American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Kuwait Chapter is a premier voluntary, non-profit making Health, Safety and Environmental organization, which strives to provide professional guidance, training, consultancy and resources to the industrial and social sectors in the region.
As a part of continuous efforts in its professional journey, ASSE-Kuwait Chapter organized the 200th Technical Meet and 2nd for the year 2015-16; “Seminar on Industrial Protection ” in Safir Hotel , Fintas, Kuwait on 5th October 2015.
The Technical Meet started with the welcome address by Mr. Jignesh Shah, Chapter Secretary. The Chapter President Mr. G Sampath Reddy in his address informed that this is the 200th Technical Meet by ASSE Kuwait Chapter conducted in a span of 15 years. He emphasized the importance of attending such Technical Meets by ASSE Members and the importance of emergency Escape Respiratory Protection Devices and personal gas monitoring equipments in saving lives of employees at workplace, it is ASSE – Kuwait Chapter’s efforts in bringing such excellent Technical Meets, where in new technologies and developments happening in the world of HSE is introduced to the members.
Mr. Sunil N Sadanandan, Head Technical Event Committee introduced the speakers Mr. Hans Cray and Mr. Sebastian Pohl, Global Business Managers from the M/s Drager a renowned company in manufacturing of safety equipments. Mr. Hans explained about the Respiratory Protection Device (RPD) Standard which is under development. Mr. Sebastian presented the latest innovation technologies in the field of gas detection. The presentation was followed by and interactive question and answer session with the speakers and participants.
Mr. Jignesh Shah, Chapter Secretary briefed about the upcoming events and training program like HAZOP Leader Training, BOHS Certified Training Program on INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE and the 8th International Professional Development Conference.
The Speakers were appreciated for their excellent presentation and a memento was presented by The President, ASSE-Kuwait Chapter. The event sponsor M/s Fire & Safety Expert was also felicitated for their support extended to the Chapter.
Mr. Dinesh Dutta in his closing address thanked the Speakers and sponsors for the conducting the seminar, where the participants acquired knowledge on the recent development of life saving safety equipments. He thanked the ASSE members, Technical Committee and Chapter officials for making the 200th Technical Meet a knowledgeable one. Around 90 members participated in the Technical meet.