We had the honor and pleasure to speak at Professional Abatement Contractors of New York (PACNY) conference this year, again. We will discuss that in a later post on the 21st Annual PACNY Environmental Conference. We also had the pleasure to speak at the Environmental Information Association (EIA) Fall Technical Conference in
Orlando, Florida, last year. Our presentation regarding the New York State Mold Law Article 32 "What Happens When Politicians Write Laws They Know Nothing About?" was well received and we had many comments from the audience and afterwards. For those who wanted a copy of our presentation you can find it in our
FED Training CD-Link to the Dropbox Folder under Mold and Other
IAQ Documents. This year we will be attending the
EIA's 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Orlando Florida from March 25-29, 2017. In addition, on March 26, 2017 we will be attending the American Council for Accredited Certification's (ACAC) Board Meeting.
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| Our Presentation at the EIA's Fall Technical Conference |
We are looking forward to the usual networking we get to do with the members of the ACAC and the EIA. Like the Fall Technical Conference we are looking forward to some of the presentations at the EIA's 34th Annual Conference. The brochure has quite a list of speakers, we are looking forward to Steve Compton's presentation on the "Resuspension of Settled Asbestos Dust - A Review of Exposure Assessments Related to Cleaning Asbestos"; David Branch's presentation on "Operating A Successful Environmental Business"; David Matson's presentation "Go Team! Consequences of Owners Picking the Wrong Team"; Andreas Saldivar's presentation on "Drywall Joint Compound by Visual Estimation, Point Counting and TEM"; and Lee Poye's presentation "Effectiveness of
NIOSH 7400 for Post-Abatement Clearances - Do PCM Clearances Adequately Protect Public Health?" These are just the one's we're interested in, the brochure has over 21 sessions that all sound interesting. We hope to see you there!
The next conference after EIA is the 13th Annual
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference being held at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Virginia from April 7-9, 2017. Another excellent conference that delivers some excellent presenters discussing the hazards of asbestos and providing information regarding asbestos internationally. Presenters this year include Dr. Barry Castleman, Alex Farquhar, Dr. Arthur Frank, Fernanda Giannasi, Dr. Richard Lemen, & Michael Borowick. In addition, Linda Reinstein, the President of ADAO, is a fantastic speaker. Visit
ADAO's blog to learn more about the speakers.
We always enjoy conference season because of the networking and camaraderie that occurs at these events. It does involve some time away from the business, but we find that it renews us and we always bring something back from the conferences that keeps our training new and up to date. We highly recommend you take the time and attend these events. We hope it rejuvenates you as much as it does us.
The "S" in NIOSH(blogs.cdc.gov)
Improving Workers' Health Across the Globe(blogs.cdc.gov)
