CONFERENCE REGISTRATION - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm - 3^rd Floor Atrium

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN - 8:00 am - 3:30 pm - 3^rd Floor Atrium

GENERAL SESSIONS

 EARLY BIRD SESSION - 8:00 am- 8:45 am- VICTORIA BALLROOM

8:00 - 8:45   “Identifying Your Monsters”

                    Speaker: Kevin Cobb, Senior Safety Consultant, SafeStart, Ontario, Canada

8:45 - 9:15   “Break”

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SESSION - 9:15 am - 12:00 pm – VICTORIA BALLROOM

Sponsored by Sensors Safety Products, Jody Fountain, President

Moderator:   Fletcher Bizzell, Glenoit LLC/Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc., Goldsboro, NC

9:15 - 10:00   “Quit Feeding the Monsters: Creating a Positive Safety Culture”

Speaker: Kevin Cobb, Senior Safety Consultant, SafeStart, Ontario, Canada

10:00 - 10:30  “Break”

10:30 - 11:55 “Slaying the Monsters through Better Observations”

   Speaker: Kevin Cobb, Senior Safety Consultant, SafeStart, Ontario, Canada

11:55 - 12:00   “NC Safety Conference, Inc. Update”

    Speaker: Dennis E. Parnell, Executive Director NC Safety Conference, Inc. Roanoke Rapids, NC

12:00 - 1:30   Visit the Exhibits

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON - REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 11:30 a.m.

12:00 – 12:45 – GRANDOVER WEST – CLOSED SESSION – Pre-registration Required!!!

Moderator:   Cara Winstead, RN, MPH, COHN-S, Education Director, NCAOHN, Cary, NC

Luncheon tickets available from NCOHN Association by Pre-Registration ONLY.  For more information call Cara Winstead at (919) 362-1431 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

(6) OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES SECTION – GRANDOVER WEST – CLOSED SESSION – Pre-registration Required!

Sponsored by the NC Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Moderator:   Cara Winstead, RN, MPH, COHN-S, Education Director, NCAOHN, Cary, NC

1:00 – 1:45   “Work Conditioning: Putting the Work into Rehabilitation”

     Speaker: Debra Lord, Vice President, Job Ready Services, LLC, Cary, NC

1:45 - 2:00    “Break”

2:00 - 3:00   “Work Conditioning: Putting the Work into Rehabilitation’

   Speaker: Debra Lord, Vice President, Job Ready Services, LLC, Cary, NC

7) COLONY BC

Moderator: Charles R. “Buster” Dawson, Dawson Construction Services Inc., Wilson, NC, Wendy Shepherd, Occupational Safety, NC State University Environmental Health and Safety, Raleigh, NC , Bill Walker, MSOS, CPEA, CRM, Director of Risk Management, Southern Piping Company,  Wilson, NC                                                         

1:30 - 2:15   “Today’s Ergonomic Systems”

Speaker: Jennifer Law, Workforce Strategies /Marsh Risk Consulting, Associate Vice President, Charlotte, NC

2:15 - 2:30   Visit the Exhibits

2:30 - 3:15   “Health and Safety Hazards Associated with Electronic Recycling”

                       Speaker: Kim Morton, Area Director, Federal OSHA, Raleigh, NC

8) TIDEWATER

Moderators: Richard Collier, Louisiana Pacific Corp, Roaring River, NC

Randy Green, Georgia Pacific, Dudley, NC

John Lemire, Forestry Mutual Insurance Company, Raleigh, NC

1:30 - 2:15   “Lockout/Tagout – Performing a Risk Assessment for Alternative Methods”

Speaker: W. Jon Wallace, Safety Consultant, CSP, MBA, Workplace Group LLC, Chapel Hill, NC

2:15 - 2:30   Visit the Exhibits

2:30 - 3:15   “Safety in a Changing Workplace”

Speaker: Glen Carter, Chief Technical Officer, Justrite Manufacturing Company LLC, Mattoon, IL

(9) TANGLEWOOD

Moderators:   Mark Hutchings, Safety Coordinator, Kapstone Paper, Roanoke Rapids, NC

1:30 - 2:15   “Safety at Highway Crossings and Danger of Being on Railroad Property”

Speaker: Nelson High, NCDOT Engineering and Safety Consultant, NCDOT Be Rail Safe, Littleton, NC

2:15 - 2:30   Visit the Exhibits

2:30 - 3:15   “What you Don’t Know Can Hurt You – Literacy in the Workplace”

Speakers: Susan Quigley, Safety Specialist, Unilin Flooring, Thomasville, NC

(10) SANDPIPER

Moderator: Frank Merrell, Program Head, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC

     Ken Blake, Career Management Consultant, Staffing Force, Greensboro, NC

1:30 - 2:15   “Dealing with the Aftermath of the Event”

Speaker: Dr. Joe Woodall, Program Chair, Fire Protection Technology, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC

2:15 - 2:30   Visit the Exhibits

2:30 - 3:15   “Dealing with the Aftermath of the Event”

Speaker: Dr. Joe Woodall, Program Chair, Fire Protection Technology, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC

(11) AUGUSTA B

Moderators: Geri Brown, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities, Charlotte, NC

Dave Holloway, Public Works Commission, Fayetteville, NC

Fred Allen, City of Greensboro, Safety Officer, Greensboro, NC

Matthew Schweitzer CIH, CSP, Safety Manager, City of Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Denise Kennedy, Piedmont Natural Gas, Charlotte, NC

1:30 - 2:15   “Meth Lab Identification”

Speaker: Agent Scott Jones, Supervisor for Interstate Criminal Enforcement, 21^st Judicial Drug Task Force, Fairview, TN

 2:15 - 2:30   Visit the Exhibits

 2:30 - 3:15   “Meth Lab Identification”

Speaker: Agent Scott Jones, Supervisor for Interstate Criminal Enforcement, 21^st Judicial Drug Task Force, Fairview, TN

 EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES - 3:00 pm Exhibitor Door Prize and Grand Prize Drawings will be held in the Exhibit Hall at 3:30 pm. You must be present to win Grand Prize Drawing.

4:00 pm       “Closing Comments” Dennis E. Parnell, Executive Director, NC Safety Conference, Inc.

NC STATEWIDE SAFETY CONFERENCE

www.ncsafetyconference.com

May 13 - 15, 2014

Joseph Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC