EECMA SPRING 2010 MEETING AND CONFERENCE

EECMA SPRING 2010 MEETING AND CONFERENCE CAPTIVA ISLAND, FLORIDA MAY 12- MAY 14, 2010
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Section Links: Wednesday, May 12th Thursday, May 13th Friday, May 14th
Wednesday, May 12th:
6:30pm – 7:00pm	Welcome, Registration & Name Tags
7:00pm – 9:30pm	Cocktail Reception and Dinner Sponsored by Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Hydro-Environmental Technologies, Inc (HETI) Johnson Wright, Inc. Rimkus Consulting Group Roux Inc. and DOMANI Sustainability Consulting Sandler Occupational Medical Associates (SOMA)
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Thursday, May 13th:
7:45am – 8:45am	Continental Breakfast
8:45am – 9:00am	Welcome & Logistics Gregory Kelder, Resolute Management Inc., Philadelphia, PA
9:00am – 9:45am	The Coverage Year In Review Laura Foggan, Esq., Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington, D.C.
9:45am – 10:30am	Follow the Fortunes: Are the 'Fortunes' Changing? John W. Dattner, Reinsurance Arbitration and Consultation Services, Wilmington, DE John T. Harding, Morrison Mahoney Boston, MA Wm. Gerald McElroy, Jr., Esq., Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Boston, MA
10:30am – 10:45am	Break with Refreshments
10:45am – 11:30am	524(g) Asbestos Bankruptcies and Other Land Mines – A Field Guide for the Troops in the Trenches Ronald R. Robinson, Esq.& Carmen Santana, Esq., Berkes Crane Robinson & Seal LLP, Los Angeles, California
11:30am – 12:15pm	Navigating the Complexities of Cleaning up Contaminated Sediment Sites Alborz A. Wozniak, PE, Johnson Wright, Inc., Lafayette CA
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Luncheon Sponsored by Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. & EECMA
1:15pm – 2:00pm	Importing Toxic Torts – The “Great Wall” FROM China Howard M. Sandler, M.D & Dennis Ertel, CIH, CSP, Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc. Tim Krippner, Esq. & Yasmin Mancini, Esq.,Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, LTD.
2:00pm – 2:45pm	Fallout from the Global Economic Crisis: Impact on Carriers Michael Murphy, Esq. & Kim Hollaender, Esq., Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst, Philadelphia, PA
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Break with Refreshments
3:00pm – 3:45pm	Climate Change Litigation Heating Up and Future Forecast Carl Pernicone, Esq.& Robert Sullivan, Esq.,Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, NY, NY William Stewart, Esq., Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA
3:45pm – 4:30pm	Burlington Northern’s Aftermath: New Opportunities For Reducing Liability in Defending Cost-Recovery, Contribution and Enforcement Actions Larry Silver, Esq. & Mark Stevens, Esq., Langsam Stevens & Silver Philadelphia, PA
4:30pm – 5:30pm	Ethical Jeopardy In Toxic and Environmental Cases And Other Interesting Dilemmas Peter L. Garchie, Esq., Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, San Diego, CA
	Dinner on Your Own
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Friday, May 14th:
8:00am – 9:00am	Continental Breakfast and Presentation
8:15am – 9:00am	Danger in Our Kitchens? The Emerging Risk of Granite Countertops Gary J. Intoccia, Esq. & Eric M. Gernant, Esq. McGivney & Kluger, P.C., Florham Park, NJ John F. McCarthy, Sc.D., C.I.H. & David Shore, Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc., Needham, MA
9:00am – 9:45am	Alternative energy - Alternative Torts: The future of alternative energy claims John C. McMeekin II, Esq. & Susan M. Dean, Esq., Rawle & Henderson LLP, Philadelphia, PA
9:45am – 10:30am	Corporate Water Strategies, Reporting and Disclosure Will Sarni, CEO, DOMANI Sustainability Consulting, Denver, CO Gregory Kelder, Vice-President, Resolute Management Inc, Philadelphia, PA
10:30am – 10:45am	Break with Refreshments
10:45am – 11:30am	Clean Coal: Just an oxymoron or can carbon sequestration help make it true? Daniel Sullivan, Vice President, Roux Associates, Inc. Islandia, NY
11:30am – 12:30pm	Claims Arising From Advancements in Deep Gas Drilling Technologies - The Marcellus Shale and Beyond Mark L. Freed, Esq. & Paul M. Schmidt, Esq., Zarwin Baum Devito Kaplan, Philadelphia, PA Edward J. Hinchey, P.G. Principal Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Dewitt, NY
12:30pm – 1:00pm	Nanotechnology- The Next Asbestos? Michael Henderson, Hydro-Environmental Technologies, Boston, MA
1:00pm – 1:15pm	EECMA Wrap-Up, Business Meeting & Farewell
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