| 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Conference Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Skill Builder Workshops: |
| Annual Self-Evaluations |
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| Essential Communication Skills for Leaders | |
| Safety Leadership: Moving Safety from Accountability to Responsibility | |
| 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Guest Program 1: Mt. Vernon & Alexandria |
| 12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | VPPPA's Mediation Program Workshop |
| 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Improve Incident Investigation Effectiveness First Reviewer Second Reviewer |
| Improve Your Safety Culture | |
| 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | VPPPA Board of Directors Meeting |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Annual Meeting of the Membership |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Open Regional Networking Meetings |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Welcome to Washington |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | Opening General Session, Part 1 |
| 3:20 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Opening General Session, Part 2 |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | VPPPA Award Winners' Reception |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | GOnet-VPPPA's Grassroots Network Participants' Meeting |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Around the World Reception and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall |
| 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | 12 TA Workshops: |
| TA1, Shutdown Safety - RX for Success | |
| TA2, Engaged Leadership: A Comprehensive Approach to Leadership | |
| TA3, Employee Involvement in VPP from a Union Perspective | |
| TA4, TEAM - Together Employees Achieve More - What to Expect of Employee Safety Teams | |
| TA5, Business Compliance One Stop: Creating a Single Face of Government | |
| TA6, Four Dimensions to Effective Safety Management | |
| TA7, Applying Behavioral Safety Principles to Productivity and Quality | |
| TA8, Best Practices to Promote Safety for Hispanic Workers | |
| TA9, "Spark Up" Your Safety & Health Training | |
| TA10, Crisis Media Management | |
| TA11, Perception Survey Techniques: Measuring Culture? | |
| TA12, The Congressional Insight Game, Part 1 | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | 12 TB Workshops: |
| TB1, The Congressional Insight Game, Part 2 | |
| TB2, Getting to the Bottom of "Human Error," Applying Principles
to Incident Analyses First Reviewer Second Reviewer |
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| TB3, VPP for Construction Sites | |
| TB4, Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H ) Systems Integration at Leading EPS Performance Track & OSHA VPP Facilities | |
| TB5, Employee Involvement 101 | |
| TB6, A Marketing Approach to VPP | |
| TB7, Hazard Recognition | |
| TB8, What Will OSHA Expect from IH Programs in Order to Meet VPP Star Requirements | |
| TB9, Achieving "Best in Class" through VPP | |
| TB10, John Drebinger: Communication
to Motivate! |
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| TB11, DOE Electronic VPP (e-VPP) | |
| TB12, Job Hazard Analysis: VPPPA 2003 | |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | VPPPA Board Elections, Session 1 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | 13 TC Workshops: |
| TC1, Construction Project Safety Planning | |
| TC2, Five Disciplines of the New Leadership | |
| TC3, Using Focus, Attitude, Commitment, Teamwork, Self Esteem to Prevent
Accidents First Reviewer Second Reviewer |
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| TC4, Union Question and Answer | |
| TC5, National Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse | |
| TC6, Striving for Zero Injuries | |
| TC7, VPP Initiative and Successes at the U.S. Postal Service | |
| TC8, Aggression in the Workplace, How to Prevent It and Benefit from the Increased Productivity | |
| TC9, Risk Perception: Helping Employees Identify Hazards | |
| TC10, How to Be a Good Mentor | |
| TC11, Management of Change | |
| TC12, VPPPA Volunteer and Leadership Opportunities | |
| TC13, Experience Ergonomics: Illustrating Ergonomics through Demonstrations | |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 12 TD Workshops |
| TD1, Behavior-Based Safety Implementation | |
| TD2, Unique Construction Fall Protection Situations | |
| TD3, Working to Eliminate Workplace Injuries - Safety Groups | |
| TD4, The Kevin Bailey Story | |
| TD5, Save a Life: AEDs in the Workplace | |
| TD6, Ergonomic Improvements through U/M Teams | |
| TD7, Techniques for Hazard Recognition During Walk-Through Audits | |
| TD8, OSHA Special Government Employee (SGE) | |
| TD9, BackWorks: Back Care with a Real Life Approach First Reviewer Second Reviewer |
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| TD10, VPP for Small Businesses | |
| TD11, Roles & Responsibilities of Safety & Health Professionals in the VPP Process | |
| TD12, People-Based Safety | |
| 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. | Union/Labor Task Force Meeting |
| 5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. | State-Plan-State Coordinators' Meeting |
| 7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. | Legislative Outreach Day Briefing and Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. - 12P:45 p.m. | VPPPA's 6th Annual Legislative Outreach Day (LOD) |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Women in VPP Luncheon |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch & Learn for Minorities |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | VPPPA Board Elections, Session 2 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | 12 WC Workshops: |
| WCI. Rigging 101: An Introduction to Construction Rigging Practices | |
| WC2. Leadership for Worker Safety
and Health - the Key to Engaging the Frontline First Reviewer Second Reviewer |
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| WC3. Making Safety More Than a Priority. Why? And How? | |
| WC4. Update on Worker Protection and Equipment Standards | |
| WC5. Value's Safety | |
| WC6. OSHA Update 2003: Federal-State, Compliance and Standards and Guidance Activities | |
| WC7. Lockout/Tagout: Hands-on Demonstrating with Working Models and Methods | |
| WC8. The Government's Response to Workplace Violence | |
| WC9. Assessing the Risk of Terrorism & Protecting Your Employees | |
| WC10. Safety Training at Energy Nuclear | |
| WC11. Going Global with VPP - Implementation of VPP-Like Programs | |
| WC12. Safety: Measuring the Right "Stuff" | |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 13 WD Workshops: |
| WD1. Excavation Safety - Don't Find Yourself in a Hole | |
| WD2. "Strange Bedfellows" - Maintaining Momentum in a Mixed Work Force (Union and Non-Represented) | |
| WD3. A Total Safety Culture - The Magic Answer | |
| WD4. Moving to the Next Level of Accident Prevention: Incorporating Six Sigma into Your Safety Management System | |
| WD5. OSHA's Directorate of Cooperative and State Program Services and Products | |
| WD6. OSHA State-Plan-State Efforts | |
| WD7. Preventing Violence in the Workplace | |
| WD8. John Drebinger: Communication to Motivate! | |
| WD9. Effecting Positive Changes in Established VPP Teams | |
| WD10. So...You Want to be a SC Star? | |
| WD11. Fit for Duty - Adding to the Ergonomic Paradigm | |
| WD12. Setting Meaningful Safety & Health Goals and Measuring Them | |
| WD13. Experience Ergonomics: Illustrating Ergonomics Through Demonstrations |
| 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Breakfast and Closing General Session |
| VPP - A Great Partnership That Resulted in Great Performance! Motivational Speaker: Astronaut Mike McCulley, President and CEO, United Space Alliance |
