Schedule

Saturday, July 19, 2008
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM	Safety in the Laboratory Dr. James Kaufman, Laboratory Safety Institute (fee)
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Executive Board Meeting/Committee Reports
6:00 - 7:00 PM	Member Registration
Sunday, July 20, 2008
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM	How To Be A More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer Dr. James Kaufman, Laboratory Safety Institute (fee)
8:00 to 11:00 AM	Executive Board Meeting/Committee Reports
2:00 to 5:00 PM	Riverwalk Boat Tour of San Antonio ($5.00 fee)
6:00 PM	New Member Orientation
5:00 - 7:00 PM	Member Registration
7:00 to 9:00 PM	Welcome Reception Hosted by Fisher Scientific
Monday, July 21, 2008
7:30 to 8:00 AM	Member Registration
8:00 to 8:15 AM	2008 NAOSMM Conference Opening Welcome, Introductions, Appoint Auditors Linda Perez-Saldana, President
8:15 to 9:00 AM	Special Welcoming Guests: Guests From The Alamo
9:00 to 9:15 AM	Break
9:15 to 10:45 AM	The Parallel Bang Keynote Speaker: Jack Bacon, Futurist, New Epoch Productions Sponsored by Sigma-Aldrich
10:45 to 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM to 11:45 AM	Chemical Storage and the Dean Martin Chemical Management System James A Kaufman, Laboratory Safety Institute	Earning your NAOSMM Certification Lori Keen, Calvin College
11:45 AM to 1:15 PM	Lunch: Lunch For Newcomers: Crown Plaza Hotel-Buffet
1:15 to 2:00 PM	What You Don't Know Can Hurt You Russell Phifer, WC Environmental, LLC	Custom Lab Manual Development Rick Simonson, RL Simonson Studios
2:00 to 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 to 3:00 PM	Secrets of Economic Lab Waste Management Russell Phifer, WC Environmental, LLC	Ethics in Purchasing: Understanding Your Power Ms. Suzanne McIntyre, Administrative Associate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
3:00 to 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 to 4:00 PM	Management Strategies Linda Perez-Saldana, New Mexico State University	The Care and Use of Microscopes Jerry Bodemann, Director of Engineering and Production, National Optical & Scientific Instruments
4:00 to 4:15 PM	Break
4:15 to 5:00 PM	First Responders Emergency Preparedness Gypzy LindH, Brigham Young University
5:00 to 7:00 PM	Free Time
6:00 to 9:00 PM	NAOSMM RECEPTION Co-sponsored by NAOSMM and Sigma-Aldrich, Intl.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
8:00 to 8:45 AM	DEA: Over the Border and Into Our Backyard Thomas Hinojosa, Drug Enforcement Agency
8:45 to 9:00 AM	Break
9:00 to 9:45 AM	Promega Express Platform Cherri Bell, Promega	Care and Maintainance of Fresh Water Aquariums Elisa Willadsen, Wards Scientific/VWR
9:45 to 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 to 10:45 AM	Maintaining Laboratory Balances Doug Morse, IES Corporation	Bio-Rad Genes in a Bottle^™ Kit Sherri Andrews and Julie Mathern, Bio-Rad
10:45 to 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 to 11:45 AM	New Technology Offers Energy Cost Savings up to 80% in Class II Biosafety Cabinets Bonny Webber and Jennifer Ferguson, University of Michigan	From Biodefense to HIV Applications to ELISA Sherri Andrews and Julie Mathern, Bio-Rad
11:45 AM to 1:15 PM	Lunch on Your Own - Special Executive Board Lunch
1:15 to 2:00 PM	Establishing a Tax Free Alcohol Desktop Delivery Program Bonny Webber and Becky Dunlavy, University of Michigan	It’s Alive, It’s Alive!: Sharing the Science Behind Maintaining Live Organisms Lawrence Wallace, Carolina Biological
2:00 to 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 to 3:00 PM	Ethanol, Tax Free Review for Academia, Part II Karin Barwick, Tax and Trade Bureau	eRPortal Inventory Systems Fred Tracy, eRPortal
3:00 to 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 to 4:00 PM	How Do I...? Round Table Interaction	Market Situation of Organic Solvents for Laboratory Research, QC and Pilot-scale Applications – A Few Twigs from the Oil Tree Guenter Niessen, Sr. Product Manager, Organic solvents EMD Chemicals, Inc.
4:15 to 5:00 PM	Securing the Chemical Sector: An Update Wade Townsend, CSCD, Paul Gilbreath and Ron Miller
5:00 to 7:00 PM	Free Time
7:00 to 11:00 PM	TBA Hosted by Spectrum Laboratory Products
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
7:30 to 9:30 AM	Exhibitor Registration
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM	Trade Show
12:00 to 1:30 PM	Lunch with the Vendors
1:30 to 3:30 PM	Trade Show
7:00 to 11:00 PM	Wildlife and the Wild West Night Hosted by VWR
Thursday, July 24, 2008
7:00 to 8:30 AM	Breakfast with the Vendors
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM	Trade Show
12:00 to 1:00 PM	Lunch On Your Own
1:00 to 3:00 PM	35th Annual NAOSMM Business Meeting
6:00 to 7:00 PM	Social Hour - Cash Bar
7:00 to 9:00 PM	NAOSMM Banquet
Friday, July 25, 2008
8:00 AM to 7:00 PM	Trip to Texas Hill Country