HazardEx International, Birmingham, 21-22 Feb 2007

A HSE Health and Safety Executive product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Nov 20, 2006

On hearing the views of the HSE, IEC, TUV, IECEx, DTI, BRE plus many more on industrial compliance standards such as ATEX, DSEAR and the new regulatory reform order.

HazardEx International 2007, Birmingham, UK 21st - 22nd February 2007 Can you afford to miss out on hearing the views of the HSE, IEC, TUV, IECEx, DTI, BRE plus many more on industrial compliance standards such as ATEX, DSEAR and the new regulatory reform (Fire Safety) order? You can hear them all at HazardEx International 2007! Still the only event to offer indispensable advice and standard updates from the top authorities in the hazardous area industry, when complying with the ATEX, DSEAR + IECEx requirements.

And now, the event has announced it's comprehensive two-day conference programme to help you to put theory into practice with regards to the new regulations.

In addition it is still possible to benefit from a 10 per cent booking discount if you are a member of one of the following associations: ECA/IET/EEMUA/AEMT/CIWEM.

All the main industry sectors will be included in this year's programme, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and petrochemical via the presentations from experts in each field such as Ken Morton (HSE), Chris Agius (IECEx), Ron Sinclair (IEC TC 31) and Mike Ward (BRE for the new fire safety regulations).

On day one, Kevin Smith from Rolls Royce will outline how he uses maintenance free lighting equipment (IMT) to meet the high standards set by the HSE.

John Allen (Dowding and Mills) will cover topics such as the MRO and the EASA maintenance scheme followed by Jon Maplesden who will detail risk control of mitigation measures against arc flash incidents.

Peter Slamaker then demonstrates how to create an EX compliance framework for intrinsically safe areas and Geoff Brown outlines hazardous area zoning, particularly for the use of variable speed motors.

Day one will this year be chaired by the respected consultant, Ron Bell who spent many years heading up departments for the HSE.

Day two starts with an opening address from the Chair, Ian Cleare, who runs the 61508.org Association.

We are very pleased to introduce Tino Vande Capelle who is one of only 12 TUV certified Functional Safety experts in the World.

His paper will outline a practical approach to risk management and functional safety for end users and system integrators.

This is to be followed by a paper from Simon Taylor of EnvironmentIQ that will outline hazardous substance management using the aerospace industry as an example.

The conference then moves on to describe the process undertaken to assess the installed safety instrumented systems in a Thai Gas Separation Complex by Paul Alton.

This is followed by Dave Waring giving an overview of Mechanical ignition sources and Frank Rohn then explains the benefits of using Asset management and analysis systems.

We close the conference with a demystification of FieldBus standards (IEC 61158-2) using chemical and pharmaceutical industry case studies from Andreas Hennecke of Pepperl and Fuchs.

Not to mention that this year it is free to visit the exhibition! Delegates simply need to pre-register in order to attend the event and in doing so before the show takes place, they will qualify for a free cup of coffee and an exhibition guide! In addition to this full programme and new to 2007 will be FREE a competence and training workshop provided by Sira Test and Certification who will be looking at your DSEAR Check List and making sure you have ticked all your boxes.

They will provide a brief review of the regulations and how they impact on your business, encouraging delegates to interact with a questions and answers session.

Then with their 'Explosion Demonstrations' Sira will bring a 'BIG BANG' to the day, finishing off with advice on how to integrate DSEAR into your existing processes as part of continuous improvement and best practice.

This activity is appropriate for the maintenance or enhancement of a competence relevant to an individual's professional development, as endorsed by the IET.