Keynote Speaker
This year’s Annual Conference features an impressive line-up of keynote and featured speakers.
Members Luncheon | Tuesday, Oct. 22 – The keynote speaker for this year’s Members Luncheon will be Matt Paxton, a top hoarding expert and a featured cleaner on the hit television show HOARDERS. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to hear this renowned specialist share his expertise about a topic that is inextricably linked to building safety, fire prevention and the codes. The International Property Maintenance Code in particular provides requirements for a minimum level of safety and sanitation in existing structures that covers cleanliness, rubbish disposal, rodent infestation and means of egress.
Matt started cleaning out houses after his father and grandparents passed away in the same year. He has focused his career on solving difficult living situations caused by hoarding, and he runs a full-service estate cleanout company called Legacy Navigator.
More about Matt
- Biography
- Twitter profile
- Forbes, “Matt 'Mr. Hoard' Paxton: Dirty cleanup is rich business”
- Cleveland Plain Dealer, “‘Hoarders: Family Secrets’ host Matt Paxton tells best ways to deal with disorder”
- New Orleans Times-Picayune, “Help for hoarders: Matt Paxton offers tips for families struggling with serious emotional disorder”
- Richmond BizSense, “Local ‘Hoarders’ star’s new company expands in West End”
- Salem Statesman Journal, “Hoarding 101, by Matt Paxton”
Conference Speakers
PMG Education Program
Carvin DiGiovanni
PMG Education Program: Session One – Layers of Protection: Based on the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
Ronald Braun
PMG Education Program: Session Two – 2018 IPC® Significant Changes
Jim Tinner
PMG Education Program: Session Three – 2018 IMC, IFGC® Significant Changes
John Sedine
PMG Education Program: Session Four – Residential HVAC Design Process
GR Forum
Henry Kosarzycki
GR Forum: Engaging Code Officials Early in the Process to Achieve High Performance Buildings
Jim
Ellwood
GR Forum: Update on High School / College Technical Training and the Military Families Career Path
Programs
Angela R. Gladwell
GR Forum: Mitigation investment of current building codes
Amanda Jackson-Acosta
GR Forum: Hurricane Recovery
Bobbi Borland
GR Forum: Update on Inspector Certification Requirements
Global Connections Day
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Katharine E. Morgan, President, ASTM International
“Innovation and Standardization: Jointly Enhancing Safety”
Hiroki Sunohara, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan
“Post-earthquake building damage assessment and new technologies in Japan”
Mia Marvelli, Executive Director, California Building Standards
“Developing state regulations not available in an international model code”
PANEL: “Efficient and Effective Building Regulatory Systems to Support Resilient Cities in low and middle-Income Countries”
Moderator: Thomas Moullier, The World Bank
Ichiro Sato, Assistant Director, Building Regulation Division, Housing Office, Department of Construction, Aichi Prefectural Government
“Countermeasures for Earthquake Disaster & Local Government Efforts – Linkage Among Industry, Government & Academia: Japan Study”
Evangelina Hirata Nagasako, ONNCCE Director General
Arturo Echeverría Aguilar, AEAEE/ALENER President, and Aislantes Minerales, S.A de C.V., Principal
Eleazar Acuña Cabrera, Vinte Inmobiliaria, Special Projects Manager
Lourdes Salinas, THREE Consultoría Medioambiental, S.A. de C.V., Principal
Chris Birchfield, Global Fireproof Solutions, Inc.
“New High Performance Fire Resistance Coating Applications”
