The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is an independent and non-profit professional organization. It has more than 32,000 professional members who manage, supervise and consult on safety, health, and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government and education. The ASSE mission is to foster the technical, scientific, managerial and ethical knowledge, skills and competency of SH&E professionals for the protection of people, property, and the environment.

The Middle East Chapter (ASSE-MEC) was the first chapter established outside the United States in 1982 and since then has held several conferences and technical meetings in the Gulf region. These conferences and meetings have attracted many well known international speakers, a variety of exhibitors, as well as a large number of attendees. The broad range of subjects addressed, the sharing of knowledge among delegates, and the resulting discussions made these conferences a success. ASSE-MEC is committed to hold a conference every other year to promote SH&E in the Gulf Region.

The 9th ASSE-MEC Professional Development Conference & Exhibition aims to achieve the following objectives: Provide attendees with cutting edge informative technical papers and provide an opportunity to meet other professionals in your practice area. Develop and present a vision for and insight into the future of safety, health, and the environment. Share your innovative ideas and practices with fellow members of various industries.

Conference sessions may include, but are not limited to, topics in the following categories:

SH&E management Inherently safer and life cycle approach Behavioral safety Contractor SH&E Transportation safety Incident investigation Waste management Emission/pollution control Emergency response planning Fire protection Occupational health SH&E risk assessment In-plant building locations SH&E performance measurements and audits Quality of SH&E Mechanical integrity management Pipelines safety and risk assessment Security risk assessment Managing and integrating security with SH&E SH&E training schemes and education Tools and techniques for SH&E professionals