Most process safety incidents don’t occur because a single system fails—they occur because the process, control system, alarms, operator, and protection layers fail together. The problem is not a lack of safeguards. It is that their performance as an integrated system is rarely verified under realistic conditions.

Dynamic simulation changes that. By recreating how the process evolves over time while executing real control logic, alarm configuration, operator interfaces, and protective functions, simulation exposes how disturbances actually develop—and whether the system stabilizes or escalates. 

This webinar shows how dynamic simulation can be used to evaluate abnormal situation response as a time-dependent, integrated problem. It highlights where performance breaks down: interacting control loops, alarm floods that obscure the initiating cause, delayed operator response, and protection layers that act too late or on the wrong variable.

The result is not theoretical insight—it is actionable verification. Engineers can confirm whether the operator can respond in time, whether alarms support diagnosis, and whether protective functions achieve the required safe state.

If you assume your system will respond correctly, this session will challenge that assumption.

This webinar introduces the new features of SIL Solver Enterprise+ V2.7!

SSE+ V2.7 supports the different roles and responsibilities of personnel supporting the safety lifecycle, allowing you to control who can view or edit system data and who can add to or modify corporate-wide metadata.

SSE+ V2.7 covers the documentation requirements of IEC 61511 for safety instrumented systems and the impending requirements of ISA 84.91.03 for instrumented protection layers, such as safety interlocks, BPCS, IPL, Fire and Gas, ESD, and equipment protection.  

Key capabilities of SSE+ V2.7 include scope and hazard registries, document registry, Functional Safety Assessment (FSA), audits, process requirements specification, SIL verification, Safety Requirements Specification, Application Program Specification, and I/O lists.

Safety instrumented systems (SIS) are used to reduce the frequency of hazardous events in the process industry. When SIS equipment has a detected failure or requires online maintenance, the processing facility must decide whether to continue operation or shut down. Continued operation can pose risks beyond what was deemed acceptable as per the company's risk criteria. Understanding the peak risk is important to ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the risk and have compensating measures that ensure continued safe operation until the SIS equipment is returned to service. This webinar will go over use of Peak Risk Analysis (PRA) to identify unacceptable risks and to document the compensating measures required to support continued safe operation without out-of-service SIS equipment.

Overview

Functional safety planning is more than a compliance exercise—it is the blueprint for protecting people, assets, and operations throughout the lifecycle of an instrumented protective system (IPS).  A well-crafted functional safety plan lays the groundwork for effective risk management, clear accountability, and successful execution of IPS projects.

In this session, Eloise Roche distills 35 years of process industry experience into the three key safety planning activities that can help any facility more reliably transform high-level functional safety objectives into measurable outcomes.

Is your team ready?

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Safe Automation Overview - 16 hr Virtual

Safe Automation in the Process Industry is a 16-hour virtual course designed to orient users in the principles of safe automation, including the practices and terminology used in the design and implementation of instrumented protective systems (IPS). Experienced personnel will also benefit from awareness of more recent developments in safe automation terminology, updated standards, and techniques on sharing these concepts with newer employees.

This course will introduce the key concepts and practices necessary to design and implement safe automation, including the following topics:

• Safe Automation Lifecycle Process
• Safe Automation Fundamentals, including Application Program, HMI, Procedure and Personnel systems
• Instrument Justification and Alarm Management
• Control and Safety System Hardware Selection (e.g., instrumentation, logic solvers, auxiliaries)
• Safe Automation Metrics
• Controlling Systematic Error in Automation Systems, including Designing for Security