Agenda
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Registration and coffee
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Welcome and introduction
- Session 5: State-level updates
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State-level legislation adopted in 2025 so far
- Highlights of the 2025 legislation year so far;
- What trends are we seeing; and
- What can we expect moving forward?
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California updates including Proposition 65
- Introduction
- Proposition 65 Overview
- Proposition 65 Benefits
- Business Compliance and Ombuds Program
- Program Challenges
- Changes to Regulations
- Recent
- Upcoming
- Proposition 65 Tomorrow
- Contacts
Tina Cox
Proposition 65 Implementation Chief, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment -
Q&A session
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Refreshment break
- Session 6: Regulatory developments in Canada
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CEPA priorities for 2025 and beyond
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
- Overview of how the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) has been modernized and updates on the Chemicals Management Plan
- Updates on CEPA priorities for 2025 and beyond, including the Right to a Healthy Environment Framework, addressing vertebrate animal testing, the Watch List and the identification of substances prioritized for prohibition.
Angelika Zidek
Senior Manager, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Government of Canada -
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Restricted Materials in Canada in 2026
- The Canadian Federal Plastics Registry (Product and facility reporting)
- Upcoming restricted chemicals in Canada
- The direction of PFAS regulation in Canada
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Q&A session
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Lunch and networking
- Session 7: Global updates
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The REACH revision
- The Commission’s proposed revisions to REACH
- EU industries’ response
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Updates from China
- Regulatory updates on ODS, GHS standards and hazardous substance restrictions in products
- Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond
- Environmental management of Chemicals – draft ecological and environmental code
- Safety management of dangerous chemicals – draft dangerous chemicals safety law
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Regulatory trends in Latin America
- Learn about the latest updates, trends and forthcoming important dates and considerations that you and your company need to be aware of in order to comply with the different requirements on chemical substances and products in Latin America.
- From the small steps done by authorities to implement chemical management frameworks to the implementation rules triggered by the main trading blocs in the region, this conversation is aimed to give some important insights into what needs to be considered to expand the distribution of compliant products into the region.
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Q&A session
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Refreshment break
- Session 8: Global outlook
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Session moderator:
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Overview and update of global REACH-like regulations
- Overview and Dossier Evaluation Compliance Advice for EU REACH
- Overview of Ukraine REACH
- China REACH Implementation Status
- Korea REACH Revision and Update including LOC template update, draft guidance, Voluntary Reporting Grants
- Exemption from Penalties
- Philippines PICCS update
- Chemical Regulations in Brazil, Peru, Chile, Columbia
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Q&A and panel discussion: The future of global chemicals management
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Networking drinks reception
Join us for relaxed networking with drinks and appetizers, alongside our speakers and attendees.
Kindly sponsored by Assent
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Close of day two
