Daily Keynote Presentations

Earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) at these headline events, open to all attendees (Room 301).

Tuesday 6 October

11:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.

John Hofmeister
Founder & CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy
Retired President, Shell Oil Company

Energy Security and Affordability in the 21^st Century

John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil Company, and founder of the non-profit association, Citizens for Affordable Energy, tackles two of the most critical concerns facing industry today – energy availability and affordability. While green energy is helpful, it’s inadequate for the demands of the future. Technology and innovation are important elements, but do they offer realistic solutions right now? Add in an aging infrastructure as a potential disabler to economic competitiveness and the picture is bleak. But it’s not all doom and gloom, and it seems the answers are well within our reach. According to Hofmeister, investment in the traditional energy base is the path to a competitive affordable energy supply. And as an added bonus, necessary environmental protections can be value adding to the economy if managed wisely.

 

---

Wednesday 7 October

9:00 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Sean McGurk
Director, Control Systems Security Program (CSSP)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Securing the Nation’s Industrial Control Systems Infrastructure

In May of 2009, the U.S. President pledged to make securing the Nation’s vital digital systems more secure stating, “Protecting this infrastructure will be a national security priority. We will ensure that these networks are secure, trustworthy and resilient.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) answers this mission through the National Cyber Security Division’s (NCSD) Control Systems Security Program (CSSP). The CSSP was established in 2004 to increase the security, resiliency, and reliability of the control systems used to monitor, control, and safeguard processes within critical infrastructures and key resources (CIKR), such as Energy, Chemical, Banking and Finance, Dams, Water Treatment Systems, Postal and Shipping, Information Technology Telecommunications, Commercial Nuclear Reactors, and many more.

Sean McGurk, the Director for the CSSP, will discuss the current threat landscape, common vulnerabilities and security issues facing critical infrastructure control systems, and the mitigation strategies being developed to address these challenges. He’ll discuss current program efforts including how you can become directly involved in securing the Nation’s critical infrastructure control 

---

Thursday 8 October

9:00 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Lisa Long
OSHA Safety Engineer

Overview and Findings from OSHA's Refinery and Chemical National Emphasis Programs

Following a large number of fatal or catastrophic incidents in the petroleum refining industry, OSHA launched a significant Process Safety Management (PSM) enforcement program; the Petroleum Refinery National Emphasis Program (NEP) was initiated in June 2007. A similar NEP was launched for the chemical industry in July 2009. Both programs use a newly developed inspection protocol to inspect petroleum refineries and chemical plants under federal jurisdiction.

Join OSHA Safety Engineer, Lisa Long, as she describes the Refinery and Chemical NEP inspection protocol and procedures, and reviews preliminary findings from the Refinery NEP, including data on most frequently cited paragraphs of the PSM standards and example citation language.

Before coming to OSHA, Lisa was an investigator at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, where she led several major investigations involving chemical facilities. Prior to working in government, Lisa worked for 12 years for several major chemical companies in positions including process engineering and production management. Lisa holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech.