American Industrial Hygiene Association Upper Midwest Section
25th Annual Professional Development Conference
Thursday November 10, 2022
DoubleTree by Hilton Roseville Minneapolis (formerly Radisson)
2540 Cleveland Ave., Roseville, MN 55113
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7:30
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Registration, continental breakfast, exhibitor time
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8:00
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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8:10
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Emotional Intelligence in Today's Workplace
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Martha Bryan
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9:10
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Break and exhibitor time
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9:30
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Heat Illness Prevention: Regulation, Enforcement and Best Practices
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Adele Abrams, Esq., ASP, CMSP
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10:30
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How Big Data, AI, and ML is Changing our EHS Profession
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Dave Risi, CIH, CSP
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11:30
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Lunch and exhibitor time
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12:30
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Wildfire Emissions: Utility of Thermal History for Assessment of Wildfire Smoke Impacts
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Michael Larranaga
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1:25
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History and Investigation of Chemical Odors and Explosion in the University Avenue Sewer
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Neil Carlson, CIH
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2:10
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Break and exhibitor time
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2:25
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Leveraging Real Time Instruments to Improve Exposure Assessments
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Scott Norman, CIH
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3:10
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TBD
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TBD
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3:25
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K2: Inhalation and Dermal Exposures During Binder Jetting and Photopolymerization Methods of Additive Manufacturing
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Rebecca Burton, CIH
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4:20
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Closing remarks and door prizes
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Accreditation
This event contains 6.0 hours which may be eligible for CM points. See the ABIH website for CM credit criteria.
This course is designed to meet the criteria for COCs as specified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.
Presenters
Martha Bryan
Owner, President & Presenter
Bryan & Bryan Associates
Martha Bryan is a management consultant, author, speaker, and seminar leader who speaks nationally and internationally regarding the development of human potential and personal excellence. With an education background in teaching, she has taught at both high school and college levels and has held positions in both government and private industry. Fascinated by what makes some individuals strive to be the very best, Martha has devoted her life to studying peak performers. She is a highly effective organization consultant and dynamic public speaker who is recognized for her informative, down-to-earth, and entertaining keynote presentations and workshops. You will enjoy spending time with her!
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., ASP, CMSP
President, Law Office of Adele L Abrams PC
www.safety-law.com
Adele is an attorney, safety professional and trainer who is president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C. in Beltsville, MD, Charleston, WV, and Denver, CO, a multi-attorney firm focusing on safety, health and employment law nationwide. Adele is an Associate Safety Professional (ASP), and a Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP). She provides consultation, safety audits and training services, and represents employers in OSHA, MSHA and employment law matters.
Adele is on the faculty of University of Colorado and the Catholic University of America, where she instructs on employment, labor and safety law. She is a regular columnist on legal, employment, mine and occupational safety/health issues, and is co-author of several books related to mining, construction, employment law, and occupational safety and health.
She is a member of the Maryland, DC and Pennsylvania Bars, the U.S. District Courts of Maryland, DC and Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC, 3rd and 4th Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the George Washington University’s National Law Center, and earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Her professional memberships include the American Society of Safety Professionals, National Safety Council, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, SME, the Industrial Minerals Association-North America, and the American Bar Association. In 2017, she received the NSC’s Distinguished Service to Safety Award. She is a multiple recipient of the ASSP SPY award at the chapter, practice specialty and regional level. Adele is also an Avetta Fellow.
Dave Risi, CIH, CSP
Principal Solution Strategist, Industrial Hygiene
Dave is a board-certified industrial hygienist and safety professional, with over 30 years in the Environmental, Health & Safety field. He left a Corporate Industrial Hygiene position at Exxon to join Oracle in 1996 and help build Oracle’s Health & Safety application. He formed Spiramid in 2001 and acquired the Oracle Health & Safety application to bring it to a broader marketplace, expanding its use to over 60 countries. In 2019, VelocityEHS acquired Spiramid and brought Dave into oversee the strategy of the IH solution.
Dave has a Master’s in Industrial Hygiene from UCLA and Bachelors in Occupational Safety & Health from Ferris State University.
Michael Larrañaga
President of R.E.M. Risk Consultants
Michael Larrañaga is President of R.E.M. Risk Consultants, a fire safety, process safety, and risk management consulting firm. He is member of the IICRC S760 Wildfire Restoration consensus body, AIHA Climate Change Task Force, and an appointed member of the Scientific / Technical Advisory Committee of the World Trade Center Health Program. Previously, he was a member of the AIHA Wildfire Task Force and served on the NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors and the joint Cumulative Exposure Risk Group (NIOSH/EPA/NIEHS/NTP). He is Founding Scholar of Innovation and Creativity at the United States Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Author Marc Gravely, in his book Reframing America’s Infrastructure: A Ruins to Renaissance Playbook, describes Michael as a Visionary with a cutting-edge vision for the future of America’s infrastructure.
Neil G. Carlson, MS CIH
University of Minnesota
Neil G. Carlson, MS CIH has worked over 30 years as a public health specialist at the University of Minnesota Department of Environmental Health and Safety. He has published papers on indoor air quality and ergonomics. He is responsible for coordinating the University Health and Safety on call emergency response group. He is an adjunct faculty member for Construction Management at the University of Minnesota College of Continuing and Professional Studies.
AIHA-UMS 2022 Board
President: Mark Lenling, CSP president@aihaums.org
President-Elect: Mary Ferrian, CSP mary.ferrian@ieasafety.com
Past President: Mandie Kramer, CIH snorman@baywest.com
Treasurer: Michael Plagge treasurer@aihaums.org
Treasurer-Elect: Shane Doggett
Secretary: Sarah Garcia secretary@aihaums.org
Secretary-Elect: Andre Reed
Student Section Rep: Natalie Brown nbrown4@mmm.com
Webmaster: Shanna Kuehn webmaster@aihaums.org
2022 PDC Planning Committee
Mark Lenling, CSP
Mary Ferrian, CSP
Caleb Jones, CIH, CSP
Haley Saddoris
Christian (Shane) Doggett
Puleng Moshele
