We are pleased to release the agenda for this year’s technical conference, which will be held in Manchester on the 15th & 16th of November.

Agenda

Tuesday 15th November 2022

09:00 to 09:45 – Registration and Coffee

09:45 to 10.00 – Introduction and Welcome

10:00 to 11:00 – Recent PFPNet Projects: Session 1

• Design Fires – Specifying Preliminary PFP Schemes – Ian Cowan
• Questions/discussion

11:00 to 11:30 – Break

11.30 to 12.30 – Recent PFPNet Projects: Session 2

• Specifying an Appropriate Jet Fire Resistance Test – Geoff Chamberlain
• CPCE and HHF Jet Fire Resistance Test Standards – Ian Bradley
• Questions/discussion

12:30 to 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 to 15:00 – Recent PFPNet Projects: Session 3

• Aged and Damaged PFP – Graham Boaler
• PFP Coatings Inspector Training Programme– John Dunk
• Hydrogen Scenarios Project– John Evans
• Questions/discussion

15:00 to 15:30 – Break

15:30 to 17:00 – Future Direction for PFPNet

A facilitated discussion to gather opinion and ideas on the future direction for PFPNet – what do we want PFPNet to be, and how do we get there?

19:00 – Conference Dinner

The full conference is free of charge to employees of companies who are Members of PFPNet.  

PFPNet may also invite selected Owners, engineering contractors and application contractors who may be interested in joining and working with PFPNet.

Non-members of PFPNet can attend as fee-paying delegates at a charge of £500/day (including dinner).

Wednesday 16th November 2022

Setting a PFPNet Technical Agenda

The day will comprise Technical Workshop Sessions that will consider the question:

In 2020 we identified technical areas for PFPNet to focus on.  For those areas, what subjects still require resolution, how do we feasibly tackle them and how do we engage the right stakeholders to support success?

Two sessions will allow attendees to contribute to two workshop discussions during the day.   Attendees will be allocated to workshops.

09:00 to 09:30 – Registration and Coffee

09:30 to 09:45 – Introduction to Day 2

09:45 to 11:00 – Workshop Session 1 – what’s needed?

• Accreditation & training for installation and inspection
• Guidance on the specification of CSP schemes
• New energy carriers (Hydrogen, batteries, wind) and PFP

11.15 to 12.15 – Workshop Session 1 – Report back, discussion and recommendations

12:15 to 13:00 – Lunch

13:00 to 14:15 – Workshop Session 2 – what’s needed?

• Managing the integrity of PFP – inspection, assessment, and repair
• Guidance on specification of PFP for durability
• Use of PFP in tunnels

14:15 to 14:30 – Break

14:30 to 15:30 – Workshop Session 2 – Report back, discussion and recommendations

15:30 to 15.45 – Summary and Close

If you would like to register for the event, you can do so here.