Combustible Dust Roundtable
March 10th, 2026
2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT / 11:00 AM PT / 7:00 PM GMT
Duration: 1 hour
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Summary
Combustible dust incidents don't announce themselves — and when they happen, the consequences can be catastrophic: injuries, fatalities, destroyed equipment, and lasting damage to surrounding communities.
Join us for the first installment of our 2026 roundtable series, where a panel of industry experts takes on the hard questions surrounding combustible solids processing and handling. This isn't a lecture — it's a frank, practitioner-focused conversation designed to give you tools you can put to work immediately.
Whether you're navigating compliance, redesigning a handling system or simply trying to stay ahead of a hazard before it becomes a headline — this roundtable delivers the kind of peer-level insight you won't find in a standard safety brief.
Panelist's
Chrissy Klocker
Technical Services Manager
Donaldson Company, Inc
Chrissy Klocker is the Technical Services Manager with Donaldson Company's Industrial Air Filtration business unit in Bloomington, Minnesota. She has more than a decade of experience helping customers with technical and application guidance specific to the dust collection industry. For the past several years, she has instructed at the Industrial Ventilation Conference in Lansing, Michigan, where she also serves on the conference planning committee.
Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar, PhD MBA
Vice President, Dust & Flammability Testing and Consulting Services
Fauske & Associates
Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar specializes in Chemical Process Hazards Analysis, specifically - Flammable Dusts, Liquids & Vapors Explosions and Combustion Hazards Analysis and Testing as well as Electrostatic Hazards Analysis.
Jordan Netwon, P.E.
Owner & President
Sonicaire
With over 21 years of experience in fire science, Jordan is currently the owner and president of SonicAire, a manufacturer of dust control systems. Since joining SonicAire in 2010, Jordan has led both the engineering and sales teams for the company. Prior to his tenure at SonicAire, Jordan was a forensic engineer where he investigated fires and explosions. He also worked for Underwriters Laboratories where he certified firefighting equipment and PPE. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, an MBA from LeTourneau University, and is a licensed
Professional Engineer. He currently serves on the NFPA 660 Technical Committee on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts. He has been married to his wife Meredith for 21 years and has three energetic kids.
Moderator
Traci Purdum
Editor in Chief
Chemical Processing
Traci Purdum, an award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering manufacturing and management issues, is a graduate of the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent, Ohio, and an alumnus of the Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Purdum, who has been with Chemical Processing since 2008, serves as moderator to the brand’s many webinars and roundtables. She also hosts the podcast Process Safety With Trish & Traci.
