ASSE Kuwait Chapter organizes professional development confab

Event held under patronage of oil minister

Above: Some photos from the conference.

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 19: American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Kuwait Chapter is a premier voluntary, non-profit making Health, Safety and Environmental organization, which strives to provide professional guidance, training, consultancy and resources to the industrial and social sectors in the region.

As a part of continuous efforts in its professional journey, ASSE Kuwait Chapter organized the 8th International HSSE & Loss Prevention Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exhibitionon 9th 10thDecember 2015 at Radisson Blu Hotel, under the patronage of Kuwait’s Minister of Oil.

The two day conference with the theme “Sharing Experience to Enhance the HSSE Culture”was inaugurated by His Excellency Sheikh Talal Al Sabah, Acting Undersecretary, Ministry of Oil.

Major General Yousef Al Ansari Director, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate Michael Belcher, President ASSE USA, Fadhel Al Ali, Chairman ASSE Kuwait, Ashok Garlapati Global Region, Vice President ASSE USA, also participated in the inaugural ceremony.

G Sampath Reddy, President of the ASSE Kuwait Chapter in his welcome address highlighted the activities of the Chapter and welcomed everyone to this prestigious event. Engr. Fadhel Ali, Chairman ASSE Kuwait Chapter in his opening address stated the importance of the conference.

Vasudevan, Director of the ASSE Kuwait Chapter’s 8thInternational HSSE & Loss Prevention Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exhibition, briefed the highlights of the conference, which was organized by the volunteer efforts of the Chapters members.

After the inaugural ceremony an executive panel discussion was held with the participation of Mohammad Husain President & CEO, EQUATE, Mohammad Ghazi Al Mutairi CEO, Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Ismail Abdullah Deputy CEO, Support Services Kuwait Oil Company and Michael Belcher, President ASSE USA. Fadhel Al Ali, Chairman ASSE Kuwait, Vasudevan, Director Professional Development Conference (PDC) also participated in the discussions with question and answers. Bala Siva Srikanth Deputy Director of the Professional Development Conference (PDC) moderated the discussion.

At the end of Executive Panel discussion, Riaz Mohammed Shareef, past president of ASSE Kuwait Chapter and Advisory Committee member was awarded the chapter Safety Professional of the Year- 2015.

During the two day conference, symposiums on Process Safety Management, Sustainable Energy and plenary session where 68 technical papers on topic related to the Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene, Process Safety, Personal Safety, Fire Safety, Environmental Engineering & Management, Loss Prevention, Industrial Security, Behavior Based Safety (BBS), Ergonomics etc was presented. E-poster exhibition on various topics was presented.

An exposition by major industrial suppliers and service providers were organized during this two day conference which was a major event where the conference delegates had an opportunity to get accustomed to the latest safety and fire equipments in the market.

The advisory board for the PDC 2015 were Mr. Michael Belcher, CSP President, American Society of Safety Engineers, USA, Mr. Ismail Abdulla Ali, Deputy CEO (Corporate Services Directorate) ,Kuwait Oil Company, Mr. Khaled Saleh Al Asousi Dy. CEO Support Services, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), Mr. Major General Yousef Al Ansari Director, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate Mr. Ali Al Kshawe Manager (HSE), Kuwait National Petroleum Company. Mr. Ahmed A Abbas Manager, (HSE), Kuwait Oil Company Mr. Sati S.AlOtaibi Manager (EHS and F&S), JO - Wafra Mr. Salem Al Azmi Manager – HSE.

The conference was sponsored by Equate, KOC, KNPC and RIMSCO as platinum sponsors. The conference was endorsed by International Association of Drilling Contractors(IADC), National Examination Board occupational Safety & Health (NEBOSH) and supported by Board of certified Safety professionals(BCSP), Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Centre for chemical Process Safety (CCPS).

More than 350 delegates including Managers, Team Leaders, Consultants, Specialists, Engineers, Physicians, Coordinators and Inspectors & Supervisors of various disciplines from oil sector and other companies attended the conference. AUM students who attended the conference and were given free registration for their participation.

The closing ceremony of the conference was held on the afternoon on 10th December. Feedback from the internal and external participant and dignitaries were taken during the closing ceremony. Bala Siva Srikanth, gave the vote of thanks.