Safety in Design conference in Perth this November

The IDC Technologies Safety in Design conference is being held at the Mercure Hotel in Perth, Australia, from 18 to 19 November 2015. The conference has been created to discuss the issues involved in safety in design (SiD) and aims to help reduce the number of safety incidents through pre-emptive design. It will also cover hazard identification and risk assessment methods early in the design process to eliminate or minimise safety risks.

Eliminating hazards at the design stage is the smart way to operate and better than making changes later when the hazards become real risks in the workplace. Experienced speakers will focus on the principles of SiD to help designers think of ways to keep employees safer through well-thought-out design and will examine the critical issues involved in the management and planning of safety in design.

The keynote speaker is Frank Schrever, chairman SF 041 Standards Committee for Safety of Machinery AS 4024 Series, Machine Safety by Design.

Benefits of attending the event include:

• understand broad approaches to mapping risk to reliability requirements;
• review previous accidents relating to safety in design and their impact on the current industry;
• understand the value of 3D modelling in safety in design;
• learn how to eliminate hazardous areas through pre-emptive design;
• gain a full understanding of legal requirements and legislation regarding correct safe design practices;
• explore the role of human factor integration in design projects;
• learn the most common hazards to consider in the design phase;
• address the essential steps required to perform an effective risk assessment;
• learn how bowtie analyses can benefit and simplify the design phase;
• hear discussions on methods adopted to mitigate vibration-induced damage to structures;
• learn how to increase safety in the design phase of offshore oil and gas projects; and
• illustrate challenges and opportunities experienced by industry professionals through their involvement with HAZOPs.

For further information regarding the conference, please contact conference coordinator Joseph Madeley on joseph.madeley@idc-online.com.