International Environmental Compliance – Midwest

8:00

Registration and Coffee

8:30

Introductory Remarks

• William Olson PhD, Director Office of Sustainability and Stewardship, Motorola Mobile Devices
• Ed Longanecker, Executive Director, TechAmerica

8:45

European WEEE/RoHS and EU Battery Developments and the Status of Compliance Obligations

This session will highlight recent and proposed changes to the European Union’s Waste from Electrical and Electronic (“WEEE”) Directive and the Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (“RoHS”) Directive, including expansions in covered product scope as well as new substance restrictions. The session will also highlight the status of current enforcement activities that are underway in the European Union, as well as the Battery Directive

• WEEE and RoHS Developments, Ken Rivlin and Felise Cooper, Allen & Overy
• RoHS and Battery Directive Enforcement and Compliance Obligations, Chris Smith, Head of Enforcement, UK National Measurement Office
• Regulatory Compliance to Green Product Leadership: ECOMOTO, William Olson PhD, Director Office of Sustainability and Stewardship, Motorola Mobile Devices

10:30

BREAK

10:45

The EU Regulation of Energy-Using Products and Chemicals (REACH): Current Status and Expected Developments

This session will highlight other environmental-product related requirements that are in effect or being proposed in the European Union that would cover electronic products. These requirements include the Energy Using Product Directive, EU Battery Directive, and REACH chemical regulatory requirements.

• Energy Using Product Directive, Chris Smith, Head of Enforcement, UK National Measurement Office
• EuP Self Regulation of Medical Devices, Beth Hulse, Global Regulatory Manager, Environmental Products, GE Healthcare
• REACH Developments, Ken Rivlin and Felise Cooper, Allen & Overy

Noon

NETWORKING LUNCH

1:00

Innovation, Security, and Risk:  Compliance Strategies for Global Product Development

This session outlines how companies must not only address explicit regulatory requirements for products to compete globally, but also the implicit risks and opportunities within product innovation and the supply chain.  Irrespective of political views or approaches to compliance, the shift from traditional to “sustainable” markets brings latent risks, costs, and changes to the competitive framework.  This presentation will discuss these and answer the question “why comply” through discussion on EU REACH, RoHS Recast, and other ‘RoHS’ variations and by sharing market insight linking previous RoHS/WEEE legislation to material volatility, component obsolescence, security, counterfeiting, and product quality/reliability issues.  Economic recession will be discussed, showing major implications to product compliance and supply chain continuity.  Leading approaches and case studies on information, tools, and technologies needed will be shared.  A simple methodology will explain the steps companies can take to assess their own scope of needs and articulate compliance in a way that gains appropriate executive attention and organizational commitment to successfully mitigate risks and develop compliant, sustainable products.

• Peter Lachapelle, VP Business Development, IHS Inc.

1:30

US and Canadian Product Related Environmental Developments: Recycling, Chemical Regulation and Energy Efficiency

This session will focus on recent developments at the state and federal level in the United States to establish electronic recycling, substance restriction, and energy efficiency requirements for electronic products.  Federal efforts to promote “green” electronic products through procurement policies will also be highlighted.  State and federal “green chemistry” proposals will also be discussed.

• US State Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight, Ed Longanecker, Executive Director, TechAmerica
• US Federal and Canadian Developments, Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC

2:45

BREAK

3:00

China and Latin America RoHS and Other International Substance Restriction Developments

This session will highlight the status of current and proposed international efforts to establish substance restrictions in Asia, Latin America and other key international markets. Regions and issues that will be covered will include China “RoHS,” Thailand’s “RoHS,” and Argentina’s RoHS proposals.

• China RoHS Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
• Other International RoHS Developments, Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC

4:00

Conference Concludes