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Welcome
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ICPHSO's
Fourth Meeting and Training Symposium in Europe November 18-19,
2008 Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi 170
1049 Brussels, BELGIUM

ICPHSO is excited to return to Brussels to help celebrate International
Product Safety Week - November 17-21, 2008. This event will bring
together a broad range of (non-food) consumer product safety professionals
from around the globe, representing regulators, businesses, consumer
organizations, standard makers and test laboratories. The week will
kick off with a high-level meeting between the European Commission,
the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Chinese government
to enhance global governance of product safety, hosted by Meglena
Kuneva, European Commissioner for Consumers.
For more information on this, please see http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/safety/int_coop/productsafetyweek_en.htm
ICPHSO's meeting will anchor the weeks' activities. The two day
meeting will give participants a unique opportunity to engage in
dialog with top government officials and experts in their field.
Confirmed and invited keynote speakers include:
Mrs. Meglena Kuneva, European Commissioner for Consumers
Robert Madelin, Director General of the Health and Consumers Directorate
General of the European Commission
Nancy Nord, Acting Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC)
Minister Li Changjiang, General Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection, and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ)
Other confirmed and invited speakers include Stefano Soro, EC,
Gib Mullan, CPSC, Annette Dragsdahl, Business Europe, Carter Keithley,
Toy Industry Association, Stephen Russell, ANEC, Suzanne Kiraly,
Canadian Standards Association, and many more outstanding experts.
We hope to see you there! |