program

Part

Time

Topic

Speaker/Moderator

Breakfast

7:30am-

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

Welcome

8:30 am- 8:45 am

Opening Remarks

Gary Higbee, AIA, Director of Industry Development, Ornamental Metal Institute of New York

Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Symposium Chair

Session 1: Introduction

8:45 am- 9:15 am

Historical Perspective: Significant Events - Codes & Standards Activity

Carl F. Baldasarra, P.E., President, Schirmer Engineering Corporation

9:15 am- 9:45 am

Evacuation Strategies

Ray Grill, P.E., Principal, Arup and President of SFPE.

9:45 am- 10:00am

Overview of Program - Issues to be Addressed

Jason Averill, Research Engineer, BFRL, NIST

10:00 am- 10:15 am

Break

Session 2:

Outside the Stair Enclosure

10:15 am-10:45 am

Type, Number and Location of Exits, and Exit Access

Randy Tucker, Executive VP, The RJA Group

10:45 am- 11:15 am

Evacuation Issues: When, Who, Where?

Dan O'Connor, P.E., Vice President of Engineering, Schirmer Engineering Corporation

11:15 am- 11:30am

Exit Discharge

Jose M.Toro, Facility Manager
Grubb & Ellis Management Services.

11:30 am- 12:15 pm

Construction of the Exit Enclosure

Jon Magnusson, P.E., Chairman and CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Steve Winkel, P.E., FAIA, The Preview Group

12:15 pm- 1:15 pm

Lunch

Session 3:

Inside the Stair Enclosure

1:15 pm- 1:45 pm

High-Rise Egress: The Human Factors

Guylène Proulx, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Fire Research Program, National Research Council Canada

1:45 pm- 2:15 pm

Environment Inside the Stair Enclosure

Michael J. Ferreira, P.E., Senior Fire Protection Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc.

2:15 pm- 2:45 pm

Design Issues within the Enclosure

Jake Pauls, CPE, Jake Pauls Consulting Services

2:45 pm- 3:00 pm

Break

Session 4:

Beyond Stairs

3:00pm- 3:30 pm

Alternatives: Elevators

Richard W. Bukowski P.E., FSFPE, Senior Engineer, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, NIST

3:30pm- 3:50 pm

Alternatives: Escape Devices

Antony Wood, RIBA, Executive Director, CTBUH and Visiting Associate, Illinois Institute of Technology

Wrap-up

3:50 pm- 4:30pm

Panel Discussion

TBA