PresentationsTo download a zip archive of all the presentations (256MB), click here. You may also download individual presentations below. Monday, October 31Speakers: Mr. Nam-jung Kim, Director, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 10:30AM-11:45AM Segment I - Regulatory Frameworks: Then and Now - A Comparative: Approaches to Standards and Conformity and Harmonization Speakers: Richard W. O'Brien, Director, International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), USA Stefano Soro, Head of Product and Service Safety Unit, Directorate General Health and Consumers, European Commission 2:15PM-3:30PM Segment I - Regulatory Frameworks: Then and Now - A Comparative: Trends in Product Safety Speakers: EU—Stefano Soro, Head of Product and Service Safety Unit, Directorate General Health and Consumers, European Commission Australia—John Jamieson, Director, Recalls and Hazard Assessment Section, Product Safety Hazard Response Branch, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Korea—Min-Young Huh, Manager, Injury Information, Consumer Safety Center, Korea Consumer Agency (KCA), Korea Japan—Masaki Nishimori, Deputy Director, Consumer Safety Division, Consumer Affairs Agency 3:45PM-5:00PM Segment I - Regulatory Frameworks: Then and Now - A Comparative: What's on the Horizon of Product Safety? Speakers: Dr. Sanjeevan Bajaj, CEO, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Quality Forum Robert J. Pollock, Chair, U.S. Technical Advisory Group, ISO PC 240/243 6:30PM-8:00PM Formal Dinner with Keynote Speaker: Primacy of Safety Keynote Speaker: Jongmin Shin, GCC Team Leader (Vice President), LG Electronics Tuesday, November 19:15AM-10:15AM Segment II - A Closer Look at Sectors and Regional Considerations (Part A) Sector 1 - Electrical/Electronics: Overview of Current Product Safety Issues in the Electrical and Electronics Field (Grand Ballroom) Speaker: Sector 2 - Toys/Juvenile Products: Global Overview for Toys and Juvenile Requirements (Meeting Room 1) Speakers: Marc J. Schoem, Deputy Director, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), USA In-suk Choi, Research Engineer, Chemical Analysis Team, Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) Sector 3 - Household (Decorative/Furniture): Towards Healthier/Safer Living: Understanding, Identifying, Measuring, and Reducing Toxic Substances in Furniture (Meeting Room 3) Speakers: Alexey Sokolov, Chemicals/Quality Specialist, IKEA Trading Area, North East Europe 10:30AM-11:30AM Segment II - A Closer Look at Sectors and Regional Considerations (Part B) Sector 1 - Electrical/Electronics: Managing Multiple Safety Regulatory Systems (Grand Ballroom) Speakers: Peter Lamont, Chair, Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council of Australia and New Zealand Doug Geralde, Director, Corporate Mark Integrity, CSA Group Sector 2 - Toys/Juvenile Products: Managing Multiple Regulatory Schemes in a Global Market (Meeting Room 1) Speakers: Holly Ohlrich, General Counsel, Step2 Sector 3 - Household (Decorative/Furniture): Towards Healthier/Safer Living: Progress in the Furniture Industry (Meeting Room 3) Speakers: Dr. Sang Chul Kim, Director, Green Construction Department, KCL Korea 12:30PM-1:50PM Lunch with Keynote Speaker Keynote Speaker: Ruth Mackay, Chair, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Product Safety 2:00PM-3:00PM Segment II - A Closer Look at Sectors and Regional Considerations (Part C) Speaker: Sector 2 - Workshop (Meeting Room 1) Moderator: Joan Mattson, Regulatory Compliance & Product Safety, Master Lock Company, LLC Speaker: Sector 3 - Compliance with Global Product Safety Standards: Successful Models (Meeting Room 3) Speakers: Alexandra Spiridoulias, Product Requirements & Compliance Specialist, IKEA Canada Alex Chen, Product Safety & Compliance Specialist, IKEA China Investment Co., Ltd. 3:10PM-4:15PM Segment II - A Closer Look at Sectors and Regional Considerations Region 1 - East Asia (Grand Ballroom) Speakers: Dr. Im Wan-bin, Deputy Director, Product Safety and Quality Policy Division, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) Region 2 - Latin America (Meeting Room 1) Speakers: Josep Tous, Specialist Advisor, Academic Coordinator, Organization of American States/Pan-American Health Organization (OAS/PAHO) Consumer Safety and Health Network Region 3 - Africa/Middle East (Meeting Room 2) Speaker: Wednesday, November 28:30AM-10:00AM Segment III - Horizontal Issues: Special Considerations for Vulnerable Consumer Groups Speakers: Koji Kitamura, Ph.D., Member, Injury Prevention Engineering Research Team, Digital Human Research Center (DHRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Sung Rak Sohn, Director, Consumer Safety Department, Korea Consumer Agency (KCA), Korea 10:15AM-11:45AM Segment III - Horizontal Issues: Global Product Tracking and Traceability (Hybrid panel session based on the ongoing work by the ICPSC and preliminary exchanges of views at the OECD) Moderator: Peter Avery, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Administrator, Consumer Policy Speakers: Dr. Kim Hyung-wook, President, Korean Consumer Safety Association (KCSA) John Keogh, Senior Vice President, Product Recall, GS1 Global Office Tim Cassidy, Senior Manager, Product Safety, Best Buy 2:00PM-3:15PM Segment IV- Legal Considerations in the World's Three Large Consumer Markets: U.S., EU, and China: Recall Laws and Reporting Obligations Speakers: Xiangwen Liu (Kevin), Partner, King & Wood PRC Lawyers Marc J. Schoem, Deputy Director, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), USA 3:30PM-4:45PM Segment IV- Legal Considerations in the World's Three Large Consumer Markets: U.S., EU, and China (Public Databases) Speakers: Marc J. Schoem, Deputy Director, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), USA |