"Challenges for EHS Practice in Today's Environment"

Hilton San Francisco Union Square
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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PRESENTATIONS

   Monday, December 7    

• Welcome and CIHC Update — Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, FAIHA, REPA, CIHC Board, The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC
• Key California EHS Issues — Karen J. Nardi, Esq, Partner, Arnold Porter LLP
• What’s Next- Drivers and Trends Shaping a Future that Won’t Resemble the Past — Mary O’Hara Devereaux, PhD, Founder and CEO, Global Foresight
• California Department of Public Health Update — Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH,Chief, Occupational Health Branch, CA Dept. of Public Health
• Mold Licensure:What has occurred in other states (The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Mostly the ugly) — Joel Berman, CIH, CSP; CAC; CIAQM
• Titles for Purchase — Susan Browne Rosenberg, CIH, CHMM, CIEC, Desert Cities Indoor Air, LLC
• CIHC Professional Legislative Challenges — Catherine Barankin, Executive Director, Sacramento Advocacy
• Radon Inspection Certification in CA – Gustavo Delgado, PhD, CEO, Forensic Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

   Tuesday, December 8    

• An Industrial Hygienist’s Guide to Total Worker Health® – L. Casey Chosewood, MD MPH, Director, Office for Total Worker Health®, NIOSH/U.S. DHHS
• Mindfulness: Promoting Total Worker Health and Safety by Being in the Moment – Jessica Drew de Paz, Psy.D., Mindfulness and Safety Research Project Manager, University of California, Irvine
• Early Ergonomics – Ira Janowitz, MPS, CPE, Consultant and Expert Witness in Ergonomics
• Effectiveness of Engineering Controls on Formaldehyde Exposure in Anatomic Pathology Laboratories – Erica J. Stewart, CIH, FAIHA, HEM, Principal Consultant in National Environmental, Health, and Safety, Kaiser Permanente
• IH Challenges and Opportunities in the Life Sciences – Keith Rego, CIH, CSP, Sr. Manager of IH and Chemical Compliance, Illumina
• Building a Solid Foundation: A Well-Rested Workforce is a Safer Workforce – Kelcey Trefethen, Consultant, Environmental Health & Safety and Wellness

   Wednesday, December 9    

• The Challenge of Working With Unknown, Potent, & Toxic Compounds - John Farris, CIH, President & CEO, Safebridge Consultants, Inc.
• The Updated Chemical Risk Assessment: The NIOSH Approach to Occupational Exposure Banding - Lauralynn Taylor McKernan, ScD, CIH, Commander U.S. PHS, Deputy Director, Education and Information Division, NIOSH/CDC
• Applying Occupational & Environmental Hazard, Exposure, & Risk Management Processes - David Zalk, PhD, CIH, FAIHA, EH&S Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
• The Risk Assessment & Control Landscape – Measuring Up to the Task, Defining the Future - Donna Heidel, MS, CIH, FAIHA, Industrial Hygiene Practice Leader, Bureau Veritas North America, Inc.; AIHA Board of Directors
• Applied Case Studies in EOHS Ethics – Paul A. Zoubek, CSP, CIH, President/Principal Consultant, Zoubek Consulting, LLC
• Ethics for Mentors – Patricia Beach, CIH, CIHC Board Special Advisor, Managing Partner, Harris and Lee Environmental Sciences, LLC

2017 CIHC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square
515 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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PRESENTATIONS

   Monday, December 4, 2017  

• Welcome and CIHC Update — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, Conference Co-Chair, CIHC Board President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, REPA, FAIHA, AIC Fellow, President, The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC, former CIHC Board President
• California Legislative Activity — Catherine Barankin, CIHC Legislative Advocate
• National AIHA—Its Aspirations and Challenges in Today’s Climate — Larry Sloan, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Cal/OSHA Update and Progress--Juliann Sum, JD, ScM, Chief, Cal/OSHA
• California Department of Public Health Update — Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH, Chief, Occupational Health Branch, CA Dept. of Public Health
• Can Federal OSHA Withstand the Injury?: The Trump Administration’s Impact on Worker Protection Rules--Peggy Otum, JD, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
• KEYNOTE LUNCHEON – Industry 4.0: Evolving EHS Practice — John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director, NIOSH
• New Technology for Air Sampling: Are You Ready for the Internet of Things (IoT)? — Ron McMahan, BSIE, Director of Business Development and Innovation SGS Galson Laboratories Inc;
• The New Frontier in Naturally Occurring Asbestos: Elongate Mineral Particles-Applying a Mega Data Set to Solve Major Constructability Issues at the Calaveras Dam — Dan Hernandez, MPH, CIH, NOA Manager, Calaveras Dam Replacement Project, Dragados Flatiron Sukut JV Calaveras Dam Replacement Project / Bradley Erskine, Ph.D. PG, CEG, CHg, Principal Geologist, Kleinfelder, Compliance Manager – Naturally Occurring Asbestos Program, Calaveras Dam Replacement Project
• Occupational Health and Safety Hazards in the Cannabis Industry — CDR Bradley S. King, PhD, MPH, CIH, NIOSH Western States Division
• Worker Health and Safety Apps for Smart Phones — Gino Fazio, Office of the Director, NIOSH

    Tuesday, December 5, 2017   

• Occupational Health & Safety Assessment: Small Factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh — Gary Bangs, MPH, CIH, Retired, University of Washington, Seattle
• Mobilizing Consumers to Wear their Values — Ayesha Barenblat, MPP, Founder, Remake, San Francisco
• The Good News and the Bad News on Working Conditions in Electronics Supply Chains — Michael Rohwer, Associate Director, Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco
• CSR’s global failure to protect workers – Case study of Hansae Vietnam — Garrett Brown, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Coordinator, Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network, Berkeley
• Megatrends and AIHA's Content Priorities — Ben Kollmeyer, MPH, CIH, Principal and Chief Science Officer, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc.
• The Value of an EHS Management of Change Process – Richard Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Nektar Therapeutics
• The Exposure Science Frontier — Jennifer Sahmel, MPH, CIH, CSP, Insight Exposure and Risk Sciences
• How Monitor Alarm Set Points Affect Real World Operator Level Behaviors — Bob Comer, District Manager, Industrial Scientific

    Wednesday, December 6, 2017    

• Prop 64 – Legalized Marijuana Impact on Work Place Policies — Christopher Onstott, Attorney, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
• “The Office” – A workers’ compensation perspective on employment and safety, including non-traditional work spaces — Jeannette Herrera, JD, Associate Attorney, Hanna Brophy MacLean McAleer and Jensen
• Update on Asbestos Litigation: Where are we now? – Sonja E. Blomquist, Attorney and Managing Shareholder, Low, Ball & Lynch
• A Review of Hearing Loss Compensation Claim Outcomes in Light of Advanced Statistical Analysis Techniques for Determining Work-Relatedness — Rob Brauch, President, Occupational Health and Safety Solutions. Inc.
• Case Studies for IH Ethics – Mark Katchen, CIH, FAIHA, Managing Principal, The Phylmar Group, Inc.

2016 CIHC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
"EHS Practice: Evolving for the Future"

Hotel Solamar
435 6th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

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PRESENTATIONS

   Wednesday, December 7    

• Welcome and CIHC Update — Ed Klinenberg, PhD, CIH, CIHC Board President, Northrop Grumman
• Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update — Aaron Trippler, Director, Governmental Affairs, American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Cal/OSHA Update – Juliann Sum, JD, ScM, Chief, Division of Occupational Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA), CA Department of Industrial Relations
• California Department of Public Health Update — Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH, Chief, Occupational Health Branch, CA Department of Public Health
• Youth Matters in the Workplace: Initiatives to Keep Our Next Generation Safe – Diane Bush, MPH, Young Worker Project Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley and Richard Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA,Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Nektar Therapeutics
• The Discovery and Assessment of Lead in a Modern Residential Plumbing System – Colin P. Young, CIH, C Young Associates (CYA)
• Assessing Public Health Impacts from the Aliso Canyon-Porter Ranch Natural Gas Leak – Katherine Butler, MPH, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
• CIHC Young Workers Health & Safety Initiative - Richard Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Nektar Therapeutics
• Nonstandard Work Arrangements and Worker Health - John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director, NIOSH
• Establishing the Scientific Burden of Proof in a Wildfire Smoke Damage Claim – Daniel M. Baxter, Environmental Analysis Associates, Inc.

    Thursday, December 8, 2016    

• History of Instrumentation – Howard Spielman, CIH, CSP, REHS, President, Health Science Associates
• Instrument Innovation & Benefits of Telemetry in EHS Monitoring – Damien Flaherty, Eco-Rental Solutions
• Use of Autonomous Unmanned Systems in Environmental Health and Safety – Ron McMahan, BSIE, Director of Business Development and Innovation, SGS Galson Laboratories, Inc.
• Advanced real-time and field-based approaches for monitoring respirable dust and respirable crystalline silica in workplaces – Emanuele Cauda, PhD, Senior Service Fellow, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, NIOSH
• Protecting Workers Against Zika – CDR Jill Shugart, MSPH, REHS, Sr. Env. Health Specialist, CDC/NIOSH/OD/EPRO
• Workplace Security – What is the IH role? – William Dunne, Administrative Director, Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness, UCLA Health System
• Negative Exposure Assessments – Norma Boltz, M.S., Senior Safety Engineer, Cal/OSHA Region 3

   Friday, December 9, 2016   

• Silica: the new OSHA standard for construction – Dave Kernazitskas, CIH, CSP, Senior Safty Engineer, Cal/OSHA Standards Board
• Rubberized Asphalt: Findings from Sampling during Paving Operations – Tim Bormann, CIH, Vice President, The Cohen Group
• Confined Space: Construction Requirements – Michael Herges, MPH, CSP, Director, Safety and Health Services, Graniterock
• NOA: Understanding the Myriad of Regulations – Mark Floyd, Manager, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Forensic Analytical Laboratories
• Lead update: Status in California & How Construction will Deal with It – Howard Spielman, CIH, CSP, REHS, President, Health Science Associates

• Prevention Through Design – Daniel Felperin, CIH, CSP, FRESH Training Concepts and FRESH Energy Systems, LLC
• EHS Management for Googlers – Erike Young, CSP, ARM, Google, Inc.
• Vapor Intrusion Assessment and Mitigation: A Corporate Approach to Addressing the Legacy of Silicon Valley – Michelle Kriegman King, PhD, President, EKI, Inc., and Kat Wuelfing, Environmental Scientist and Project Manager, EKI, Inc.
• 4:00 p.m.  A Day in the Life of an Industrial Hygienist at Google – Ed Baylosis, MS, CIH, CSP, Sonia Djordjevic, MPH, Chris Tilford, CIH, CSP, Google, Inc.
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2018 CIHC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
"OEHS-Making a Difference"

Hard Rock Hotel San Diego
207 5th Street
San Diego, CA 92101

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PRESENTATIONS

Monday, December 10, 2018

• Welcome and CIHC Update — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, REPA, FAIHA, AIC Fellow, President, The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC, former CIHC Board President
• California Legislative Activity — Catherine Barankin, CIHC Legislative Advocate
• National AIHA—Moving Boundaries — Larry Sloan, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Accomplishments and Future Direction of Cal/OSHA – Juliann Sum, JD, ScM, Chief, Cal/OSHA
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• California Department of Public Health Update — Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH, Chief, Occupational Health Branch, CA Dept. of Public Health
• California and Federal Legal EHS Drivers, Peggy Otum, JD, Arnold & Porter
• KEYNOTE LUNCHEON – NIOSH—An Update, John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director, NIOSH
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Joel Berman, CIH, CSP, CIAQM, CAC, Conference Co-Chair, CIHC Board Vice- President, Health Science Associates
• Introduction to the Emerging Cannabis Industry and AIHA’s Cannabis Industry Health and Safety Task Force – Rob Kleinerman, MPH, CIH, Chair, AIHA Cannabis Industry Health & Safety Task Force
• Respiratory Protection Regulations: “There is Another” (Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back) – Harvard Fong, CIH, CalEPA, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Worker Health & Safety
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• Legal Aspects – Ian Stewart, Attorney, Wilson Elser
• Challenges for OEHS Professionals in Addressing the Emerging Cannabis Industry – David Kahane, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Founder, Forensic Analytical

   Tuesday, December 11, 2018    

• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Dennis M. Robinson, D.Env., CIH, Program Manager, Pacific States Environmental Contractors
• Exposure and Health Impacts of Smoke for Wildland Firefighters – Kathleen Navarro, PhD, MPH, US Forest Service 
• A State Agency Perspective on Post-Fire Debris Cleanup – Todd Thalhamer, PE, Sr. Waste Management Engineer, Cal/Recycle, and Marc Arico, CIH, Health and Safety Program, Cal/Recycle 
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits 
• Potential Exposures & Health Hazards in Wildfire Response – Judith Eisenberg, MD, MS, Lieutenant Commander, United States Public Health Service, Medical Officer, Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance ranch, NIOSH
• Impact of Wildfires to Neighboring Communities – Michelle Rosales, MPH, CIH, Forensic Analytical Consulting 
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Megan Canright, MPH, CIH, CIHC Board, Forensic Analytical Consulting 
• Workplace Violence — Jessica Smith Penhall, BSI Group 
• Surface Disinfection in Healthcare — Erica Stewart, CIH, FAIHA, HEM, Kaiser Permanente 
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits 
• Legionella Amplification in Carbon Filters — Robert McNeely, CIH, Branch Manager and Senior Project Manager, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc.
• Simulation Studies to Evaluate Safety Risks: Case Study with Lithium Ion Batteries — Will Cyrs, MS, CIH, Supervising Health Scientist, Cardno ChemRisk

  Wednesday, December 12, 2018    

• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Tim Bormann, CIH, FAIHA, Vice President, The Cohen Group
• Competent Person: Requirements and How to Comply – Tim Bormann, CIH, FAIHA, Vice President, The Cohen Group
• Use of Drones in Construction – McKenzie Lewis, Senior VDC Field Manager, McCarthy Holdings, Inc.
• Silica in Construction: Cal/OSHA Update – Patrick Corcoran, MPH, CIH, Senior Safety Engineer, Cal/OSHA Consultation Services
• Occupational Coccidioidomycosis: Two Case Studies – Mark Nicas, PhD, CIH, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions - Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President, President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• How I Earned My Gray Hair (or what's left of it) — Howard Spielman CIH, CSP, REHS, President, Health Science Associates
• Good Things Happen on the Detours to Life — Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, REPA, FAIHA, AIC Fellow, President, The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC
• Around the IH World in 30 Years — Richard Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Nektar Therapeutics
• Business Case of Safety: Examples Lived for Success — James Boretti, CSP, President / CEO, Boretti, Inc.; Regional Vice President of Region 1, American Society of Safety Professionals
• Closing Remarks & Conference Ends — Joel Berman, CIH, CSP, CIAQM, CAC, Conference Co-Chair, CIHC Board VicePresident, Health Science Associates