Call For Paper

Requirement and guidance for submitting papers

Submission of Executive Summary

Authors are requested to submit an executive summary (up to 3 pages) in English to Mr. LOW Guo Zhang at GuoZhang.Low@tuv.com. For details, click Here.

  • Receipt of summary: by Sep 5th , 2023

Suggested topics of interest:

Safe:

  • Safety Case (MAPP/PHA/SHMS/ERP/QRA)
  • Process Safety (HAZOP/LOPA/QRA)
  • Functional Safety/Safety Instrumented Systems (IEC 61511/SIS/SIL/SIF/FSA/FSM)
  • Industrial Cyber Security (IEC 62443)
  • Explosion Protection  (ATEX/IECEx, combustible dust)
  • Fires and Gases

Sound:

  • Asset Integrity Management
  • Asset Life assessment/extension Studies
  • MIT: Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
  • FMEA/RAM studies

Smart:

  • Digitization/Automation (DCS/SIS/AMS/SLC System)
  • Smart Sensors
  • Industry 4.0

Sustainable:

  • Hydrogen
  • Wind/Solar Energy
  • Net Zero Road Map

Notification of acceptance

  • Notification of result:
    by Sep 8th, 2023
  • For accepted paper, the author will receive one additional complementary ticket for his/her sharing with friends, as one token of appreciation. 
  • For unaccepted paper, the author will receive one complementary ticket for himself/herself, as one token of appreciation.

Final Papers and Presentations

  • Final papers (optional) should not exceed 8 pages and be submitted as MS WORD file.
  • Presentations (duration: 30) shall be in MS POWERPOINT. Template will be provided.

Topics: plant lifecycle phases

All topics shall address Asset Integrity Management for process plants. “Safe, Sound, smart, and sustainable” relevant topics should be related to asset management directly. We welcome submissions from professionals, university and research institutes, standards development bodies, engineering communities, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders of Asset Integrity Management. If you're more familiar with plant lifecycle phases, some of the suggested topics from different phases are as below:

Plant Lifecycle Phases: Planning & Design

  • Planning for process safety management (PSM) program
  • Process hazard analysis (PHA) and Quantitative risk analysis (QRA)
  • Assessment for equipment integrity (AIM)
  • Corrosion loop analysis & risk classification of Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
  • SIL assignment & verification of safety instrumented system (SIS)
  • Classification of hazard areas and explosion proof assessment (Ex)
  • Assessment for pipeline risk and integrity
  • RAM Studies
  • Cybersecurity Assessment

Plant Lifecycle Phases: Procurement & Manufacturing & Construction

  • Safety Case preparation
  • Project QC/QA management
  • Equipment selection and compliance
  • Supply chain management and vendor assessment
  • NDT and expediting services
  • NDT and expediting services
  • Inspection and test during equipment manufacturing
  • Pre-Shipment inspection
  • Inspection of construction and installation
  • Pre-startup safety review and performance test
  • Surveillance of health, safety and environment (HSE)

Plant Lifecycle Phases: Operation & Maintenance

  • Compliance assessment and verification for PSM
  • Asset Integrity Management and Assessment
  • Asset Life Extension Studies
  • Surveillance of RBI and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
  • Verification for pipeline integrity management system
  • On-stream advanced NDT services
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for damaged equipment & incidents
  • Assessment of remaining lifetime and fitness-for-service
  • Assessment of SIS life cycle management
  • Assessment of energy saving, carbon reduction and efficiency performance
  • MIT: Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
  • Software Engineering Tools and Environments
  • Software Process Modeling
  • Learning Software Organization
  • Tutoring, Documentation Systems

Ready To Submit Papers?

Submission of Executive Summary
 Please send one email for each executive summary.
 Email to: GuoZhang.Low@tuv.com
 Email title: “Plant AIM Forum 2023 – Submit Executive Summary – [Author / Speaker]”
 Email content:
 Please include the following:
– Title of Submission:
– Author’s full name:
– Salutation: Mr. / Ms. / Mrs. / Er. / Dr. / Prof.
– Organisation:
– Designation:
– Contact number:
– Contact email:
– Attachments:
o Executive summary: yes / no
o Author’s profile: yes / no
 If intended speaker is different from the author:
– Speaker’s full name:
– Salutation:
– Organisation:
– Designation:
– Contact number:
– Contact email:
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By submitting the executive summary, the person who submits confirms that the speaker, if different from the author, has obtained an expressed permission from the author to use the paper in Plant AIM Summit 2023.