The PACNY Annual Conference
Thursday March 16th & Friday March 17th, 2023
PACNY is excited to announce our schedule.
We have an exciting new format for the 2023 conference!
We will be offering simultaneous multiple sessions with topics sure to be of interest to all and are bringing in exciting speakers to address a variety of issues relating to the industry and anyone concerned or connected to the environmental issues of today's businesses.
The Conference Schedule is below:
Thursday
March 16th
7:30 – 8:00 Registration Open in the Mohawk Room
Presentations Held in the Presentations Held in the
Tuscarora Room Onondaga Room
8:00 - 8:50 “All About OSHA , OSHA Update and “Bridging the Gap Between Field Sampling
A Heat Stress Enforcement Case” & Laboratory Analysis”
Donalea Maloney, Compliance Asst Specialist Michelle McGowan - VP Asbestos Division EMSL
9:00 - 9:50 “Exposure Assessments: The First “Employee Engagement”
Step in Compliance:” Maddie Davis & Lauren Battagllia
Pete Delucia – Director of Safety, Riedman Cos. Livingston Associates
and President, EIA
9:50 – 10:10 Morning Coffee Served in the Mohawk Room
Limited Breakfast will be served
10:10 - 11:00 “Managing Typical Regulated and Hazardous “What Your Injured Employee Thinks of You,
Wastes Generated on Abatement/Remediation Navigating the NYS Workers’ Compensation
Projects in NYS” Law and Related Benefits”
Chris Alonge – DASNY, Senior Engineer Alex Dell, Esq. – Law Firm of Alex Dell, PLLC
11:10 - 12:00 “The Ins and Outs of the EIA’s Mold Guide” “Where to Focus Your Efforts in Controlling
Michael A. Pinto – CSP, SMS, CMP, RTPE, FLS, ERS Insurance Costs”
CEO, Wonder Makers Environmental OneGroup – Brett Findlay, John Schmidtt,
Michelle Namisniak, Paul Coderre
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Served in the Oneida Room
1:00 - 1:50 “A Better Way to Survey; Gathering and “One Data Point Isn’t Enough! The Fungal
Sharing Data More Effectively” to Allergen Index, A New Diagnostic Concept” Nicole Henry – CompanyCam Lisa Rogers - Mycometer
2:00 - 2:40 “Blueprint Reading 101: For Environmental Projects” “Environmental Trends Throughout the US”
Jacob Hutton, Architectural Designer, CPL Brent Kynoch, Managing Director, EIA
Kevin Hutton, Pres. & CEO, East Centers of NY, LLC
2:40 – 3:00 Coffee Break Served in the Mohawk Room
The Afternoon Presentations will be held in the Tuscarora Room
3:00 - 3:45 “The Four Pillars of Safety: How to Avoid OSHA Citations and Create a
Safer Worksite in 2023 and Beyond”
Stefan A. Borovina, Esq., Goldberg Segalla
3:45 - 4:30 “Common ICR 56 Violations” - David Ramos, Safety & Health Inspector, NYS Dept. of Labor
4:30 - 7:30 Happy Hour in the Mohawk Room- Presented by Aramsco
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Friday
March 17th
8:00 – 8:30 Registration Open in the Mohawk Room
All Presentations Today Will Take Place in the Cayuga Room
8:30 – 9:00 “PACNY State of the Union “ - Craig Kaputa, PACNY
Life Time Achievement Award Presentation
President’s Award Presentation by PACNY President Craig Kaputa
9:00 – 10:00 “ Asbestos Fibers in the Human Body – Size Does Matter!”
Lee Poye -2023 Conference Keynote Speaker, V.P. Emeritus Eurofins Built Environment
10:00 – 10:15 Morning Coffee Served in the Mohawk Room
No Breakfast will be Served
10:15 - 12:15 DOL Asbestos Control Bureau - Emphasis Programs
DOL Licensing & Certification Unit Department Status
DOL Engineering Services Unit – Interpretations & Variance,
DOL Q&A Session
Panelists Include:
Matthew Robinson-Loffler Deputy Director NYS DOL
Kirk Fisher Asbestos Control Bureau
Edward Smith Engineering Services Unit
Paul Demmick Licensing and Certification
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch will be held in the Oneida Room
2023 Conference Registration is now open!
Attention Sponsors!
The 2023 Conference offers our sponsors a unique opportunity to network and introduce their company to over 200 attendees from the abatement and related industries. We host the most educational and informative conference for abatement in New York State. Take advantage of this captive audience to show them your products and services!
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