UAE User Conference 2025: Phast, Safeti, KFX and EXSIM

Join us in Abu Dhabi for expert knowledge sharing, hands-on workshops, and connect with other super users.

This two-day event is your opportunity to deepen your expertise, exchange ideas, and advance your skills in consequence and risk analysis.

Why attend?

Get inspired by thought leaders
Stay ahead with product roadmaps
Gain exclusive hands-on training and certification

  • Certificate of Contribution to Technical Discussions
    Eligibility: Open to participants who are willing to share their user case and present at the conference.
  • Certificate of Attendance 
    Eligibility: Open to participants who attend the conference and/or the hands-on workshops.

Connect and celebrate with other super users and product experts

Connect with industry peers during engaging day sessions and informal evening gatherings.

See detailed agenda further down.

Speakers


Arvind Saxena, Group HSE Manager - Safety at ENOC
Arvind is a chemical engineer with 20 years of global experience in Oil & Gas and Safety Consulting, specialising in HSE, process safety, and refinery operations. With 12+ years leading safety initiatives at refinery and corporate levels and 2 years at DuPont Safety Consulting, he has delivered impactful solutions in process safety and risk management. His 8 years of hands-on refinery operations further demonstrate his technical expertise. As Group HSE Manager at ENOC, Arvind drives safety excellence and operational integrity.
 
Koheila Molazemi, Product Line Director Plant, Digital Solutions at DNV
With over 20 years of consulting experience in the oil and gas industry, she specialises in risk management across HSE, technical safety, asset risk, and enterprise risk management. She has led numerous ESIA and HSEIA studies, advising on HSE-MS, process safety, and ERM for E&P and industrial sectors. As a project manager, she has successfully delivered medium to large-scale projects for major international and national oil companies.
 
Marion Torre, Delivery Manager for CFD products (KFX and EXSIM), Digital Solutions at DNV
Marion is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. She has a strong background in risk management, including CFD and CFD tools. Marion has successfully managed numerous projects for major international and national oil companies, demonstrating her expertise in CFD projects for gas dispersion and fire simulations for offshore and onshore facilities using KFX.

Adeyemi Oke, Senior Principal Mathematical Modeler, Digital Solutions at DNV
'Ade' is a Senior-Principal technical safety, loss prevention and software development consultant with more than 20 years’ post-doctoral experience in a broad range of risk-based engineering design and management roles. He has in-depth experience in leading / managing projects providing safety case support as well as risk based design optimization for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a wide range of onshore and offshore installations, including LNG, Hydrogen Power (Carbon Capture) production and petrochemical facilities. He has also been involved as a lead developer/modeller in software development projects concerned with source-term, flammable, explosion and toxic impact assessment and associated risk modelling.

Emmanuel Ayo Shogelola, Senior Engineer, Digital Solutions at DNV
Emmanuel is an experienced Senior Engineer at DNV with 10+ years of experience in risk management and software development for the chemical industry. He provides technical support for engineering software such as Phast and Safeti. His responsibilities include training customers, participating in seminars and conferences, and supporting consulting projects with the risk and safety advisory team. Emmanuel's responsibilities encompass understanding software functionality, addressing technical issues, and clarifying results for consulting projects.

Dr. Tarek Bengherbia, Principal Consultant, DNV – Abu Dhabi

Tarek Bengherbia is a Principal Consultant at DNV in Abu Dhabi, specializing in fire and explosion safety with over 20 years of experience delivering technical safety studies for both onshore and offshore facilities. He holds a PhD in Energy from the Laboratory of Combustion and Detonation at ENSMA (École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique), France.

He is actively engaged in research and supervision in the fields of turbulent combustion and high-speed flows. Bengherbia has authored over 20 publications, including peer-reviewed papers on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), turbulent combustion modeling, gas detection optimization strategies, and the application of machine learning to process safety.

Having worked in the United Kingdom and France, he now serves as the technical lead for CFD within the SEMEA (Southern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, driving innovation and advanced simulation methodologies across DNV’s global projects.

 

Agenda

UAE User Conference 2025

08:30 - 09:00

Registration and welcome coffee

09:00 - 09:15

Opening remarks

09:15 - 09:45

Energy transition outlook – challenges and solutions

Transitioning to safe and reliable decarbonized operations

09:45 - 10:15

Transitioning to safe and reliable decarbonized operations

  • Learn how Phast, Safeti, and KFX are advancing industry standards in consequence and risk analysis​
  • DNV's hydrogen, ammonia and carbon dioxide JIPs with major energy players and industry partners​
  • Validating our models through large scale customer sponsored energy transition related experiments in DNV’s research and testing facilities in Spadeadam
10:15 - 10:35

Networking break

10:35 - 11:15

ENOC: QRA - The illusion of ALARP

11:15 - 12:00

Phast and Safeti V9.1 product roadmap and new feature introduction

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:00

Practical applications of Phast/Safeti to consequence and risk assessment studies for chemical plants and transport pipelines


Applications to:

  • Case studies on flare radiation/toxicity dispersion effect modelling in high-heat scenarios
  • Vent dispersion modelling, including buried and above ground pipeline releases of CO2 as well as ammonia (on ground/in-water)
  • Managing toxic, fire and explosion risks in upstream/downstream assets with escalation assessment
14:00 - 14:45

AI-Driven Approaches to Fire and Explosion Risk Analysis Using KFX

14:45 - 15:00

Networking break

15:00 - 15:45

Ammonia, CO2 and hydrogen consequence modelling with KFX and EXSIM

15:45 - 16:00

Closing remarks

18:30 - 20:30

Evening activities and dinner

08:30 - 09:00

Registration, installation and welcome coffee

09:00 - 10:30

Phast 9.1 update - Introduction to solid explosion and dust explosion

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee break

10:50 - 12:00

Modelling hydrogen leak scenarios and dispersion in Phast/Safeti

  • Best practices for updating Phast/Safeti input parameters for GCC conditions
  • Practical considerations in fire and explosion risk assessment studies (e.g., DDT modelling, cold spill analysis)
12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:30

Safeti 9.1 update: Incorporating CFD data in Safeti QRA and Individual Risk Per Annum (IRPA)

14:30 - 14:50

Coffee break

14:50 - 15:00

Unlocking new capabilities in KFX: Multi-phase releases and vegetation modeling demo

15:00 - 16:00

Q&A and closing remarks

Koheila Molazemi profile

As the Product Director, I am thrilled to invite you to our upcoming user conference in Abu Dhabi, where you will gain valuable insights and hands-on experience with risk analysis for hydrogen and ammonia projects, discover the latest software updates in Phast, Safeti and KFX. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with industry experts, enhance your skills, and stay at the forefront of safety and risk management innovation.

  • Koheila Molazemi
  • Product Line Director Plant, Digital Solutions
  • DNV