Beyond Compliance

West Coast Regional Meeting-RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 27-28, 2010

“FROM COMPLIANCE TO SUSTAINABILITY”

The Auditing Roundtable's West Coast Regional meeting will be in San Francisco on July 27, 2010. A full-day EHS Audit Skills course will be offered a day after the meeting on July 28, 2010.   The law firm of Shook, Hardy, and Bacon has graciously agreed to host this event, which will be held in their conference room at 333 Bush Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94101. More information on Shook, Hardy, and Bacon can be found at http://www.shb.com.  The environmental consulting firm Kennedy Jenks has also graciously agreed to host the Audit Skills Course in their conference room at 303 Second Street, Suite 300, South San Francisco, CA 94107.  More information on Kennedy Jenks can be found at http://www.kennedyjenks.com.

AGENDA

Much of the program this year will focus on compliance, climate change, green chemistry, sustainability and auditing information management.  This year we will be offering a one day EHS auditing skills course in conjunction with the meeting that will take place on July 28. All those participating in the training will be able to attend the meeting with presentations the day prior at no cost.

Tuesday July 27, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

• Breakfast and Networking – Brief Introductory remarks - Gary Lucks, Beyond Compliance

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

• California Environmental Regulatory Compliance Update – Gary Lucks, Beyond Compliance

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

• Sustainability-Bruce Klafter, Applied Materials

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

• Climate Change/Federal Legislation-Keith Casto

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

• Lunch (to be provided)

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

• Green Chemistry Update-Pamela Gordon, President of Technology Forecasters Inc. and Author of Lean and Green

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

• Sustainability: Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies-Chris Benjamin, PG&E

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

• Case Study, In What Ways Does Performing a Rigorous Self-Assessment Before and Audit Pay Off for the Organization?-Laura McHugh, EHS Consultant

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

• Break

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Health and Safety Regulatory Update-Mark Katchen, Phylmar Group

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Concluding Remarks and Networking

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

• Roundtable Reception (all Roundtable participants are invited)

Wednesday July 28, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

• EHS Audit Skills Course - To be taught by Gary Lucks, JD CPEA

o   Includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks

Our programs are successful and affordable because we draw from our members and their network to propose topics, make presentations, attend, and contribute in that "roll up the shirtsleeves" way that only the Roundtable can do.   Be prepared to contribute!

Registration

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Please register by July 19th

Registration Fees:

July 27 Roundtable Meeting (Includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks)

EHS Audit Skills Participants                        No Cost

Auditing Roundtable Member                        $125

Affiliate Member      $150

Non-Member                                                $175

July 28 EHS Audit Skills Course (Includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks)

Auditing Roundtable Member                        $495

Affiliate Member      $545

Non-Member                                                $595

Please Note: If we do not have enough participants 2 weeks before course we may consider canceling