Vanessa Sutherland, chair and CEO of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board (CSB), will deliver the fourth Trevor Kletz Memorial Lecture at the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ (IChemE) Hazards 28 conference next May.
The lecture will take place more than a year since US President Trump announced plans to scrap the federal agency, a proposal that shocked the process safety community.
However, Trump’s budget proposal is still not confirmed, and in the interim Sutherland has led the CSB in several important investigations.
Sutherland’s lecture will focus on identifying critical chemical safety challenges and improvements, as well as shared ownership of process safety principles, something she is particularly passionate about.
On accepting IChemE’s offer to deliver the lecture, Sutherland said: “I am pleased to accept this invitation and recognise the magnitude of having such an honour, as the past presenters are some of the most respected professionals in the industry.”
Hazards 28 will take place from 15-17 May 2018 at the EICC in Edinburgh, Scotland. Registration is open on 8 December 2017.
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