Tarragona Catalunya Campus Sala de Graus, Campus Catalunya
18:00 h
The Iubilo URV Scientific Forum will dedicate this session to analyzing the management and coexistence with chemical risk in Tarragona, an area with a significant petrochemical industry presence. The speaker will be Antoni Cabello, chemical engineer at ETSEQ URV and Industrial Safety Manager at Dow Chemical in Spain and Portugal, with 27 years of experience in industrial and process safety.
Key topics will include the types and causes of major industrial accidents worldwide and nationally, as well as the concept of risk as the interaction between probability and consequence. The session will emphasize the importance of collaboration between industry, public administration, and civil society to efficiently manage chemical risk and ensure public safety.