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Silicon Valley Conference held at Cisco Systems Headquarters

Overview | Agenda | Location | Sponsors | Registration | Registration | Contact

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Andy Baynes, Senior Manager, Apple; Joe Johnson, Director, Environmental Affairs, Cisco Systems; Ken Rivlin, Allen & Overy; Chris Smith, Head of Enforcement, UK National Measurement Office (L to R)

(L to R) Andy Baynes, Senior Manager, Environmental Technologies, Apple; Joe Johnson, Director, Environmental Affairs, Cisco Systems; Ken Rivlin, Allen & Overy; Chris Smith, Head of Enforcement, UK National Measurement Office

Mark Chandler, SVP and General Counsel, Cisco Systems

Overview

This conferences 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.

Agenda

8:00 AM - Registration and Coffee

8:30 AM - Introductory Remarks

■ David Thomas, Executive Vice President, Commercial Development, TechAmerica

■ Joe Johnson, Director, Environmental Affairs, Cisco Systems

8:45 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, 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

Moderated Panel Discussion on Company Best Practices

■ Joe Johnson, Director, Environmental Affairs, Cisco Systems

■ Andy Baynes, Senior Manager, Environmental Technologies, Apple

10:30 AM - Break

10:45 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 and Felise Cooper, Allen & Overy

12:00 PM - Networking Lunch

12:45 PM - Luncheon Remarks: Mark Chandler, SVP and General Counsel, Cisco Systems

1:00 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. 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.

■ Tom Keyserlingk, Director North American Compliance, IHS Inc.

■ Corinne Holmes, Materials Manager, Cisco Systems

1:30 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.

■ California State Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight

■ U.S. Federal and Canadian Developments, Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel, LLC

■ Canadian Developments, Mary Shefveland, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Cisco Systems

■ Green Chemistry Developments, Heather Bowman, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight

2:45 PM - Break

3:00 PM - 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.

■ 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 - Conference Concludes

Location

Cisco Systems Headquarters
260 East Tasman Drive, Building 9
San Jose, CA 95134

Registration

Member $295
Non-Member $495

Contact

Angela Wimmers
Director, Membership Development
p: 408.987.4246
e: angela.wimmers@techamerica.org

2010 Environmental Compliance Conference Locations
April 12: Bay Area
April 14: Texas
April 15: Midwest
April 16: New England

260 East Tasman Drive, Bldg. 9, San Jose, CA 95134

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