SCHEDULE

OF THE ST. LOUIS CONFERENCE
AND TRADE SHOW EVENTS

Saturday, July 27, 2002
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Safety in the Laboratory
Dr. James Kaufman, President, Lab Safety Institute
8 AM to 12 noon
1 to 5 PM
Executive Board Meeting
6:30 to 7:30 PM Registration
Sunday, July 28, 2002
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM How to be a more Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer
Laboratory Safety Institute
9:00 AM to 12:00 noon Executive Board Meeting
10:00 to 5:00 PM Tour of Missouri Wine Country
5:00 - 7:00 PM Registration
7:00 to 9:00 PM Welcome Reception hosted by Fisher Scientific
Monday, July 29, 2002
7:30 to 9:30 AM Registration
8:00 to 8:45 AM Opening Session
9:00 to 9:45 AM New Member Interaction
10:00 to 10:50 AM Performance Management
Lorraine Goffe-Rush, Washington University
Supply Centers and the Research Community: A Win-Win Situation
Jason M. Lukasek of Invitrogen Corp.
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM LUNCH - New Member, No Host Luncheon or On your own
12:30 to 12:45 PM Board Buses to Leave for Sigma-Aldrich.
Transportation back to the hotel between sessions will be available on a limited basis.
1:10 to 2:00 PM Safety, Laboratory Chemicals, and Building Codes-How to Put the Pieces Together
George Bleazard, Corporate Director of Safety, Sigma Aldrich
Rodney Kelly, Corporate Vice-President of Safety, Compliance, and Quality
2:15 to 3:15 PM E-commerce Growth in the Post-DotCom Era
Greg Soltwisch
Manager of Global Electronic Commerce at Sigma-Aldrich
Process Improvement: A Practical Appraoch to Enhancing Organizational Performance
3:15 to 4:00 PM Social Hour
Also Group Tours of the Life Science Center
4:00 to 5:30 PM Keynote Presentation: Chemical and Biological Warfare: Things You Need to Know
Panel on Chemical and Biological Warfare
5:30 PM Board Buses to Return to Hotel
6:30 to 9:30 PM NAOSMM Reception
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
8:30 to 9:30 AM How to Creat Fun, Job Security and A Pay Raise All At Once
Tod Gugino, Hope College Chemistry Dept.
Laboratory Safety
Wayne Smith with EM Science
9:45 to 10:45 AM Retirement Planning
Maria Larson, TIAA-CREF
Selection of Laboratory Vacuum Pumps
Akbar Anwari with Brandtech Scientific
11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Purchasing Process-Are you the Weakest Link?
Greg Mosley, Jeannine Cahill
Washington University Purchasing Services Department
Selecting The Right Microscope 101 - It Ain't Just the Optics!
Alan Paris and Gretchen Ziegler, Leica Microsystems, Inc.
12:00 to 1:30 PM Lunch on your own/Executive Board Lunch
1:00 to 5:00 PM Exhibitor Registration
1:30 to 3:00 PM Human Genome Project
Dr. Bill Jack, New England Biolabs
3:15 to 4:30 PM General Domestic Preparedness
Chase Sargent of Fisher Scientific
6:00 to 10:30 PM A Night at the Zoo
Sponsored by VWR International, Corning Science Products, Labcon and EM Science
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
7:30 to 9:30 AM Exhibitor Registration
8:30 to 12:00 PM Trade Show
12:00 to 1:30 PM Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30 to 3:15 PM Trade Show
3:30 to 5:00 PM Vendor Interaction Panel: Open Forum
6:00 to 10:00 PM "Crusing Down the River"
sponsored by Corning Science Products and Spectrum Laboratory Products
Thursday, August 1, 2002
8:00 to 11:30 AM Trade Show - Breakfast with exhibitors (Breakfast served until 10:00 AM
11:30 to 1:00 PM Lunch On Your Own
1:00 to 2:50 PM Panel Discussion - Building Planning/Renovation Part III
Jeff Your, C.S.M.M. John Carroll University
Round Table on Lab Safety
Christopher A. Rodman- Florida State University
3:00 to 5:00 PM 29th Annual NAOSMM Business Meeting
6:00 to 7:00 PM Social Hour
7:00 to 10:00 PM NAOSMM Banquet
Friday, August 2, 2002
10:00 until Tour of St. Louis Attractions including the Arch and Anheuser Busch-lunch provided