Featured Video
Inspiring Process Safety Leadership - The Executive Role
[Members Only]
This video is comprised of interviews with the executives in the chemical industries and their experience with process safety to prevent incidents and improve safety following a process safety incident. It is intended to be used as a basis for developing an internal briefing session for top management and Board members on Process Safety issues. You must be a member to see this video. Log in here.
Video Interviews
CCPS interviews keynote speakers, poster presenters, and conference chairs at its Global Congresses on Process Safety. The video interviews below are listed in reverse chronological order.
Nestor Saavedra of Ecopetrol on Process Safety Challenges [English]
Nestor Fernando Saavedra, VP of Innovation and Technology for Ecopetrol in Colombia, presented the Wednesday keynote luncheon address entitled ” Ecopetrol’s Strategy and Challenges in Process Safety.” Laura Turci of CCPS had an opportunity to chat with Nestor before his keynote.
[English] Nestor Saavedra of Ecopetrol on Process Safety Challenges in Latin America
Nestor Saavedra of Ecopetrol speaks with CCPS's Laura Turci on process safety challenges in Latin America.
2013 AIChE President Phil Westmoreland Interviews Shell VP, Aamir Farid
Aamir Farid, VP Manufacturing-Americas for Shell talks about energy and manufacturing opportunities and challenges. He delivered the keynote address entitled "Delivering Innovative Solutions for an Energy Future." at the 2013 AIChE Spring Meeting & 9th Global Congress on Process Safety.
V V Suryarau of Reliance Industries on Process Safety in India
V. V. Suryarau of Reliance Industries talks with CCPS Executive Director Scott Berger about process safety in India. The title of his talk is "Taking the Religion of Process Safety to the Land of Ancient Religions."
Anjana Meel of Safer Systems on Controlling Spills
We spoke with Anjana Meel, PhD and research and development engineer at Safer Systems, to discuss her research on spills. The research compares shrinking vs. non-shrinking spills to help process safety engineers deal with spills quickly and efficiently.
Interview with Joseph Stough, IHS -- Process Safety
Joe Stough speaks about his company's research to better understand how the best-performing companies are working towards improved safety in their facilities.
Gerardo Abalde talks about his poster on using risk matrices in accident prevention.
Gerardo Abalde, from Refineria Campana, Argentina was one of the speakers in the Poster Presentation Session at the 3rd Latinamerican Conference on Process Safety organized by CCPS. He talks about his poster on using risk matrices in accident prevention.
Nestor Spósito of Dow talks about CCPS Latin America Process Safety Conference [English Version]
Nestor Spósito, project manager for Dow Argentina, and president of NFPA, Argentina Chapter, talks about his upcoming talk at CCPS Latin America entitled "Notwithstanding... They Keep On Happening," referring to fires and explosions. His talk will cover prevention and mitigation through globally applied international process safety standards. He also talks about the benefits of attending CCPS Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 8-10, 2011.
Interview with Cheryl Grounds, Chair of the 7th Annual Global Conference on Process Safety
Cheryl Grounds was the Conference Chair for the 7th Annual Global Congress on Process Safety held in Chicago of 2011. She talks about what's involved in putting a conference like the GCPS together, the theme of this year's conference, and what's in store for the future.
Jonathan Lizarazo Discusses Minimization of Risk Associated with Hazardous Materials Transportation
Jonathan Lizarazo of the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia discusses his poster and paper titled Fuels Transportation Network Design: Minimization of Risk Associated to Hazardous Materials Transportation.
Sergio García Discusses An Evaluation of Denser Than Air Dispersion Models
Sergio García is a Chemical Engineer and student from the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. We spoke with him at the 2011 Global Congress on Process Safety about his poster presentation and proceeding titled: An Evaluation of Denser Than Air Dispersion Models.
Thomas Braun Talks about DrumQuik Pro Colder Products Company
At the AIChE Spring Meeting and 2011 Global Congress on Process Safety, Thomas Braun talks about DrumQuik Pro product.