2015 FERMA Forum

Dear Colleagues,

I invite you to join me in Venice from 4 to 7 October with more than 1500 risk professionals at the Venice Lido for the 2015 FERMA Forum.

Trieste, Genoa and Venice have been the cradle of European insurance and risk management since the 14th century thanks to their maritime and trading activities and so Venice is a very appropriate as well as a very special venue for the largest European risk and insurance management event.

Together in Venice we will:

• Focus on our profession, innovation and diversity.
• Participate in a programme designed to inspire, educate and influence how we manage risk in a riskier world.
• Network with risk and insurance professionals.
• Attend the launch of the FERMA European Risk Management Certification.
• Find inspiration from the latest innovative solutions and experts in the Market Place exhibition area.
• Join colleagues at the Young Risk Professionals Breakfast and Ladies’ Lunch.
• Take away ideas to help us develop as professionals and add value to our organisations.

The Forum will build on the discussions and feedback from 2013 Forum in Maastrict and the 2014 Seminar in Brussels.  It will focus on FERMA’s core activities: representing our national associations at a European level; increasing the influence and reputation of risk management and insurance; and providing guidance to our members and a pan-European voice on EU matters.

The FERMA Board, Secretariat and Forum Committee all join me in extending a warm welcome in Venice.  We have set our expectations high and for participants to come away believing they have gained professionally and personally from being there.

Please join us – this is your Forum!

YoJulia Grahamurs sincerely,

Julia Graham

President of FERMA

Petrochemical Operations, Maintenance & Safety Conference 2015

The Petrochemical Operations, Maintenance & Safety 2015 Conference will bring together senior level executives from plant operations, maintenance and safety teams, at top petrochemical companies and EPC groups, with real purchasing and decision making capabilities!

This high level conference will bring together speakers from the USA’s leading petrochemical companies, who will collaborate at a high level on their strategies to overcome challenges to operational excellence, maintenance and safety.

What the brochure contains:

• Full timed conference agenda and speaker line up
• Exclusive networking opportunities: details on our tailor made networking sessions, allowing you to meet the right people, increase your market presence, impress potential clients and form crucial partnerships
• Key info on how and when to register as well as exclusive discounts 

The very best speakers confirmed to take part:

• Tahmid Mizan, Senior Technology Advisor, Corporate Strategic Planning, Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Fanar Sefa, Reliability & Maintenance Group Leader, The Dow Chemical Company
• Bryan Shaw, Chairman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Manuel Ehrlich, Board Member, Chemical Safety Board
• John Bresland, Former CEO & Chairman, U.S Chemical Safety Board
• Heinz P. Bloch, P.E. Mechanical Engineering Authority, Consultant and Author
• Troy Carline, Operational Excellence Manager, North America, BASF

Schneider Electric announces the signature of a worldwide contract with Eplan to roll-out its E-CAD solution

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced Eplan becomes its major E-CAD solutions provider to design the products of its Energy division on a global scale.

Eplan Platform enables Schneider Electric to optimize its complete workflow from design to production. The solution helps to structure and to centralize the components database and facilitate knowledge management. All the know-how is embedded, up-to-date and available for each entity. With Eplan Platform, Schneider Electric targets to significantly increase productivity by standardizing all the components and reusing them.

“For a long time, each entity of Schneider Electric’s Energy Division across the world has worked with its own tools and implemented specific design processes, explains M. Frédéric Abbal, Executive Vice-President, Energy division at Schneider Electric. “However, these working methods could no longer exist in our organization, in a period where we seek, more than ever, collaboration and efficiency. With the implementation of Eplan Platform, Schneider Electric expects to centralize its know-how, enhance collaboration between sites and balance workload according to the different projects.”

Haluk Menderes, Managing Director Eplan, adds: “We are very excited to have been chosen by Schneider Electric globally as the single platform for electrical engineering solutions. We are very happy to start this strong strategic partnership with Schneider Electric. The combination of our 30 years of experience in engineering solutions and the know-how of one of the worldwide largest player in the energy domain will bring the best in class processes to a greater electrical engineering and manufacturing efficiency to Schneider Electric.”

During a 3-month pilot phase, Eplan Platform has been implemented in 3 sites: Chartres-de-Bretagne (France), Regensburg (Germany) and Manisa (Turkey). This successful first phase allowed teams to align goals and expectations and led to the signature of a global contract to roll-out Eplan Platform in all entities of the Energy division. Eplan´s leadership and its ability to support entities globally were determining factors in this choice.

FIREX International 2015

Driving global expertise in life safety

FIREX International is back for 2015 on 16-18 June at London ExCeL. FIREX is the industry's only event connecting the global security and fire markets, and offers fire and security professionals access to leading global technology, solutions and knowledge to ensure life safety.

SAVETOVANJE: Primena najnovijih izmena i dopuna Zakona o planiranju i izgradnji

3 Storeys in Each Day

DITUR 2015 CONFERENCE

DITUR is the National Organization of Engineers and Technicians for Directing Fire Risks – a member of CFPA – Confederation of Fire Protection Associations International.

In the last 15 years DITUR has organized five international conferences in Belgrade – every two years – that has attracted a large number of visitors and eminent lecturers from both Serbia and abroad. This year the fifth international
conference will be held on 20th and 21h of October in Sava Center, Belgrade.
DITUR’s conferences, with large number of visitors (at least 300 of them) and guests from abroad (11), present the most current achievements from the fire protection field, fire fighting tactics concerning the operational equipment and further development of Serbian fire insurance companies when it comes to the technical management of fire risks. DITUR’s lectures on this conference can help the creation and control of standards in Serbia that can equal those of the European Union. They can also point out the current problems of special requirements in field of fire protection and risk management.

International Conference DITUR 2015 will utilize typical stands (6 m2) within the exhibition space of Sava Center.

The main topics of DITUR 2015 conference are:
• Measuring Quality of Fire Safety Engineering Designs
• Architectural Trends – sub-zero; multi use; high rise
• Measuring the Cost Efficiency of Fire Engineering Design – the Cost over the Life Cycle
• Halth & safety
• How to define the goals of the Fire Safety Engineer?
• What price is paid for the level of fire safety?
• Fire Prevention
• Firefighting tactigs depending on the an able equipment
• Technical risk managment in insurance