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Presentations from 2008 SBO/SBEAP National Conference
in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Tuesday, June 17
Wednesday, June 18
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast Regional Meetings
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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
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12:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Lunch
Annual Awards Presentations
Keynote Presentation: Climate Change
- Larry Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
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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
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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Breakout Session--Compliance
Assistance Track
SPCC and Stormwater
Facilitator: Stacey Washington
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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
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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
- Gary Sheehan, Regional Operations Manager, SunTechnics Energy Systems,
LLC, Starting a Renewable Energy Business & Solar Energy Applications for
Small Business
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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout Session--Compliance Assistance Track
Hazardous Waste
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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout Session--Program Development Track
Measuring Program Effectiveness
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Thursday, June 19
7:45 am - 8:45 am
Multimedia and Measurement Subcommittee Meetings
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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 am - 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:
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Pat Kelley, President of Waste Not
Technologies, Company's Success in Turning
Recycled Plastics into Fencing Materials
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Patrick Kennedy, President of Superior Woodcraft Company,
Use of
Improved Low-VOC Coatings in their Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing Company
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Dr. Earnest Korchak, President of Performance Coatings Corporation,
Formulation of Soy-based Inks for the Printing Industry
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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
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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Breakout--Program Development Track
Ombudsman Issues/Duties - Complaint Resolution
Facilitator: Mike Nelson, Minnesota PCA Small Business Ombudsman
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5:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Conference Planning Meeting |
Friday, June 20
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