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Agenda at a Glance:

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Registration, University Center

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Complimentary Lunch, University Center

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Invited Speakers, Webb Room, University Center

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Poster Set-up, University Center

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Poster Judging

5:30 PM - 6:20 PM Social Hour with Cash Bar, Late Registration, Heintz Dining Room

6:20 PM - 6:30 PM Announcement of Poster Winners ACN Amphitheater

6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Musical Composition, ACN Amphitheater

6:45 PM - 7:45 PM Dinner, Heintz Dining Room

7:45 PM - 8:00 PM Summary of the Day Introduction of Speaker

8:00 PM - 8:45 PM Keynote Address, Q&A

8:45 PM Adjournment

Detailed Agenda:

1. 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Registration, University Center Atrium

2. 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Complimentary Lunch, Cafeteria, University Center

3 . 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Student Workshop - Hazop

Room C, University Center [Peter Joyce, President, Phase Transfer Catalysis and Product Recovery]

4. 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Welcome and Review of the Afternoon Agenda

[Prof. G. J. Maffia, Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering]

5. 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Welcome from the University Administration

[Dr. Jo Allen, Senior Vice President and Provost]

6. 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Historical Perspective

What happened at Bhopal? How did the Chemical Industry and Federal Government react?

The debut of Process Safety Management as a regulatory engineering work practice.

[Mike Hazzan, Accutech Risk Management]

7. 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM Process Safety Management

PSM is the Response to Bhopal - What is Process Safety Management?

[Louis Henderson, Engineering Manager (PQ Corp.) and Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Widener University]

8. 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Growing up in India After Bhopal

A Young Person's Perspective About Growing Up in India and Becoming a Chemical Engineer

[Ms. Sharmila Rao, Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Widener University]

9. 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Coffee Break Room A, University Center

10. 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Ethical Responsibility

Implications for the Chem Eng Curriculum [Prof. Gennaro Maffia, Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Widener University]

Philosophical Perspective [Prof. David Ward, Philosophy, Widener University]

11. 3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Chemical Engineering Design - Part 1

Simulating Safe Designs [Joseph Sieben , AspenTech]

12. 3:35 PM - 3:50 PM Chemical Engineering Design - Part 2

Chemical Accident Prevention Plan [Alfred Baginski, Environmental Protection Agency]

13. 3:50 PM - 4:05 PM Chemical Engineering Design - Part 3

Inherently Safer Design [Gregory Keeports, Rohm & Haas, representing AIChE's CCPS: Center for Chemical Process Safety]

14. 4:05 PM - 4:25 PM Community Interaction with the Chemical Industry

Can Bhopal happen here? Are we safe? Has the engineering community answered all the community questions satisfactorily? [PA State Rep Thaddeus Kirkland, PA State Rep. Thomas Gannon

15. 4:25 PM - 4:50 PM Responsible Care - Management of Change

American Chemistry Council - Owners of Responsible Care [Dorothy Kellogg, American Chemistry Council]

16. 4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Logistics and Afternoon Wrap-up

[Prof. Gennaro J. Maffia, Professor, Widener University]

17. 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Poster Judging and Viewing University Center Atrium

18. 5:30 PM - 6:20 PM Social Hour with Cash Bar, Late Registration, Heintz Dining Room

19. 6:20 PM - 6:30 PM Announcement of Poster Winners, ACN Amphitheater

20. 6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Musical Composition, John Vanore & the Widener Band ACN Amphitheater

21. 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM Dinner, Heintz Dining Room

22. 7:45 PM - 8:00 PM Summary of the Day Introduction of Speaker

23. 8:00 PM - 8:45 PM Keynote Address, Q&A

Chemicals Company Management Perspective on Chemical Process Safety [James Porter, Vice President, Engineering and EH&S DuPont Company]

24. 8:45 PM Adjournment