Tentative Conference Agenda (Program subject to change)

4:00-6:00PM Agency meetings and Infection Control/Occupational Health Nurse Meeting

4:00-6:30PM Registration

6:30-9:00PM Dinner and Program

8:00-9:00PM Dinner Program: Keynote Address: Charles Levenstein, MS, PhD, Director, Program on Environment and Work, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

7:30-8:30AM Breakfast

8:30AM Introduction/Agenda – Jonathan Rosen

8:30-10:00AM Panel Discussion: World Trade Center, Lessons Learned from 9/11.

10:00-10:15AM Break

10:15AM-12:30PM Workshops:

1. Understanding Chemical Hazards in the Workplace
2. Needlestick Injury Prevention
3. Office Ergonomics
4. Occupational Stress
5. The Amended OSHA/PESH Recordkeeping Rule
6. Indoor Air Quality (case studies)
7. Risk Mapping
8. Building Health and Safety Committees
9. St. Albans Veterans Home: Organizational Health A Labor/Management Prescription

12:30-1:45PM Lunch and Plenary Session: Occupational Illness: Past, Present, and Future.

1:45-2:00 PM Break

2:00-4:15PM Workshops:

1. Work Related Muscular Skeletal Disorders
2. Emergency Action Plans Including Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism
3. Occupational Asthma and Work Related Respiratory Illnesses
4. Playback Theatre
5. Worker’s Comp
6. PESH Rights and Responsibilities
7. Mandatory OT and Structure of Work: Impact on Health and Safety
8. Mobilizing for Health and Safety
9. PPE: Including Respirators

4:30-5:30PM Wellness Hour: Yoga, Aerobics and Massage Therapy

5:30-6:30PM Cocktail Hour

6:30-8:30PM Dinner and Awards Ceremony

8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast

9:00AM-12:00PM Plenary Session: Effective Strategies for Prevention of Workplace Violence and Bullying