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  • Tuesday, June 16, 2026
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • Wednesday, June 17, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    "When Meters Matter"
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Get to Know Chemical Processes Used in Illicit Labs
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Joint Hazard Assessment Team Immersion: From Lecture to Live Operations
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Unstable Materials: Oxidizers, Organic Peroxides, and Monomers
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hazmat Committee Meeting
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Physical and Chemical Properties for Risk Based Response
  • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Anhydrous Ammonia Response, Perfecting Properties, Processes, Packaging & Response
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Chemical Hazards determination using the wet chemistry Hazard Classification Procedure
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Enhancing Operational Readiness: Implementing Job Sheets and Check-Off Lists in Hazardous Materials Response – Best Practices
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    FTIR for HazMat Response. Gas, Liquid and Solid identification to Complete the Puzzle.
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    How not to blow up at a tanker truck rollover!
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Leading with the RGB Mindset: A 4-Hour Leadership Lab Detailing the 8 Rules of High-Performance Team Culture
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    LNG Awareness, Safety and Emergency Response – Train The Trainer Workshop
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Railroad 101 – Understanding Railroad Operations and Safety
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Seal the Deal: Hazardous Leak Control Workshop - Plug & Patch Mastery
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Street Smart Haz Mat Response - Safe Unsafe or Dangerous?
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Meter Guys Express "When Meters Matter"
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    IAP Development and Cost Recovery
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Masters of Gas Detection
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Radiation is EVERYWHERE!
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Tactical Chemistry 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    The HazMat Officer’s Three-Ring Circus: Managing Chaos with Confidence
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hydrogen from the Hindenburg to your Home Town!
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Improvised Nuclear Detonation Response Considerations
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Instructor Rehab! Building Your Scenario-Based Hazmat Training Program from the Objectives to the Training Grounds.
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Oxidizers, Peroxides and Pool Chemicals
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    S.O.S - Saving Ourselves (A Meter Guys presentation)
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Special Event Mass Decon
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Ultra High Pressure Water Injection! EVs, BESS and More!
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Using Tabletop Exercises as an Effective Training Tool to meet Federal OSHA Training Requirements of HAZWOPER 1910.120
  • Friday, June 19, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Opening General Session
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    ID the Unknown
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall
  • 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Air-Dispersion Models, Myths and Truths
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Alternative Fuels in the Maritime Industry -- A new Hazmat Challenge
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Analysis of mystery white powders at scene with portable instrumentation.
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Battery Bombs & Beyond: Hazmat Response to Lithium-Ion Battery Terrorism Threats
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Bring the WOW Factor
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CBRN/Hazmat/EOD Interoperability
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Expanding the role of hazardous materials research officer
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    NFPA Hazmat Standards & Hazmat Roundtable Updates
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Operational Leadership in Hazmat Response: A CFD Perspective
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: Inside the Fenceline: Conquering Chemical Plant Emergencies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: WTF Happened... and why does it keep happening?
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Risk-Based Response to Hydrogen Emergencies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    State of Matter Decision Making
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Understanding Vehicular Thermal Event Hazards Associated with High-pressure Gaseous Fuel Systems
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Why Do I Care? Chemical and Physical Properties
  • 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    HAZMAT Transportation and Fixed Facility Planning - How to analyze information and plan for potential impacts on Vulnerable infrastructure
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    2026 Updates! Lithium-Ion Batteries, EV and BESS- Where are we today?
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Enhancing Tactical CBRN Response: Ansell's Certified NFPA 1994, AlphaTec Phantom
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Field Identification of Controlled Substances
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hazmat History - Calls Every Hazmat Responder Should Know
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hazmat Research-What's New and Exciting
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Now Entering the Detection Matrix
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: Air and Water Reactive Materials
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: Inside the Fenceline: Conquering Chemical Plant Emergencies
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: WTF Happened... and why does it keep happening?
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Rail Summit Debrief
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Railcar Valves and Fittings
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Rapid Recon: Downrange Decisions at the Speed of HazMat
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Safety is oour gig
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    The history of Hazardous Materials in the FDNY
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    What’s More Toxic? Chernobyl, My Last Relationship, or My Fire Department?
  • 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Your Hazmat Incident Just Became a Federal Crime Scene, Now What?
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • Saturday, June 20, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    AI-Enhanced Capability Building for Hazmat Teams: How to Use Funding Strategies, Operational Modeling, and Pre-Incident Planning to Strengthen Biothreat Response and Decontamination Readiness
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Battery update: Where are we today?
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Beyond Line of Sight: Using Drones for Safer Gas Detection
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Cross-Sensitivities in Gas Detection: Challenges and Opportunities
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    From the Backstep to the Brass – Hazmat Tactics & Fire Department Lessons from the Road
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Gas and Vapor Identification: Integrating FTIR into Modern HazMat Response
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    HAZMAT Containers
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Joint Hazard Assessment Teams - Command and Coordination During Major Special Events
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: Color, Reaction, Result: The Science Behind HazMat Field ID
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: HazMatIQ FRO (First Responder Offensive)
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: Hold My Matches and Watch This!
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuild Your HazMat Training Program. Better, Stronger, Smarter.
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    SNG, RNG, LNG - OMG!
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    The Overlooked Threat: Understanding Gamma Radiation in Emergency Response
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Weaver Fertilizer Fire: An Ammonium Nitrate Case Study
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    A multi-generational approach to teaching Hazardous Materials Operations
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Back to the Basics – Grounding and Bonding
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Studies in EMS HazMat Response
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Chemical Assisted Suicide: Rescue versus Body Recovery
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Crazy concoctions, obnoxious odors, and colored smoke: HazMat in the Laboratory
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Emerging CBRNE Threats
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Is there something out there? Effectively Using sniffers like PID, FID and MOS sensors
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: Color, Reaction, Result: The Science Behind HazMat Field ID
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: HazMatIQ FRO (First Responder Offensive)
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: Hold My Matches and Watch This!
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Propane Tactics - Water Injection to stop vapor production and increase responder safety.
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Recognizing and Responding to Commercial Explosives Incidents-When to get "out of Dodge"
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rescuing Our Own - When Hazmat Goes Bad Part
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Risk Based Response to Compressed Gas Cylinders!
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    The ABCs of Being a Hazmat IC
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    The VooDoo of Natural Gas
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Utilities the misunderstood I.D.L.H. (Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health)
  • 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    A “Frickin’ Laser”- Remote Methane Leak Detection
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    BC Eddy LODD/Reefer Awareness Training
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Comprehensive HazMat Air Monitoring: Fixed Sites to Mass Gatherings
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Dangerous Properties of Hazardous Materials
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Finding Your Footing: A Guide for New Hazmat Instructors
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Marine Hazmat
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Overview of the Laws, Regulations, Directives and standards
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: DRT HazMat
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Pharm Review for ToxMedics
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Pseudoscience and Myths of Haz Mat V3.0
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Reducing the Risk of Biological Exposure: Using PPE and Decon to Reduce Contamination
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Responding to illicit labs- drugs and more!
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Responding to Military Explosive Shipments in the United States
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Seeing the Whole Picture: Multi-Technology Field Analysis for Modern HazMat Response
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Sensor Showdown: Battle of the 4-Gas Titans
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Triple Threat - Hazmat Response to Radiation, Explosive and Chemical Hazards Incident
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    You’re the “First on the Scene to a Propane Incident and have nothing to work with, or do you?”
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Beyond the Box: Understanding Intermodal Tank Containers in HazMat Response
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    BLEVE Case Studies and Awareness
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Compromised EV Batteries: A Practical, Risk-Based Model for Scene, Transport, and Safe Storage
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    FoamIQ - Preplanning for the eventual flammable liquid incident
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    From South of the Border to Your Backyard: HazMat Challenges Associated with Drug Trafficking
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hazard and Risk Assessment for Corrosives Incidents: Thinking it Through
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hey Hazmat Technicians - What Do You Want the National Hazmat Committees and Agency Leaders to Know?
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Human Error Prevention: Dear Chief, No one was more surprised than I…
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Managing the Hazmat Incident - Start to Termination
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    New Team Leaders: Basic Needs for Your Toolbox
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: Challenging Foursome
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 1: Detect, Decon, Verify
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: DRT HazMat
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Seconds from Chaos: Hazmat Technician Strategies for Bomb Threats, Suspicious Package & Explosive Device Calls
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Why Does Everyone Hate Radiation?
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    ABCDEFG HAZMAT It is important the hazardous materials response be broken down to the lowest common denominator. This session will show how your response team can partner with the fire departments in your service area to maximize initial assessments.
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Click vs. Competence: How We Learn
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    HazMatIQ Next Generation
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Let’s Talk Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Metering what we forget
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: Challenging Foursome
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part 2: Detect, Decon, Verify
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Propane Systems - Hands On Overview
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    SoCal Urban Conflagration and the Lithium-ion Battery Response
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Starting Off Right- Scene Arrival, Site Management and Control
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Hazmat Rookie: Transition from the class into the field
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    There is no such thing as “Nerve Gas,” Understanding CWAs, their Detection and Decision-Making
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    UNDERSTANDING BATTERIES: EMERGING RISKS AND RESPONSE INSIGHT
  • Sunday, June 21, 2026
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Hazmat Officer 101: You’re a Leader, Not a Boss