Register Now for the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) GOA 2026 – Nov 12, 2026 – Houston, TX
Date: November 12, 2026
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Houston Energy Corridor, 11730 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77079
The Gulf’s Offshore HSE Event
HSE GOA 2026 brings together professionals from across the offshore energy sector to address critical health, safety, and environmental challenges. Connect with more than 150 HSE professionals to exchange operational insights, strengthen workplace safety practices, and explore solutions that support workforce wellbeing, environmental protection, and asset integrity.
Event Highlights
- 20+ expert speakers
- 150+ HSE decision-makers
- 10+ technology demonstrations
- 5 dedicated networking events
Conference Agenda & Featured Sessions
Session 1: Managing Major Hazard and Process Safety Risks
From Three Mile Island to Deepwater Horizon to the AI Supply Chain: Anticipating Interconnected Threats
Examine how risks can emerge beyond facility boundaries through complex supply chains, third-party vendors, single-source components, and AI-driven technologies. Drawing lessons from major incidents, including Three Mile Island, Exxon Valdez, and Deepwater Horizon, this presentation explores how organizations can strengthen resilience, identify critical dependencies, and prepare for evolving operational threats.
Speaker: Alton Payne, Adjunct Professor, Houston City College
BarrierPulse™: Making Barrier Health Visible Before It Becomes an Incident
Explore how BarrierPulse™ combines barrier, assurance, and operational data to provide greater visibility into barrier performance and emerging risks. The session examines how identifying early warning signs can support timely intervention, stronger risk management, and improved major accident prevention.
Speaker: Garrett Reinert, Director of QHSE, Valaris
Frontline Verification: Strengthening Safety Leadership Offshore
Learn how structured frontline engagement helps leaders verify that offshore work follows company standards, regulatory expectations, and safe operating practices. The session highlights the value of visible safety leadership, procedural verification, and direct communication in identifying operational challenges and improving decision-making.
Speaker: Martyn Fear, Chief Operating Officer, Promethean Energy
Session 2: Building a High-Performance Safety Culture
Strengthening Procedural Discipline Through Human Performance
Explore why actual field conditions sometimes differ from written procedures and how human performance principles can improve procedural reliability. Topics include identifying performance-influencing factors, strengthening pre- and post-job discussions, and applying tools such as Walk Through Talk Through to better understand how work is performed. The session also examines ways to reduce error traps by creating conditions that support safe and successful work.
Speaker: Jennifer Keach, Houston HSE Manager, SLB
Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities Through a Strong Safety Culture
Examine White Fleet’s Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention Program and its approach to proactive risk management. This session explores how process-based safety, shared learning, and the integration of third-party personnel into company culture can strengthen accountability and help prevent high-consequence incidents.
Speaker: Allen Cowherd, Senior HSE Engineer, White Fleet Operating
Building a High-Performance Safety Culture: Linking HSE and Operational Performance
Discover how collaboration between industry partners can improve HSE outcomes while supporting safer, more reliable, and efficient operations. The discussion focuses on applying human performance principles to risk management and incident learning, with an emphasis on frontline engagement and shared accountability.
Speakers:
- Jason Matherne, Marine Technical Advisor, Shell
- Margaret Limgenco, Manager, Upstream Maritime Assurance & Risk Management/HSSE, Shell
Safety Programs Are a Waste of Time and Resources: A No-Nonsense Approach to Incident Prevention
This session challenges conventional approaches to safety programs and examines why incident rates may remain stagnant despite continued investment in behavior-based initiatives and safety campaigns. Topics include fatigue, complacency, distraction, decision-making, and the role of active leadership in preventing incidents. Attendees will explore a management-driven approach to safety performance while maintaining legal, regulatory, and operational requirements.
Speaker: Clint Boman, Published Author and Public Speaker, Boman OpEx Leadership
Session 3: Harnessing Technology for Risk Reduction
Managing HPHT Risk in the Age of Agentic AI
Explore the growing role of artificial intelligence in planning and executing high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) drilling operations. This session examines the risks associated with increasingly complex wells, contractual responsibilities, operational governance, and autonomous systems. It also considers how human oversight, verification, and stronger risk management frameworks can support responsible AI adoption and safer engineering decisions.
Speaker: Glen Legge, Senior Advisor, Endeavor Management
Session 4: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Operational Integrity
Protecting Critical Marine Infrastructure and Pipelines
Explore industry practices for safeguarding marine infrastructure and pipeline systems across the energy value chain. The session highlights practical strategies, guidance, and training resources that can help organizations reduce operational risks, protect the environment, improve asset reliability, and support safer operations.
Speaker: Ed Langraf, MarineSafe 811 Director and Chairman, CAMO
Join offshore HSE leaders and industry professionals in Houston for a focused day of technical discussions, practical insights, and networking centered on safer and more reliable energy operations.
