Hazardex 2021, the most important global event specific to hazardous area operations across all major industries, took place on October 6-7 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, UK.

Event opening times
(Conference timings subject to final confirmation)

(Access to Stream 1 is restricted to Conference Delegates only, Stream 2 is open to all attendees)

Day 1 - Wednesday 6th October                       Day 2 - Thursday 7th October
Registration open: From 08:00                           Registration open: From 08:30
Conference open: 09:20 – 17.30                         Conference open: 09:20 – 15:30
Exhibition open: 09:00 – 18:00                           Exhibition open: 09:00 – 15.30

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Conference Day 1 - Wednesday 6th October

Stream 1 Main conference room (Delegates only)		Stream 2 Seminar room (access open to all registered attendees)
08:00 – 09:20:	Registration & Refreshments	08:00 – 11:20	Registration, Refreshments, & Exhibition Viewing
Day 1, Morning – Keynotes		Day 1, Morning
09:20 – 09:30	Chair’s Introduction - Dr Zsuzsanna Gyenes, Deputy to the Director - IChemE Safety Centre	11:20 – 11:30	Chair’s Introduction - Ron Bell OBE, Technical Consultant & Advisor - ESC
09:30 – 10:10	Simon Wood, Environment, Health & Safety Specialist – UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) An enabling regulatory framework to deliver Net Zero	11:30 – 12:10	Karl Metcalfe, Technical Advisor & Ex Trainer – Association of Electrical & Mechanical Trades (AEMT)   Taking responsibility for repairs to Ex rated machinery
10:10 – 10:50	Tim Doggett, CEO & Douglas Leech, Technical Director – Chemical Business Association (CBA) Chemical safety, storage, regulations, and warehousing	12:10 – 12:50	Robert Magraw, Operations Manager – BakerRisk   Design and operation of effective toxic shelters
10:50 – 11:30	Refreshments, Networking, & Exhibition Viewing	12:50 – 13:55	Lunch, Networking & Exhibition Viewing
		Day 1, Afternoon
11:30 – 12:10	Dil Wetherill, Managing Director – Method Functional Safety   What’s coming in IEC 61511 Edition 3	14:00 – 14:40	Glynn Warren, Product Specialist – Exloc Instruments  What’s involved in achieving UKCA ‘Ex’
12:10 – 12:50	Colin Cameron, Managing Director – Mutech Limited New edition of IEC 60079-11 Intrinsically Safe Equipment Standard	14:40 – 15:20	Steve Pearson, Executive Chairman – Phusion IM  Improving inspections with advanced use of hazardous area data and mobile devices
12:50 – 13:55	Lunch, Networking & Exhibition Viewing	15:20 – 16:00	Refreshments, Networking, & Exhibition Viewing
Day 1, Afternoon		16:00 – 16:40	Rolf Kinck, Senior Instructor & Morten Aasen, Chief Commercial Manager – Trainor Digitalisation and the advantages of e-learning
14:00 – 14:40	Mark Walker, Vice President – DEKRA UK  Creating a culture of care	16:40 – 17:20	Steve Williams, Sales Director – Hazardous Lighting Solutions Intelligent lighting control for explosion proof areas
14:40 – 15:20	Prof. Dr. Thorsten Arnhold, VP Technology – R. STAHL Explosion protection of hydrogen installations
15:20 – 16:00	Refreshments, Networking, & Exhibition Viewing
16:00 – 16:40	Neil Smith, Head of Workforce Development – Cogent Skills What is the ‘golden thread’ that links human factors, competence, and compliance problems and solutions?
16:40 – 17:20	Andrew Vincent, Associate Partner – Instinctif Partners  Crisis communications: from fire to front page

 

Conference Day 2 - Thursday 7th October

Stream 1 Main conference room (Delegates only)		Stream 2 Seminar room (access open to all registered attendees)
08:30 – 09:30:	Registration & Refreshments	08:30 – 09:30	Registration, Refreshments, & Exhibition Viewing
Day 2, Morning
09:30 – 09:40	Chair’s Introduction - Ron Bell OBE, Technical Consultant & Advisor - ESC	09:30 – 09:40	Chair’s Introduction - Paul Hague, Head of Scheme Development - CompEx Certification
09:40 – 10:20	Peter Davidson, Executive Director – Tank Storage Association (TSA) Cyber security for senior managers	09:40 – 10:20	Andrew Derbyshire, Principal Safety Engineer & Chris Bell, Consultant, Asset & Management Systems – DNV Changing an unknown known into a known known in Functional Safety
10:20 – 11:00	Sarabjit Purewal, Principal Specialist Inspector – UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE)    The use of artificial intelligence in safety related applications	10:20 – 11:00	James Jordan, Technical Control & Safety System Lead – Arete Project Delivery Safe delivery of integrated control and safety systems
11:00 – 11:30	Refreshments, Networking, & Exhibition Viewing	11:00 – 11:30	Refreshments, Networking, & Exhibition Viewing
11:30 – 12:10	Randall Williams, Project Engineer – Proeon Systems Ensuring compliance for fire & gas detection	11:30 – 12:10	Dr. Alexander Zalogin, General Director – Russian Certification Centre of Ex and Mine Equipment (NANIO CCVE)  Explosion hazard occurrence on the surface of thermocatalytic sensing elements
12:10 – 12:50	Paul McLaughlin, Consultancy Team Lead – Kiwa Gastec Application of DSEAR to manage the safe operation of hydrogen installations	12:10 – 12:50	James Park, Process Safety Consultant – RAS Ltd  Flange guards - their use and applicability in managing hazardous area zoning
12:50 – 14:00	Lunch, Networking & Exhibition Viewing	12:50 – 14:00	Lunch, Networking & Exhibition Viewing
Day 2, Afternoon
14:00 – 14:40	James Steven, Development & Innovation Manager – DNV   Ignition prevention is only for electrical equipment?	14:00 – 14:40	Kevin Boyd, Director – 2Value Solutions  Proactive risk management using IIoT and wearables
14:40 – 15:20	Ewan Povall, Senior Consultant & Chris Heath, Graduate Consultant – RPS Group   The importance of considering the role of the user in the assessment and design process	14:40 – 15:20	Bassey Okon Bassey, PhD Researcher – Cranfield University Operations-maintenance synergy at petroleum process facilities