2008 SBO/SBEAP National Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
*All files are in pdf

Tuesday, June 17
8:00
am - 11:30 am
Regional Liaison/National Steering Committee Strategic Planning
Meeting
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
NCAP Working Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Multimedia Training
(Beyond Air, Building Your Multimedia Assistance Capacity,
PRIZIM)
Fact Sheets
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Newcomer Orientation
Wednesday, June 18
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast Regional Meetings
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
General Session
Welcome
- Pennsylvania Official
- Donald Welsh, EPA Region
III Administrator
- Jeanette Brown, EPA Office
of Small Business Programs
- Annette Fulgenzi, IL SBEAP
and NSC Chair
Small Business Panel
- Ken Legler, NCAP Chair,
Facilitator
- Kathie O'Donnell, VP Sales
& Marketing, CDL Printing/Packaging
- Dale Kaplan, Kaplan's
Careful Cleaners
- Joe Reilly, President,
Reilly Finishing Technologies
Trade Association Panel
12:00 pm - 1:50 pm Lunch
Annual Awards Presentations
Keynote Presentation: Climate
Change
- Larry Schweiger, President
and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout Session--Greening Biz Track
Energy Efficiency
Opportunities for Small Businesses
Facilitator: Chris Lynch, Director, Environmental
Management Assistance Program, PA SBDC
Speakers:
2:00
pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout Session--Compliance Assistance Track
SPCC and Stormwater
Facilitator: Stacey Washington
Speakers:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout Session--Program Development Track
Evolution of Two Multimedia Programs
Speakers:
-
Nancy Larson, KS SBEAP
- Kenya Stump, KY SBEAP
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout Session--Greening Biz Track
Innovative and
Alternative Energy Technologies
Facilitator: David Althoff, Manager, Office of Energy
Policy and Technology Deployment, PADEP, Office of Energy and
Technology Deployment
Speakers:
- Kevin McGroarty, Vice
President, Suburban Electric Company, New Lighting
Technologies
- GaGary Sheehan, Regional
Operations Manager, SunTechnics Energy Systems, LLC,
Starting a Renewable Energy
Business & Solar Energy Applications for Small Businessspan>
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout Session--Compliance Assistance Track
Hazardous Waste
Speakers:
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout Session--Program Development Track
Measuring Program
Effectiveness
Speakers:
Thursday, June 19
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Multimedia and Measurement Subcommittee Meetings
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
General Session
EPA Office of Small Business
Programs Update (Jeanette Brown, EPA Office
of Small Business Programs)
US EPA Area Source Regulations Program Update (Keith Barnett,
EPA OAQPS)
Pennsylvania Air Quality Update (Joyce Epps, Director, PA Bureau
of Air Quality)
US
Department of Energy Small Business Innovative Research/Small
Business Technology (SBIR/STTR) Program Overview (Christopher
O'Gwin, SBIR/STTR Commercialization Assistance Program Program
Manager, Small Business Research Division, US DOE)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
NSC Working Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout-Greening Biz Track
Saving Money and Resources Using Process or
Material Substitution
Facilitator: Mike Vasilik, Director of Electrotechnology
Applications Center (ETAC), Northamptom Community
College, Bethlehem, PA, ETAC - A Center for
Excellence for Small Business Manufacturers
Speakers:
-
Pat Kelley, President
of Waste Not Technologies, Company's Success in
Turning Recycled Plastics into Fencing Materials
-
Patrick Kennedy,
President of Superior Woodcraft Company, Use of
Improved Low-VOC Coatings in their Kitchen Cabinet
Manufacturing Company
-
Dr. Earnest Korchak,
President of Performance Coatings Corporation,
Formulation of Soy-based Inks for the Printing
Industry
-
Skip Coxon, President
of Penn Wood Products, Advantages of Using a UV
Curing Process for Manufacturing Wood Flooring
- David Weiss,
TRT
- Chip Scuderi,
Scuderi Auto Body CARSTAR
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout--Compliance Assistance Track
Paint Stripping
and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations at Area
Sources Rule
Facilitator: Renee Bashel, WI Clean Air Small Business
Ombudsman, The Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous
Surface Coating Area Source Rule - A Quick Summary
Facilitator: Terry Polen, WV DEP Small Business
Ombudsman
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout--Program Development Track
Ombudsman
Issues/Duties - Complaint Resolution
Facilitator: Mike Nelson, Minnesota PCA Small Business
Ombudsman
Speakers:
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout--Compliance Assistance Track
Area
Source Rules Working Session
Facilitator: Renee Bashel, WI SBCAAP, Learn About New
Rules and Discuss Area Source Outreach
Facilitator: Terry Polen, WV DEP Small Business
Ombudsman
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Conference Planning Meeting
Friday, June 20
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Regional Meetings
Technical Subcommittee Meeting
(Renee Bashel's notes from technical subcommittee
sessions and breakfast meeting)
Promotional Subcommittee Meeting
9:00 am - 11:30 am
General Session
National Compliance Advisory Panel Update
Peak Oil and the Global Energy Supply (Daniel Desmond,
Deputy Secretary, PA Office of Energy and Technology
Deployment)
National Steering Committee Updates (Annette Fulgenzi,
NSC Chair, NSC Vision, Mission, Goals, Action Items)