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WCCE8
23/08/2009 - 29/08/2009
Special international symposium on the frequency component in the assessment of major accident hazards. It is being organized by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering as part of the Eighth World Congress of Chemical Engineering taking place in downtown Montreal, Canada from August 23-29 next year (2009).
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ESREL Annual Conference
07/09/2009 - 10/09/2009
The annual ESREL Conference stem from a European initiative merging several national Conferences into a major yearly conference under the auspices of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA).
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EPSC Technical Steering Committee meeting 36
28/09/2009 - 29/09/2009
The Autumn Technical Steering Committee meeting will take place at Total, Brussels, Belgium
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Human Factors in Health and Safety - Next Module
30/09/2009 - 01/10/2009
The next module of the Human Factors in Health and Safety professional two-year programme will take place at the Crowne Plaza in Amsterdam.
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The Amsterdam Process Safety Seminar Series - Making Changes Safely and Efficiently: Management of Change
13/10/2009 - 14/10/2009
This seminar will provide insight into how to organize management of change, selecting the best methods and background in which to perform the methodology, in addition to addressing issues related to the timing of the PHA sessions, and proper and timely management of the recommendations.
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HSE publish report on Buncefield Explosion Mechanism
26/06/2009
The Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board (MIIB) invited explosion experts from academia and industry to form an Advisory Group to advise on the work that would be required to explain the severity of the Buncefield explosion
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Industrial Parks in Focus
26/06/2009
Seveso Inspectors are to meet in Norway on 18-20 November to discuss the issue of Industrial Parks and domino effects.
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Scientific Hearing on Risk Assessment of nanomaterials
25/06/2009
In recognition of the importance of the safety of nanotechnologies, the European Commission is organising a one-day scientific hearing on 10 September 2009 in Brussels. The hearing will focus on the scientific aspects of the risk assessment of nanomaterials.
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EPSC seeks DVD sponsors
20/05/2009
EPSC are engaged in an initiative to foster senior management commitments to process safety. A key component of the output from this activity is a short high impact DVD which carries the message crucial to starting a dialogue with senior managers as to their responsibilities to managing major accident safety.
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Seveso Inspection Programme has a new website
10/05/2009
The Technical Working Group for Seveso II Inspections (TWG2) consists of representatives from Member State and Candidate Country programmes for Seveso Inspections. The group has established a website which contains materials from mutual joint visits to member states as well as its own annual meetings
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EPSC - European Process Safety Centre

EPSC - the European Process Safety Centre - is an international industry-funded organisation which provides an independent technical focus for process safety in Europe.

EPSC's activities are sponsored by chemical manufacturing companies and related businesses with a keen interest in chemical process safety.

EPSC's members secure the following benefits for themselves and the wider European chemical industry:

sharing and dissemination of information and experience on safety technology and accident prevention
technical input to legislators and standard makers to ensure more realistic legislation
improved co-ordination of safety standards across Europe
identification of emerging safety-related issues or gaps in knowledge where guidelines or reports could be produced or commissioned.
improved co-ordination of safety R&D and handling of complex technical research programmes
stimulation of R&D where there are gaps in knowledge
transfer of knowledge from elesewhere to Europe and between European countries
access to information from a single source

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