OVERVIEW

SESSIONS

SCHEDULE

REGISTER

HOTEL

Important Dates

Meeting Dates

May 15 -17, 2007

Registration Deadline

April 25, 2007

Hotel Reservation Deadline

April 25, 2007

Speakers and Sessions

Tuesday, May 15

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

SCAA Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, May 16

9:00 am – 10:00am

Keynote Speaker, Sander Martin Levin, Democratic U.S. Representative from the 12th Congressional District in Michigan (invited). Congressman Levin serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and is the ranking Democrat on the Trade Subcommittee. He also serves on the Human Resources Subcommittee.

10:15 am – 11:15 am

Presentation by ISNET World – Joe Eastin, President (confirmed)
What is ISNET World? ISNET World is a web-based contractor database that helps owners and contractor/suppliers satisfy governmental and operator specific record keeping requirements, reduces the administrative costs of managing and pre-qualifying contractor/suppliers and eliminates the need to maintain multiple contractor databases. Contractor/Suppliers also use the system to manage training and record keeping requirements.

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Regulatory Update with United States Coast Guard (USCG) Headquarters, Office of Response, Captain Mike Karr (confirmed).
The USCG Office of Response is responsible for the integration of planning, preparedness and response operations for pollution incidents, marine accidents, natural disasters, terrorism, and other threats to public safety, the environment, and the marine transportation system. Captain Karr has been invited to discuss pending and new regulations, training and drill requirements in accordance with the Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) and to provide insight into the challenges and process improvements his office has seen for spill responses nationally over the past year.

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Update from National Pollution Fund Center (NPFC)– Tom Morrison, Chief, Claims Adjudication Division and Donna Helberg, Removal Branch Chief of NPFC  (confirmed). Several representatives from the National Pollution Fund Center (NPFC) will review the mechanics of filing a claim with NPFC, discuss lessons learned from case studies and changes to policies and procedures that have been implemented in the last year.

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Presentation by AIG Environmental – Darin Winick, Association Programs for Contractors (confirmed) - Environmental Risk Management Is Our Business! AIG Environmental offers a variety of environmental insurance products and programs combined with supporting services that are designed to be responsive to the environmental exposures faced by the industry and the response community.


4:15 pm – 5:00 pm

SCAA Annual Business Meeting


Thursday, May 17

8:30 am – 9:30 am

Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC) Update with John Satagaj (confirmed) -SCAA has invited John Satagaj, President of the Small Business Legislative Council, to provide an update on pending legislation affecting small businesses. This year SCAA joined the long list of trade organizations that benefit from their membership in the Small Business Legislative Council.

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Ray Hayden, Chief of Procurement Branch, USCG, Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic (MLCA) (Confirmed) will provide insight into the challenges and process improvements his office has seen for contracting for pollution incident and natural disasters over the past two years, including continuing operations his office is handling for Hurricane Katrina.

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Panel Discussion of Spill Response Contractor Payment Issues –
Sharon Palustre, Contracting Officer, USCG, MLCA (Confirmed); Ray Hayden, USCG, MLCA (confirmed); Lt. Robert Gore, USCG (confirmed); a representative from a spill management group and representatives from the insurance industry will initiate a lively discussion of issues related to spill response contractor payments. All members of the spill response community will want to participate in this discussion to help improve on the current systems and procedures.