On October 9-11, 2023 our longest running seminar – first held in 1962 – returns as an in-person event hosted by CGA in McLean, Virginia.
Since CGA’s founding in 1913, it has been our mission to promote ever improving safe, secure, and environmentally responsible manufacture, transportation, storage, transfilling, and disposal of industrial, medical, and food gases and their containers. Consistent with that mission, CGA is proud to present the 2023 Safety & Reliability of Industrial Gases, Equipment, and Facilities Seminar.
Open to CGA members and members of affiliated associations, this seminar focuses on improving the safe operation of air separation facilities and processes. Industry experts will present, sharing insights on a range of topics. See the topics listed in the Event Schedule.
Who Should Participate?
Plant managers, designers, engineers, operators, safety personnel, and anyone who interacts with air separation operations and processes.
We hope you’ll join us for this event, which has long played a crucial role in advancing safety in our industry.
Use the expanding menus below to view the full meeting program as well as all details on how to register for the meeting and make hotel reservations.
Registration is now open for the 2023 CGA Safety and Reliability of Industrial Gases, Equipment, and Facilities Seminar.
This seminar focuses on improving the safe operation of air separation facilities and processes, presented by industry experts from around the world.
Who should participate in the seminar?
Plant managers, designers, engineers, operators, safety personnel, and anyone who interacts with air separation operations and processes.
Registration for this seminar is open to CGA members and members of the following affiliated organizations:
- Asia Industrial Gases Association
- British Compressed Gases Association
- European Industrial Gases Association
- Gases and Welding Distributors Association
- International Oxygen Manufacturers Association
- Japan Industrial and Medical Gases Association
Please review all the meeting and registration information provided here on this webpage prior to completing your registration.
Key Dates and Registration Fees
- Hotel Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2023
Registration Deadlines:
- NEW! Advanced Registration: August 4, 2023: $895
- Standard Registration: August 5 – September 11: $1,045
- Final Registration: September 11 – October 11: $1,195
- Online registration closes on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. After this date, registrations will only be accepted onsite.
- Deadline for Cancellation/Changes: Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Note: Seminar presenters will be sent registration instructions separately.
How to Register
To begin your online registration for the 2023 CGA Safety & Reliability of Industrial Gases, Equipment, and Facilities Seminar, click here.
Be sure to complete the online registration process to the end.
If paying by credit card, registration fees must be paid online, in full, at time of registration.
Registrants may also opt to pay registration fees by wire transfer. If you wish to pay by wire transfer, please first complete your full registration using our online system, Cvent, then indicate that you wish to pay by wire transfer. Once you have completed your registration, you will be given the opportunity to print your receipt. To pay by wire transfer, contact cga@cganet.com for instructions.
Everyone participating in the 2023 CGA Safety & Reliability of Industrial Gases, Equipment, and Facilities Seminar must register for the meeting and pay any applicable fees.
Cancellation/Substitution Policy
All registration cancellations, changes, and requests for refunds must be submitted to Jana Hollis by October 4, 2023. Refunds are subject to a $50 (USD) processing fee. No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the deadline for any reason. Refunds are processed after the seminar.
Substitutions must be submitted in writing to Jana Hollis before October 4, 2023. You may transfer your full registration to another employee of your organization, provided you notify CGA in writing in advance. Substitutions are only allowed for the full seminar and are not allowed on a daily basis.
Questions?
Email Jana Hollis at jhollis@cganet.com or call us at (703) 788-2700.
Hotel Information and Reservations
DoubleTree by Hilton McLean Tysons
1960 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, VA 22102
Telephone: 1-703-893-2100
Click Here to Reserve Your Room
Located within a half-mile of Tysons Corner Center, Tysons Galleria, and direct metro links to Washington DC, the DoubleTree by Hilton McLean Tysons is convenient to both Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD; 13 miles) and Reagan National Airport (DCA; 15 miles, metro access available). It is also located less than a mile from the CGA office.
The CGA group rate is $189.00 single, and is subject to applicable taxes, currently approximately 13%, subject to change. The CGA group rate includes discounted self-parking, basic internet access in all guest rooms, and group rate available three days pre/post seminar.
Hotel Reservations due Monday, September 11, 2023 to receive the CGA rate.
Reservations received after this date will be accepted on a space-available basis and are subject to prevailing room rates.
Reservation Instructions
Make your reservation online by clicking the hotel’s reservation web link for the 2023 CGA Safety & Reliability of Industrial Gases, Equipment & Facilities Seminar, or call the hotel’s reservations line at 1-855-447-5630. When you call, be sure to reference Group Code “CGA” to receive the Compressed Gas Association group rate.
Please Note: Any requests for special room arrangements must be made at the time of reservation.
Reservations can be held until 6pm on the check-in day, or guaranteed with a credit card for late arrival.
A $50 early checkout fee will be assessed to any guest who departs prior to the date confirmed at check-in. The fee will be automatically posted to the guest folio, on or after departure. This fee will only be waived if notice provided at or prior to guest’s check-in.
Please Note: CGA has contracted with the meeting hotel to set aside a block of rooms at this rate for meeting registrants. The Association is contractually obligated to fill this room block and may be exposed to significant financial liability should our members fail to support this room block. We appreciate members choosing to stay at the Seminar host hotel. CGA cannot guarantee that rooms will be available after the deadline or once the room block is full.
Hotel Overview
- Check in: 4:00 PM; check out: 12:00 PM
- Self-parking is discounted to $5, plus tax each night (valet parking is not available at the hotel)
- Non-smoking rooms
- Fitness Center
- On-site restaurants open daily 6:30 AM-10:30 AM and 4:00 PM-12:00 AM
- All hotel rates and prices quoted on this page are in United States dollars (USD)
CGA 2023 Safety & Reliability of Industrial Gases, Equipment, & Facilities Seminar Program
Meeting schedule and program as of August 11, 2023; subject to change.
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| Sessions & Receptions | Presenter(s) | Title | Company | |||||
Monday, October 9 | ||||||||
| 6:00 PM | Opening Reception & Publication Showcase | |||||||
Day 1 – Tuesday, October 10 | ||||||||
| 7:45 AM – 8:30 PM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |||||||
| 8:30 AM | Greetings & Anti-Trust Policy Statement Reminder | |||||||
| Opening Comments by Seminar Chair | Jonathan Casey | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | ||||||
| Tank Pipe Rupture due to Hydrocarbon Enrichment | David Parsnick | Fellow, ASU Process Safety | Linde | |||||
| Hydrogen Jet Fires and Jet Explosions: Recent Model Developments & Application to Safety Distances | Derek Miller | Process Safety Director | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| Coldbox casing integrity inspection using drones | Le Clainche | Large Industries – Industrial Watch Manager | Air Liquide | |||||
| 10:05 AM | Break | |||||||
| 10:20 AM | Lox Pump Overgreasing | Patrick J. Smith | Principle Engineering Associate-Machinery | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | ||||
| CO2 release during startup of unmanned plant | Dave Parsnick | Senior Director of Bulk Process Safety | Linde | |||||
| CGA 341 Cryogenic Trailer Inner Vessel Collapse | John P. Smith | Fleet Engineering Supervisor | Messer North America | |||||
| 11:30 AM | Lunch | |||||||
| Energy Release in a Foam Insulated Liquid Nitrogen Line | Jim White | Director | Linde | |||||
| Nitrogen Release from a Pressure Tank | Sven Erhardt | Senior Expert Process Safety | Linde | |||||
| Catastrophic failures of aging High Voltage Transformers | Niko Van Lujik | Operational Excellence, Engineering Associate, Electrical Engineering and Reliability | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| Major Hydrocarbon Safety Incidents in ASUs | John Somavarapu | Chief Engineer, Large Industries North America | American Air Liquide | |||||
| 2:25 PM | Break | |||||||
| 2:40 PM | CO2 Hose whip events | Juliana Schmitz | Director of Global Safety CES & ER | Linde | ||||
| Hydrogen Accumulation and Energy Release | Stephen Keen | Director, Process Risk and IMS Management | Air Liquide | |||||
| Panel – Topic Oxygen Compressors | Patrick J. Smith | Principle Engineering Associate-Machinery; AP Fellow | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| John Somavarapu | Chief Engineer, Large Industries North America | American Air Liquide | ||||||
| James White | Director | Linde | ||||||
| 4:55 PM | End of Day Reminders/Remarks | Jonathan Casey | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| 6:00 PM | Young and Emerging Professionals Reception | |||||||
| 6:30 PM | Reception | |||||||
Day 2 – Wednesday, October 11 | ||||||||
| 7:45 AM – 8:30 PM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |||||||
| 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks | Jonathan Casey | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| 8:35 AM | Low Pressure Liquid Nitrogen Tank Contamination Events | Todd Quintard | Director of Remote Operations | Messer North America | ||||
| Explosion in a N2O plant Caused by Thermal Runaway | Marius Berndt | Process Engineer | Messer SE & Co. KGaA | |||||
| Comparison of Different PV Energy Risk Approaches | Chad Texter | Global Mechanical Integrity Manager | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| 9:50 AM | Break | |||||||
| 10:05 AM | De-oxo Vessel Failure and Fire at a Liquid Hydrogen Plant | Walt Mishkovsky | Senior Manager of Process Safety | Messer North America | ||||
| Coldbox Equipment Over Pressurization and Rupture | Robyn Tengler | Senior Process Safety & Compliance Manager | Air Liquide | |||||
| Safe Hydrogen Venting | Guillaume Cardon | Technical Commission Engineer | Air Liquide | |||||
| 11:40 AM | Closing Remarks | Jonathan Casey | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |||||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |||||||
| 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Atmospheric Gases & Equipment Committee Meeting – all CGA members welcome | |||||||
Getting here
Tysons is easy to get to! It is located about seven miles west of Washington, D.C. just off the Capital Beltway (I-495) near the intersection of Routes 7 and 123.
Airports:
- Dulles International Airport (IAD) – 14 Miles est. 20 minutes
- Reagan National Airport (DCA) – 17 Miles est. 25 minutes
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) – 46 Miles est. 50 minutes
Trains:
- Amtrak – Nearest station is Alexandria (Amtrak/VRE Station 110 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA 22301)
- Metro – Nearest Station is Tysons Corner
What to Wear
The dress code for CGA meetings is smart/business casual, coat and tie are optional.
Indoor meetings and events will be in air-conditioned meeting space, so it is recommended that you bring a light jacket or sweater.
Weather
October temperatures in Virginia can vary. In Tysons, the average high is 66° F (19° C) and the average low is 47° F (8° C).
What’s nearby
- CGA Headquarters: .70 miles
- Lerner Town Square at Tysons II: .20 miles
- Meadowlark Botanical Gardens: 4 miles
- Smithsonian Museums: 16 miles
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: 17 miles (Highly Recommended!)
- The Perch at Capital One Center: 1.5 miles
- Tysons Corner Center: .50 miles
For information on things to do and places to see in Virginia, please visit: www.virginia.org
A limited number of sponsorships are available for this event. By helping to underwrite program costs, sponsoring companies demonstrate their commitment to industry safety, while enabling CGA to make this invaluable programming available to a wide audience.
Event sponsorships will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, and are available only to CGA member companies. To learn more about Seminar Sponsorships please see our Seminar Sponsor PDF.
To learn more contact Paul Pflieger, CGA’s Director of Marketing and Communications.
