Sunday, April 13

9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Compliance Advisory Panel Training Elsa Bishop, Karen Brown, Mark Shanahan, Glen Heilman, Reimar vonKalben, Bruce Morrison, Gary Dawson, Richard Rasmussen

9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Building Capacity for Multimedia Assistance
Kimberly Finch, Leigh Leonard, Nick Melliadis, Richard Rasmussen, Loretta Sanford

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Newcomer Training

Welcome to Baltimore and to the SBAP/SBO Programs!
Pam Christenson, Mark Shanahan

Monday, April 14

8:30 am - 11:45 am
General Session

Welcome
Karen Brown, EPA Small Business Ombudsman
Ken Philbrick, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment

Keynote
Jay Benforado, Director, EPA National Center for Environmental Innovation

SBO/SBAP Issues and Updates
Mark Shanahan, Subcommittee representatives

SBO/SBAP Multimedia Subcommittee
Kathy Broderick, Sacramento County, CA

National Promotional Committee Update
Pam Christenson, WI SBO

12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Luncheon

Signing of the MOU with ASBDC, NPPR, and the Steering Committee

Speaker
Catherine Pugh , President of CE Pugh & Company and Member of the Baltimore City Council 

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Breakout Sessions

Beyond Air

Pretreatment for Small Businesses
Gary F. Kelman, MD State Pretreatment Coordinator

Involving Small Businesses in the Rulemaking Process
Elsa Bishop, Paul Lapsley, Gary Dawson, Jeff Gunnulfsen

How to Communicate Effectively with Small Businesses
Angela Jones, Andrew Langer

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Breakout Sessions

Small Business Owners Panel
Tammy Essmeier, Bruce Morrison, Donnie Snow  

Partnering for Success: What Our Partners Want From Us

Partnering for Success...What Small Business Partners Need
William E. Fisher, CEO, International Fabricare Institute

Kevin Malachi

Performance Measurement
Pollution Prevention & Compliance Assistance Measurement
Terri Goldberg, Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association

Dan Nickey

Tuesday, April 15

8:30 am - 12:00 pm
General Session

Working Together for Small Business
Karen Brown, Dan Eddinger, Elsa Bishop, LaRonda Bowen, Lalit Banker

Working Session

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Sessions

OECA Update

OECA Update: New Centers, Clearinghouse
Seth Heminway, OECA, US EPA

Karin Leff, James Edward

MACT Updates
Keith Barnett

Homeland Defense and 507 Programs

EPA Homeland Security Activities
Jim Belke, US EPA

Carolyn Merritt

3:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Breakout Sessions and Site Visits

Funding Sources for Compliance Assistance Projects:  Two Agencies are Better than One Robert White, Greg Copley, Patrick Hoermann, Norm Covell

Site Visit - Waste to Energy Plant

Site Visit - Bakery

Wednesday, April 16

9:00 am - 11:30 am
General Session

Thomas M. Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration

Report from the Working Session
Mark Shanahan, Subcommittee Representatives

Closing Session
Karen Brown