Day 1
08:30 - 1 December 2015
08:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00 CHAIR'S OPENING REMARKS
REGULATION AND STRATEGY
09:15 INSIGHT INTO REGULATORY RISK
Mary Teuton, Head of Policy and Regulatory Strategy, VPI Immingham
• Competing objectives in the energy sector have led to a period of unprecedented intervention, resulting in nearly all forms of generation receiving a subsidy of some description
• With billions of pounds of investment required over the coming years, why is the UK slipping down the tables as a good place to invest?
• Can energy return to business as usual or is increased regulatory risk here to stay?
09:45 PLANT INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT AND FAILURE MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Martin Sedgwick, Head of Asset Management, Scottish Power Generation
10:15 QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
10:30 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
RISK MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION
11:00 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING RISK FROM AN OEM PERSPECTIVE
Wesley Tivnen, Head of Project Management, Siemens plc
• Product and project risk management tools
• Collaboration throughout the project life cycle: the key to successful risk management
• Developing business through risk sharing in an uncertain market
11:30 INSURANCE: WHY DO YOU BUY IT AND HOW MUCH SHOULD IT COST?
Robert Gardner, Senior Vice President, Risk Management Practice, Marsh Ltd
• Why do we buy insurance? Risk tolerance and risk appetite
• How much does insurance cost? Factors which influence insurance pricing for power risks
• Risk mitigation: how to reduce the cost of insurance
12:00 QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
12:20 NETWORKING LUNCH
CRISIS AND CONTINUATION
13:20 KEYNOTE: CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
Mark Jackson, Director, MJ Associates and Chairman, IMechE Tyne & Wear Panel
• All leadership teams will face a crisis at some point, so it is essential that the management team is able to cope with the unexpected
• Training allows organisations to continue operations when the unexpected occurs – limiting damage to assets and protecting production and operations
• Enabling employees to operate safely in any workplace environment, including overseas emergencies
13:50 FIRE AND EMERGENCY RISK MANAGEMENT
Ian Herbert, Principal Consultant, MMI Engineering
• Multiple fire hazards exist - flammable gases and liquids, combustible liquids, combustible solids and electrical, with a number of significant fires in recent years highlighting the need to control these risks
• Sites need to identify their fire hazards and match the prevention and control measures to these hazards
• Unique fire hazards require specific measures, as all sites have unique features
14:20 CYBER-SECURITY: PREPARING FOR THE INEVITABLE
Martin Sloan, Group Head of Security, Drax Power Ltd
• Understanding the ever-evolving nature of the threat
• Accepting you already have a cyber security breach; so what next?
• Consider taking a different approach and how to secure board level buy-in
14:50 QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
15:15 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
FUNCTIONAL AND PROCESS SAFETY
15:45 PRACTICAL TECHNICAL RISK MANAGEMENT INCORPORATINGFUNCTIONAL SAFETY
Chris Libby, Lead Consultant Asset Risk Management, Power Generation, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
• How do we maintain standards throughout the whole of the ‘asset lifecycle’, especially of aging plant?
• Maintaining legacy protection systems and meeting the changing requirements and standards
• Identifying the need, growing the information and mitigating the risks
16:10 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND TECHNICAL RISK MANAGEMENT IN PROCESS SAFETY FOR FOSSIL FIRED POWER PLANT
Speaker to be announced
16:40 QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
16:55 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:00 END OF SEMINAR