Would you stake your retirement on the accuracy of the data provided by your firm’s contracted environmental laboratories?

Just one challenge to your organization’s testing methods and data can raise questions about the integrity of your entire environmental management system.

Managing Hidden Risk: The Importance of Laboratory Data and Laboratory Selection to your Environmental Management System
Web Conference—Tues. March 18, 2008—1:00 to 2:30 pm ET
Cost: Members $135 / Non Members $175

Register for Laboratory Data Web Seminar

Explore this often overlooked risk area and gain proven techniques from ensuring the quality of your laboratory data!

Accurate data is the cornerstone of a strong environmental management system, yet many EHS professionals face challenges and uncertainty when it comes to selecting laboratory testing support. Just one challenge to your organization’s testing methods can raise questions about the integrity of your entire EHS management system.

This session, developed in partnership with GLEMP,a recently formed non-profit organization, is designed to shed light on the sometimes ambiguous world of contractor laboratory support and help EHS managers minimize the potential liabilities that can arise from bad laboratory data.

Speakers:
Charles Barksdale, Mgr., Environmental Services, Sunoco, Inc. R&M
Bruce Martin, Sr. Remediation Project Engineer, Avery Dennison Corp.
Dan Finan, Remediation Project Manager, Avery Dennison Corp.
Tom Coyner, President, Analytical Products Group, Inc.

	Understand best practices for structuring laboratory procurement processes
	Understand laboratory data accuracy vs. "defensibility" as it relates to EMS support
	Recognize different laboratory support needs for routine operations vs. remediation projects
	Understand key considerations for selecting support of US operations vs. other global locations
	Learn what laboratory certifications provide and what they don’t
	Learn about options for key information gathering and on-going monitoring with limited resources

Register for Laboratory Data Web Seminar

Save travel time and money--Attend from your desk and benefit from the experience of your peers! This program will address the challenges of limited time and financial resources while giving attendees the tools and knowledge to close the window on an often overlooked potential risk.

Who should attend?

• Anyone with responsibilities for selecting contract laboratory support
• Anyone with responsibilities for managing EHS data and/or supporting their firm’s Environmental Management System
• Anyone wanting to learn more about global laboratory service providers

Please contact NAEM with any questions about this program at 202-986-6616 or by emailing programs@naem.org.

NAEM, the Premier Association for EHS Management, is a non-profit educational association dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) management. NAEM programs are developed by association members to support their professional development & broaden their skill competencies.