2008 Arkansas ASSE Governor's Conference Agenda

Monday April 7th Day 1
General Session Embassy Suites Hotel Swan Meeting Room

OSHA VPP Preparation Workshop - This Professional Development Workshop will focus on OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program VPP as a comprehensive Safety Management System.
8am 5pm Registration: Hot Springs Hotel
8am 9am HAZCOMM Coffee with the Executive Committee (labeled with MSDS for Caffeine)-Hot Springs Hotel Meeting Room
9am 9:15am Welcome

- Introduce committee

-Introduce Governor (invited)
9:15am 10am General Session: Overview of VPP as a Management System
Dan Snyder, CSP, CHMM, CET Performance Based Safety
Carroll Jones, CAS OSHA
10am 10:15am Break
10:15am 11:45pm General Session: The VPP Application Process
Carroll Jones, CAS OSHA
11:45pm 1pm Lunch Speaker: Happenings in the LR Area Office
Paul Hansen, CSP, LR Area Director OSHA
1pm 2:15pm General Session: Accident Investigation
David McMillan, CSP Director TEEX
2:15pm 2:30pm Break
2:30pm 3:30pm General Session: Accident Investigation
David McMillan, CSP Director TEEX
3:30pm 4pm General Session: VPP Workshop Discussion
4pm 7pm Vendor Reception-Exhibit hall B

Tuesday April 8th Day 2
Technical Sessions

HOT SPRINGS CONVENTION & VISITOR'S BUREAU 

7am 10am Registration Exhibit Hall B
7am 8am Holistic Healthy Breakfast with the Vendors-Exhibit Hall B
8am 8:20am Welcome
- Housekeeping
8:20am 9:30am General Session Keynote: Dean Mc Daniel, Region 6 OSHA Administrator – Majestic Room
  • OSHA Highlights and initiatives, support of Alliance, OSHA Update
    Majestic Room Technical Sessions Room 201-202 Technical Sessions Room 203-204 Technical Sessions
9:45am 10:45am Hurricane Katrina Hazards and OSHA's Role-Dean Wingo, CIH, CSP
Assistant Regional Administrator
Dallas Regional Office		 Technical Session

Principles of Accelerated Learning - Christine Merli, CIH, CSP, CHMM
Chris' Safety and Health Consulting, Inc.		 Lean Six Sigma and VPP-Robert Braun
11am 12pm Case Study-Integrating Safety Management into Frontline Supervision - Dana Paulson, LM Glasfiber

 		 Technical Session

Maximizing Memory
Christine Merli, CIH, CSP, CHMM
Chris' Safety and Health Consulting, Inc.		 Beyond the Standard
ANSI Z359-2007 Fall Protection Program
Tom Dillan, Sperian Protection
12pm 12:50pm Holistic Healthy Lunch with GURU sponsored by Vendors-Exhibit Hall B
30 min Lunch Healthy Lifestyles Motivational Speaker
1pm 2pm Reduce liability and costs through hazardous waste minimization

Chuck Kroeger, Forrester Group		 Exterminating Pesty Training Participants
Christine Merli, CIH, CSP, CHMM
Chris' Safety and Health Consulting, Inc.		 The International Safe Communities Initiatives
John Leyenberger, CSP Wal-Mart Stores
2:10pm 3:10pm Hot Topics and Best Practices in Industrial Hygiene-Tim Sterling, CIH, CSP
CSP Sterling Consulting		 Locating Chutes and Ladders in the Training Environment
Christine Merli, CIH, CSP, CHMM
Chris' Safety and Health Consulting, Inc.		 ADOL Update-Clark Thomas
3:20pm 4pm General Session: Majestic Room
Speaker Greg Smith RVP
4pm 5pm Vendor Door Prizes (not so holistically healthy)

Closing