PDS forum meetings
PDS forum has two annual meetings; one during the spring and one in the autumn. Every meeting is stipulated to two days. The first day usually starts with a workshop around noon and the main meeting starts in the afternoon with introductory talks followed by a dinner. The second day starts with talks and discussions concerning the predefined agenda and the meeting ends with a common lunch.

The presentations usually cover a variety of relevant topics and are given by the forum members, by SINTEF personnel, as well as external speakers. All meetings are held in Trondheim, Norway.

A typical PDS forum meeting is shown below:

Day 1 (starting around 12 AM)

  • Workshop on a PDS and SIS related topic for 2-3 hours with introducion speekers, group discussioins and plenary discussions.
  • Series of 3-4 lectures
  • Dinner in the evening

 Day 2

  • Series of 4-6 lectures
  • Lunch around 12 AM

 

Examples of typical lectures in the main meeting:

  • Status on updates of standards like IEC 61511/61508
  • Safety Instrumented systems in other industries (aviation, railway, car industry, etc.)
  • New development projects
  • New equipment within safety instrumented systems
  • Operational follow-up of Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
  • PDS administration - presentation of the status on the ongoing PDS research project
     

Published January 1, 2017

 

Norwegian centre of force for developing Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) in the petroleum industry