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NAOSMM 28th Annual Conference and Trade Show

Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 30 - Aug 3, 2001

Conference Schedule

Saturday, July 28, 2001
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Safety in the Laboratory Seminar
Dr. James Kaufman, President, Lab Safety Institute
8 AM to 12 noon
1 to 5 PM
Executive Board Meeting
6:30 to 7:00 PM Registration
Sunday, July 29, 2001
8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon CPR Training
9:00 AM to 12:00 noon Executive Board Meeting
1:00 to 5:00 PM First Aid Training
Grand Rapids City Tour
5:00 - 7:30 PM Registration
7:00 to 9:00 PM Welcome Reception hosted by Fisher Scientific
Monday, July 30, 2001
7:30 to 9:00 AM Registration
8:00 to 8:45 AM Opening Session US Congressman Vern Ehlers
9:00 to 9:45 AM New Member Interaction
10:00 to 10:45 AM Safe Handling and Storage of Laboratory Chemicals
Public Speaking 101
11:00 to 11:45 AM Distributor: Friend or Foe
Gas Cylinder Safety
Noon to 1:30 PM LUNCH - New Member, No Host Luncheon or On your own
1:30 to 3:00 PM Buy a Ticket for Your Leadership Journey - Doug Aldrich, Dow Corning
3:15 to 4:30 PM Emergency Management in Your Community
6:00 to 9:00 PM NAOSMM Reception
9:00 - 11:30 PM Hospitality Suite sponsored by DOT Scientific
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
8:30 to 9:15 AM Chemical Spills
9:25 to 10:10 AM Prime Vendor Program: Michigan's Approach to Meeting Lab. User's Needs
Certification Paper Presentations
10:15 to 11:30 AM Panel Discussion: Certification
11:30 to 1:00 PM Lunch on your own/Executive Board Lunch
1:00 to 1:50 PM Responsible Care® – Everyone Is Responsible
DNA Sequencing
1:00 to 5:00 PM Exhibitor Registration
2:00 to 2:50 PM Appraising the Performance of Lab Balances
A Unique Web Linked, On-Site Storage System
3:00 to 4:50 PM Organosilicon: A Hands-On Experience
5:30 to 10:00 PM Take me Out to the Ballgame Night
sponsored by Kimble/Kontes, VWR Scientific, EM Science, and B-D Labware
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
7:30 to 9:30 AM Exhibitor Registration
9:00 to 12:00 PM Trade Show
12:00 to 1:30 PM Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30 to 3:10 PM Trade Show
3:10 to 5:00 PM Vendor Interaction Panel
5:30 to 10:00 PM Night at Meijer Gardens
sponsored by Corning, Inc and Sigma-Aldrich
Thursday, August 2, 2001
8:00 to 11:30 AM Trade Show (Breakfast with exhibitors)
11:30 to 1:00 PM Lunch On Your Own
1:00 to 2:50 PM Panel Discussion - Building Planning/Renovation Part II
3:00 to 5:00 PM NAOSMM Business Meeting
6:00 to 7:00 PM Social Hour
7:00 to 10:00 PM NAOSMM Banquet
Friday, August 3, 2001
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM VanAndel Institute for Cancer Research
3:00 pM to 10:00 PM Saugatuck