DNV Software is actively planning attendance at a number of conferences in the Middle East, UK and US to be held in the first quarter of 2006 to launch the new Safeti$ extension for assessing the financial impact of process plant accidents.

We will be demonstrating the software at the following exhibitions in addition to presenting a number of related papers.

The 7th ASSE-MEC Conference and Exhibition, Bahrain
The first of these events will be the 7th Professional Development Conference and Exhibition of The American Society of Safety Engineers – Middle Eastern Chapter (ASSE-MEC) to be held at The Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel, Bahrain, 18–22 March 2006.

Sponsored by Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), both long-time users of Safeti, this
promises to be one of the most comprehensive and prestigious process industry forums of 2006. The conference will focus n key issues within the fire protection, nvironment, health and safety segments f the oil, gas and petrochemical industries ithin this region, which is the base or some of the largest corporations operating ithin this market sector.

DNV Software will be presenting five papers at this conference; three within the area of consequence modelling and two within the area of risk vision and methodology. The second paper in the risk vision and methodology session will focus on the methodology and models we have developed within the Safeti^$ extensions, also being demonstrated at the exhibition.

The Hazards XIX Symposium, Manchester, UK
The next event in the launch schedule will be the Hazards XIX Symposium to be held in Manchester, UK, 28–30 March 2006.

This is the latest in a long-running series of symposia organised by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and provides a forum for new research and technical developments into ways of controlling risks in the process industries. This is the 5th consecutive Hazards Symposium at which DNV Software has exhibited, and it will focus on Process Safety and Environmental protection with the theme ‘What do we know? Where are we going?’

The 21st Annual CCPS International Conference, Orlando, Florida
Following hot-on-the-heels of the previous two conferences will be the 21st Annual CCPS (Centre for Chemical Process Safety) International Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida, 23–27 April 2006. As part of the American Society of Chemical Engineers Global Process Safety Symposium, the theme of the conference this year will be ‘Process Safety Challenges in a Global Economy’. As in 2005, DNV Software will be exhibiting together with DNV Consulting Houston; this will be our launch event for the first commercial release of Safeti$ in the US. DNV Software will also present a paper on the Process Business Risk concept introduced at the 2005 conference, but giving more detailed information on the implementation in Safeti^$.