29^th Annual CIHC Professional Development Seminar

InterContinental Mark Hopkins
999 California St
San Francisco, CA 94108

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PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

• Welcome — Joel Berman, CIH, CSP, CIAQM, CAC, Conference Co-Chair; CIHC Board Vice-President; Vice-President, Health Science Associates
• CIHC Update — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President; President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, COH, 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 — John Mulhausen Ph.D., CIH, CSP, Vice-President, American Industrial Hygiene Association
• CA Partnership for Young Worker Health & Safety: Initiatives to Keep Our Next Generation Safe — Diane Bush, MPH, Program Director, Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP)
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• Cal/OSHA Standards Board—A Look at Mission, Organization and Rulemaking Projects — Dave Thomas, Board Chair; Christina Shupe, Executive Director; Mike Manieri, Principal Safety Engineer
• CA Department of Public Health Update: Addressing Both Old and New Workplace Hazards — Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH, Chief, Occupational Health Branch, CA Dept. of Public Health
• “The U.S. Opioid Epidemic: Occupational Health Perspectives” – John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director, NIOSH
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Garrett Brown, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network, Berkeley, CA
• Five Years of Success by the Bangladesh Accord in Improving Garment Factories — Garrett Brown, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network, Berkeley, CA
• Worker-Driven Social Responsibility – An Effective Alternative to CSR — Elena Arengo, Senior Corporate Accountability Analyst, International Labor Rights Forum, Washington, DC
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• UC Berkeley Student Presentations:
  (1) “Heat Regulations and Adverse Health Effects in Global Garment Factories” — Kyle Peerless
  (2) “OHS in Vietnam – Lessons from a Summer Internship” — Patton Nguyen, MPH
• Hyper Transparency in Global Supply Chains: Bringing Worker and Consumer Voices to the Forefront — Samantha Hartsock, MBA, Community Director, Remake, San Francisco, CA

 Thursday, December 5, 2019

• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President; President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• The Wild West: Cannabis Industry Safety Hazards, IH Exposures and Repetitive Motion Injury Risks — Karen Gunderson, MPH, CIH, CHMM, Industrial Hygiene Consultant; Kristy Schultz, MS, CIE, Ergonomics Consultant; Monika aier, CSP, Loss Prevention Engineer, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Safety and Health Services
• Cloud Computing & IOT in I.H. Field Analysis — Tim Quinn, Environment, Health & Safety, BDM/SME Cloud, SGS Galson
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• Latest and Greatest in Ergonomics: Emerging Trends, Issues, and Evidence-Based Practices – Melanie Alexandre, MS, OTR, CPE, Berkeley Lab Ergonomics Subject Matter Expert, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• NIOSH Emerging Issues — John Piacentino, MD, MPH, Associate Director for Science, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Session Chairs Welcome and Introductions — Megan Canright, MPH, CIH, CIHC Board, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc.; Grace Rinck, CIH, CIHC Board, Vice-President, Aurora Industrial Hygiene
• The Art of Hazard Assessments — Nancy Mallette, Senior Manager, Occupational Health and Safety, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group
• Environmental, Health & Safety Issues in the News Industry — Sasha Loftis, Weekend Anchor/Reporter, Channel 8 News, Las Vegas
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• Hotels & Hospitality: Case Studies in Environmental, Health & Safety — Madeleine Rebullida, Project Manager, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc.
• Industry Guidelines Regarding The Use of Artificially Created Atmospheric Fog and Haze in the Entertainment Industry (a new ANSI standard) — Mona Shum, CIH, Principal, Aura Health and Safety Corporation; William Smith, Executive Director Production Safety, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Matthew Antonucci, Vice President, Contract Services Administration Trust Fund (CSATF), Government Liaison on Safety for the Industry

Friday, December 6, 2019

• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President; President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• Biologics: Cannabis Processing and Mold, Valley Fever, Legionella — Jon Curtis, CAC, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services; David Kahn, CIH, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services; Ben Kollmeyer, CIH, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services
• Beryllium-Copper Investment Casting: A Case Study — Joel Berman, CIH, CSP, CIAQM, CAC, Conference Co-Chair, CIHC Board Vice-President; Vice-President, Health Science Associates
• Assessing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts of Wildfires — Mena Shah, MS, Air Resources Supervisor, California Air Resources Board (CARB);
• Assessing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts of Wildfires — Barbara Weller, Ph.D., Air Resources Supervisor, CARB
• Silica and Respirable Dust Sampling — Aaron W. Apostolico, CIH, CSP, CIEC, Product Line Manager – Health and Safety Products, Sensidyne, LP
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Jaime Steedman-Lyde, CIH, CIHC Board Member; Principal Industrial Hygienist, Yorke Engineering, LLC
• Engaging with Climate Change Risks in California: Flooding Scenarios and Assessable Tools for Anticipation of Risks — Anne Wein, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey
• Driving Factors: Impacts and Policies in California — Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
• Review of Some Effects of Climate Change on Indoor Environmental Quality and Health and Associated No- Regrets Mitigation Measures — William Fisk, MS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Closing Remarks — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President; President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.