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2020 Annual Conference British Compressed Gases Association Thursday 23 April 2020 Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Worsley Park, Manchester
Programme:
BCGA Annual Conference brings professionals together from the compressed
gases industry, to be updated on the latest developments, current issues and
association news. Our full programme reviews the BCGA Technical Committees
publications and achievements, along with other key note speakers presenting
on industry matters. Attending the Conference offers delegates; whether
member or non-member, the annual opportunity to network with like-minded
people.
9.00 Coffee and registration
9.30 Opening and welcome to delegates
Tim Hulbert, BCGA President
9.45 BCGA Technical Committee progress report
Jake Lake, BCGA
10.15 Medical Gases – TSC7 Update
Peter Henrys, BCGA TSC7 Chair
10.30 EIGA safety performance and activities of the
Safety Advisory Council
Martin Snape, Chair EIGA SAC
11.00 Refreshments
11.20 Creating a mentally fit & healthy workplace
Liz Pringle, Changes Health & Wellbeing
11.50 Using dry ice for maintenance applications within
the offshore and marine sectors
Scott Maidman, DI Global
12.20 Dangerous Goods – What’s going on?
Helen North, DfT Dangerous Goods Division
12.50 Lunch14.05 Modified Atmosphere Packaging Gases (MAP),
Foods and Plastics
Neil Hansford, Air Products
14.35 Helium Market Update
Phil Kornbluth, Kornbluth Helium Consulting
15.05 The Global Gases Business Beyond 2020 – What’s
in store for our industry?
John Raquet, Spiritus Consulting
15.35 Refreshments
16.05 BCGA going forwards
Doug Thornton, BCGA
16.35 Keynote Speaker
Colin Maclachlan
17.35 Presidents closing remarks
Tim Hulbert, BCGA President
17.45 Close
Reception and dinner
19.15 Presidents reception
20.00 Annual dinnerEIGA safety performance and Using dry ice for maintenance
activities of the Safety Advisory applications within the offshore and
Council - Martin Snape, Chair EIGA marine sectors – Scott Maidman, DI
SAC Global
Within the European Industrial Gases Scott will cover the experience of DI
Association, the mission is very clear to Global in developing and implementing a
maintain the highest standards of safety product and service offering based on
and concern for the environment at maintenance applications for the offshore
work and in the community together and marine industries. This pushes the
with providing authorities and boundaries of previous applications for
standardisation bodies with expert dry ice, which to date have largely been
advice on production, transport, storage restricted to light cleaning within the
and applications of industrial, medical food, manufacturing and power sectors.
and food gases.
Developments to be discussed include:
In addition EIGA promotes consistency on site production of dry ice; early
of safety, health, environmental and challenges met and how they were
technical standards throughout the overcome; advantages brought to the
industrial gas industry. In reviewing the industry by using dry ice in a smart way;
performance and challenges faced by and future developments.
the industry key programmes and
initiatives are developed to address any Dangerous Goods – What’s going on? -
concerns and move the industry forward Helen North, DfT Dangerous Goods
on a path of continuous improvement. Division
Helen will update us on what changes
Creating a mentally fit & healthy have been taking place in the UK’s
workplace - Liz Pringle, Changes regulatory framework which governs the
Health & Wellbeing movement of Dangerous Goods and
Liz Pringle has over 30 years’ experience what members need to know to remain
of working within the field of Mental compliant.
Health & Wellbeing. Liz will speak about
creating a mentally fit & healthy MAP Gases, Foods and Plastics - Neil
workplace to include why mental health Hansford, Air Products
is a corporate issue, why we should be Neil’s presentation will cover 1) MAP
mindful of mental health in the Gases – N2, C02 and 02 and the reasons
workplace. Mental health cost to UK why we use each of these gases or a
employers and the current business combination of them to extend a
view of mental health in the workplace. products shelf life.2) Aroma MAP – How using an essential This will include thought provoking
oil aroma within a MAP gas mix can subjects such as who will own the H2
benefit a product and sometimes extend supply chain to the H2 economy? Biogas
shelf life. 3) Plastics Debate – How gases and LNG – should we be a player? Carbon
can reduce food and plastics waste and capture and sequestration – fake or real?
the reason why our food products need
an ever-increasing shelf life (logistics and BCGA going forwards – Doug Thornton,
modern way of living) BCGA
This will be Doug Thornton’s last BCGA
Helium Market Update – Phil Conference before retirement, mid-year,
Kornbluth, Kornblutrh Helium after 14 years as CEO. We will have
Consulting appointed Doug’s successor, such that the
This presentation will take a look at two will co-present a brief review of the
helium market conditions and legacy Doug leaves and the vision his
developments during the period leading successor presents for the future.
up to the BCGA Conference, discuss the
current balance between supply and Keynote Speaker - Colin Maclachlan
demand and provide a forecast of market Colin Maclachlan is a former SAS soldier
conditions during the next few years. with over 25 years of security and risk
The presentation will look at the causes related experience. Colin has also
of Helium Shortage 3.0 and identify the appeared in Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares
key events that will bring the market Wins and Channel 5’s Secrets of the SAS.
back into balance during 2020 and 2021.
The presentation will also offer a view as Colin joined the army in 1989 and
to whether helium markets will see following 9 years in the Royal Scots he
continued volatility during the 2020’s. passed SAS selection first time. He was
The presentation will also discuss the fortunate enough to have been involved
coming privatization of the U.S. Bureau of in some of the SAS’ more high profile and
Land Management’s helium assets, the daring missions of the recent period.
increased interest in non-hydrocarbon
sources of helium and other relevant Only a handful of men have been involved
topics. in hostage negotiations, hostage rescue
and been a hostage themselves and Colin
The Global Gases Business Beyond is one of them. He waded through
2020 – What’s in store for our industry? swamps in Sierra Leone to hunt down the
- John Raquet, Spiritus Consulting John ‘West Side Boys‘, a guerrilla gang holding
will stare into his “crystal ball” and predict, 11 British soldier’s hostage. It was a
where our industry is heading and what mission so dangerous they nicknamed it
will be the drivers for growth over the Operation Certain Death – it’s real name
next decade. was Operation Barras.Book your place before
Thursday 31 January 2020 to
get the early bird discount!
To book your place, go to www.bcga.co.uk/conference
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