Safety and Loss Prevention symposium in May

Built around a central theme - Translating Knowledge into Practice - this Safety symposium will enable delegates to gain first hand experience from experts, relevant to all levels of participant

The former space shuttle payload specialist turned chemical engineering professor, Al Sacco, has been added to the programme for the 12th International Loss Prevention Symposium which convenes in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22nd May.

Sacco flew a sixteen day space mission in 1992 before returning to a more down to earth existence as George Snell professor of chemical engineering and director of Northeastern University's Centre for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing.

Sacco is the special guest at the symposium dinner where delegates can expect to hear a first hand account of the safety challenges associated with manned space flight.

Built around a central theme - Translating Knowledge into Practice - the symposium will enable delegates to gain first hand experience from experts in the field of Safety and Loss Prevention with presentations designed to appeal to the less experienced as well as seasoned safety practitioners.

The main programme will feature fully peer reviewed work by researchers, industrialists and regulators from over thirty countries organised around four topics:.

1) Risk assessment and management.

2) Human factors and safety management systems.

3) Learning from accidents and experience from other industries.

4) Chemical reactivity including hazard identification.

In addition to Sacco, the event also features three headline keynote contributions from senior figures including BP Group Engineering Director, John Baxter; UK Health and Safety Commission Chairman, Bill Callaghan and British Nuclear Fuels Chairman and former Dow Chemical Company President, Mike Parker.

The conference is organised by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), on behalf of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE).

Conference Chairman Mike Considine of IChemE says: "Some of the concepts, methodologies and data that will be presented in Edinburgh are already proven in a range of settings, whilst others are at the forefront of basic research and reflect new thinking in process safety.

The symposium is an important forum for knowledge sharing and, crucially, finding ways of turning that knowledge into practice".

From the EFCE Loss Prevention Working Party, George Suter, says: "We are being confronted with more and more complex plants and processes.

The business environment is becoming more dynamic and competitive.

Delegates at the symposium will gain valuable insight into the latest thinking on how to succeed in this challenging climate".

The three day event, which takes place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from 22 - 24 May 2007, features a full oral programme, poster presentation and an exhibition of safety products and services.

Over 350 international visitors are anticipated.

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