20th Annual Conference
"New Directions in EH&S Practice"
December 6-8, 2010

Westgate Hotel
1055 2nd Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
PRESENTATIONS
Monday, December 6
 
Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update—Aaron Trippler, National AIHA
Cal/OSHA Update—Chris Lee, Deputy Chief, Cal/OSHA Enforcement
California's Leadership Role in the Development of PELs—Howard Spielman, Past President, CIHC
California Dept. of Health Update—Dr. Barbara Materna, Chief, Occupational Health Branch
Keynote Luncheon – Dr. John Howard, Director, NIOSH
Nanomaterials-This Century's Biggest Challenge—Dr. Charles Geraci, NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center
Green Chemistry Initiatives-Changing the Way We Do Business—Dr. Bruce LaBelle, Chief, Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Cal/EPA, DTSC
Global Chemical Policy Drivers—Susan Ripple, Global Manager IH Expertise Center, Dow Chemical
Industrial Hygiene in the BP Oil Spill Event: What's Public and What We Should Learn From the Event—Tom Grumbles, Senior Consultant, Entrix
 
Tuesday, December 7
 
IH Experiences at the BP Gulf Oil Spill—Josh Senter, Senior Consultant, Aurora Industrial Hygiene (Updated 12/4/10)
Business Continuity at Kaiser Permanente—Skip Skivington, Continuity Manager, Kaiser Health Care
State OES Earthquake Response—Dr. Jim Goltz, Earthquake & Tsunami Unit Manager, CALEMA (Updated 12/4/10)
Operation Unified Response-Haiti Earthquake Response—LT John Antoine, Environmental Health Officer for Threat Assessment, US Navy
Can USEPA-RAGS Risk Assessment Methodology Be Applied to the Workplace?—Dr Michael Sullivan, Professor, Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health, California State University Northridge
Outlook for the EHS Professional—Joe Dionne, EH&S Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
From Orphan Drug to Blockbuster: Health and Safety Opportunities in Biopharmaceutical R&D and Production—Bill Gaylord, Director R&D EHS, Allergan, Inc.
EH&S Considerations in Alternative Energy Markets—Andy McIntyre, Principal & Co-Founder, EORM
 
Wednesday, December 8
 
An Unexpected Exposure to TXIB from Buccal Swab DNA Collectors—Mark Cameron, Senior Industrial Hygienist, California Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Forensic Services
IAQ Case Study - An Industrial Hygienist's Encounter with Dirty Sock Syndrome—Denise Daggett, IH Manager, Scripps Research Institute
Diacetyl Update—Kelly Howard, Senior Safety Engineer, Cal/OSHA Consultation Service
Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Update—Deborah Gold, Senior Safety Engineer, Cal/OSHA Research & Standards Health Unit
Evaluation of Data Sets to Determine Spore-Contamination—Joel Berman, Vice-President, Health Science Associates
Investigation of a Cancer Cluster in a Multiple Story Office Building—Howard Spielman, President, Health Science Associates
Evaluation of Carlsbad Cancer Cluster—Dr. Wilma Wooten, Public Health Officer, San Diego County
Safety in the Zoological Industry—Gary Priest, Curator - Applied Animal Behavior, San Diego Zoo