Conference Agenda

Functional Safety (FS)

• An Integrated Approach to Overall Process Safety
• Using SILstat to determine if your SIS Performance Assumptions are Realistic
• Closing the Operations and Maintenance Risk Control Loop Gap
• Human Factors & Safety Culture in LNG Operations
• Demystifying FSA
• *Case study sharing sessions by end users/EPC/SI/OEMs

OT/ICS Cybersecurity

• *Integrating Safety & Cybersecurity in Operations
• Insights on SIL Certificates and IACS Cybersecurity Certificates
• From Code to Confidence: How the Software in SIS Achieves Functional Safety & Cybersecurity Compliance
• *Case study sharing sessions by end users/EPC/SI/OEMs

Alarm Management

• *Linking Alarm Management with Process Safety and Safety Cases
• *Managing Change in Alarm Systems (MOC Perspective)

Cross-Discipline Integrations

• How does Cybersecurity impact Functional Safety?
• *From SIL to SOC: Integrating Functional Safety, Cybersecurity and Alarms across the Lifecycle
• *Alarm Management Considerations under IEC 62443

Special Topics

• exida’s CEO speech 
• *Cybersecurity Best Practices

*Agenda/topics are subject to changes

Pre-Conference Courses

ALM 102: Fundamentals of Alarm Management for the Practitioner: How to Apply ISA-18.2 / IEC 62682

15-16 September 2026

Effective alarm management is a pre-requisite for process plants that want to be successful in today’s global marketplace. It impacts the bottom line by minimizing unplanned downtime, reducing insurance premiums, preventing process safety incidents, and enabling operational excellence. To deliver these benefits to the bottom line requires personnel who have been trained on industry best practices and how to apply the ISA-18.2 / IEC 62682 alarm management standards. This course is designed to help personnel develop the skills and knowledge to drive effective alarm management practices within an organization.

CS 203: IEC 62443 Cybersecurity for Industrial Automation Control Systems (IACS) for Employees & Contractors

15-16 September 2026

This course addresses the quality and understanding employees and contractors need to have on the topic of Cybersecurity for the IACS space. The access granted to IACS networks is often the same for employees and contractors. The seriousness of access must be established with a joint work process similar to a Job Safety Assessment. The Job Cyber Assessment is a work process to protect both client and contractor from inadvertent impact on the given IACS cyber protective system. The ability to access the client’s network without an impact on the IACS cyber protective systems whilst leveraging the tools on site requires a clear understanding of the following.

FSE 103: CFSE / CFSP Process Exam Preparation

16 September 2026

This course is targeted for anyone who plans on taking the CFSE/CFSP process exam. It will be a refresher course on the key concepts of IEC 61511 with sample exercises. Participants will need to make sure they have a copy of the IEC61511 and the relevant sections of IEC 61508 standards.

FSE 107: Functional Safety For Managers – Overview Course

16 September 2026

The objective of this course is to provide an overview of functional safety to help managers/supervisors with responsibility for oversight of Safety Instrumented Systems and/or Safety. gain an understanding of functional and/or process safety requirements. Process safety is driven by corporate culture, where a poor corporate safety culture is often not aligned with functional safety requirements. A good corporate safety culture better aligns with functional safety requirements, such as encouraging openness, fostering a learning culture and implementing functional safety management, all of which have a direct bearing on process safety.

*Trainings are subject to changes