Harigopal (Hari) Attal, P. E.’s Post

Friends, I want to share my experience and learning from attending and presenting at the 8th Global Summit on Process Safety held on November 25-27th, 2024, at Mumbai, India's prestigious Jio World Center. To my knowledge, about 550 delegates representing various independent consultants, private corporations, and critical government bodies from India and overseas were present. The main sponsor for the summit was Reliance Industries Ltd. This summit was exceptional compared to various conferences, summits, and symposiums I have attended in the US and Europe over the past 30 years. The execution on the ground reflects the immense cooperation, dedication, and efforts that were put in place. The dignity and respect for every detail were evident. This is reflected in the selection of papers to be presented and the presence of various keynote speakers from varied national and international expertise. The summit was in two parts. The first part, the pre-conference workshop, was held on 25th November for the whole day for a separate fee of $100. The idea was to have subject matter experts (SME) open the conversation on crucial Process Safety areas and allow the participants to reflect and interact. The topics included PHA - what a good looks like, MOC, Walk the Line, and Incident Investigation. It was very well received. About 60 participants representing various organizations, including overseas, benefited from this dialogue. The next day, day 1 of the conference, November 26th, began with the traditional Indian Lamp lighting ceremony and Shri Ganesh invocation. The following two hours included addresses by two critical speakers from HPCL and Reliance Industries Ltd. Following this, the VP of BP HSE, Dr. Fawaz K. Bitar (Too Safe to Fail?), and Stephen Klejs - Executive Director, US Chemical Safety and Hazard and Hazard Investigator Board "Improving Process Safety Through Lessons Learned" spoke on major/catastrophic incident prevention strategies. The rest of the day after the panel discussion included 27 presentations under three tracks. Day 2 format was similar to day 1, with an impressive lineup of Keynote speakers followed by 21 presentations under three tracks. My presentation on "Safeguards" was on day 2 under track 3. In my next post, I will share my take on the conference I attended.

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