WRMC Workshop Schedule

2008 WRMC Workshop Schedule

Note: This information is for the 2008 WRMC, not the upcoming 2009 WRMC. updated 9/15/2008

Color Coded Key
general program management
legal/insurance
crisis management
staff training

Pre-Conference Workshops
Sunday, September 28, 2008
8:00am-5:00pm	WMI WFR Recert - Erica Linnell Osprey Room
Monday, September 29, 2008
7:30am-8:00am	Pre-conference Workshop Registration - Lobby
8:00am-5:00pm	WMI WFR Recert - Erica Linnell Osprey Room	NOLS Risk Management Training - Liz Tuohy and Brendan Madden Grizzly Room
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
7:30am-8:00am	Pre-conference Workshop Registration - Lobby
8:00am-12:00pm	WMI WFR Recert - Erica Linnell Osprey Room	NOLS Risk Management Training - Liz Tuohy and Brendan Madden Grizzly Room	Outward Bound's Instructor Judgement Training - Jim Garrett and Bob Box Moose 1 Room	Risk Management for Service and Conservation Corps - Kurt Merrill Moose 2 Room
1:00pm-5:00pm					Emerging Legal Issues - Reb Gregg and Cathy Hansen-Stamp Antelope 2 Room
5:00pm-7:00pm	Early Conference Registration - Lobby

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
7:30am-8:30am & 10:00am-12:00pm	Conference Registration - Lobby
8:00am-5:00pm	Exhibitor Showroom & Bookshop Hours - Explorers Room
7:00am-8:30am	Breakfast
8:00am-12:00pm (pre-conference workshops)	Site Management - Garth Tino, Betsy Lindley (off site)	The Learning Brain - Jeb Schenck, Jessie Cruikshank Moose 2 Room	Managing Risk with Volunteer Leaders - Alex Kosseff Moose 1 Room	Using Case Studies as a Risk Management Teaching Methodology - Deb Ajango Buffalo Room

1:30pm	Conference Begins
1:30pm-3:00pm	Opening Session, Sara Newman National Park Service - Explorers Room
3:00pm-3:30pm	Exhibitor Showcase and Break - Explorers Room
3:30pm-5:00pm	The New Media Changes Everything - Bruce Palmer Osprey Room	Judgment - Kent Clement Grizzly Room	NOLS Crisis Management - Drew Leemon Antelope Room	Understanding Your Legal Duty of Care - Reb Gregg Wapiti Room
5:00pm-7:00pm	Conference Reception & Exhibitor Thank You - Explorers Room (please join us!)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
7:00am-8:30am	Breakfast
8:00am-5:00pm	Exhibitor Showroom & Bookshop Hours - Explorers Room
8:30am-10:00am	How Accidents Happen - Jed Williamson Osprey Room	Staff Training for Therapeutic Programs - Kirk Shimeall, Rob Koning Grizzly Room	Insurance Panel - Christopher Barnes Cathy Hansen-Stamp, Doug Killeen, John McManamon Antelope Room	Legal Implications of Prescription Medication Use in Outdoor Programs - Frances Turner-Mock, Reb Gregg Wapiti Room
10:00am-10:30am	Exhibitor Showcase and Break - Explorers Room
10:30am-12:00pm	SAR for Outdoor Leaders - Tod Schimelpfenig Osprey Room	Staff Training for Theraupetic - Programs (cont) - Kirk Shimeall, Rob Koning Grizzly Room	Communicating Risk to Parents - Claire Dallat Antelope Room	Participant Agreements: Releases, Acknowledgment of Risks and Related Issues - Cathy Hansen-Stamp Wapiti Room
12:00pm-1:15pm	*Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm	Human Attitudes that Lead to Suffering in the Backcountry - Lester Zook Osprey Room	Training your Staff to be Risk Managers - Liz Tuohy Grizzly Room	Staff Injury: Claims and Return to Work Issues - Rick Braschler Antelope Room	Legal Lab -Reb Gregg, Cathy Hansen-Stamp, Wilma Gray, Tony Clapp, Frances Turner-Mock Wapiti Room
3:00pm-3:30pm	Break and Exhibitor Showcase
3:30pm-5:00pm	Medical “Screening”: The Five Questions to Ask - Deb Ajango Osprey Room	Risk Management in Canadian Programs - Jon Heshka Grizzly Room	Risk Management in International Programs - Laurie Belton, Peter Harvey Antelope Room	Litigation, Discovery, and Deposition Preparation - Wilma Gray, Tony Clapp Wapiti Room
Friday, October 3, 2008
7:00am-8:30am	Breakfast
8:00am-5:00pm	Exhibitor Showroom & Bookshop Hours (bookshop closes at 3:30pm) - Explorers Room
8:30am-10:00am	Risk Management in Urban /One Day Programs - Laura Herrin, Rebecca Bear Osprey Room	Theory v Reality: Lessons Learned in Crisis Management -Claire Dallat, Kirk Shimeall, Deb Ajango Grizzly Room	Managing Technology on Wilderness Programs; What Are the Practices? - Drew Leemon Antelope Room	What You Say and What You Write Down, Practical Value and Legal Impact - Cathy Hansen-Stamp Wapiti Room
10:00am-10:30am	Break and Exhibitor Showcase - Explorers Room
10:30am-12:00pm	Risk Management in Small Programs - Christopher Barnes Osprey Room	NOLS India Evacuation Case Study - Shawn Stratton Grizzly Room	Lessons from Stratcoma Tweedsmuir School - Bruce Hendricks Antelope Room	Mock Trial - Wilma Gray, Tony Clapp Wapiti Room
12:00pm-1:00pm	*Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm	Write Your Risk Management Plan - Liz Tuohy, Drew Leemon, Kurt Merrill Osprey Room	Post Incident Response - Jay Satz Laura Herrin Grizzly Room	Wilderness Medicine, Current Issues - David Johnson MD Antelope Room	What to Say, What to Do: Managing Legal Issues After a Serious Incident - Frances Turner-Mock Wapiti Room
2:30pm-3:00pm	Break and Exhibitor Showcase - Explorers Room
3:00pm-4:30pm	Medication Management for Minors - Mark Vermeal Osprey Room	Post Incident Response (cont) - Jay Satz Laura Herrin Grizzly Room	Competence v Certification - Kent Clement Antelope Room	Advanced Legal Session - Reb Gregg and Legal Panel Wapiti Room
4:45pm-5:15pm	Closing Session - What We Have Learned
6:30pm-7:30pm	Keynote Dinner - Explorers Room
7:30pm-9:00pm	Keynote Speaker Jack Turner - Explorers Room
9:00pm	Conference Ends


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