2018 AIChE Spring Meeting & 14th GCPS Exhibitor Showcases
Exhibitor Showcases
Stop by the exhibit hall in Cypress Ballroom 1/2 during the Monday AM (9:00 - 9:30 AM) and PM (3:00 - 3:30 PM) coffee breaks to hear about new technologies, products and services from the following companies.
| Monday AM Coffee Break | Monday PM Coffee Break | |
| Stage 1 | VisiumKMS | |
| Stage 2 | Voovio | GexCon |
GexCon: Safety through Advanced Engineering Analysis
Gexcon is a world leader in the field of safety and risk management specializing in dispersion, fire, and explosions. Join us as Dr. Scott Davis explains the latest additions to our portfolio of products and services as well as describing some of the latest research in fires and explosions—including our groundbreaking research on detonations and low-burning velocity fuels.
Speaker: Scott Davis, PhD.
VisiumKMS: Process Safety & Operational Excellence Absolutes
Operational Excellence is achieved by operating optimally, in the most efficient and effective zone with everything going smoothly without business disruption. There are a few rules to follow if you are really after process safety, or operational excellence; not merely compliance. Some of these rules are to do with people, some are process related and some are to do with technology. You must hire and retain the best people in the world. You must have processes that encourage and support continuous improvement and you must leverage technology like a boss. That means enabling excellence at the site level and letting that propagate across the enterprise. That’s the only way it works!
Speaker: Michael Bearrow, PE
Voovio: How Simulation Will Solve the Industry's Training Challenges
Training in field operations is challenging because:
- Experts and “tribal” knowledge are leaving (baby boomers retiring)
- Millennials’ needs are different to those of Baby-boomers
- Pressure to make onboarding & training cycles more effective and efficient
- Training resources and asset availability: Operators cannot experience everything in the training cycle (shifts vs events)
- Training evaluation and Certification processes are based on subjective assessments
The industry needs new tools to solve these challenges. We will show why simulation is the answer and how Enhanced Reality procedure simulators instill operational discipline and reduce the risk of process safety incidents.
Speaker: Christian McDermott
