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Agenda

  Tuesday, June 2

 

 

 

 

PRE-CONFERENCE

 

LOCATION

 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

ERAC Operations Centre Tour

 

SE Industrial Area, Calgary, AB

 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Welcome Desk

 

In front of Spectrum 5

 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Welcome Reception

  

Freestyle Social Club

  Wednesday, June 3

 

 

 

 

DAY 1

  

LOCATION

  7:30 am - 4:30 pm

Welcome Desk

 

In front of Spectrum 5

  7:30 am - 8:10 am

Breakfast

 

 

Spectrum 5

  8:15 am - 8:25 am

Opening Remarks - Linda Olsen, Emcee

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  8:25 am - 8:45 am

Welcome Message - Spencer Buckland, ERAC

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  8:45 am - 9:55 am

Keynote Speaker - General Rick Hillier (Ret.)
Leadership in Tough Times

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

 

  9:55 am - 10:30 am

Break

 

Spectrum 5

  10:30 am - 12:00 pm

 

Panel  - ERAC Technical Advisors
Best Practices and Lessons Learned From Recent Flammable Liquids Implementations and Activities

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

 

Spectrum 5

  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Speaker - Jeff Sych, ACIPN
Managing Stress During and After a Serious Incident Response

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Break

 

Spectrum 5

  3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Speaker TBD  - CANUTEC
Responding to Dangerous Goods Incidents

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Speaker - Nicole Segstro, STARS
Facilitating an ERAC Incident Response

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

National Responder Awards Reception

 

Foyer

  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

National Responder Awards Banquet

 

Spectrum 5

 

  

 

 
       

  Thursday, June 4

 

 

 

 

DAY 2

  

LOCATION

  7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Welcome Desk

 

In front of Spectrum 5

  7:30 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

 

Spectrum 5

  8:30 am - 8:40 am

Opening Remarks  - Linda Olsen, Emcee

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  8:40 am - 9:40 am

Keynote Speaker  - Dan Comiskey
You Can Count on Me

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  9:40 am - 10:40 am

Speaker - Danielle Murphy, WHA International
Tailoring Safety & Response to the Hazardous Fluid

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  10:40 am - 11:00 am

Break

 

Spectrum 5

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Speaker - Steve Clark, Hamilton Fire Department
Employing New Technologies (AI, drones, etc.) in Emergency Response

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

 

Spectrum 5

  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Panel  - ERAC Technical Advisors
Mini LPG Case Studies

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  2:30 pm - 2:50 pm

Break

 

Spectrum 5

  2:50 pm - 3:50 pm

Speaker  - Michael Fears, BA, MA, Ph.D
Challenging Assumptions Behind Health & Safety Thinking

 

Spectrum 3 & 4

  3:50 pm - 4:00 pm

Closing Remarks - Spencer Buckland, ERAC

 

Spectrum 3 & 4