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Overview | Agenda |Speakers |Sponsor |Host Location |Registration |
Overview
This conference addresses compliance, implementation, enforcement issues, latest and pending changes and best practices surrounding Global RoHS, WEEE, EuP, REACH, Batteries, Recycling, Substance Restrictions, Chemical Regulation and Energy Efficiency. Learn the latest global developments from TechAmerica, the only association lobbying on technology environmental issues at the state, federal and international levels. Advance registration required.*
Agenda
7:30 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM – Introductory Remarks
■ Anne Doherty Johnson, Executive Director, TechAmerica New England
■ Kristine Kalaijian, Director, Environmental Compliance & Sustainability, Philips Electronics North America
8:15 AM – 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. The Battery Directive will also be covered.
■ WEEE and RoHS Developments, Ken Rivlin/Felise Cooper, Allen & Overy
■ RoHS and Battery Directive Enforcement and Compliance Obligations, Chris Smith, Head of Enforcement, UK National Measurement Office
■ How Philips Healthcare and other medical device companies are transitioning to be RoHS compliant by 2014, Po Tse, Materials Sourcing Specialist, RoHS Technical Lead, Philips Electronics North America
10:00 AM – Networking Break
10:15 AM - 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
■ REACH Developments, Ken Rivlin/Felise Cooper, Allen & Overy
12:00 PM – Networking Lunch
12:45 PM - 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. 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. 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.
■ Scott Wilson, Content Solutions Strategists, IHS Inc.
1:15 PM – Emerging Tools for Managing Product-Related Environmental Compliance and Conformance
This presentation will highlight how companies must not only address global product environmental compliance requirements, but also ensure the compliance process itself is functional. Looking at what happens in an audit, whether by a government enforcement agency or customer request, will show where companies should be placing their focus within their compliance programs. Attention will be paid to instrumentation of the program, risk evaluation, metrics gathering, evaluation of tools, and self-evaluation criteria. Best practices and case studies from audits will be discussed.
■ Krista Botsford, Founder and President, Botsford EcoTech Partners, LLC
1:45 PM – 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.
■ U.S. State Developments, Anne Doherty Johnson, Executive Director, TechAmerica New England
■ Green Chemistry Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
■ U.S. Federal and Canadian Developments, Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC
2:45 PM – Networking Break
3:00 PM - China 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.
■ Asia Chemical and Substance Restriction (RoHS) Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
■ Other International RoHS Developments, Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC
4:00 PM – Adjourn
Speakers (alpha order)
■ Krista Botsford, Founder and President, Botsford EcoTech Partners, LLC
■ Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
■ Felise Cooper, Associate, Allen & Overy
■ Anne Doherty Johnson, Executive Director, TechAmerica New England
■ Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC
■ Chris Smith, Head of Enforcement, UK National Measurement Office
■ Po Tse, Materials Sourcing Specialist, RoHS Technical Lead, Philips Electronics North America
■ Scott Wilson, Content Solutions Strategists, IHS Inc.
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Host Location
Philips Electronics North America
3000 Minuteman Road, Andover, MA 01810 Map
(Easy access off Route 93, Exit 45)
Registration (See Important Notes below.)
No refunds/cancellations after April 9, but substitute attendees are allowed with advance notice.
Member $295 Non-Member $495
* IMPORTANT NOTES:
1.) Advance registration is required — registration closes on Thursday April 15, 2010. No walk ins.
2.) For security reasons and in keeping with company policy, Philips has requested that foreign nationals identify themselves in advance when registering for this event.
If you are a foreign national, please indicate your origin and planned length of stay in the United States and email this information to TechAmerica New England when you register. Foreign nationals should bring photo identification and proof of residency to be shown at the security desk. Thank you.
Foreign National: Yes [ ] No [ ]
Country of Citizenship: ________________________________
Planned length of stay in the U.S.: ______________________
Questions? Contact Anne Doherty Johnson, 781.995.2016
2010 Environmental Compliance Conference Locations
April 12: Bay Area
April 14: Texas
April 15: Midwest
April 16: New England
View a summary of last year’s event.