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Monday, May 5
12:00 noon	Registration [12:00 – 6:00 pm]
1:00	NYS Cemetery Board Meeting All Invited
2:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks John P. Toale, Jr., Chairman Theresa M. Joyce, President
2:25	Meet the Cemetery Board Designees Rosemary Longo, Chairman, Department of State Designee Lisa McMurdo, Department of Health Designee Robert Pigott, Department of Law Designee Antonio Milillo, Esq.,Counsel to the Cemetery Board
2:30	Regulatory Issues - 2008 Richard Fishman, Director Chester Butkiewicz, Assistant Director Mary Lee Hedrick Howard Carr
3:00	Report of NYSAC Government & Legal Affairs Committee Frank Giglio, Chairman James Featherstonhaugh David Fleming Beth Clyne
3:45	Break
4:00	Report of ICCFA National & Regulatory Issues Paul M. Elvig, Immediate Past President, ICCFA
5:00	Economic & Market Review - “The Investment Landscape” Robert Weissenstein, Chief Investment Officer, Credit Suisse
6:00	Cocktail Reception
7:00	Dinner
Tuesday, May 6
7:00 am	Breakfast Buffet [7:00 - 8:30 am]
8:30	Opening Remarks John P. Toale, Jr., Chairman
8:35	A Historical Overview of the New York Worker’s Compensation System as it Relates to Cemeteries Brennan Regan, Regan Agency, Inc. Steven Marshall, Bollinger Insurance, Inc. Valerie A. Geasor, CPCU, The Treiber Group, LLC
9:45	“Ask the Lawyer” Part 1 Timothy G. Griffin, Esq. Richard Cea, Esq. Raymond Planell, Esq. Rick Turner, Esq. Antonio Milillo, Esq., Counsel to the Cemetery Board
10:45	Coffee Break
11:00	“Ask the Lawyer” Part 2
12:00	Close of Seminar
Back by Popular Demand! - Ask The Lawyer The 31st Annual Public Affairs Seminar will include a discussion by a panel of distinguished attorneys. The Tuesday “Ask the Lawyer” session will be moderated by Timothy Griffin, Esq., a highly regarded cemetery attorney and frequent speaker at industry meetings. Do you have a question about cemetery law? Would you like the opinion of a lawyer on an issue or concern? Please forward questions to Timothy Griffin (TimGriffin@aol.com or complete the “Ask the Lawyer” section on the registration form on the reverse of this page) no later than April 25, 2008 to give Tim and his panel an opportunity for research prior to the seminar.