Celebrating the 10th year of the Dangerous Goods Symposium (DGS), hazmat professionals from all over the world attended this prestigious event last week (Sept 8-11, 2015) in St. Louis. Sponsored by Labelmaster, a preeminent manufacturer and supplier of dangerous goods software, products and services, nearly 300 people were in attendance. Unlike other hazmat conferences, DGS focuses on fostering relationships between the attendees while offering workshops and presentations to challenge the status quo of the dangerous goods community. This year, workshop presentations included SDS Coordination and Implementation (Gene Sanders), ICAO Competency (Rhonda Jessop and Patrick Cole), Non-Bulk Packaging 101 (Jay Johnson and Lonnie Jaycox) and Changing the Regs (Geoff Leach and Jeff Hart). Alan Schoen, Labelmaster’s President, welcomed all the attendees to the General Meeting in which more than a dozen presentations dealt with dangerous goods industry and regulatory issues, with a special emphasis on issues related to lithium batteries. Presenters included Bob Richard, Geoff Leach, Jeff Hart, Chris Reed, Diego Gotelli, Noel Pachecco, Joao Cezilla, Neal Suchak, David Evans, Trevor Howard, David Bolton, Bob McClelland, Kevin White and Neil McCulloch.
In addition to the outstanding topics and presentations, a tour of the Anheuser-Busch brewery ended with a beer garden dinner. The event was a raving success and plans for DGS 2016 are underway in Chicago, Sept. 7-9, 2016. Thank you, Labelmaster!