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Agenda

Please note all timings are in ET (Washington, D.C. local time)

  1. Day two welcome

    Nhat Nguyen Nhat Nguyen
    Chief Analyst, Enhesa Product Intelligence, USA
  2. Session 5: Europe

  3. EU CLP revision

    • The recent amendments to the CLP regulation and discrepancies with GHS
    •  
      The ongoing revision to the CLP regulation
    • The ongoing amendments to REACH
       
    Claudio Mereu Claudio Mereu
    Partner, Bird & Bird LLP

  4. Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Update

    Ruxandra Cana Ruxandra Cana
    Partner, Steptoe LLP

  5. US perspective on how EU developments may affect US-based business

    Polina Levit Polina Levit
    Director, Global Affairs, American Chemistry Council

  6. Q&A

  7. Refreshments

  8. Session 6: Asia

  9. An overview of recent China regulatory developments and updates

    • Updates on new chemical substance regulation;
    • Updates on hazardous chemical management; and
    • Practical experience sharing.
    Lucy Wang Lucy Wang
    Senior Regulatory Consultant, CIRS Group USA Inc, USA

  10. Updates from Japan

    • Changes in chemical restrictions
    • Chemical management in Japan
    • GHS related updates
    Sok-Han Ng Sok-Han Ng
    Expert Service & Solution (ESS) Manager, Japan, Enhesa Product Intelligence

  11. Updates from Taiwan

    • Chemical registration and risk assessment guidance for new and existing chemical substances
    • Regulatory updates for toxic and concerned chemical substances, safety data sheet, and labeling
    • Extended producer responsibility for packaging
    Chia-Chen (Evelyn) Chuang Chia-Chen (Evelyn) Chuang
    Expert Team Lead, Enhesa

  12. Q&A

  13. Lunch

  14. Updates from South Korea

    • K-REACH Progress
    • Transported Isolated Intermediates (TII) Registration
    • Existing Chemical Substance’s 100-1,000T Registration Deadline
    • Authorization
    Junho Lee Junho Lee
    Director, CIRS Group Korea, South Korea

  15. ASEAN and rest of Asia including Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

    • Thailand’s chemical regulation & new List 5.6 declaration 
    • Vietnam’s Law on Chemicals, the new Decree No. 82/2022/ND CP and the new Circular 17/2022/TT BCT 
    • Malaysia’s CLASS Regulation and the new draft 
    • Updates on chemical regulations of Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia 
    Piyatida (Tung) Pukclai Piyatida (Tung) Pukclai
    Asia-Pacific Business Development & Regulatory Policy Lead, knoell, Thailand

  16. Updates from India

    • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Mandatory Standards and compliance requirement for chemicals.
    • Upcoming Indian Chemicals Management and Safety Rules (ICMSR aka Indian REACH) – notification and registration obligations.
    • Recommendations from the Asian Chemicals Forum (ACF) 2023 for the Indian Chemical Regulatory Management System.  
    Shisher Kumra Shisher Kumra
    Executive Director, GPC Group

  17. Q&A

  18. Refreshments

  19. Session 7: Elsewhere in the world

  20. Updates from the Middle East

    • Overview of regulatory process; 
    • GHS in the Middle East; 
    • Egypt; 
    • Saudi Arabia; 
    • Pakistan; 
    • Key Legislation outside the region (Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda) 
    Michael S. Wenk Michael S. Wenk
    Senior Manager – Product Risk and Registration, Global Product Risk, Vanderbilt Global Services, LLC

  21. Australia and New Zealand

    Fourat Muziel Fourat Muziel
    Regulatory & Compliance Analyst, Enhesa Product

  22. Q&A

  23. Close of conference

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