2024 Mary Kay O’Connor International Process Safety Symposium

Join us at the 27th annual international symposium, the crossroads for process safety where industry, academia, government agencies, and other stakeholders come together to discuss critical issues of research in process safety. Experts from around the world will gather at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in College Station, TX, at this three-day symposium to share the latest information on the hottest topics aimed at making the process industry a safer place.

*Note: Early bird rate ends August 15, 2024.

Don't Miss Our Presentation:
When Knowledge Transfers: Connecting Lessons Learned to Organizational Memory

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 @ 2:30 PM CST in the Amphitheater

“Accidents are not caused by lack of knowledge, but by a failure to use the knowledge that is available.” – Safety pioneer Trevor Kletz

Trending data and analysis of investigation reports suggest that many organizations are failing to learn from accidents, as Dr. Kletz famously stated decades ago, leading to similar incidents. At times, this failure to learn from mistakes can result in an even larger and more catastrophic event. The challenge that we as a process safety community face is: How do we collectively learn to proactively preserve knowledge to prevent incidents and avoid history repeating?

This presentation will explore the importance of lessons learned and offer three practical strategies to foster learning, preserve knowledge, and sustain organizational memory to improve safety. Several theoretical concepts from a Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) context and an Organizational Development (OD) perspective will be included.

We will consider approaches to managing safety and organizational knowledge in daily operations and after an incident. Lastly, we will highlight the benefits of technology as a driver of engagement and knowledge transfer to enhance organizational memory and safety.

Our Presenters

Kristin Robbins
Senior Director, Process Safety Learning® Business Unit

Kiersten Slater
Analyst, ioMosaic Corporation

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Visit the 2024 MKOPSC International Process Safety Symposium website for more information about this conference and to register. We look forward to seeing you!

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