Overview

The AFPM National Occupational & Process Safety Conference is the premier event for safety professionals in the refining and petrochemical industries. Leverage the knowledge of your peers through practical, actionable practices, programs, and learnings that can improve safety performance at your site.

Please check back regularly for the conference program and registration information.

Deadline closes October 8, 2024! Submit your abstract today!

The AFPM Safety & Health Committee is inviting you to submit your Innovative Session Topics for the 2025 AFPM National Occupational & Process Safety Conference. This year the submissions can fall into two categories or types of submissions:

  • Breakout Session

  • Poster Session

Submit your ideas now! Click here for more details on specific topics and submissions!

 

Submit your abstract

 

 Abstract Topics:

Occupational Safety

  • Fall Protection
  • Walking and Working Surfaces
    • Ladder Planning 2036

Emerging Technologies 

  • Drones – how to manage drones and process
  • Electronic Safe Work Permitting  
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

Emergency Response 

  • EPA RMP – Emergency Response  
  • Update on the use and effectiveness of Fluorine Free Fire Fighting Foam 
  • Firefighting Foam Safety 
  • Evolution of contractor onboarding  

Emerging Leaders 

  • Education, Training and Retaining the Workforce     
  • Front Line supervisor development programs  

Process Safety 

  • Process Safety    

Human Performance  

  • Practical applications of incorporate HOP     
  • Integrating principles into daily work  
  • Leadership and Accountability 
  • Learning Teams – incorporating contractors 

Industrial Hygiene

  • Heat Illness and Stress – personal heat monitoring technologies  
  • Leveraging Technology and Personal Gas Detection 

Contractors 

  • Innovative Contractor Safety or Onboarding Programs  
  • Innovative Contractor Engagement Processes  
  • Innovative Techniques for Handling Traveler & Turnaround Contractors  
  • Innovative Way to Partner with Contractors for Safety Training

Safety Leadership 

  • Innovative programs to engage front line leadership in personal & process safety 
  • Techniques to enhance less experienced Operator’s knowledge of the process and troubleshooting when units are upset 
  • Ideas to Safety Leadership alignment between Owner sites and Contractors   

Regulatory   

  • EPA RMP – implementation practices

 

Submit your abstracts before October 8, 2024. Submit your ideas now!

 

Submit your abstract

 

We also offer other opportunities to get involved in the Safety Conference:

  • Contact sponsorships@afpm.org  for more information on sponsorship opportunities.

  • Safety Services, Consultants, Training and Emerging Technology vendors and exhibitors, contact nscexhibits@afpm.org  for more information on exhibiting at the 2025 Safety Conference.