Life Jacket Association
2022 Annual Conference
May 2 – 4, 2022 | Clearwater Beach, Florida

Agenda subject to change.
All times in Eastern Time.

MONDAY, MAY 2nd
6:00 – 8:00 PM Caladesi Room & Terrace – 8th Floor	Registration Open
6:00 – 8:00 PM Caladesi Room & Terrace – 8th Floor	Opening Ceremony & Reception
TUESDAY, MAY 3rd	All sessions will be held in Siesta Key – 2nd Floor
8:00 – 8:50 AM	Breakfast Networking
8:50 – 9:00 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Gordon Colby, Chair, Life Jacket Association
9:00 – 9:30 AM	Strategic Planning Overview Gordon Colby, Chair, Life Jacket Association
9:30 – 9:50 AM	LJA Bylaws & Membership Troy Faletra, Vice Chair, Life Jacket Association Jason Leggatt, Past Chair, Life Jacket Association
9:50 – 10:10 AM	LJA Awareness & Approval Process Steve Rogier, Member At Large, Life Jacket Association Troy Faletra, Vice Chair, Life Jacket Association
10:10 – 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 – 10:45 AM	State Boating Safety Outreach & Marine Law Enforcement Outreach Brian Rehwinkel, Outreach & Education Coordinator, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
10:45 – 11:00 AM	Life Jacket Website Taylor Matsko, Communications & Marketing Director, NASBLA
11:00 – 11:40 AM	LJA & the U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan Christopher Stec, Past Chair, National Safe Boating Council (NSBC)
11:40 – 12:00 PM	The Success & Future Plans for the Life Jacket Loaner Program Gail Kulp, Executive Director, Sea Tow Foundation
12:00 – 1:20 PM Sky Terrace	Lunch Networking
1:20 – 2:10 PM	UL Sessions: Laboratory Reports / Changes at UL – How they impact the PFD Industry Cathrine Martin, Engineering Leader, UL LLC UL R&D Manikin Project Update Chris James, Principal Engineering Manager, UL LLC Regulatory Framework in Europe & the Changes Related to Brexit for PFD’s Michael Kirkland, Senior Staff Engineer, UL LLC
2:10 – 2:30 PM	USCG Lifesaving & Fire Safety Division Update
2:30 – 3:00 PM	Q&A Session
3:30 – 5:30 PM Beach	Social / Beach Activity
6:00 – 8:00 PM Belleair Room	Dinner & Cocktails
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th	All sessions will be held in Siesta Key – 2nd Floor
8:00 – 8:50 AM	Breakfast Networking
8:50 – 9:20 AM	A Professional Angler’s Take on Boating Safety Hunter Bland, Professional Angler, Hunter Bland Fishing
9:20 – 9:40 AM	How Product Evolution is Increasing Safety on the Water Lee Gatts, Director of Government Affairs, Water Sports Industry Association (WSIA)
9:40 – 10:00 AM	Rapid Changing Cover Designs Enhance User Wearability Chris Semonelli, VP of Sales and Marketing, E-Squared
10:00 – 10:30 AM	Aqua Alert Judy Schink, Originator, Aqua Alert Pilot Program
10:30 – 10:50 AM	Break
10:50 – 11:20 AM	Always Ready – A Televised Life Jacket Wear Campaign Jim Emmons, Executive Director, Water Sports Foundation
11:20 – 11:40 AM	National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) Peg Phillips, Executive Director, NSBC
11:40 – 12:00 PM	National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) John Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, NASBLA
12:00 – 1:20 PM Sky Terrace	Networking Lunch
1:20 – 1:40 PM	Life Jacket Label Surcharge Fund Update Gordon Colby, Chair, Life Jacket Association
1:40 – 2:00 PM	USCG Office of Boating Safety Verne Gifford, Chief, Boating Safety Division (CG-BSX-2)
2:00 – 2:05 PM	Wrap-up / Business Meeting Invitation Gordon Colby, Chair, Life Jacket Association
2:05 – 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 – 4:15 PM	Business Meeting
4:15 – 4:30 PM	Closing Ceremonies

Updated: 05/02/22

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