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Key Biscayne Conference 2009

Firestop Industry Conference and Trade Show

The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne
November 10 - 13 , 2009

The agenda promises excellent programs with seminars, trade show, some fun, relationship building, and golf. Here's what you need to do now to get involved!

FCIA Registration Forms

Print out the conference brochure or the agenda.
Register! Conference Registration
Get yourself recognized as a sponsor for a break(s), golf, or lunches...all are welcome to sponsor, contractors, manufacturers, associates. Golf Registration
Interested in being a Trade Show Exhibitor? Download Trade Show Exhibitor Contract. Trade Show Exibitor Registration

Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne
455 Grand Bay Drive
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Phone: 305-365-4500

Book now for $179/night Rooms will go fast at this price. At the Ritz website, under hotel tab, enter desired room reservation dates and # of rooms. Click + Optional Information. Put in Group Code: FIEFIEA and click submit. Or, just give the hotel a call, and off we go...

Discover The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, and experience a world-class resort community filled with beautiful nature preserves, charming shopping villages and golden beaches. Located on a seven mile-wide barrier island south of Miami Beach, The Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Florida, is just minutes from the city, but feels a world away.

Agenda

Tue, Nov10

Tue Wed Thu Fri

Time	Event
12:00p	Conference Registration - All events, except Receptions, Banquet, in Salon 1
1:00p - 2:30p	FM & UL DRI Education
2:30p - 3:00p	Break
3:00p – 6:30p	FM & UL DRI Testing
3:00p – 6:30p	Quality Manual Development Seminar Free to FCIA Members – (Non Members - $350 Extra Fee)
6:30p - 7:30p	FCIA Welcome Reception - Salon 1 Patio

Wed, Nov 11

Tue Wed Thu Fri

Time	Event
7:30a - 4:00p	Conference Registration Open - Tabletops Open (Coffee, Great Cont'l. Breakfast)
9:00a – 9:30a	FM 4991 Update & UL Qualified Firestop Contractor Program Update
9:30a – 9:45a	Break -
9:45a – 10:15a	FCIA 2009 Report Accreditation, Apprenticeship, Code (short, full Code Update Thurs), Standards, Technical, Program, Marketing, Legislative, Membership
10:15a – 10:30a	Break – Sponsored by
10:30a – 11:30a	FCIA Committee Sessions - In Meeting Room Meet Committee Chairs, Co-Chairs, learn more, get involved, make a difference.
11:45a - 6:00p	FCIA Ray Usher Memorial Golf Outing Proceeds Fund Fire Protection Scholarships at Universities - Shotgun Start – 12:30 Crandon Golf Course, Key Biscayne, FL
7:00p – 7:30p	FCIA Welcome Reception & Golf Awards - Ballroom Patio

Thu, Nov 12

Tue Wed Thu Fri

Time	Event
7:30a - 8:30a	FCIA Continental Breakfast - Tabletops Open
9:00 - 9:30a	FCIA Board Candidate Presentations
9:30a –10:00a	International Firestop Council Update Sarah Brewer, IFC President
10:00a – 10:15a	Break – Visit tabletops
10:15a – 11:15a	FCIA Education Session - FCIA ICC Code Hearing Update (ICC Hearings were Oct. 24 – Nov. 11) Bill Koffel, Koffel Associates ; Gary Hamilton & Bill McHugh, FCIA
11:15a – 11:30a	Break – Sponsored By - Visit tabletops
11:30a – 12:00a	Exhibitor Presentations - 2 minutes Each, then Luncheon Service
12:00p - 1:00p	Luncheon and Speaker – Jim Milke, Ph.D, P.E., Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland Sponsored by
1:00 - 1:20	New Life Safety Organization Bob LeClair, President
1:20p - 1:30	Break & Tabletop Time Sponsored by 2pm, ballot box closes.
1:30p - 4:50p	Special FCIA HANDS ON Sessions - Effective Compartmentation Installation, Inspection and Maintenance Programs targeted to HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
1:30p – 2:40p	Fire Resistance Gypsum Assemblies - Wallboard, Blocks - Bob Grupe, USG Corp
2:40p - 3:00p	Break
3:00p - 3:50p	Fire Damper Systems Mark Belke, Greenheck, Inc.
3:50p - 4:00p	Break
4:00 - 4:50p	Fire Doors & Hardware, Closers, Frames, Hinges - Brian Meade, Ingersoll Rand
6:00p - 7:00p	FCIA Annual Awards Reception - Courtyard
7:00p – 10:00p	FCIA 10 Year Anniversary Annual Awards & Recognition Dinner Paid Dinner, Conference Attendees & Invited Guests Only! FCIA Awards, Recognition Guest Speaker - Rick Segel, CSP, Author, 'Retail Business Kit for Dummies' Sport Jacket Recommended Reception - Courtyard by Fountain Dinner - Ponce De Leon Room

Fri, Nov 13

Tue Wed Thu Fri

Time	Event - Salon 1
7:30a - 8:30a	FCIA Continental Breakfast - Trade Show Area Open
8:30a – 9:30a	FCIA Sponsored Insurance Program Update - The Phoenix Group – Jim Venezia delivers new infomration....on FCIA's Insurance Program for Contractors and Consultants.
9:30a – 9:45a	Break - Sponsored by
9:45a– 11:15a	Firestopping Ligation Case History - Real Case Studies about improperly installed firestopping that went to court, and life safety won. Don't miss this! Joseph Colbert, Esq., - Kagan, Lubic, Lepper, Lewis, Gold & Colbert, LLP, New York
12:00p -2:00p	UL 1479/2079 Standards Technical Panel Task Group Meeting - Movement of penetrating Items – Working group meeting - open session

Casual Dress for the meeting - It's warm in Florida

Newsletters

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President's Messages

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   Summer 2004
    Spring 2004, Part 1, 2, 3
    Summer 2003
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   Winter 2001
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Literature

FM 4991 brochure (PDF version)

Press / Public Relations
   1st UL Qualified Firestop
       Contractor
   Responses to Canadian Ads
   Applauding C.o.Chicago, 12/04
   Passive Fire Protection, 10/03
   CSI Article, 7/03
   Passive firestopping, 4/03
   BSD Fall Newsletter
   CSI Letter, 8/9/02
   Daily Commercial News 7/02
   NFPA 5000 - Proposal 534
   NFPA 5000 - letter to officials
   NFPA 5000 - letter to K. Taraba
   CSI's Magazine Feb, 2001
   Press Release Jan 31, 2001

Firestop Industry Conference and Trade Show

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Event - Salon 1