Preliminary Schedule of Events (15 min vendor spotlights will be held between Sessions)
Items Italics are pending.
| Date/Time | Presentation / Workshop | Presenter |
| March 16th 2026 | ||
| 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Welcome Reception | ABRA Board of Directors |
| March 17th | ||
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Opening Remarks | Scott Vogel, ABRA President Emergi-Clean |
| 8:45am – 9:15am | Tear Gas – The obstacles, hurdles, and risks to contractors and consultants. | Dr. Richard Lynch, Ph.D, CIH ESM Corporation |
| 9:30am – 10:45am | Post Mortem Forensic Entomology | David Rivers, Ph.D. Loyola University |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Multi-Family Property 3rd floor Unattended Death (Difficult Experience) | Thomas Licker, CEICR CBRM First Onsite Property Restoration |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch (Provided) | |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lessons from a Mass Casualty Event (Iowa High School) | John Krusenstjerna, CBRT Iowa CTS Cleaners |
| 2:15pm – 3:15pm | Informed Social Media for Bio Recovery: How to Grow Customers and Referral Partners Without Gore | Jacob Suarez, Marketing Harmony Environmental |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | The S-900 Standard | TBD |
| March 18th 2026 | ||
| 8:00am – 8:30 | Networking | |
| 8:45am – 9:15am | Lessons in Hoarding | Martie Law, CBRT Steri-Clean of Nebraska |
| 9:30am – 10:30 | Proper Cleaning Techniques (Trauma, Pharma, Food and other) | Thomas Licker, CEICR CBRM First Onsite Property Restoration |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | Communicating Safety in an Outbreak | Sean Fitzgerald MPH, RBP, CBSP Hackensack Meridian Health |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch (Provided) | |
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Maximizing Disinfectants to Maximize Decontamination | Dr. Helene Paxton STEM Faculty member at Rowan University South Jersey |
| 2:45pm – 3:45pm | Mergers and Acquisitions OH my! (Roundtable) | TBD |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | State of the Industry (Round Table) | TBD |
| March 19th 2026 | ||
| 8:00am | Tour of the Aberdeen Proving Ground | US ARMY |
