EPSC webinars offer the opportunity to learn on a specific safety topic.
Underneath you will find the presentations from past EPSC webinars.
Upcoming webinars can be found here.
Working Group on Energy Transition New Hazards, Meeting 22 March 2024
Presentation "CO2 Safety and Transport" by Hans Schwarz of ProsafeX.
Webinar "How can the Captive Key Concept contribute to Process Safety"
This webinar was facilitated by Sofis on 7 March 2024.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar "Phast new routines"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 31 January 2024.
Presentation "Improved consequence and risk modelling with Phast and Safety 9.0" by Stephane Torrens of DNV.
Webinar "Ignition of hydrogen releases. What can we do to prevent it from happening?"
This webinar was facilitated by Vysus Group on 7 December 2023.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar "Digital transformation in isolation management"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 27 September 2023.
Presentation "Digital transformation in isolation management" by Klaas-Otto Ykema of Versatec and Tjidde Boers of viewport.
Webinar "Understanding, Predicting and Mitigating Abnormal Process Events"
This webinar was facilitated by PPCL on 7 September 2023.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar "AI-based Plant Optimization"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 30 August 2023.
Presentation "AI in HAZOP-HAZOP+ Your path to a safe and optimized plant" by Rainer Semmler of TÜV SÜD.
Webinar "Detect Pipeline Leaks Early and React Immediately and Safely"
This webinar was facilitated by HIMA on 14 June 2023.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Working Group on Energy Transition New Hazards, Meeting 2 June 2023
Presentation "Hazards and Risks of Anhydrous Ammonia" by Dirk Roosendans of TotalEnergies
Webinar "Doing more with DCS"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 26 April 2023.
Presentation "Doing more with DCS" by Daniel Balasch of DOW.
Webinar: "Connecting process safety information using Viewport®"
This webinar was facilitated by Versatec on 19 April 2023.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
YouTube animation video: "Viewport Operations software at a glance"
Webinar: "Metrics & Dashboards for PSM"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 15 March 2023.
Presentation "PSM Dashboard and Metrics" by Arturo Trujillo of DEKRA.
Webinar: "Operational Discipline for High Performance Process Safety"
This webinar was facilitated by the AcuTech Group on 8 February 2023.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Making the Most of the Risk Assessment Matrix (RAM)"
This webinar was facilitated by Risktec on 7 December 2022.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Estimation of heat shielding effects during a fire"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 23 November 2022.
Presentation "Digitalization: Modelling & Visualizing Heat shielding effects during a fire" by René Sloof of Antea Group
Webinar: "Process Safety Leadership; it takes 2 to tango"
This webinar was facilitated by New Behavior on 26 October 2022.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Digitalization in fire protection"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 5 October 2022.
Presentation "Future Trends for Sustainable Operations" by Gert Van Bortel of BASF.
Working Group on Energy Transition New Hazards, Meeting 26 August 2022
Presentation "USG E-Boiler & Superheater" by Harold Kauhl of USG
Working Group on Energy Transition New Hazards, Meeting 3 June 2022
Presentation "Hazards of on site vehicles with alternative energy" by Esta de Goede of Sitech
Presentation "Green Hydrogen: Production & Utilization" by Márk Molnár of the MOL Group
Webinar: "Understanding and Managing Hazards of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems"
This webinar was facilitated by DEKRA on 1 June 2022.
The full presenation as a PDF file can be found here.
White paper: Batteries Are Everywhere - So Are Their Hazards
Webinar: "Acoustic emission testing for early fault detection in rotating equipment"
This webinar was facilitated by TÜV SÜD on 6 April 2022.
The full presenation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Digital PHA. The beginning of a new era?"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 30 March 2022.
Presentation "Digital PHA. The beginning of a new era?" by Arturo Trujillo of Dekra and Mathieu Westerweele of Mobatec.
Webinar: "Hazopposaurus Rex - The extinction of the group facilitated HAZOP sessions?"
This webinar was facilitated by Bilfinger Tebodin on 1 December 2021.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Ground robots for hazardous operations"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 30 November 2021.
Presentation by Iwan de Waard of ExRobotics with an introduction by Niels Huttenhuis of Yokogawa.
Webinar: "Process Safety Aspects of Ammonia in the Energy Transition"
This webinar was facilitated by Antea Group on 20 October 2021.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Future Operations"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 19 October 2021.
Presentation "The future of work and the future of safety in The 2030-2040 Industry" by René Amalberti of Foncsi
Webinar: "Scientifically Connecting Alarm Limits and Operating Envelopes"
This webinar was facilitated by PPCL on 1 September 2021.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Alarm Management "
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 31 August 2021.
Presentation "Alarm Management" by Nureddin Milad of ENI
Presentation "Control Room Assistant / Alarm Management" by Bernt Eldor of KAIROS
Presentation "Alarms and Operating Envelopes" by Alan Mahoney of PPCL
Webinar: "Pitfalls of Digitalization"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 6 July 2021.
Presentation "Digitalization – What could possibly go wrong?" by Roger Stokes of BakerRisk Europe Limited
Presentation "Digitalization Pitfalls - Software & Complexity" by Tijs Koerts of EPSC
Webinar: "Visualize and manage process safety risk in operations: practical case studies"
This webinar was facilitated by Sphera on 16 June 2021.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Drones for Inspection"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 4 May 2021.
Presentation: "BASF Robotic Inspection Plan" by Seçmen Akbas of BASF
Presentation: "Drone Inspection Services" by Jean-Louis Weemaes of Skyebase
Presentation: "Drones for inspection at DSM" by Jacko Aerts of DSM
Webinar: "Domestic and Industrial Hydrogen: Relevant Phenomena for Safety"
This webinar was facilitated by DNV on 31 March 2021.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Link to LH2 Reports
Link to HSE Spontanteous Ignition Publication
Webinar: "Web-based systems to perform HAZOP"
This webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 23 March 2021.
Presentation "Online HAZOP" by Pier-Jan Hettema of DSM
Presentation "Experience with remote HAZOP" by Hans Schwarz of TÜV SÜD
Presentation "Digital HAZOP Assistant" by Robert Nyiredy of Vysus Group
Webinar: "Are you lucky or good? How Organisational Process Safety protects lives and livelihoods"
This webinar was facilitated by DEKRA on 5 February 2021.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Dynamic Risk tools"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 2 February 2021.
Presentation "DQRA - dynamic 3D risk watcher and activity planner" by Joar Dalheim of Vysus Group.
Webinar: "Digital Twin"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 8 December 2020.
Presentation "Digital Twin in Process Safety Context" by David Bleackley and Angeline Chenu of AVEVA.
Webinar: "Hazard Assessment in Reality"
This webinar was facilitated by BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) on Friday 27 November 2020.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Machine Learning from incidents databases"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 27 October 2020.
Presentation: "HSE Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" by Johan van Middelaar of TNO
Presentation: "Predictive Maintenance & Machine Learning" by Bart Groenenboom of DSM
Webinar: "Seveso versus Reach: Largely independent or two faces of one coin?"
This webinar was facilitated by Royal HaskoningDHV on 23 October 2020.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
2020 European Conference on Process Safety & Big Data
This conference took place as a virtual event on 13 and 14 October 2020.
The conference proceeding containing all presentations and posters are now available on the conference website.
Click on “Proceedings” and enter the password ECPS2020 to access the pdf presentations.
Webinar: "EPSC Process Safety Fundamentals"
The EPSC Working Group on Process Safety Fundamentals shared its results in a public webinar that explained about key operational principles on sites with hazardous chemicals on 17 September 2020.
Presentation: "Process Safety Fundamentals - Safe Operational Principles to avoid incidents with hazardous chemicals"
Further information, booklet & other documentation in various languages can be found on our page "EPSC Process Safety Fundamentals".
Webinar: "EPSC Human Performance"
The EPSC Human Performance Working Group produced a package of practical tools to help avoiding humans to make errors that can result in a chemical release. The Working Group presented their results on 10 September 2020.
Presentation "Collection of ‘Usefull Practises’ to avoid ‘Human Error’ Incidents in Process Safety" by Hans Schwarz
Webinar: "HAZOP & MOC database management"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 1 September 2020.
Presentation "Evergreen Process Hazard Assessment (PHA)" by Frank Schinke of BASF
Presentation "Manufacturing 4.0" / Video "Tussenresultaat vr script lamontpompen" by Rene Hugens of OCI Nitrogen
Webinar: "Internet of Things"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 25 August 2020.
Presentation "Introduction to IIoT & JOIN - with a link to safety" by Martijn Kramer of Yokogawa
Webinar: "Risk-based Inspection (RBI) and advanced NDT methodologies"
This webinar took place on 12 June 2020 and was is facilitated by TÜV SÜD.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
Webinar: "Digital tools for training"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 9 June 2020.
Presentation "Eni Safety Virtual Training Tools" by Manlio Ferrari of Eni
Presentation "Digital Procedures for Industry" by Daniel Balasch of DOW
Presentation "Flexibility becomes Reality" by Ruud Dullens of BlueTea
Webinar: "Digital permit to work"
This Webinar of the EPSC Working Group on Digitalization took place on 12 May 2020.
Presentation "Digital work permit" by Herman Bruns of DSM
Presentation "Digital permit to work system" by Antonio Mangini of Eni
Webinar: "A Strategic Approach to Occupied Building Risk Assessment (OBRA)"
This webinar took place on 20 March 2020 and was facilitated by BakerRisk.
The full presentation as a PDF file can be found here.
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