International Environmental Compliance – Dallas

7:30

Registration and Coffee

8:00

Introductory Remarks

• Jeff Clark, Executive Director, TechAmerica

8:15

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
• Company Best Practices, Amanda Davidson, Environmentally Preferred Products- Legal Compliance, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

10:00

BREAK

10:15

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 and Felise Cooper, Allen & Overy

11:30

NETWORKING LUNCH

12:30

Industry Tools and Strategies
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.  Presenters will answer the question “why comply” as they discuss EU REACH, RoHS Recast, and other ‘RoHS’ variations and will share 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 necessary technologies will be shared.

• Rory King, Director, Product Marketing, IHS Inc.

1:00

US 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 Green Chemistry Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
• US Federal Developments, Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC

2:15

BREAK

2:30

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. Regions and issues that will be covered will include China “RoHS,” Thailand’s “RoHS,” and Korean RoHS proposals.

• Asia Chemical and Substance Restriction (RoHS) Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight

3:30

Conference Concludes