Saturday, July 25, 1998
9 to 12 & 1 to 5 Executive Board Meeting - Executive Board Room
6:30 to 7:30 Registration - Main Lobby
Sunday, July 26, 1998
9:00 to 12:00 Executive Board Meeting - Executive Board Room
8:00 to 4:00 Safety Seminar -- "Safety in the Laboratory"
Dr. James Kaufman -- Kennebec/Lincoln Rooms
2:00 to 4:00 Tour -- Portland and Portland Headlight
Board bus at 1:45 in front of hotel
4:00 to 6:00 Registration - Main Lobby
7:00 to 9:00 Welcoming Reception - Fisher Scientific - New Hampshire Room
Monday, July 27, 1998
7:30 to 9:00 Registration - Main Lobby
8:00 to 8:45 Opening Session - Greetings from TBA, Vermont Room
9:00 to 9:50 New Member Interaction - Somerset Room
10:00 to 10:50 "Computer System Management
of Multiple Facilities"
Lamar Houston, Director of Research Services, U. of Georgia,
Connecticut/Rhode Island Rooms		 "Supply Chain Management"
Chuck Dobler,
Corning Scientific Products Massachusetts Room
11:00 to 11:50 "Update on Certificaton Requirements for the CSMM"
Heather Hall, CSMM, Virginia Tech, Connecticut/Rhode Island Rooms		 "Overview and Preparation for Opportunities in Biotechnology" Drs. Leslie Wolf and Gary du Moulin, Genzyme Corporation, Massachusetts Room
Noon to 1:30 LUNCH - Special Board lunch (Oxford Room)or lunch on your own...
1:30 to 4:30 "How To Become A More Effective Manager"
Corning Science Products Speaker, Milt Simon,
Vermont Room
6:30 to 9:00 NAOSMM Reception - New Hampshire Room
Tuesday, July 28, 1998
8:30 to 9:20 "Health Hazards of Chemicals",
Roger Conrad,
Air Products & Chemicals
Connectucut/Rhode Island Rooms		 "Ergonomics in the Laboratory"
Jack Price, Northeastern University,
Massachusetts Room
9:30 to 10:20 "Personal Protective Equipment", Roger Conrad, Air Products and Chemical,
Connecticut/Rhode Island Rooms		 "Chemical Waste Management Issues In The Stockroom",
Thomas Tisa, Fisher Scientific,
Massachusetts Room
10:30 to 11:20 "The New Biology"
by Dr. Richard Roberts, 1993 Nobel Laureate,
New England Biolabs
Connecticut/Rhode Island Rooms
11:30 to 1:00 LUNCH - New-Member No Host Luncheon or lunch on your own.
1:10 to 2:00 "Compressed Gas Cylinder Handling and Safety",
Roger Conrad, Air Products and Chemicals,
Connecticut/Rhode Island Rooms		 "DEA Controlled Substances, What You Need to Know",
Roger Conley, Glaxo Wellcome,
Massachusetts Room
2:10 to 3:00 "Stockroom Design and Storage Considerations",
Thomas Tisa, Fisher Scientific,
Connecticut/Rhode Island Room
3:10 to 5:00 NAOSMM Interaction Roundtable -- "Stockrooms and Storage, Do We All Have The Same Problems", Martha Lermond, Oberlin College,
Vermont Room (Somerset, Kennebec, Oxford, breakout rooms)
4:00 to 5:00 Vendor Registration - Casco Bay Exhibition Hall
5:30 to 10:00 SPONSORED NIGHT
Wednesday, July 29, 1998
8:00 to 9:00 Vendor Registration - Casco Bay Exhibition Hall
9:00 to 12:00 TRADE SHOW - Casco Bay Exhibition Hall
12:00 to 1:30 LUNCH with Vendors - Casco Bay Exhibition Hall
1:30 to 3:30 TRADE SHOW - Casco Bay Exhibition Hall
3:30 to 5:00Vendor Interaction Discussion Panel - Moderator, Vermont Room
5:30 to 10:00SPONSORED NIGHT
Thursday, July 30, 1998
8:00 to 11:30 TRADE SHOW (Breakfast with Vendors) - Casco Bay Exhibition Hall
11:30 to 1:00 Lunch Break - on your own...
1:00 to 1:50 "Commerce on the Web, Coming, Coming,...?"
Doug Grady,
Sciquest, Connecticut/Rhode Island Room		 "Stable Isotopes and Biochemical Research"
TBA, Cambridge Isotope, Massachusetts Room
2:00 to 2:50 "Why Be Average, When You Can Be Different!"
Corning Science Products Speaker, Milt Simon, Vermont Room
3:10 to 5:00 NAOSMM Business Meeting - Connecticut/Rhode Island Room
6:00 to 7:00Social Hour - Vermont Room
7:00 to 10:00NAOSMM Banquet - New Hampshire/Massachusetts Rooms
Friday, July 31, 1998
9:00 12:00Tour of the Corning Science Products Division in Kennebunk, Maine
12:00 3:15Lunch at Kennebunkport Inn and sightseeing in Kennebunkport