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Get ready for an engaging and insightful experience as the Major Hazards Symposium makes its anticipated return. Delving into the theme of "Managing Hazards Associated with Low-Carbon Technologies," this symposium offers a blend of expertise and innovation.
Join us for this in-person symposium as we explore the intricate balance between progress and risk management in our pursuit of a sustainable future. Throughout the symposium, industry experts will share insights into low-carbon development and technologies, safety concerns, as well as frameworks, and governance. The networking sessions will provide a platform for symposium attendees to exchange insights, fostering innovation and collaboration within the process safety sector.
This event is jointly organised with the Society of Loss Prevention (SLP).
This event is supported by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
Major Hazards Symposium has been continuously improving. I have learned many actionable practices and recommendations that I can bring back to my own plant. Every sharing provided valuable takeaways.Vincent WongWorkplace Safety and Health Officer, A*Star
This event is very insightful, informative and provided me with a good understanding of the human factor aspects. Attending this symposium has also provided me with a better understanding of how MHI has a great impact in the areas of hazards and risk management, process safety and safety care regime.Leonard Chong Yung MinOlefin-11 Plant Manager, Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (Private) Limited
This symposium is a very good learning platform with insightful sharing from all speakers to help improve the process safety industry.Symposium ParticipantAttended the Major Hazards Symposium in 2022
Deputy President (Industry & Community Group), Office of the DP (Industry & Community), Singapore Institute of Technology
Mr. Bernard Nee is Deputy President (Industry & Community), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). He assumed the role on 1 April 2023 after being appointed Vice President (Industry & Community) on 1 Jan 2022. The group is responsible for industry and future sensing, corporate communications, as well as collaborations with companies and agencies for applied learning and research. Bernard actively engages companies, trade associations, government agencies and various interest groups to advance SIT’s mission and vision.
He brings along deep experience garnered from previous leadership roles at the Economic Development Board (EDB), National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA). As the Deputy Chief Executive of EMA (2012-2021), he managed over $200 million in energy R&D funding, and forged partnerships with PSA Singapore, Sembcorp Industries, Keppel Offshore & Marine, SP Group and Shell to nurture the energy ecosystem. His team launched the Energy Story (a national blueprint enabling Singapore’s energy transformation), introduced regulatory sandboxes, nurtured a competitive industry workforce and pushed Singapore’s solar and energy storage ambitions. His portfolio also included oversight of EMA’s corporate functions.
Prior to 2012, he was with EDB for 18 years, where he assumed senior management roles as Executive Director in charge of Natural Resources, Strategic and Corporate Planning, as well as the Chief Information Officer. He seeded a team to incubate high-growth clusters that could contribute $1 billion to Singapore’s GDP within 10 years. In 2005, he was seconded to the NRF as the pioneering Director to establish policies, processes, and systems to manage the $5 billion RIE2010 budget.
A recipient of the EDB scholarship, Bernard possesses a Masters in Management of Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated with an MSc and BSc (with University Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Deputy Commissioner, Future Technology & Public Safety, Singapore Civil Defence Force
Senior Assistant Commissioner (SAC) Daniel Seet took over as Deputy Commissioner of the Future Technology & Public Safety (FTPS) cluster in SCDF on 1 May 2024. He currently oversees the transformation and capability development to prepare the SCDF for future challenges. This involves the adoption of cutting-edge technologies that will become critical in future operations, as well as driving the efforts to digitalise the organisation.
Prior to that, Daniel was Deputy Commissioner of the Operations & Resilience (O&R) cluster. Other command and staff posts that he had held across his 26 years of service with the SCDF include stints as Head of Operations Branch for 4th SCDF Division, Commander of 1st SCDF Division, Director of the Crisis Preparedness Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and Director of SCDF’s Operations Department. He first joined SCDF as a National Service (Full-time) in 1998 before becoming a full-time regular in early 2001.
Principal Specialist, Major Hazards Department, Ministry of Manpower
Er. Liang Hong is a professional engineer (chemical), and he currently works as a principal specialist with the Major Hazards Department, Ministry of Manpower, overseeing the safety case regime for major hazard installations in Singapore. He also holds the position of adjunct assistant professor with the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the National University of Singapore.
Liang Hong has over 13 years of experience in process safety, specialising in Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), process safety management, and safety case development.
Team Lead, A*STAR Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment
Dr. Salim has more than 25 years’ experience in safety, both in the public and private sectors. He is currently leading the Process Safety and Sustainable Systems (PS3) group within ISCE2 with an emphasis on Process Safety. His main research interests include PHA methodologies, combustible dust, fires and explosions, battery safety, hydrogen and ammonia safety, hybrid LCA-Safety methodologies and inherent safety for modular process technologies.
He is also active in the development of several national safety standards in Singapore and is also a member of ISOTC 261/WG6 on additive manufacturing EHS. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor with Singapore Institute of Technology, a practicing Professional Engineer, a member of the Workplace Safety & Health Council’s Chemical Industry Committee, an Engineering Accreditation Board Evaluation Team member under the Institution of Engineers Singapore, an Editorial Advisory Board Member for the Journal of Energy and Safety Technology (JEST), and an active reviewer for several Process Safety Journals.
Senior Vice President, Marsh Singapore Pte Ltd and Chartered Chemical Engineer, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Jon Wilkinson is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and he graduated from UMIST, United Kingdom in 1992. He worked for 19 years in the Petrochemicals industry with BP in UK and China. Jon joined Marsh Specialty Energy & Power Practice in 2010 as a Senior Risk Engineer based in the Singapore office, with a focus on providing risk engineering services to clients in the AsiaPac region for insurance underwriting purposes. He has carried out underwriting surveys in Asia, Australia, India, Africa, Europe, Middle East and North America for refining, petrochemicals, LNG, upstream and renewables (hydrogen and CCS).
Executive Director, National Metrology Centre, A*Star
Prof. Goh is the Executive Director of the National Metrology Centre (NMC) at A*STAR and represents the Singapore Government at the quadrennial General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), the intergovernmental forum that ensures the maintenance and propagation of the International System of Units, a crucial foundation for international trade, safety, and health.
He is the Treasurer on the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme and also the Singapore Focal Point for the Expert Group on Metrology under the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI). Locally, Prof. Goh is the A*STAR management representative on both the Singapore Standard Council and Singapore Accreditation Council. He also holds an adjunct Professorship with the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.
Before his move to NMC in 2020, Prof. Goh was Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, and had held appointments such as Director of the Strategic Research Office and also Head of the Ceramics Materials department. During this period, he was the Covering Focal Point for the Sub Committee on Materials Science and Technology under the ASEAN COSTI.
From 2017 to 2019, Prof. Goh was concurrently the Director of Special Projects in the Science and Engineering Research Council, A*STAR, where he scoped future R&D programmes and also oversaw electrification of transport and related matters in the Urban and GreenTech Office. He also represented A*STAR on various working committees such as Land and Liveability, Smart Urban Habitat, and the biennial MND Urban Sustainability R&D Congress. In addition, Prof. Goh was the founding chair of the Singapore Battery Consortium launched in 2019.
In the years before taking up management responsibilities, Prof. Goh led R&D projects under the 1st and 2nd Joint A*STAR-MND Green Building Thematic Strategic Research Programmes and also served as the Programme Manager for the 2nd programme. His research focused on the deposition of functional and electroceramic films and nanostructures which can be utilised in self-cleaning, heat reflection, and also electrochemical applications. Prof. Goh has published 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals and his research has been highlighted by The American Ceramic Society, Plastics Today, Chemical Daily, Asian Scientist, Science Daily, Straits Times and Business Times. He has delivered over 30 invited lectures and has served on the Scientific Advisory Committees of international conferences in Asia and Europe.
Prof. Goh has guest edited for Thin Solid Films, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Surface and Coatings Technology and the Journal of Electroceramics. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Thin Films Society and was previously the Joint Treasurer and Joint Secretary of the Materials Research Society, Singapore.
Health, Safety, Environment, & Security Manager, Air Liquide Singapore Pte Ltd
For over two decades, Andrew Ng has been a dedicated advocate for safety excellence across diverse industries. His journey began with an engineering degree, followed by a Master of Science in Safety, Health, and Environmental Technology from the National University of Singapore.
Andrew's career launched in the high-stakes environment of defense, where safety is paramount. He then applied his expertise in the oil and gas sector, honing his skills in managing complex hazards. Currently, he leads the HSE department at a prominent industrial gas company, where he has successfully implemented several company-wide initiatives, such as life-saving rules. He has established a robust near-miss reporting system that encompasses process safety events to identify and address potential issues and reduce road accidents by leveraging advanced technology and a data-driven risk assessment matrix, which has led to the achievement of zero Loss Time Accident (LTA).
Beyond his current role, he is deeply committed to industry-wide safety advancements. He actively participated in working committees for the Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) and currently serves on the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) of the Asia Industrial Gases Association (AIGA). His commitment to collaboration fosters a safer future for the industry.
Lead Professional Officer, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr. SK Mahasin Alam is a Lead Professional Officer at Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore. His current research focuses on hydrogen safety - modelling of hydrogen dispersion (hydrogen concentration decay, accumulation of hydrogen in and enclosed environment, hydrogen plume dispersion length) and flame (visible flame length and width, radiative heat flux) characteristics. He obtained his PhD in computational chemistry from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
His research interests are Na and Li storage mechanisms, diffusion of Na and Li in organic batteries, and electronic properties and diffusion of dopants in doped semiconductors. He also focuses on the structural and electronic properties of Ge & Si nanowires and carbon nanotubes, interactions and reaction mechanisms of surface species on catalyst surfaces using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) method, and photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots and polymers using the time-dependent DFT method. Additionally, his interests include Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship studies of biomolecules for their bioactivities, molecular docking, and pharmacophore mapping.
Director, Major Hazards Department and the OSH Specialists Department
Jaime Lim is a Chartered Engineer and Professional Process Safety Engineer with the Institution of Chemical Engineers. She is currently the Director of the Major Hazards Department (MHD) and the OSH Specialist Department at the Ministry of Manpower. She oversees the safety case regime for the oil and gas industry and leads the implementation of national occupational hygiene, occupational medicine and engineering safety programmes.
Assistant Commissioner Commander, Marine Division and Director Fire Safety Department Singapore Civil Defence Force
AC Ryan Ong joined the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in 2005. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2004 with a First Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering on a PSC Local Merit Scholarship. In 2015, he completed a Masters in Fire Safety Engineering from the University of Maryland under SCDF’s sponsorship. AC Ryan assumed the role of Commander Marine Division in December 2020.
As the commander, he oversees the operations and capability development of marine resources to safeguard Singapore’s waters. In April 2023, he also took on the concurrent appointment of Director for the Fire Safety Department. His responsibilities include overseeing the design, enforcement, and regulations of fire safety in buildings and also implementing technological developments to enhance fire safety management.
Associate Professor/ Director, Professional Officers, Food, Chemical and Biotechnology, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr. Lim Kok Hwa is an Associate Professor and Director, Professional Officers Division (POD) at Singapore Institute of Technology. Over the past decade, he has taught a variety of courses, including Industrial Chemical Processes, and Industrial Chemical and Biological Plant Safety. He is also experienced in emergency/contingency planning, and is involved in many committees dealing with safety matters and safety reviews. He received a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Computational Science and Chemistry, and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He later obtained his doctoral degree from the Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany.
President, Society of Loss Prevention
Mr. ChongSeng (CS) is the President of Society of Loss Prevention, Singapore. Presently, CS is working with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), and his experience spans both the industry and applied learning. Prior to joining SIT, CS worked for Pfizer Asia Manufacturing, Motorola Inc., Chartered Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard Electronics, Phillips Petroleum Chemicals, GATX Terminals, and Mobil Oil Refinery. CS received the Master of Science in Environmental Management from National University of Singapore, the BTech from University of Deakin University, Australia, and the BBA from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. CS is a registered Lead EMS Auditor (IEMA UK), WSHO (MOM), FSM (SCDF), and a certified WSQ trainer.
Time | Topic |
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8:30 am | Registration |
9:00 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Mr. Bernard Nee Seng Soon, Deputy President, Industry & Community Group, Singapore Institute of Technology |
9:15 am |
Keynote Address: Macro-Landscape of Fire Safety and Emergency Response – Industries Adopting Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies Mr. Daniel Seet, Deputy Commissioner, Singapore Civil Defence Force |
10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
10:30 am |
Regulatory Framework and Governance for Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies Mr. Lim Liang Hong, Principal Specialist, Major Hazards Department, Ministry of Manpower |
11:00 pm |
Safety Concerns on Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (Storage and Operations) Dr. Shaik Mohamed Salim, Team Lead, A*STAR Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment |
11:30 pm |
Managing Hazards of Low-Carbon Technologies: Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage Mr. Jon Wilkinson, Senior Vice President, Marsh Singapore Pte Ltd and Chartered Chemical Engineer, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) |
12:00 pm | Networking Lunch |
1:15 pm |
Safety Metrology for Decarbonisation Developments Professor Gregory Goh, Executive Director, National Metrology Centre, A*Star |
1:45 pm |
Safety Hazards of Managing Bulk Storage of Hydrogen Gas Supplies Mr. Andrew Ng, Manager, Air Liquide Singapore Pte Ltd |
2:15 pm |
Hydrogen Safety: Study of Hydrogen Dispersion and Flame Characteristics Dr. SK Mahasin Alam, Lead Professional Officer, Professional Officers Division, Singapore Institute of Technology |
2:45 pm |
Coffee Break |
3:20pm |
Panel Discussion: Workplace Safety, Emergency Response Readiness, and Pollution Prevention from Adopting Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies Speakers: Ms. Jaime Lim, Director, Major Hazard Department, Ministry of Manpower Mr. Ryan Ong, Assistant Commissioner Commander, Marine Division and Director, Fire Safety Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force Moderator: Associate Professor Lim Kok Hwa, Director, Professional Officers Division, Singapore Institute of Technology |
4:20 pm |
Technical Capability Development and Applied Research Associate Professor Lim Kok Hwa, Director, Professional Officers Division, Singapore Institute of Technology |
4:50 pm |
Closing Remarks Mr. Teng Chong Seng, President, Society of Loss Prevention |
5:00 pm |
End of Major Hazards Symposium 2024 |
This programme may be subject to change.
The full fee for this symposium is S$196.20.
Note: Fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
Admission is strictly by pre-registration only.
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