Monday March 25
Early Arrival—no events scheduled

Tuesday March 26
5:30 p.m. Bus departs The Desmond, enroute to Fort Orange Club Legislative Reception, Albany
6:00 p.m. Reception, Fort Orange Club, 110 Washington Avenue, Albany
8:00 p.m. Reception concludes and buses depart Fort Orange Club for The Desmond

Wednesday March 27 “The Main Day”—Committee Meetings, Business session, Presentations, Display space, Reception, Dinner, Silent Auction; at The Desmond

7:00 a.m. NYPERC Committee Meeting; Tabletop and display setup may begin

8:00 a.m. Registration on-site begins
Emergency Response Committee-N meeting begins, Jody Ameden and Dave Latourell, Chairs

9:00 a.m. NYPGA Committee Meetings-N
Autogas, Tom Overbaugh, Chair
Marketing, Matt Meehan, Chair
Safety & Training, Amber LaFountain, Chair
Membership, Roger Smith, Chair

10:00 a.m. Welcome by Bill Overbaugh, NYPGA President, Pledge of Allegiance, NYPGA Business Meeting begins, Treasurer’s Report,
Elections, Committee Reports

10:40 a.m. New York Legislation & Regulatory Briefing (:20) by Rick Cummings, Mulhern Gas and Chair NYPGA Legislative Committee; Richard Brescia, NYPGA Lobbyist in Albany

11:00 a.m. Employee Training Requirements for Propane Marketers, P3’s Erik Leskinen, (:30); intro by Tim Johnston, Johnston’s LP Gas Service

11:30 a.m. Marketing Tactics That Work: Going Digital, Warm Thoughts Communications, (:30) Gary Corbett; intro by Tom Overbaugh
of Ehrhart Energy, Chair of NYPGA Autogas Committee

12:00 noon Q&A With A Media Expert; Crystal Destefano, Strategic Communications, intro by Shane Sweet, NYPGA; (:30)

12:30 p.m. Lunch begins; PERC UPDATE; Bridgett Kidd, VP, PERC and Overview: State & Local Propane Issues across the U.S; with Lesley Garland, (web or phone), Director of Government Affairs; Report From The Scene: A Propane Emergency Response Story: Dave Latourell, Paraco Gas; intros by NYPGA President Bill Overbaugh

1:30 p.m. Driving Revenue with Your Service Operations, Cargas, Presenter Saul Cohen (:30)

2:00 p.m. LORA/LPWAN: Technology that will improve monitoring today and in the future, Wesroc Monitoring, Mike O’Brien (:30) ; intro by TBA

2:30 p.m. The K-Factor Compromise: How well do K-Factors predict individual deliveries?; Mark Bloom, Director of Marketing,
Angus Energy (:30)

3:00 p.m. NYS Regulation on Sexual Harassment, Mark E. Dailey, CSP, CRM, Vice President, Rose & Kiernan, presenter(:20)

3:20 p.m. Break (:10)

3:30 p.m. How to “wrangle” Will-Call customers…strategies; Tank Utility, Chris Brablc, intro by Matt Meehan, COO, Mirabito Energy (:30)

4:00 p.m. Regulatory Requirements; training components, liability exposures examined by insurers; Caputo Insurance, Presenter Richard Caputo; (:30)

4:30 p.m. CFATS and Propane Compliance, Presenter Maggie Bafia, Regulatory Analyst and Edward Karesiewicz, Senior Chemical
Security Inspector; intro by Shane Sweet; (:30)

5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks with Bill Overbaugh, Ehrhart Energy, NYPGA President

5:10 p.m.S Reception begins, Silent Auction begins, tabletops open ‘til Dinner

6:00 p.m. Dinner; Silent Auction continues

7:30 p.m. Silent Auction ends; Farewell

Program and presentation topics with maximum time allocations include: all times approximate and may change (last update 3/10/19). All programs noted above will occur on Wednesday March 27 unless otherwise specified; Average program will be about 30 minutes long. S—Reception Wednesday will start as soon as Bill Overbaugh concludes his remarks. Contact Shane Sweet below if needed.