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FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE: INSIGHTS FROM RECENT PROJECTS ON HYDROGEN & AMMONIA SAFETY

Our upcoming 2-Day Technical Meeting will cover 'From Research to Practice: Insights from Recent Projects on Hydrogen & Ammonia Safety' and be held on Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th March 2026 in London, UK and via Webcast. This will be a 2-Day event held in London, UK and as usual, FABIG Members will also have the option to follow the meeting via live Webcast. Delegates attending the event in person will be able to enjoy an evening drinks reception, which will be held at the end of Day 1. We will close Day 2 in the middle of the afternoon to allow delegates to travel back home in the evening.

The objective of this event is to disseminate the findings from recent and ongoing Joint Industry Projects covering hydrogen and ammonia safety, including SAFEN Phase 2, HICON, SH2IFT-2, ELVHYS and more. A provisional programme comprising the presentations confirmed to date is provided below, and the final schedule will be confirmed shortly.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:

The following presentations will be given:

SAFEN Phase 2:

• Probabilistic models delivered by SAFEN and HICON
  Ingar Fossan - Safetec
• SAFEN use case: Ammonia as ship fuel
  Tom Chitseko & Jonathan Bolton - Lloyd’s Register
• Recommended failure rates for pipelines
  Erling Håland - DNV
• SAFEN - Drivers for leaks during transfer operations
  Ingar Fossan - Safetec
• SAFEN & HICON: Why updated probabilistic models matter in risk-based regimes
  Zoe Chaplin - Health and Safety Executive
• SAFEN models validity - A discussion of strength of evidence
  Jo Wiklund - Proactima

HICON:

• Ignition of hydrogen due to friction
  Carola Schierding - PTB
• Ignition of hydrogen due to single impact
  Enis Askar - BAM
• Ignition of hydrogen due to electrostatics
  Adam Armstrong - Gexcon
• Ignition of hydrogen due to diffusion ignition
  Yura Sevcenoc - DNV
• HICON - New knowledge and ignition modelling concept
  Kees van Wingerden - Vysus Group

SH2IFT-2:

• Explosion pressure: Effects of obstacles and ignition location in hydrogen jets - Large-scale
  Agnieszka Lach - University of South-Eastern Norway
• SH2IFT-2 hydrogen & ammonia ventilation experiments
  Idar Kolstad Torlen - Gexcon
• Strength of knowledge in risk assessments for hydrogen systems: Results from SH2IFT-2
  Trygve Skjold - University of Bergen

ELVHYS:

• Dispersion of LH2 in ventilated enclosure
  Janet Welch - Health and Safety Executive
• Pressure peaking phenomena following release of LH2 in ventilated enclosure
  Janni Vizma - Health and Safety Executive

Other projects:

• Assessing risk of underwater release of H2 and H2/CH4-blends
  Jan Erik Olsen & Paal Skjetne - SINTEF
• Managing toxic risk on ammonia propelled maritime vessels
  Gabriele Ferrara - DNV

REGISTRATION:

• To attend our 2-day event in person in London, UK, please register here;
• To attend our 2-day event online via live Webcast, please register here.

LONDON VENUE:

As usual, the face-to-face Technical Meeting will be held in Central London at Broadway House, Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NQ, UK. The nearest tube station is St James’s Park.

FEES:

• FABIG Members:
• FREE for attendance in person or via Live Online Webcast
• Non-members:
• £450+VAT for attendance in person
• Only FABIG Members can register for the Webcast

We look forward to seeing you in March.

The FABIG Team