Opening Ceremony, Plenary and Panel Sessions
Monday, 4 October, 0900–1000 hours
Opening Ceremony
Opening remarks by:
- H.E. Dr. Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs, Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain
- Alain Labastie, 2011 SPE President
1030–1230 hours
Executive Plenary Session: Leading HSE Excellence
Moderator: Mohamed Husain, Deputy Chairman and Deputy Managing Director Planning and Gas, Kuwait Oil Company
Panelists:
- Ali Al Jarwan, Chief Executive Officer, ADMA-OPCO
- Belgacem Chariag, Eastern Hemisphere President, Baker Hughes
- Faisal Al Mahroos, Chief Executive Officer, BAPCO
- Ibraheem Assaadan, General Manager of Drilling, Saudi Aramco
- Saif Saed Al Naimi, Director, HSE Regulations and Enforcements, Qatar Petroleum
1400–1530 hours
Panel Session 1: Environment Compliance
Moderator: Hesham A. Musaiid, Manager, Environmental Protection Department, Saudi Aramco
Globally, there is a rising public expectation of the industry, as a whole, to go beyond simple compliance with environmental regulations. Globalisation means that corporate or regulatory agency action in one part of the world can impact the entire international community.
Leading companies are developing environmental and social responsibility processes that not only meet regulatory requirements but seek to make a positive impact on their host countries and cultures, and to implement these processes across all their operations across the world.
This panel will highlight and discuss emerging environmental and social responsibility issues, the approaches used by global environmental leaders and case studies that demonstrate successful implementation of such initiatives.
Panelists:
- Emmanuel Garland, Head of Regulation Dept, HSE Division, Total
- Essa Al Ansari, GM Engineering, BAPCO
- Fareed Bushehri, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Waddah Ghanaam, Chief EHSQ Compliance Officer, ENOC
- Zara Khatib, Technology Marketing Manager, Shell
Tuesday, 5 October, 1100–1230 hours
Panel Session 2: The Value of External Certification
Moderator: Abdulla Al Marzouqi, ADCO
External certification to systems such as quality, health and safety and the environment among others are becoming an expectation these days rather than an exception. Along with a company’s own logo, they proudly boast the logos of their external certification bodies which at a glance give a value to customers and a positive image to the company. The customer, stakeholder or the public at large automatically associate these external certifications with proven performance; continual improvement; legal compliance and management commitment. This is only demonstrated by regular and thorough external audits which itself is a requirement of the certification process. Most organisations around the world believe in the importance of certification; however there are companies who believe that external certification does not add any business value and it is more of an expensive paper exercise.
Panelists:
- Adrian Hearle, Managing Director HSE & Director Business Development, PetroSkills
- Arun Pushkarna, Asset Integrity Manager, National Drilling Company
- Koheila Molazemi, HSE & Risk Section Head, DNV Energy Middle East
- Suresh Babu, Bureau Veritas
1600–1730 hours
Panel Session 3: Security
Moderator: Juan Carlos Lopez, Schlumberger
Project Risk Assessment from a Security Perspective
The reality of today’s world is that security has become an ever increasing concern and threat to the viability of current and future projects. The political turmoil and instability in many geographical areas within the Middle East expose companies to an ever increasing risk, not just to their employees, but to their investment, reputations and ultimate success. A security programme can only be successful if it considers and involves all stakeholders. To achieve this the security programme must be seen as a critical element in the project design process. Is this the case today, and if not how can this best be achieved?
Panelists:
- Abdullah Ghabbani, Manager, Industrial Security Planning & Support Dept, Saudi Aramco
- Brandon Martin, Regional Security Advisor, BP
- Paul Beat, Control Risk Group (CRG)
Wednesday, 6 October, 1100–1230 hours
Panel Session 4: Partnerships in Occupational and Community Health
Moderator: Caroline Minshell, BP
Across the Middle East, with its multiple cultures, the leading causes of disease and death, both in the workforce and in communities, are coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancers, road traffic accidents and respiratory conditions. Infectious diseases such as TB, influenza and gastro-intestinal infections are also common. Although the solutions to these different health challenges vary, an increasingly common approach is the use of partnerships. Partnerships can engender collaboration between intra-governmental departments, organisations, NGOs, employees and communities, and provide a basis for a framework that determines and enforces joint standards and regulations for occupational, environmental and public health management. There is a growing pool of capable health and allied professionals and providers in the region who can help build this sustainable future and the capacity required.
Panelists:
- Ali Al-Dossary, Preventive Medicine Advisor, Saudi Aramco
- Frano Mika, Saipem ENI
- Maha Shehab, Occupational Health Specialist, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
- Nasser Al Maskery, BP
1330–1500 hours
Panel Session 5: Behaviour Based Safety
Moderator: Larry Perkinson, Saudi Aramco
Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) techniques have been used around the world and in diverse industries to achieve excellent results. However, are there regional or organisational culture issues that affect the success of such implementations? What causes a BBS implementation to fail? Are there minimum or key safety systems or culture attributes a company needs to have in place in order for BBS to succeed? What does current literature and research tell us? How about practical experiences, both good and bad? Our panel will explore these and other success-related issues regarding BBS implementation.
Panelists:
- Ahmed Al Minhali, ERM
- Brett Read, Director, Safety Leaders Group
- Ismail Mohamed, BBS Champion, BAPCO
- Sheikh Khalfan Al Esry, Oman, Consultant
- Thomas Quick, Bureau Veritas
1530 – 1700 hours
Closing Ceremony
Moderator: Emmanuel Garland, Head of Regulation Dept, HSE Division, Total
Speakers:
- Health Summary - Caroline Minshell, Health Director, MESA, Indian SC and Africa, BP
- Safety Summary - Nassir Mattar, Saudi Aramco
- Security Summary - Ron Wilcockson, HSE Manager, Halliburton
- Environment Summary - Rob Cox, Technical Director, IPIECA
Closing Remarks by Programme Co-Chairmen and announcement of winners for:
- Best Paper Presentation Award
- Best Poster Award
- Lucky Draw
