Welcome

ICPHSO's 8^th Meeting and Training Symposium in Europe - October 16 - 17, 2012
Charlemagne Building,
Rue de la Loi 170
1049 Brussels, BELGIUM

ICPHSO is excited to return to Brussels to help celebrate International Product Safety Week. The theme of the ICPHSO conference is setting the agenda for international collaboration. Today there is unparalleled attention being given to product safety right around the world. This latest ICPHSO seminar will provide a unique opportunity to review recent developments and initiatives and help set the agenda for increased international collaboration in the years ahead.

ICPHSO is delighted to announce as keynote speakers Commissioner John Dalli of the European Union, the Honorable Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Other confirmed speakers and panelists include representatives from a host of major businesses, consumer groups and other interested parties including IKEA, Lego, ANEC, Intertek, CSA, Simmons and Simmons, Hogan Lovells, TSI, PROSAFE and regulators from Australia, Canada, the USA and Europe.

This event will anchor a week of meetings that will bring together regulators, the regulated community, service providers and consumer representatives with a single focus on non-food consumer product safety. Other confirmed events include a workshop to be held on the 15th of October by PROSAFE (the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe).

More details on International Product Safety Week can be found on the web site of the European Commission click here

The full agenda, registration, and hotel Information can be found online at: www.icphso.org.

We hope to see you in Brussels!

Bruce Farquhar
Program Planning Chair