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Oct. 2008 (pdf)

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 2008 Chapter Meeting

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 11:00am - Garcia's Restaurant

Pain and Medicine Addiction

Richard Stieg, MD, is the medical director of the Pain Medicine Center Clinic - Centennial Group, Denver. He is an associate clinical professor of neurology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Stieg created the first comprehensive multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment center in Colorado at Boulder Memorial Hospital and served as its first medical director. He also was the executive medical director for the pain rehabilitation program at the Center for Spine Rehabilitation and the Colorado Rehabilitation Institute.

Location:

Garcia's Restaurant
5050 S. Syracuse St.
Denver, CO 80237

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Time:

  • 11:00am - Registration
  • 11:30am - Lunch
  • 12:00pm - Program

Cost:

  • $17.00 with reservation by 12:00 (noon), Monday, September 8, 2008.
  • $22.00 at the door without a reservation.

Please RSVP with Ted Stevens at tstevens@ball.com or call 303-460-5347.

2008 ASSE/AIHA Fall Technical Conference

"The Health & Safety Imprint: More Important Than Ever"

October 21-22, 2008 - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

The "Health and Safety Imprint: More Important than Ever" conference is presented by the joint efforts of the Colorado Chapter of ASSE and the Rocky Mountain Section of AIHA.

Day One - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Time Track A Track B
7:30am Registration
8:00-8:15am Introduction
John W. Colvin, President-Elect, AIHA-RMS
8:15-9:15am Keynote Speaker
"DNC Coordination and Debriefing"
Chris Lindley, Director of Emergency Preparedness, CDPHE
9:15-9:45am Vendor/Exhibitor Break - Exhibition Area
9:45-10:30am "Risk Communication and Oil and Gass Public Health"
Teresa Coons, St. Mary's Hospital
"H&S Issues of Renewable Energy Technologies"
Barbara O'Kane, NREL
10:30-11:15am "Community Noise"
Rob Brauch, Larson Davis
"Medical Issues of Emerging Energies"
Dr. John Hughes
11:15-11:30am Vendor/Exhibitor Break - Exhibition Area
11:30-12:30pm Lunch & Presentation - Safety Professional of the Year
12:30-12:40pm Setup Break
12:40-2:15pm General Session - Interactive Session
"Reaching the Audience with a Compelling Display of Health and Safety Data"

Robert Emery, PhD, University of Texas HSC
2:15-2:40pm Vendor/Exhibitor Break - Exhibition Area
2:40-3:25pm "Wading Through the EPA Stormawater Regulations"
Eileen List, City of Grand Junction
"The Industrial Hygienist's Role in Green Building/LEEDS"
Dale Walsh, Converse Consultants
3:25-3:45pm Vendor/Exhibitor Break - Exhibition Area
3:45-4:30pm "Meet Our Future Leaders: Roundtable Discussion from MAP ERC Students" "Effectively Managing the Underexposed"
Robert Emery, PhD, UTHSC
4:30-6:30pm Networking Social Event
Exhibitor/Sponsor Prize Drawings
Vendor/Exhibitor Area

 

Day Two - Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Time Track A Track B
7:30am Registration
8:00-8:15am Introduction
John W. Colvin, President-Elect, AIHA-RMS
 
IH of the Year Presentation
Jenny Meyer, President, AIHA-RMS
8:15-9:15am Opening Speaker
"Integrative Medicine and the Workplace: What the Health?"
Dr. Lisa Corbin, Integrative Medicine Center, CU
9:15-9:45am Coffee Break
9:45-10:30am "Oil and Gas Regulations and How to Protect Public Health"
Debbie Baldwin, COGCC
"Industrial Hygiene Problem Solving: Case Studies/Panel"
Rob Strode, C & IH
10:30-11:15am "Exposure Assessment Descriptor for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations"
Cheryl Metzler, BP
"The Role of IH in Biological Assessement/MRSA"
Brian Shelton, Pathcon Laboratories
11:15-11:30am Coffee and Networking Break
11:30-12:30pm Lunch & Presentation
"Sex, Lies and Water Supplies"
Dr. David Norris, Colorado University-Boulder
12:30-12:40pm Setup Break
12:40-2:15pm General Session - Interactive Session
"Occupational Health Psychology Case Studies for Industrial Hygienists and Safety Engineers"

Joe Hurrell, PhD
2:15-2:40pm Networking Break
2:40-3:25pm "Internet Tools for Effectively Performing Our Jobs"
Rob Strode, C & IH
"Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Myth and Reality"
Dr. Herman Staudemeyer
3:25-3:45pm Snack Break
3:45-4:30pm "Arc Flash Protection and Safety Measures"
Ken Schmerber, Hellman and Associates
"ANSI Z359 (2007) Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection"
Loui McCurley, PMI-West

 
More details coming soon!


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