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Human Factors in Health and Safety - A professional development programme for the process industries - Module 1
23/05/2012 - 24/05/2012
The Keil Centre and IChemE have organised this one year development programme on human factors in process safety.
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OECD Natech Risk Management Workshop
23/05/2012 - 25/05/2012
As part of a project of the OECD Working Group on Chemical Accidents, Germany will be hosting the OECD Natech Risk Management Workshop from 23 to 25 May 2012 at Dresden
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CISAP-5 - Fifth International Conference on Safety and Environment in Process Industry
03/06/2012 - 06/06/2012
AIDIC is currently seeking abstracts submitted by those wishing to participate at CISAP-5 - deadline 20th September 2011. The conference is to be held in Milan, in June of 2012.
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'New Developments in Fire Resistant Materials
13/06/2012 - 14/06/2012
New Developments in Fire Resistant Materials will be a half day event held on Wednesday the 13th of June 2012 in Aberdeen and repeated on Thursday the 14th of June in London and via webcast
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OECD Conference on Corporate Governance for Process Safety
14/06/2012 - 15/06/2012
In June 2012 the OECD is holding a conference in Paris to promote Corporate Governance for Process Safety in the chemical, petroleum and related major hazard industries.
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Process Safety Pays Released In Full
16/05/2012
The short film Process Safety Pays has been made freely available to view online. Click below to view the video.
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EPSC Representatives to Present at OECD Conference
26/04/2012
EPSC Director of Centre Christian Jochum will attend the OECD event on natech hazards to chair a session, and EPSC Technical Director Richard Gowland will present on scenario development
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Video Available of EPSC Director of Centre Presenting at HSE in Oil and Gas Russia Conference
19/04/2012
EPSC Director of Centre Christian Jochum made a presentation on safety culture earlier this month, at a conference in Moscow.
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Council of the EU and EU Parliament Reach Informal Agreement on Seveso III Directive
12/04/2012
The Committee of Permanent Representatives endorsed today the compromise proposal agreed between the Council and the European Parliament regarding the directive on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, thus paving the way towards its formal adoption by the Council.
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EPSC Award for 2012 to go to Pol Hoorelbeke
05/04/2012
Pol Hoorelbeke, a researcher at the Free University of Brussels and Vice President of HSE for Total Petrochemicals, is to be recognised by EPSC for his work on mitigation of the explosive risk of hydrocarbon clouds.
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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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