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2019 Conference Schedule 2019 Conference Schedule Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:30-9:50 a.m. Introduction and Conference Welcome - Michael Reitzell, Ski California; Ron Cohen, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows (Squaw Valley Conference Center) General Session 1 9:50-11:00 a.m. From Tragedy to Triumph: How One Child’s Loss Led to Paradigm Shift in Chairlift Operations - Mark Henderson, Helen Chew, Dave Byrd and Mary Bozack (Squaw Valley Conference Center) 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own) Classrooms Palisades A Palisades B Palisades C Alpenglow Base Camp Olympic House - Plaza Bar Funitel and Tram Village South Parking Structure Everything Lift Maintenance Employee Safety: OSHA Case Lift Operations Staffing & Needs To Know About Wire The Essentials of Lift Physics - Intro to PLC Based Motor Study of 3 Lift Incidents - Tom Department Structure Roundtable - Funitel and Tram Tours - Chris Woo, Breakouts Session 1 12:30-2:00 p.m. Ropes & Wire Rope Inspections - Joe Gmuender, Gmuender Controls - Ed Thompson, Scully, Safehold Special Risk; Dave Brandon Swartz, Heavenly Mountain Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows Jorg Tonett, Wire Rope Service; Engineering Electramic LLC Byrd, NSAA Resort, Moderator Sven Winter, ROTEC Using Lift Surveillance to Managing Up: Using Influence to Quality Programming to Ensure Potpourri for $500 Alex - What Sheave Assembly Loads for Troubleshooting Tower Circuits - Advance Safety - Mary Bozack, Move Your Organization - Paul Success for Lift Maintenance Funitel and Tram Tours - Chris Woo, Breakouts Session 2 2:10-3:40 p.m. Inspectors and Peers Wish You Tower Rigging - Mike Stephenson, Daniel Pijuan, Mammoth Mountain MountainGuard; Jenna Prescott, Thallner, High Peaks Group; Ed Welding and Testing Operations - Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows All Knew - Mike Lane, NSAA P.E., Stephenson Engineering, Ltd. Ski Area Sugar Bowl Resort Frauenheim, Best Place to Work David Diaz, ETMS 3:40-4:00 p.m. Coffee and Tea Break sponsored by Duane Morris LLP Lift Maintenance 101: A Class for When Bad Maintenance Becomes Troubleshooting Tower Circuits Rigging Part I: Know Your Load - From Investigation to the Work.Play.Learn. - John Rice, the New Lift Mechanic by Normal: An Examination of (duplicate session) - Daniel Welding Clinic - Silvio Modena, Miller Breakouts Session 3 4:00-5:30 p.m. Jason Fontenot, Kirkwood Courtroom - John Fagan and Kristin Sierra-at-Tahoe; Frank Gerdeman, Doppelmayr - Eric Mann, Failures in Other Industries - Kelly Pijuan, Mammoth Mountain Ski Electric Mountain Resort Bohm, Duane Morris LLP Lake Tahoe Community College Doppelmayr Renwick, SORT Area 5:30-7:30 p.m. Opening Reception and Tradeshow sponsored by Skytrac Lifts, Inc. (Squaw Valley Conference Center) Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Classrooms Palisades A Palisades B Palisades C Alpenglow Base Camp Olympic House - Plaza Bar Wild Flour Village South Parking Structure Developing and Refining Your Lift Operations Safety Program - Leitner Poma 101, Tower Brake Torque Testing - Mike Breakouts Session 4 8:00-9:30 a.m. Zander Kestly, Vail Resorts; Fundamentals - Andrew Barber, Stephenson, P.E., Stephenson Michael Gross, Squaw Valley | Leitner Poma Engineering, Ltd. Engaging Leadership for a Alpine Meadows DC Motors - Keeping the Modern Workplace, Parts I-II - Hydraulic Braking and Doppelmayr Low Voltage Lab, Parts I- Revolution Alive, Parts I and II - Paul Thallner, High Peaks Group; Tensioning: Part I-II - Will Hartman, II - Michael Stuart, Doppelmayr Michael Stuart, Amptech Ed Frauenheim, Great Place to Skytrac, Inc. Passenger Loading Best Lifting, Pulling & Rigging Basics - Work Practices & Rescue If it Goes Advanced Ski Lift Math and Breakouts Session 5 9:40-11:10 a.m. Mike Stephenson, P.E., Stephenson Wrong - Tom Scully, Safehold Physics - Mike Lane, NSAA Engineering, Ltd. Special Risk 11:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Awards Luncheon sponsored by Kimball Midwest Lift Dispatch Communication - Lori Conveyors: The Basics, Wind Forecasting for Lift Bornstein, Mammoth Mountain; Kat Detachable Lift Round-Table - Lift Operations Round-Table - ANSI Essentials - Curt Panter, U.S. Fundamentals, and Real Life Breakouts Session 6 12:30-2:00 p.m. Maintenance Personnel - Kelly O'Neil, Squaw Valley | Alpine Kevin Higgins, Heavenly Mountain Jimmy Lawrence, MountainGuard, Forest Service Events - Eric Badger, Mammoth Renwick, SORT Meadows; Mattie Devine, Kirkwood Resort, Moderator Moderator Resorts Mountain Resort Doppelmayr Low Voltage Lab, Parts III- IV - Michael Stuart, Doppelmayr The Future of Chairlift Safety in Rigging Part II: Rigging Live - Jason California: A Round-Table of Hydraulic Safety Fundamentals Fixed Grip Lift Round-Table - Rick All About Ramps Part I - Brandon Fontenot, Kirkwood Mountain Resort; Magnetic Particle Inspection - Tricks for Trainers, Part I - Breakouts Session 7 2:10-3:40 p.m. Owners and Managers, Part I - and Demonstration - Tom Buck, Redin, Snow Valley Mountain Resort, Swartz, Heavenly Mountain Resort; Chris Woo, Squaw Valley | Alpine David Diaz, ETMS Melinda Stearns, Sierra-at-Tahoe Mike Reitzell, Ski California, Kimball Midwest Moderator Paul Beran, Sierra-at-Tahoe Meadows; Kirk Doering, Mason Valley Moderator Ventures 3:40-4:00 p.m. Coffee and Tea Break sponsored by MND America The Future of Chairlift Safety in Rigging Part III: Rigging Live - Jason California: A Round-Table of Interactive Introduction to All About Ramps Part II - Brandon Fontenot, Kirkwood Mountain Resort; Work Chair Safety Revisited - Tom Practical Application of Welding - Tricks for Trainers, Part II - Doppelmayr Low Voltage Lab, Part V - Breakouts Session 8 4:00-5:30 p.m. Owners and Managers, Part II - Ropeway Hydraulics - Greg Bretz, Swartz, Heavenly Mountain Resort; Chris Woo, Squaw Valley | Alpine Scully, Safehold Special Risk David Diaz, ETMS Melinda Stearns, Sierra-at-Tahoe Michael Stuart, Doppelmayr Mike Reitzell, Ski California, Doppelmayr Paul Beran, Sierra-at-Tahoe Meadows; Kirk Doering, Mason Valley Moderator Ventures 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tradeshow and Closing Reception sponsored by Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe (Squaw Valley Conference Center) Thursday, June 6, 2019 9:00-10:30 a.m. Little Shop - The Good, Bad, and Ugly - Mike Lane, NSAA (Squaw Valley Conference Center) General Session 2 10:30-11:30 a.m. The Lift Maintenance Resource Guide: An Introduction and How It Will Impact You - Mike Lane, NSAA, John Rice, Sierra-at-Tahoe (Squaw Valley Conference Center).
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