IQPC's Operational Excellence & Risk Management Summit to Showcase Next Generation Safety, Reliability and Environmental Excellence Strategies for Hazardous Industries

HOUSTON, January 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

With markets shifting, regulations changing and competition increasing, there has never been a more critical time for companies operating in high risk environments to be focused on operational excellence and risk management. Industry leaders now recognize that in order to improve productivity safely they need to be able to simultaneously balance cost, performance and risk.

Returning to Houston this February 7-9, 2018, IQPC's Operational Excellence & Risk Management Summit will bring together over 150 Heads of Operations, HSE, ORM and Operational Excellence from manufacturing, energy, chemicals, resources, pharma, food production and more, to discuss and strategize how to close risk gaps and bridge the silos that exist in companies operating in hazardous industries.

Over 40 speakers from Arkema, Andeavor, American Water Resources, BP, BASF, Consolidated Edison, Chevron , Phillips 66, Veolia, Wood Group, and many more, will be sharing their operational excellence journey and provide attendees with practical advice on how to embed the culture, systems and processes of the world's Highest Reliability Organizations.

"This was the most well-prepared, comprehensive, and pertinent event I've attended in a long time!", said 2017 attendee, Kathleen Hendricksen, HES Team Leader, Chevron. "It vastly exceeded my expectations for format, content and customer service."

With roundtables, panels, case studies and workshops on Operations Management Systems, Digital Transformation, Operational Risk Management, Leadership & Culture, Human Factors, Process Safety and more - this event offers a unique platform to benchmark and network with all of the stakeholders together in one location. Attendees will be able to share best practice and experiences with experts from across various high risk industries and learn world class strategies to simultaneously achieve performance targets and enhance operational discipline.

Mark Mehl, Continuous Improvement Leader, BASF Corporation, said: "Great presentations that helped me to see where my company has done well or where we could have possibly done better if we would have had some of this insight."

To find out more about North America's leading forum on Operational Excellence & Risk Management, download the 2018 agenda at opexandriskmanagement.iqpc.com/agenda.

Tickets and full event program are available online at opexandriskmanagement.iqpc.com

SOURCE IQPC