SC Safe Home Expo

August 9-11, 2009

North Charleston Convention Center

North Charleston, SC

 For more info call:

803-737-6087 or 843-202-6940

CE Credits Available!

Real Estate Professionals - 4 hours of CE Credit

Insurance Producers/Agents - up to 8 hours CE Credit

Code Officials: 3 hours CE Credit (Tuesday only)

Floodplain Managers: 7.5 hours core CECs

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Schedule of Events*

Sunday, August 9, 2009

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm:  Free to the Public!

Sunday Seminar Schedule (PDF)

1:00 - 1:30 - Green Landscape Techniques

1:30 - 2:00 - Insurance Basics 

2:00 - 2:30 - Flood Insurance Basics 

2:30 - 3:00 - Home Inventories

3:00 - 3:30 - Garage Door Retrofits

3:30 - 4:00 - Available Tax Incentives and 
                       Catastrophe Savings Accounts

4:00 - 4:30 - Techniques for Improving Home 
                        Energy Efficiency

4:30 - 5:00 - Creating a Healthy Home 

Monday, August 10, 2009

Registration Required**

Monday and Tuesday Expo Agenda (PDF)

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast and Registration

	Opening Remarks

• Mayor R. Keith Summey

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Opening Session – 

             The Interrelations of Building, 

             Buying, and Insuring Your Property

• Allison Dean Love, Executive Director, SCINS

• Brian K. Pietras, Vice President, SEA of SC

• Nick Kremydas, CEO, SC Realtors

• Michael Young, Senior Director, RMS

10:00 am – 11:30 am: New SC Insurance Law –

            Omnibus Coastal Property Insurance 

            Reform Act of 2007 Explained

• Scott Richardson, CPCU, Director SCDOIKendall Buchanan, Legislative Liaison SC DOI

• Penny D. Cothran, VP, SC Bankers Assn.

• Bob Thomas, SC Dept. of Revenue

11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Luncheon - Keynote Address

• Brad Loar, FEMA Region IV Director

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Breakout classes

-Do you know your wind zone? 

Wind Pool and Wind Zones with the 

SC Wind and Hail Underwriting Association

• Smitty Harrison,  SCHWUA

-IBHS Fortified for Safer Living

• Remington Brown, IBHS

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Breakout Classes

-Write your own policies with the NFIP

• Lisa Jones, Flood Mitigation Coord.

• Becky McCormack, VP of IAB of SC

-Flood Insurance for Real Estate Transactions

• Dale Conrad, Harleysville Ins. Co.

• Donald Waters, FEMA NFIP 

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm: Breakout Classes (Continued)

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm: Breakout Classes

-The True Cost of Disasters: Post-event

Funding, and Green Approches

• Amanda Loach, State Hazard Mitigation Officer

• David Cross, SG Blocks

 8:00am – 6:00 pm: BluePrint for Safety ™ 
Classes (all day)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 

8:30 am – 9:30 am: Breakout Classes:        

-2008 NEC Training

• Allen Rhudy, Codes Manager, Charleston

9:30 am – 9:45 am: Break

9:45 am – 1:45 pm: Breakout Classes:

-2008 NEC Training (continued)

8:00 am – 6:00 pm: WCE Inspector Classes 
(all day)

*Subject to change

**Expo Registration - $100

Includes  CE Credits, all breaks, and lunch.

**Exhibitor Registration - $250

Includes booth space August 9-10, 2009 plus breaks and lunch.  Exhibitor registration is limited to two people.

Embassy Suites Airport Hotel/Convention Center
5055 International Blvd.
North Charleston, SC  29418

Ph: 843-747-1882

(Mention you are traveling for the SC Safe Home Expo for a discounted hotel rate)