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Synopsis
Within two weeks of our successful Polish event our eighth
workshop was help in Tampere, Finland, hosted by two TLG
members, ASAF, the Finnish Automation Society, and Kemira,
a major chemical company. The event attracted 29 delegates
enabling four breakout groups to be convened. Discussions
within breakout groups were conducted in Finnish with workshop
notes and feedback sessions in English.
Finland
like Poland is a country urgently seeking technical resource
and financial support for translation of all seven parts
of the standard.
Leena Ahonen a Senior Inspector of TUKES, the Safety Technology
Authority in Finland delivered the first keynote speech
‘Surveillance of Dangerous Chemicals Processes – Automation
a part of Safety’. TUKES has developed a set of key aspects/areas
they expect operators address in implementing safety systems
(Design features, design process and operation) and plan
to provide further guidance for these aspects in the next
two years. Tapio
Nordbo (Enprima Oy, Finland) delivered a presentation on
the use of the standard within the fossil fuels sector.
During day 2 Olli Venta from VTT Industrial Systems a research
organization focused on the issues concerning software reliability
and dependability.
The
main issues regarding implementation centred on reliability
data, proof testing, competence, life-cycle responsibilities
and compliance.
Under
the auspices of ASAF, whose management board was present
at the workshop, an action plan will be developed and agreed,
possibly establishing a 61508 technical group within ASAF,
to encourage the continuation of SIPI within Finland.
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