Preliminary

AGENDA

(Rev. 10/3/03)

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Joint NCSBCS/AMCBO Annual Conference &

3rd National Forum on Building Smarter in the Digital Age

 

Portland Marriott Downtown

Portland, OR

October 19-22, 2003

 

Registration


Working Together to Enhance Public Safety and
Economic Competitiveness

SUNDAY – OCTOBER 19
Orientation & New Products Reception

Noon - 6:30      Registration Desk Open

4:00 – 5:00       Exhibitors Set Up

5:00 – 6:00      "At Your Service!"  NCSBCS Orientation/Update

6:00 – 7:30       Reception (All Attendees)

"At Your Service" session held from 5 to 6 p.m., affords members and guests an overview of NCSBCS programs and services. This program is followed from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with a  Reception at which NCSBCS members can showcase products and services they offer. Past sessions have included hardware and software providers, product manufacturers, and consulting firms in the construction industry. Member companies and conference exhibitors and sponsors interested in having their products showcased in this program should complete the New Products Reception sign-up form.

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MONDAY – OCTOBER 20
Opening of Joint NCSBCS/AMCBO Annual Conference and 3rd National
Forum on Building Smarter in the Digital Age

8:00 - 4:00      Registration

7:30                Continental Breakfast                  

8:30 – 9:00     Welcome and Opening Remarks
                      Jim Francesconi, Portland Commissioner of Public Utilities

9:00 – 10:15   Challenges of Development & Construction in the Digital Age - The Need
                     for Regulatory Streamlining
                     Moderator:  Tom Joachim, NCSBCS President
                     Panelists:
                          Terry Dieter, INTEL
                          John Crull, Boeing
                          William Hoy, Marriott Corporation
                          Bret Heckenberg, ABHT Structural Engineers
                          David Lawrence, City of Hillsboro, Oregon
                          Edward Vranizan, IDC Architects

10:15 – 10:30  Coffee Break 

10:30 – Noon   Streamlining to Enhance Economic Competitiveness - The Oregon
                      One-Stop Business Process Initiative - E-Gov & Code Enforcement
                      Moderator:  Cory Streisinger, Oregon Department of Consumer and
                           Business Services
                      Panelists:
                          Duncan Wyse, Oregon Business Council
                          Patrick Allan, Governors Office of Regulatory Streamlining
                          Brian Krieg, Pac/West Communications
                          Mark Long, Oregon Building Codes Administration

Noon – 1:30    Luncheon
                     Keynote Speaker on Importance of Uniform Codes to Disaster
                          Mitigation
                         
Anne R. vonWeller, C.B.O., President, International Code Council &
                               Chief Building Official, Murray, Utah

1:30 – 3:30      Alliance Update & Demonstrations of Hardware & Software to Streamline
                      & Enhance Code Enforcement
                      Moderator:  Dr. Paul Taylor, Center for Digital Government
                      Panelists:
                          Robert Wible, NCSBCS - Alliance Update
                          Patricia Lancaster, New York City - New York City Summit
                          Mark Topping, New York City - New York City Summit 
                          Software Providers:
                                Gregg Margarite, Black Bear Systems, Inc.
                                Ho Wing Sit, Accela, Inc.
                                Hansen Information Technologies representative
                          State Building Departments:
                                David Noronha, State of California
                          Local Building Departments:
                                Stephen Garnier, Fairfax County, Virginia
                                Mike Brennan, City of Bellevue, Washington
                                Jack Phillips, County of Ventura, California

3:30 - 4:00       Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:30      Building Regulatory System in the Year 2020
                      Panelists:
                          Cynthia Wilk, State of New Jersey
                          Dr. Martin Fischer, Stanford University
                          Dr. Zhong Ki, Singapore


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TUESDAY – OCTOBER 21
Issues, Trends and Best Practices to Enhance Public Safety & Economic Competitiveness, Codes Administration/Building Rehabilitation/Technology
& Jurisdictional Issues

8:00 - 4:00       Registration

7:30                Continental Breakfast

(Three Parallel Tracks)

8:30 – Noon     TRACK A - CODES ADMINISTRATION

8:30 – 9:45      Developing a Compatible Family of Construction Codes
                      Moderator:  Mike Unthank, NCSBCS Past President
                      Panelists:
                          Thomas Joachim, State of Minnesota
                          Jerry Jones, State of Louisiana
                          John Neff, Washington Building Codes Council

9:45 - 10:00     Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:00   Reengineering & Streamlining Building Regulatory Systems -
                      States at Work
                      Moderator:  James Hanna, NCSBCS Past President
                      Panelists: 
                          Dennis Langford, Commonwealth of Kentucky
                          Cynthia Wilk, State of New Jersey
                          Thomas Joachim, State of Minnesota
                          
11:00 - Noon   Funding Effective Code Enforcement in a Difficult Economy
                      Moderator:  Ray Kerridge, Portland Bureau of Development Services
                      Panelists:
                          Jack Proctor, Commonwealth of Virginia
                          Dennis Langford, Commonwealth of Kentucky
                          Claude Cooper, City of Richmond, Virginia

8:30 – Noon     TRACK B - URBAN REVITALIZATION - REHAB CODES IN ACTION

8:30 - 10:00     Rehab Codes as a Tool to Urban Revitalization
                     
A Look at Several Rehab Code Approaches
                     
Speaker:  John Terry, State of New Jersey

10:00 - 10:15   Coffee Break

10:15 - Noon    Building and Fire Official Cooperation - Models that Work
                      (How to establish successful working relationships)
                      Panelists:
                          Ronald Farr, City of Kalamazoo, Michigan
                          Jim Muir, Washington County, Oregon

8:30 - Noon     TRACK C - WORK SESSION OF NATIONAL ALLIANCE CORE WORK
                      GROUP ON INTEROPERABILITY

8:30 - 10:00     Defining High Priority Data Exchange Needs for Interoperability

10:00 - 10:15   Coffee Break

10:15 - Noon    Continuation of Work Session on Interoperability

Noon - 1:30   Joint NCSBCS/AMCBO Awards Luncheon
                    Keynote Speaker - James M. Shannon, President & CEO
                               National Fire Protection Association 

(Three Parallel Tracks)

1:30 - 5:00     TRACK A - UPDATE ON THE ISO RATING SYSTEM - CODE
                     ADOPTIONS & PRIVATIZATION ISSUES
                     Presentation:
                          Ralph Dorio, Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO)

1:30 - 6:30     TRACK B - URBAN REVITALIZATION - REHAB CODES IN ACTION

1:30 - 3:00     Building Rehab Projects in the Northwest
                     Examples of successful urban revitalization projects in Pacific Northwest
                     and code issues that needed to be addressed.
                     Moderator:  Mark Long, Oregon Building Codes Administration
                     Panelists:
                         Robert Ball - Marshall Wells
                         Bruce Brown, CBD Architects
                         Kevin Montgomery Smith, Portland Chamber & Alliance for Progress
                         Dennis Wilde, Gerding/Edlen Development Company
                         Blake Patsy, KPFF Consulting Engineers

3:00 - 6:30    Tour of Portland's Brewery Block

                   
A visit to Portland’s major mixed-use redevelopment project in the Brewery
                    Blocks in the northwest section of the city.


1:30 - 6:30    TRACK C - FACTORY-BUILT STRUCTURES COMMITTEE MEETING

                    NCSBCS Factory-Built Structures Committee review and discussion of
                    state and industry concerns in the Federal Manufactured Housing
                    Construction and Safety Standards program


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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Homeland Security and NCSBCS & AMCBO Business Sessions

8:00 - Noon      Registration

7:30                Continental Breakfast

(Two Parallel Tracks)

8:30 - 5:30       TRACK A - NCSBCS

8:30 - Noon      Protecting the Public & U. S. Infrastructure - Homeland Security -
                       Roadmap to Resources & a Secure Database for First Responders
                      
Best Practices & Guides from Public & Private Sector that help you
                       determine how to protect different occupancies.
                       Review of work to develop a prototype of a secure database for first
                       responders of as-built designs, evacuation plans, and key information.

                       Moderator:  Robert Wible, TISP I-SPAN
                       Panelists:
                           Mark Topping, N.Y. City Department of Buildings

                           David Aylward, Comcare Alliance
                           Howard Gordon, Ramsafe Technologies, LLC


Noon - 2:00      NCSBCS Members Luncheon & Elections - Future Direction of
                       Conference

2:00 – 3:45      NCSBCS GENERAL SESSION – NCSBCS Delegate Body

4:00 - 5:30       NCSBCS Board Meeting

8:30 - 5:00       TRACK B - AMCBO

8:30 - Noon      AMCBO Business Session

Noon - 1:30      AMCBO Members Luncheon & Elections

1:30 - 5:00       AMCBO Board Meeting

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