speaker to be confirmed
- Jake Reynolds, Executive Director, Sustainable Economy, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Topics explored include:
Day 1:
- Fostering operational excellence, governance and world-class EHS standards
- Year of Zayed in the UAE
- Senior leadership panel discussion: the value of adopting international HSE good practice
- Legal considerations for Risk and Safety Professionals to understand & address
- Utilising collaboration to drive regional HSE good practice
- HSE Management symposium technical sessions
- Process Safety symposium technical sessions
- Round-tables, including:
- Management of change from HSE perspective
- Managing safe and effective commissioning - Using computer simulation to overcome unforeseen challenges during system start-up and commissioning
- Challenges facing companies working in the region trying to meet the different legal HSE requirements
- ISO proposal on Assurance of EHS Governance and Leadership
- How good is your risk assessment? - Sponsored workshops including:
- The future of health and safety in a digital world
Day 2:
- Importance of collaboration between the energy industry for the future development, diversification and growth
- Senior leadership panel discussion: the industry’s role in delivering energy safely, preventing harm to their employees, contractors, local communities and environment
- HSE related to drilling operations for oil & gas
- How can corporate social responsibility programs help the sustainability and environment agenda
- Investing in employee health: how to create a resilient and productive workforce
- Health symposium technical sessions
- Human Factors symposium technical sessions
- Environment symposium technical sessions
- Round-tables, including:
- Combatting mental health and programmes to return back to work
- Occupational safety versus process safety
- Waste to energy: industrial ecology opportunities in the energy sector
- Ergonomics and human factors for workplace safety and health
- How to make a difference: how can leaders become better advocates and influencers in relation to health and safety
Day 3:
- Dubai’s 2030 integrated energy strategy and DSCE roadmap
- Senior leadership panel discussion - energy transition: how are we driving our business strategy in context of climate change and where are the risks and opportunities?
- The importance of retrofitting in reducing Dubai’s energy demand
- Carbon emissions management
- Sustainability symposium technical sessions
- Round-tables, including:
- The role of energy storage in planning our energy needs in the UAE
- Challenges facing renewable energy in the Middle East
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Contact details
Francesca Ferrari: FFerrari@energyinst.org, +44 (0)20 7467 7192