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WEEKLY EDITION APRIL 3, 2019 Photo Journal of the PSAI's 50 th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Mobile, Alabama…continued Part 1 of 3 PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Top Left: Board President Matt Sola kicked off the General Session with words of welcome and a big thank you to the many individuals and companies that made this year's event a success. Top Right: Attorney and Certified Mine Safety Professional Adele Abrams served as keynote speaker this year, covering topics portable sanitation companies need to know about OSHA/MSHA enforcement and inspections. We'll recap her session today and in a future issue of Association Insight and place follow up resources in the PSAI Industry Library soon. Middle Left: Duke University's Marc Deshusses discussed high and low tech approaches to decentralized sanitation, revealing new technologies that are being developed for market. Some of them may become affordable for portable sanitation companies within the next several years. Bottom Left: Certification Commission Co-Chair Steve Finley (second from left) explains the findings of PSAI research on the duties of frontline staff in portable sanitation companies and the success factors in their jobs during Thursday's opening session "Updating Portable Sanitation Excellence." Fellow panel members (from left) included Jeff Wigley, Certification Commission co-chair; Dwayne Siegmann, Certification Commission member; Scott Thone, Training Committee co- chair; and Jason Perry, Standards and Guidance Committee chair. PSAI Executive Director Karleen Kos moderated at the podium. We clearly either need a taller ED or a shorter podium!