LPI/ULPA 2015Annual Conference
Gaylord Hotel & Conference Center; Nashville, TN
Full Conference Agenda
Tuesday, March24, 2015
8:00 am – 5:00 pm LPI Board of Director’s Meeting
(Presidential Boardroom B)
(Lunch in same Room)
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
11:00 am Shotgun start for Golf
Gaylord Springs Golf Course
(Group Shuttles arranged through hotel)
Registration for Golf –
12:30 – 5:30 pm LPI Certification Testing (Pre-registered)
2 – 2 ½ hour sessions will be available on Wednesday
Beginning at 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm
(Presidential Boardroom B)
5:00 pm Registration & Hospitality Suite Open
(Suite Number – To Be Determined check at Registration)
5:00 pm LPI-IP Board of Directors Meeting
(Presidential Boardroom B)
6:00 pm ULPA Board of Director’s Meeting
(Presidential Boardroom B)
Thursday, March 26, 2015
8:00 – 9:00 am Hot Buffet-Style Breakfast
(Crystal Gazebo)
9:00 – 9:15 am Opening Comments & Welcome
Bud VanSickle – Heath Howe –Phil Youtsey
(Ryman Ballroom CF)
9:15 – 9:45 am ULPA General Meeting
Heath Howe – President – ULPA
9:45 – 10:00 am Break
10:00 – 11:00 am LPI General Assembly Meeting
Bud VanSickle – Executive Director
Kim Loehr – Communications Director
11:00 – 11:30 am LPI-IP Inspection Program Update
Tim Harger- Program Manager
11:30 – 12:00 am LPI Project – U.S. Connector Testing to IEC Standard
Mitchell Guthrie
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
(Crystal Gazebo)
3 Concurrent Panel Discussions
“Installations – Questions & Answers”
Mark Morgan
(Ryman Ballroom CF)
“Third Party Inspection”
Phil Youtsey & Justin Harger
(Ryman Studio HI)
“Media Training”
Jeanne Salvatore(I.I.I.) Kim Loehr
(Ryman Studio JK)
1:00 – 2:00 pm (3 Sessions on the topics running concurrently)
2:15 – 3:15 pm (3 Sessions on the topics running concurrently)
3:15 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm (3 Sessions on the topics running concurrently)
** Attend all three in any order **
5:00 pm Hospitality Suite Open
(Suite Number– To Be Determined check at Registration)
6:00 pm – 10:30 pm Shuttles departing Gaylord 6:00 & 6:30 pm for
Nashville Entertainment District
Shuttles returning 9:30 & 10:30 pm
Friday, March27, 2015
7:30 – 8:30 am Hot Buffet-Style Breakfast
(Crystal Gazebo)
8:30 – 9:30 am Lightning Observations and Applications
Scott Rudlosky
NOAA/NESDIS
(Ryman Ballroom CF – all day)
9:30 – 10:30 am Lightning Forensics
KR Davis
Haag Engineering
10:30 – 11:00 am Break
11:00 – 12:00 am Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc. - Program Updates
Eric Boettcher, George Dudkowski, and Steve Morelli
UL
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
(Crystal Gazebo)
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lightning Protection at Kennedy Space Center
Carlos Mata
NASA
2:00 – 2:30 pm I.I.I. Partnership Report 2014-15
Jeanne Salvatore
Insurance Information Institute
2:30 – 3:30 pm Amusement Park Lightning Awareness Project – 2015
John Jensenius
National Weather Service
3:30 – 4:00 pm NOAA/National Weather Service Partnership Report
Donna Franklin
NOAA
4:00 – 5:00 pm Promethean, Promotion, & Harvest Presentations
Heath Howe
President – ULPA
5:00 pm Hospitality Suite Open
(Suite Number – To Be Determined check at Registration)
6:00 – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception
(Delta Pavilion)
7:00 – 10:00 pm Dinner/Banquet
(Delta Pavilion)
Saturday, March 28, 2015
8:00 am – 1:00 pm LPI Certification Testing (Pre-registered)
2 – 2 ½ hour sessions will be available on Saturday
Morning beginning at 8:00 am and at 10:30 am
(To Be Determined – Room, space has been held, trying to get a room close to meeting space)