Three Must-Attend Sessions at IBEX: Onboard Diagnostics, Emissions, Residual Risk
With less than two months before IBEX 2016, it’s time to firm up your schedule onsite. Don’t miss the chance to join NMMA during three education sessions on October 5, 2016 addressing important topics impacting a manufacturers’ business – styrene, evaporative emission requirements, and onboard diagnostics. These sessions are a must-attend for anyone who has their hand in the business, from engineers to executive staff. To register today, visit IBEXShow.com.
8:30- 10:00 am: Session 308 - Styrene and your Facility
This session is about what boat manufacturers can expect with the EPA’s scheduled Residual Risk Review and Regulation. In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency is again focusing on boat manufacturing with a court ordered requirement to conduct a Residual Risk evaluation and potentially draft a boat manufacturing regulation similar to the MACT standards in the 1990’s. What is Residual Risk? How will it affect your boat manufacturing business? You will hear directly from EPA staff working on this boat builder regulation. Also, experts from the Styrene Information Research Center will let us know the latest on the science and risks associated with styrene.
12:30-2:00 pm: Session 408 Evaporative Emission Requirements
This session follows the same format as the two CARB evaporative emission webinars held earlier this year. With less than a year to go (July 2017) before all boats sold or offered for sale in California need to be certified and properly labeled with CARB certified components, this maybe your last opportunity to make sure your business and your California dealers are prepared to continue uninterrupted business in this important market. Both regulatory staff and certification staff will present via live webinar and there will be unlimited opportunity to ask questions.
3:30- 5:00 pm: Session 508 Marine Onboard Diagnostics
This was one of the most popular sessions at the last IBEX held in Tampa. Technicians diagnosing everything from cars to trucks and buses rely on scan tools to diagnose tricky engine problems. The marine engine industry has adopted this technology and it continues to evolve at a rapid pace. This session offers a brief classroom session highlighting and explaining the technology, followed by a short walk to the Hillsborough River docks for an on-water hands-on demonstration where attendees will be able to diagnose real time engine problems. If you are interested in marine engines, this is a one-stop rare opportunity to learn from the people who build the scan tools and design the marine engines.