SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Chairman S. Senni Buratti International National All correspondence should be addressed to AIDIC Secretariat Attn. Manuela LICCIARDELLO Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/A 20133 Milano (Italy) Phone: +39-02-70608276; Fax: +39-02-59610042 e-mail: [email protected] J.-P. Bots Finland R. Avella M. Considine UK A. Brucato E.de Rademaeker Belgium R. Bubbico L. Fernie UK A. Casalli N. Jensen Denmark V. Cozzani J. Klemes Hungary S. Di Cave A. Laurent France B. Fabiano P. Lerena Switzerland P. Fanelli N. Markatos Greece R. Garofoli N. Nicotra UK G. Maschio H.J. Pasman The Netherlands B. Mazzarotta KEY DATES A. Rushton UK G. Mulè P. Schmelzer Germany R. Pastorino J. Van Steen The Netherlands July 15th, 2009 Abstract submission September 5th, 2009 Information to Authors on abstract acceptance October 30th, 2009 Manuscript submission for refereeing December 20th, 2009 Information to Authors on final paper acceptance and format of presentation (poster /lecture) January 31st, 2010 Registration deadline for all Authors to have the paper included in the program and proceedings N. Piccinini S. Pierucci A. Razionale R. Rota G. Russo E. Salzano E. Santacesaria G. Spadoni S. Zanelli - to submit abstract and manuscript - to register - to read the program - to find information about the venue - to see the updates Chairman S. Pierucci (AIDIC, Politecnico di Milano) Companies and organisations willing to support the Conference are invited to contact the Secretariat for further information. Participants from industry are welcome. (AIDIC) (AIDIC) (AIDIC) (AIDIC) AIDIC Working Party for Safety and Environment in Process Industry http://www.aidic.it/CISAP4 SPONSORS R. Damerio M. Licciardello U. Mino G. Poli Italian Association of Chemical Engineering You may visit: ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Members CALL for PAPERS CISAP-4 4th International Conference on Safety & Environment in Process Industry Florence, Italy 14 -17 March, 2010 http://www.aidic.it/CISAP4 ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The fourth edition of the International Conference on Safety and Environment in the Process Industry, CISAP4, aims at giving continuation in creating opportunities of meeting and promoting international knowledge sharing in the fields of HSE experiences, research and innovation. An additional aim is to create a permanent biennial forum on HSE topics as well as industrial sustainability and, therefore, to help the process industries to find out the best balance between the expected growth of the enterprise value and the safeguard of the health of employees and population, the safety of operations, the environmental protection. CISAP-4 will bring together experts from all over the world to exchange key information and hold helpful discussions and will focus on the present leading HSE legislation, forecast evolution, technical experiences and management approaches. CONFERENCE TOPICS The Conference topics will mainly deal with the following aspects: • • • HSE MANAGEMENT Management Systems Systems integration Decision making processes and tools Performance indicators Emergency planning and emergency exposure Learning from accidents PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT Sustainable technologies Corporate social and environmental responsibilities Cleaner production Process integration Inherently safer process solutions RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Assessment and evaluation of hazard and risk Cost-benefit analysis Accidental releases modelling • Process safety Environmental risks Human error Lessons learned IMPACT OF LEGISLATION Seveso Directive: applications and experiences New approach of the European Directives (PED, ATEX, etc.) Risk assessment in heavily industrialized areas Environmental Impact Assessment Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Occupational Health and Safety The Conference technical program is structured in two parallel sessions, which will be held over three days. The Conference topics will be treated in invited plenary lectures, selected oral presentations and poster sessions. Posters will stay on for the whole Conference promoting author presentation and spontaneous discussion. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION The official language of the conference is English. Authors wishing to present a contribution are asked to prepare maximum one page abstract to be submitted ONLY by web-page to the Conference Secretariat http://www.aidic.it/CISAP4 The deadline is July 15th, 2009 For each accepted abstracts the submission of a fullpaper and a participation of at least one of the authors is required. PROCEEDINGS The full set of accepted papers of CISAP-4 Conference (in the form of short papers of 6 pages) will be published into " Chemical Engineering Transactions" . The Volume is identified by proper ISBN and ISSN and by a DOI number for each paper. Each Volume is printed both in hard copy and in a CD rom. Each Paper in the volume is covered by a copyright assigned to AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. Each Paper is evaluated for acceptance by at least two Peer Reviewers. Usually the name list of the Reviewers is published before the book publication. VENUE “CISAP-4” will be held at Palazzo degli Affari Piazza Adua 1 50123 Firenze The exhibition and congress facilities of Firenze Fiera spa are among the most important and best equipped in Italy and it is located in the historical center of Florence. From the Airport Florence International Airport "Amerigo Vespucci" it is located 4 km from Florence and it can be reached by taxi (20 minutes) or by the shuttle bus Vola in bus, a special connection service from/to the Vespucci Airport and Santa Maria Novella train station. From the Station Santa Maria Novella Central Station: 80/100 metres from Palazzo degli Affari.