SBO/SBEAP National Conference
June 17 - 20, 2008 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
 
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Note:  Regional breakfast meetings will be held prior to the start of the general sessions during breakfast at assigned tables.

Also, go to the After Hours Activities page for information about other informal activities being planned.

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Attend the Area Source Working Session  Attend the Area Source Working Session at 3:45 pm
on June 19th and enter to win a Perc Detector provided by Iowa SBEAP.


MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
 
1:00pm - 7:00pm Optional Trip to Gettysburg (reservations required); go to the After Hours Activities web page for payment and other information.  Cost is $25 payable to Dale Kaplan.

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008
 
8:00am - 11:30am Regional Liaison/National Steering Committee Strategic Planning Meeting
9:00am - 10:00am Optional Guided Tour of the Capitol (reservations required); go to the After Hours Activities web page for information.
11:30am - 1:00pm Lunch on your own, NCAP Working Lunch
1:00pm - 4:30pm Multimedia Training
4:45pm - 5:45 pm Newcomer Orientation
6:00pm - 8:00pm Reception at the Crowne Plaza Hotel

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
 
7:15am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:00am - 8:30am Breakfast Regional Meetings
8:30am - 12:00pm
General Session
8:30am -9:45am Welcome and National Perspective
9:45am -10:35am Small Business Panel
10:35am -10:45am Break
10:45am-11:50 Trade Association Panel 
12:00pm - 1:50pm Awards Lunch and Keynote Speaker
12:30pm -1:10pm Awards
1:00pm -1:45pm Climate Change--Larry Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
2:00pm - 3:30pm Greening Biz Track
Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Small Businesses
Compliance Assistance Track
SPCC and Stormwater
 
Program Development Track
Evolution of Two Multimedia Programs
3:30pm - 3:45pm Break
3:45pm - 5:15pm Greening Biz Track
Innovative and Alternative Energy Technologies
Compliance Assistance Track
Hazardous Waste
 
Program Development Track
Measuring Program Effectiveness
6:30pm Optional Trip to Harrisburg Senators Baseball Game (reservations required); go to the After Hours Activities web page for payment and other information.  Cost is $6/person payable to Bob France, PRIZIM Inc.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008
 
7:15am - 8:45am Continental Breakfast
7:45am - 8:45am Multimedia and Measurement Subcommittee Meetings
9:00am - 12:30pm
General Session
9:00am-9:30am EPA Office of Small Business Programs/National Steering Committee Updates
9:30am-10:45am EPA Air Update (Keith Barnett, EPA)
10:45am-11:00am Break
11:00am-11:45am PA Air Update (Joyce Epps, PA Director, Bureau of Air Quality)
11:45am-12:30pm SBIR Overview (Christopher O'Gwin, US DOE)
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch on your own, NSC Working Lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm Greening Biz Track
Saving Money and Resources Using Process or Material Substitution
Compliance Assistance Track
Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations at Area Sources Rule
3:30pm - 3:45pm Break
3:45pm - 5:15pm Program Development Track
Ombudsman Issues/Duties - Complaint Resolution
Compliance Assistance Track
Area Source Rules Working Session
5:15pm - 5:45pm 2009 Conference Planning Meeting
Evening Optional Trip to Hershey Park (reservations required); go to the After Hours Activities web page for payment and other information.  Cost is $9/person payable to Bob France, PRIZIM Inc. for transportation; Hershey Park tickets not included.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008
 
7:15am - 8:45am Breakfast
7:45am - 8:45am Regional Meetings, Technical and Promotional Subcommittee Meetings
9:00am - 11:30am
General Session
9:00am-9:15am National Compliance Advisory Panel Update
9:15am-10:00am Peak Oil and the Global Energy Supply (Daniel Desmond, Deputy Secretary, PA Office of Energy and Technology Deployment)
10:00am-11:30am Closing Session (National Steering Committee Subcommittee Updates)
 
Questions - contact Julien Gaudion at
Small Business Ombudsman,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
Rachel Carson State Office Building, 15th Floor
PO Box 8772, Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: (717) 783-0909 - Fax: (717) 783-2703

jgaudion@state.pa.us
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us

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