MiSHE 2003 Annual
Conference Agenda

Last Updated: September 17, 2003

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Wednesday - September 24th

Time

Topic

 

 

 

Starting at 11:00 AM

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12:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Board Meeting

 

 

Thursday - September 25th

Time

Topic

Speaker

Notes

7:30 - 8:30

Registration/Breakfast

 

 

8:30 – 9:00

Introduction

Tom Theoret

MiSHE President

9:00 - 10:00

Keynote Address:

“Smooth Sailing in the Pressure Cooker”

Dr. Dean Kashiwagi

ASU

synopsis

10:00 - 10:10

BREAK

 

 

10:15 - 11:05

Contractor Competence

Douglas Erickson

ASHE

synopsis

11:05 - 11:55

Construction Contractor Requirements

Mike Kuechenmeister

ASHE Region 5 Representative

synopsis

11:55 - 2:20

Vendor Lunch and Exhibit

 

 

2:20 - 3:20

Fuel Cells and Distributed Generation

Michael Mann

DTE

synopsis

3:20 - 3:35

BREAK (15minutes)

 

 

3:35 - 4:15

Breakout Session I (Three simultaneous sessions; Topic A, B & C) (40 minutes)

 

 

 

ADA & Your Door Openings

Joe Murphy

Detroit Door

synopsis

 

Maximize Performance in Procurement of Construction and other Services

Dr. Dean Kashiwagi

ASU

synopsis

 

EHS Compliance: Contractors on your site

Tom Boecher

Delisle

synopsis

4:15 - 4:30

BREAK

 

 

4:30 - 5:10

Breakout Session II (Three simultaneous sessions, Topic D, E & F) (40 minutes)

 

 

 

Construction Documents/Specifications

Jeffrey Brittan

StructureTec

synopsis

 

Plumbing Codes and Practices

Robert Konyndyk

Plumbing Div.

synopsis

 

Firestops and NFPA Compliance

Cheryl Van Hovel

HILTI

synopsis

5:10 - 6:00

Chapter Meeting Time

(We need to encourage chapters to meet)

 

 

6:00 - 7:00

BREAK

 

 

7:00

MiSHE Banquet

 

 

Friday - September 26th

Time

Topic

Speaker

Notes

7:30 - 8:00

Breakfast

 

 

8:00 - 8:30

MiSHE Annual Meeting

 

 

8:30 – 10:00

Keynote Address:

2004 Environment of Care Standards & Survey Process

Dean Samet

JCAHO

synopsis

10:00 - 10:10

BREAK

 

 

10:10 - 10:50

Fire Safety Codes Update

Dave Guillaume

OFS

synopsis

10:50 - 11:30

Healthcare Codes -Present and Future

Jim Scott

HFES

synopsis

11:30

Conference Ends