GCE group President Alexander Moskalenko addressed conference participants with a word of welcome
Presentation by Michael Broadribb, BP industrial safety director, on the reasons behind 2005 refinery accident in Texas caused some general hilarity. – Are you certain all of that happened in America? – quipped Mr. Moskalenko
Conference sponsor “Technoavia”, a manufacturer of protective clothing
Vadim Belousov, deputy director for science and analysis of All-Russian emergency monitoring and forecasting center “Antistikhia” of Emergency management Ministry, reported on lessons learned during recovery operations following a railway accident in Tver oblast in June 2005.
Railway accident in Tver oblast. Picture credits of Russian Railway
Many presentations engendered lively debate
Igor Kokoulin, technology director of GCE group, presented on the importance of timely diagnostics.
“Safety does not mean lack of accidents. Safety is in risk mitigation and management of personnel behaviors” – so says Sergei Zybin, director of Northwestern regional Consulting and Training branch of Bureau Veritas
The collapse of canopy structures over Leningrad Station tracks in Moscow. A picture from presentation by Grigory Ivanovich Belykh, head of department of metal structures and structural testing at SPB State University of Architecture and Construction
Coffee breaks provided participants with an opportunity to meet informally
What with evening banquet, three hour-long tour of Petersburg’s canals and rivers, and improvised races on the Neva, the social part of the conference lasted well past midnight for many.
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