44thESReDA Seminar on
RAMS impact on Asset Management Stakeholders and Risk Assessment
Methodologies
9th and 10th May 2013 Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
Scope of the Seminar:
In our times, the economic and social environment is increasingly more
complex, with the uncertainty in the financial markets and all the new situations
that arise with globalization.
Organizations, in particular the European ones, needs to improve their
performance at all levels, in order to survive. So they must improve their level of
ROI (Return on Investment), which is only possible through improving their
rates of ROA (Return on Assets), as their physical assets represent the most
important component of investment, and usually are not easily tradable.
To achieve their goals, organizations must control their business risks through
the effective management of their assets. To ensure that this risks are
controlled and that the ROI and ROA are provided in a sustained manner, it
becomes necessary to manage the equipment (engineering assets) taking into
consideration their complete life cycle.
Effective management of equipment, especially in capital intensive
organizations, implies not only a vision that encompasses aspects of economic
and financial nature, but involves permanently technical management of the
operations of engineering assets, as they represent the most important part of
investments.
The scope of this seminar is to provide a forum to present and discuss the
relevance of Engineering Asset Management (EAM) and the importance of the
contribution of Risk Assessment methodologies to EAM to be successful in all
types of organizations: utilities, infrastructures, industries … in an environment
of economic and social uncertainty. It will provide an opportunity to share the
best practices across all economic sectors as well as to identify the new
opportunities to apply new concepts across organizations, public or private.
Relevant topics for papers:
• Strategic engineering asset management concepts
• Risk and reliability analysis and management
 The importance of risk assessment for Asset Management
• Application of PAS 55 and the future ISO 55000
• Key performance indicators for asset and reliability management
• Asset management and risk assessment with limited information
• Reliability centered and Risk based maintenance in an Asset Management
framework
• Optimization techniques
• Key parameters in the operating modes and the mission profile that impact
Asset Management
• Maintenance perspectives in an Asset Management framework
Papers for the seminar are invited from all stakeholders (operators, industrialists,
regulators, end user associations, universities, R&D organizations, Ministries,
engineering contractors and consultants).
Domains of application (examples):
 Energy sector: nuclear and non-nuclear (e.g. fossil, hydro, gas) power plants
 Process industry: oil and gas industry, chemical and petrochemical facilities
 Transport (rail, road, air, maritime): supply and distribution network,
operation
 Aerospace industry
 Military Industry
 Banking & Insurance
 Health
Invited keynote speakers
 Carlos Fagundes, Senior Engineer, Head of the Reliability and Asset
Management Department, Matosinhos Refinery, PETROGAL

Paulo Maia, Risk Executive Assistant, EDP Produção
SEMINAR ORGANISATION:
Chairman of the Seminar:
Mr. Henrik Kortner (ESReDA President, Senior Principal Engineer, Safetec Nordic AS)
Technical Programme Committee (TPC):
Dr. Luís Ferreira (Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto,
Portugal)
Prof. Cyp van Rijn (Asset management consultant, Utrecht, Netherlands).
Alex Stuber (Chairman, European Federation of National Maintenance
Societies (EFNMS), Switzerland)
Kari Komonen, Asset Management Expert, Finland.
Dr. Pascal Decoussemaeker, (Lead, Asset Management Technical committee,
European Turbine Network ( ETN)),
S. Rao Palakodeti, Executive consulting Engineer, ALSTOM, US.
Mr. Mohammad Raza (RAMS Manager, ALSTOM Power, Switzerland)
Dr. Benoit Iung ( Professor, University of Lorraine, France)
Dr. Piero Barldi ( Polytechnic Milano, Italy)
Opening of the Seminar:
Prof. Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of
Porto shall deliver a welcome note
Local Organization Committee:
Prof. Luís Ferreira, Local organizing Committee chairperson
Ms. Fernanda Fonseca, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Local organizing
Committee Secretary (ffonseca@fe.up.pt).
Relevant dates, abstracts and papers submission and preliminary schedule:
 Authors willing to present a paper will have to submit an abstract, preferably by
email,to Mohammad Raza: mohammad.raza@power.alstom.com and to Luís
Ferreira: lferreir@fe.up.pt
 SEMINAR: May 9-10, 2012
 Other ESReDA joint activities: Board of Directors meeting and project groups
meeting: May 8, 2012
The working language of the seminar is English
Guidance for authors and speakers can be downloaded from ESReDA website:
http://www.esreda.org/
Registration and Seminar Fee
A registration form and information package for the venue will be made available on the
ESReDA website.
Fee to Non-ESReDA member participant is Euro 300€ (free for one speaker) to be paid
by direct transfer to the following account:
No: 001-2372816-78, (ref.: 44th ESReDA Seminar)
FORTIS Bank-Deize, Tolpoortstraat 17
B-9800 DEINZE (Belgium).
About European Safety, Reliability & Data Association
European Safety, Reliability & Data Association (ESReDA) is a European Association
established in 1992 to promote research, application and training in Reliability,
Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS). The Association provides a forum for
the exchange of information, data and current research in Safety and Reliability.
ESReDA membership is open to organizations, privates or governmental institutes,
industry researchers and consultants, who are active in the field of Safety and
Reliability.
Membership fees are currently 1000 EURO for organizations and 500 EURO for
universities and individual members.
Special sponsoring or associate membership is also available.
For more information on ESReDA, contact:
ESReDA General Secretary, Mohammad Raza, ALSTOM power
Mail address: 7, Brown Boveri Straase, ,5401, Baden, Switzerland
Phone. +41-56-2059743
Mobile:+41795925653
Email: mohammad.raza@power.alstom.com
http://www.esreda.org
About FEUP – Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
The Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) is a reference school
nationally and internationally. It was founded in 1926, with roots in the Porto
Polytechnic Academy, established in 1837. FEUP has statuary, scientific and
financial autonomy and it is the largest of the 14 colleges of the University of
Porto, the largest Portuguese university.
The city of Porto, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1996, reveals in
its streets, architecture and monuments, museums, leisure spots, street cafés
and commercial zones, the beauty and the unique experience of living by the
Douro River.
To discover Porto is to be as surprised as anyone who visits one of the most
ancient European cities:
For more information on FEUP, contact:
Prof. Luís Ferreira / Vice Dean
Mail address:
FEUP,
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias,
4200-465 Porto
Portugal
Phone, +351 225 081 622
Email: lferreir@fe.up.pt
http://www.fe.up.pt