Industrial Minerals Association ─ North America Annual Meeting, September 25 – 28, 2017

BUSINESS AND SOCIAL PROGRAM

2017 IMA-NA Annual Meeting Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel

Chicago, IL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Hospitality Suite Open – Presidential Suite

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. IMA-NA Associate Members Golf Tournament – Depart from Lobby 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. IMA-NA Young Leadership Program – Metropolitan

Speaker: Randy Johnson, Chairman of IMA-NA and President R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Company, Welcome and Introduction to IMA-NA Speaker: Bill Rogers, Chairman of IMA-NA Membership, Committee and Vice President, Old Hickory Clay Company & Gleason Clay Company, Lessons in Leadership from an Industry Leader Speaker: TBD, Leadership and Communication Roundtable Discussion: Looking Forward: Facing the Challenges of Tomorrow

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Meeting Registration – Ballroom Lobby 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Welcoming Reception – Metropolitan 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Hospitality Suite Open – Presidential Suite

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 6:30 a.m. Meeting Registration – Ballroom Lobby

6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast – Montrose Room 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SECTION AND TASK FORCE MEETINGS 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Associate Members Section – Louvre 1&2 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m Bentonite/Barite – Metropolitan Soda Ash – Louvre 3

NISA C&O Task Force Meeting and NISA Silica Health Effects Committee Meeting – Louvre 1 & 2

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ball Clay & Kaolin – Field Calcium Carbonate– Louvre 3

Talc/Wollastonite – Metropolitan Industrial Sand and NISA Board of Directors – Louvre 1 & 2

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon – Montrose Room

Speaker: Daniel Moncino, Vice President, Filtration and Performance Additives Group, Imerys

1:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. CONCURRENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Environmental Affairs – Louvre 1 & 2

Speaker: Kelly Johnson, Holland & Hart, 2017 Review of Federal Environmental Requirements Impacting the Mining Industry

Speaker: Michael Sherman and Kate D’Ambrosio, Stoel Rives LLP, Innovative Approaches to Meeting Mining Industry Energy Needs

Operations and Engineering – Louvre 3 Speaker: Adam Yoxtheimer, Airware, Drones: Powering a New Wave of Mining Productivity Speaker: TBD see

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Safety and Health – Louvre 1 & 2

Speaker: Willa Perlmutter, Stoel Rives LLP, 2017 MSHA and OSHA Update Speaker: Patricia Silvey (MSHA) Speaker: Jessica Kogel (NIOSH), The Mining Industry and Workforce Survey: What is it and Why You Should Participate. Speaker: Jerry Poplin (NIOSH), NIOSH Miner Health Program: Establishing a Framework and Foundation Speaker: Stephen Andrade (Secure Energy Services), Case Study: Learnings from Implementing Behavior Based Safety within Secure Energy Services

Speaker: Avi Meyerstein (Husch Blackwell, LLP), Time for Your Wake-up Call: Avoiding the Safety Hazards and Liability Fatigue in the Workplace

Transportation – Louvre 3 Speaker: Craig Keats, General Counsel, Surface Transportation Board, Update on Competitive Switching and other Issues Before the Board. Speaker: Harold Sumerford, J&M Tank Lines, Inc., Trucking Update Speaker: David Horwitz, GATX, Railcar Leasing Update Speaker: Tom Wozniak, Motive Power and Equipment Specialist, Federal Railroad Administration, Shipper and Railroad Responsibilities

Membership – Metropolitan 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Reception – Montrose & Ice Bar 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Hospitality Suite Open – Presidential Suite

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Breakfast – Montrose

Speaker: Thomas Klier, Senior Economist and Research Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Meeting of the Board of Directors – Metropolitan 12:00 p.m. ADJOURN MEETING AND DEPART

THANK YOU!