Each year the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and the AIChE Safety & Health Division present the world’s largest gathering of process safety professionals, the Global Congress on Process Safety (GCPS). In 2012, more than 900 attendees from around the world convened in Houston for the 8th Global Congress on Process Safety. This Annual gathering is comprised of CCPS International Conference, Loss Prevention Symposium and the Process Plant Safety Symposium plus additional tracks. Attendees share and learn practical and technological advances in all aspects of process safety.