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FRIDAY - April 23, 2009 |
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TRACK ONE
Fire Investigations
and Forensics |
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• 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Opening Comments
KEN ROYE - Conference Host
• 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Powerline Equipment - Nomenclature and Function
Robert C. Walther, PE -
Industrial Power Technology,
Santa Rosa, CA
• 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Metallurgical Failure Analysis of Powerline Equipment
LESTER E. HENDRICKSON Ph.D. - Semtec Laboratories, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
• 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
The Link Between Wood Utility Poles and Wildland Fire - Is it as Simple as it Looks?
RON ANTHONY- Anthony & Associates, Inc., Fort Collins, CO |
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SATURDAY - April 24, 2009 |
TRACK TWO
Legal Issues |
TRACK ONE
Fire Investigations
and Forensics |
TRACK THREE
Damages, Appraisals,
Restoration Evaluations |
• 8:00 am
Prosecuting Fire Fighting Cost Recovery Actions
BOB WRIGHT DEPUTY
US ATTORNEY Sacramento, CA
TRACY WINSOR - DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Sacramento, CA
• 9:00 am
Peo v. Oyler - Death Penalty Arson Case
MIKE MAYMAN - Dep District Attorney, Riverside County, CA
DOUG ALLEN - Investigator and Consultant, Running Springs, CA
• 10:00 am
Defense Perspective Regarding Class Actions in Mass Tort Cases
RANDY GIMPLE - Carlson, Calladine and Peterson, San Francisco, CA
• 11:00 am
Inverse Condemnation Theory
MARK GROTEFELD - Grotefeld & Hoffman, Chicago, IL
ALAN JANG- Buresh, Kaplan, Jang and Feller, Berkeley, CA
LUNCH BREAK
• 1:00 pm
Canadian Wildland Fire Litigation Practice
JOHN KIM - Lindsay, Kenney LLP, Vancouver, BC
RICHARD LINDSAY Q.C. - Lindsay, Kenney LLP, Vancouver, BC
• 2:00 pm
Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Mass Tort Litigation
JEROME FISHKIN, ESQ.
LINDSAY SLATTER, ESQ.
Fishkin & Slatter LLP,
Walnut Creek, CA
• 3:00 pm
Contemporary Subrogation Litigation Issues
Moderator
GARRY HUBERT - Hubert and Yatsutake, Concord, CA
MARK GROTEFELD - Grotefeld & Hoffman, Chicago, IL
ALAN JANG- Buresh, Kaplan, Jang and Feller, Berkeley, CA
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• 8:00 am - 9:15 am
Serial Arson Investigation Issues
BRIAN GARVEY - Moose Lake, MN
• 9:20 am - 10:40 am
Long Term Thermal Residency in Woody Debris Piles
PAUL STEENSLAND -
Grants Pass, OR
• 10:45 am- 12:00 pm
Fire Investigators Resources
GARY WHITE - GL White & Associates, Bend, OR
LUNCH BREAK
• 1:00 pm
TBA
CHRIS CURTIS, CBC Surveys, Sacramento, CA
• 2:00 pm
Lightning Forensics
DR. MICHAEL STRINGFELLOW, Powercet Corp, Prescott, AZ
• 3:00 pm
Meteorology and Wildland Fires
JAN NULL - Golden Gate Weather Services, Saratoga, CA
• 4:00 pm
Keynote Speaker
TBA
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• 8:00 am - 8:50 am
Real Estate Appraisals in Wildland Fire Cases
WAYNE MILLER - Licensed Real Estate Appraiser, Paradise, CA
• 9:00 am - 9:50 am
Personal Property and Vehicle Appraisals
ERIN JUNGE-DEWELL (ASA) - Griffin Appraisals, Paradise, CA
JULIE SUMMERVILLE ISA AM
Pacific Automobile Appraisers
Gardnerville, NV
• 10:00 am
Timber Appraisals and Damages Issues
WES HIGBIE ESQ. - U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
BILL APGER ESQ. - Attorney at Law, Chico, CA
• 11:00 am
Conservation and Environmental Easements - Rights of Action and Damages
ANDREW SCHWARTZ ESQ. - Shute, Mihaly Firm,
San Francisco, CA
LUNCH BREAK
• 1:00 pm
TBA
JOHN HARRIS - Landscape Economics LLC, Hollywood, FL
• 2:00 pm
TBA
ROBERT UNSWORTH- Industrial Economics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
• 3:00 pm
Auditing Fire Fighting Cost Recovery Claims
DAN NICHOLS - Fire Litigation Consulting, Oroville, CA
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SUNDAY - April 25, 2009 |
TRACK TWO
Legal Issues |
TRACK ONE
Fire Investigations
and Forensics |
TRACK THREE
Damages, Appraisals,
Restoration Evaluations |
• 9:00 am
The True Costs of Wildfires: A Global Look at Cost-Plus-Losses Over Time
DR. BOB ZYBACH , PhD Environmental Sciences - NW Maps Co. / Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc.
• 10:00 am
Standard of Care for Utility Arborists in Powerline Inspections and Tree Removal
DR. DON HAM - Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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• 9:00 am
Forensic Footprints of Lightning and Arcing
DR. DON LATHAM - Six Mile Systems & Lightning Forensics, Huson, MT
• 10:00 am
Using DNA in Wildfire Investigations
DR. VALERIE HIPKINS - Director National Forest Genetics Laboratory, Placerville, CA
• 11:00 am
Weather Modeling, Fire-spread Modeling, Fire-Weather Interaction, Operative Weather Analysis - Esperanza and other Case Studies
DR. JANICE COEN - National Center for Atmosphere Research, Boulder, CO
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• 9:00 am
Double Damages, Attorney's Fees, and Annoyance and Discomfort Damages (Kelly v. Chicago Bridge and Iron - USA v. Chicago Bridge and Iron - Plater v. Cochrane)
DOUG GRAY - Attorney at Law, Woodland Hills, CA
• 10:00 am
Defense Perspective on Double Damages in Wildland Fire Trespass Actions
David Bona - Carlson, Calladine, and Peterson, San Francisco, CA
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