XVI - Madrid (2008)
XVI Congress Madrid (2008)
PLENARY SESSIONS
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OPEN DAY PLENARY SESSIONS
Welcome; by Claude Modoux (Chairman, SAFEX International)
SESSION I: Ammonium Nitrate (AN) Safety and the Environment
ODi1 (Paper) Ammonium Nitrate – Fertiliser, Oxidiser and Tertiary Explosive. A Review of Ammonium Nitrate Safety Issues based on Incidents, Research and Experience in the Safety Field; by Prof Martin Braithwaite (Imperial College, London UK)
ODi2 (Presentation) Techniques to Assess the Thermal Hazard Properties of Ammonium Nitrate and Ammonium Nitrate Solutions; by Dr Phil Lightfoot (Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory)
ODi3 (Presentation) Detonation Characteristics of AN Products; by Vincent Van den Hoogenband (TNO)
ODi4 (Presentation) A Seveso III Safety Case Study of Ammonium Nitrate Storage at Irish Industrial Explosives; by Pat Cosgrove (Irish Industrial Explosives Ltd)
ODi5 (Presentation) Exhibitor Introduction - Bienz, Kummer & Partner Ltd; by Andreas Bienz (Chief Executive Officer)
SESSION II: Training - the People side.
ODii1 (Presentation) Certifying Expertise in the Explosives Industry; by Erik Nilsson (KCEM)
ODii2 (Paper) (Presentation) Developments in training for workers in the explosives sector in the UK; by Prof Jackie Akhavan (Cranfield University)
ODii3 (Presentation) An Overview of Core Critical Procedure Training within Orica, post acquisition; by Dr Dallas Wilkinson (Orica EMEA)
ODii4 (Presentation) A New Tool for Managing Risk Associated with Commercial Explosives Operations; by Chris Ronay (Institute of Makers of Explosives)
ODii5 (Presentation) Exhibitor Introduction – Tread Corporation; by Tom Watts (Vice President)
SESSION III: Process Safety - the Plant side
ODiii1 (Presentation) Mobile Manufacturing Unit Pump Safety; by Tom Watts (Tread Corporation)
ODiii2 (Presentation) The Periodic Hazard Study Process in Orica; by Frank Barker (Orica USA Inc)
ODiii3 (Presentation) Safety Performance Indicators in the Explosives Industry; by Neil Morton (Health and Safety Executive UK)
ODiii4 (Presentation) Aspects of Plant Design learnt from 20 years of Land Remediation of Explosives and Chemical Plants; by Mervyn Traut (MD Traut Consulting)
(ODiii5) (Presentation) Exhibitor Introduction – Plinke GmbH; by Lueder Henke (Chief Executive Officer)
SESSION IV: HS&E Outside the Factory.
ODiv1 (Presentation) Full-scale Fire Test of Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Matrix in Aluminium and Stainless Steel Tanks; by Dr Hans Karlstrom (Kimit AB)
ODiv2 (Presentation) Storage of Technical (Porous) Ammonium Nitrate at Yara plant in Köping, Sweden; by Erik Nygaard (Yara International ASA)
ODiv3 (Presentation) Test Program with Small Concrete “ kasun” Houses; by Hans Jørgen Eriksen (Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, Norway)
ODiv4 (Presentation) UN and Industry Perspectives on the Safe Transport of Explosives; by Ben Barrett (DG Advisor)
CLOSED DAY PLENARY SESSIONS
SESSION V: Incidents with Ammonium Nitrate (AN) and Emulsions.
CDv1 (Presentation) Explosion of Orica Brazil Lorena Packaged emulsion plant; by Stephen Connolly (Orica Mining Services)
CDv2 (Presentation) Incident with an Emulsion Pump in Costa Rica; by Jon Jones (Austin International Inc)
CDv3 (Presentation) Explosion at Premier Explochem Ltd Nasik Emulsion plant; by Amar Gupta (Premier Explosives Ltd)
CDv4 (Presentation) Explosion at Quin Investments packaged watergel plant in South Australia; by Paul Harrison (Orica)
CDv5 (Presentation) Review of AN Incidents; by Mohammad Shasti (Parchin Chemical Industries)
SESSION VI: Incidents with Initiation Systems
CDvi1 (Presentation) Detonator Priming – It’s serious!; by Henry Merrick (African Explosives Ltd)
CDvi2 (Presentation) Inadvertent Ignition of ZPP; by Thomas R. Cessario (Special Devices Inc)
CDvi3 (Presentation) Detonation at the CMMPM Detonator Plant in Dinamita, Mexico; by David Price (Dyno Nobel)
CDvi4 (Presentation) Accident at a Detonating Fuse Plant in India; by Dr Erode Mahadevan and Rahul Guha (Visfotak, India)
CDvi5 (Presentation) Fuse Heads Incident; by Antonin Kovarik (Austin International Inc)
SESSION VII: Incidents with the Transport of Explosives
CDvii1 (Presentation) Automobile Collision and ANFO Explosion Along Hwy 30, Mexico; by Noel Hsu (Orica)
CDvii2 (Presentation) Induced Fire on a chemically contaminated truck trailer; by Dr Martin Held (Austin International Inc)
CDvii3 (Presentation) AEL Transport Incident; by Henry Merrick (African Explosives Ltd)
CDvii4 (Presentation) Explosives Transport Accidents: Causes, Consequences and Conclusions; by Javier Lopez Amigo (MAXAM)
CDvii5 (Presentation) Review of world-wide transport incidents; Austin cell phone incident; by John Brulia (Austin Powder Company)
SESSION VII: General Assembly of Members and Associates
CDviii1 (Paper) (Presentation) Ordinary General Meeting of SAFEX International; Claude Modoux (Chairman, SAFEX International)
Concluding remarks; by Claude Modoux (Chairman, SAFEX International)
PHOTO GALLERY
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Training Session - 26 May 2008
Workgroup Meetings - 27 May 2008
Welcome Reception - 28 May 2008
Chairman's Lunch - 29 May 2008