| Pre - Conference Workshops |
| Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
8:00am- 5:00pm |
Wilderness First Responder Recertification - Gates Richards |
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| Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| 7:30am- 8:00am |
Pre - conference Workshop Registration - Lobby |
8:00am- 5:00pm |
Wilderness First Responder Recertification - Gates Richards |
NOLS Risk Management Training - Liz Tuohy |
Effective Outdoor Program Design & Management - Paul Nicolazzo |
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| 7:30am- 8:00am |
Pre - conference Workshop Registration - Lobby |
8:00am- 5:00pm |
Wilderness First Responder Recertification - Gates Richards |
NOLS Risk Management Training - Liz Tuohy |
Effective Outdoor Program Design & Management - Paul Nicolazzo |
Sharing in Safety — Risk Management for Corps - Jill Baum |
Urban Program Risk Management Intensive - Rebecca Bear |
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 [half day] |
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1:00pm- 5:00pm |
What The Courts Want Us to Know - Hot Issues, Hot Cases - Reb Gregg and Cathy Hansen - Stamp |
Using Case Studies as a Risk Management Teaching Methodology - Deb Ajango |
Managing Risk With Volunteer Leaders - Alex Kosseff, Brenda Porter and Leigh Jackson - Magennis |
AMGA Top Rope Site “Tools of the Trade” and Other Tricks - Ed Crothers |
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| 5:00pm- 7:00pm |
Early Conference Registration |
| Conference Workshops |
| Thursday,
October 14, 2010 |
5:30pm - 6:45pm |
Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
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| 7:00pm - 8:30pm |
Conference Opening, Mike Gauthier |
Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm |
Exhibitor Showroom & Bookshop Hours |
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STAFFT TRAINING & DECISION–MAKING |
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION |
FIELD PRACTICES |
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS |
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND CRISIS RESPONSE |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Ambushed by Myself: Growing Beyond Several Unexpected Leadership Pitfalls - Lester Zook |
Small Program Risk Management - Justin Talbot  |
Behavioral Risk Management - preventing critical incidents in the field - Sky Gray and Kevin Moeller |
Chose Words Carefully... What You Say Matters! - Wilma Gray |
Getting beyond operator error: using systems to analyze accidents - Jeff Jackson |
10:00am- 10:30am |
Exhibitor Showcase and Break
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10:30am 12:00pm |
Evacuation Decision-making - Deb Ajango |
Managing Risk from Behind the Desk (a systems-based approach) - Josh Cole, Mitsu Iwasaki and Steve Smith |
Fundamentals of River Rescue: Not a discipline unto itself - Cody Harris |
Navigating Between Safety and Liability - Frances Mock and Bill Frederick |
Crisis Management: A Preplan in Action - Drew Leemon  |
12:00pm- 1:15pm |
Break and Exhibitor Showcase
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Effective Phone Interviews - Gates Richards |
Medical and Psychological Screening for Outdoor Programs - David Johnson and Billy Roos |
Managing Urban Adolescents in the Field: Front Country and Backcountry Considerations - Alexander Chu |
Fundamental Legal Issues - Cathy Hansen - Stamp  |
Internal and External Critical Incident Reviews - Jed Williamson and Jay Satz  |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Break and Exhibitor Showcase
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3:30 - 4:30pm (60 min) |
When Judgement Fails - Brendan Madden |
Risk Management and Technology - Peter DeRogo and Hannah Burgard |
Betting the Farm: Risk Propensity and Field Applications - Alan Ewert and Jay Whitacre |
"Standards in the Recreation Industry - What Does that Mean and How Does it Effect Your Operation?" - Tracey Knutson |
That Would Never Happen In My Program! - Rhonda Mickelson |
| 4:45 - 6:00pm |
Structured Networking |
Saturday, October 16, 2010 |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm |
Exhibitor Showroom & Bookshop Hours (bookshop closes at 3:30pm) |
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STAFFT TRAINING & DECISION–MAKING |
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION |
FIELD PRACTICES |
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS |
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND CRISIS RESPONSE |
8:30am - 10:00am |
Risk Management Lessons from the Aviation Industry - Clark Glenn |
Essential Eligibility Criteria – A Risk Management Tool - Janet Zeller and Cathy Hansen - Stamp |
Utilizing Pre - Program and Dynamic Hazard Identification - Mark Vermeal |
What to Expect if Your Prgram Gets Sued - An Overview of a Lawsuit - Tony Clapp |
Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits – Their Causes and Cures - Jed Willimason and Aram Attarian  |
10:00am- 10:30am |
Break and Exhibitor Showcase
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10:30am- 12:00pm |
Is Your Outdoor Adventure Program Safe? Balancing Staff Competency with Program Design - Paul Nicolazzo |
Insurance Basics - What you need to know! - Rick Braschler |
Understanding and Managing Negative Adolescent Behavior in the Wilderness Setting - Doug Mahon |
Your Participant Agreement - What's Going on Here? - Reb Gregg

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Promoting Risk for its Rewards: Transforming the Argument - Christopher Barnes |
12:00pm- 1:00pm |
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1:30pm - 5:00pm |
Medical Topics - New, Controversial and Old - Dave Johnson
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Land Management Panel - Jay Satz and Jen Lamb |
Pro - active Policies That Assist in Reducing Medical Issues in Wilderness Programs - Kirk Shimeall, Edwin Weih and Ron Koning |
Haubner & Miller vs. Abercrombie & Kent: Case study of an ongoing lawsuit - Ross Cloutier |
Risk Management: The Traumatic Aftermath - Will Marling |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
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3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Training Your Staff to be Risk Managers - Liz Tuohy
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Crossing the Border Matters: Practical Risk Management in International Settings - Mark Ritchie and Brendan Carroll |
Backcountry Lightning "Safety?" - John Gookin |
Ask the Lawyers Panel - Reb Gregg, Catherine Hansen - Stamp, Wilma Gray, Tony Clapp, Frances Mock, and Tracey Knutson |
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6:30pm - 8:00pm |
Keynote Dinner and Awards Ceremony
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8:00pm - 9:30pm |
Keynote Speaker, Mark Udall
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| 9:30pm |
Conference Ends |