Agenda

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  1. Conference welcome

    Moderator

    Danielle Suttle Danielle Suttle
    Content Marketing Manager, Chemical Watch
  2. Session four: The EU Regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products
  3. An update on the Sustainable Products Directive

    Jan Daem Jan Daem
    Environmental Compliance Officer, Barco, Belgium
  4. Digital product passports

    • What the digital product passport (DPP) will introduce and the expected pilots/implementation/roll out; and
    • ECOS position on the DPP, how it will support sustainable products, and what points will need to be strengthened for it to deliver on its ambitions
    Margaux Le Gallou Margaux Le Gallou
    Programme manager, ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards
  5. Challenges for sustainability in 2022

    • Keeping on top of the fast-pace regulatory environment; 
    • Embedding circular economy thinking;
    • Expanding value chain transparency and integration; and
    • Connecting internally.
    Susanne Baker Susanne Baker
    Partner - Technology, ERM
  6. Q&A

  7. Break

  8. Session five: Circular Economy
  9.  

    Welcome back

    Moderator

    Kelly Scanlon Kelly Scanlon
    Director, Environmental Policy and Research, IPC, USA
  10. Chemicals and a right to repair for electronics

    • Introduction to Right to Repair campaign;
    • Overview of EU legislation on electronics;
    • Ecodesign for smartphones;
    • Repair and RoHS – how should the revision treat repair?;
    • Should product policy be used to address chemicals; 
    • Example of  displays in ecodesign; and
    • Opportunities for using product passports and incentivising transparency.
    Jean-Pierre Schweitzer Jean-Pierre Schweitzer
    Senior Policy Officer, EEB- Environmental European Bureau
  11. Safe and circular electronics

    • The need for a safe and just circular economy in electronics;
    • How to design safe and circular electronics from the outset;
    • How to prepare and optimise electronics supply chains for circularity; and
    • Safe and circular electronics in practice.
    Christina Raab Christina Raab
    President & CEO, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, Netherlands
  12. Q&A

  13. Lunch break for 60 minutes

  14. Welcome back

    Moderator

    Kelly Scanlon Kelly Scanlon
    Director, Environmental Policy and Research, IPC, USA
  15. Session six: Global Supply Chain Issues
  16. What are the latest supply chain challenges facing the electronics industry

    • A new era of expectation in Supply Chain Responsibility (SCR) is driving companies like Intel to deliver; and
    • SCR Stakeholder interest in both regulatory and voluntary issues continues to rise, while the issues continue to become more difficult to manage.
    Bob Leet Bob Leet
    Sr. Technologist, Sr. Supply Chain EHS Engineer, Intel Corporation
  17. Other global supply chain issues

    • Lead times;
    • Warehousing/third part warehouse;
    • Brokered materials; and
    • Recalls/mock trials.
    Robert (Bob) Trimble Robert (Bob) Trimble
    Program Manager - Global Restricted Substances (GRS), Intertek, United States
  18. Q&A

  19. Short break

  20. Session seven: Global Regulatory Updates
  21. USA EPA and TSCA updates for the electronics sector

    • Background on risk evaluations and risk management under TSCA
    • Recent Updates; and
    • PFAS Activities under TSCA.
    Cindy Wheeler Cindy Wheeler
    Attorney-adviser, Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, EPA
  22. Regulatory trends in the US including Cal Prop.65 and New York fire retardants ban.

    • Refresher on California’s Proposition 65, including details on recent amendments, new chemical listings, and current trends that may affect the electronics industry, along with examples of helpful compliance tools;
    • Background on New York’s recently-enacted law banning flame retardants in electronic displays, reporting obligations under the law, and potential implications in the electronics industry; and
    • Other state laws emerging which are similar to Prop 65 and the NY Fire Retardants Ban and may impact the electronics industry.
    Danelle M. Gagliardi Danelle M. Gagliardi
    Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
  23. Impact of international flammability standards & regulations on electronics sustainability

    • how standards and regulations can promote sustainable electronics;
    • a brief history of international IEC and European CENELAC electronics standards; and
    • the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, European Union, and recent New York state bans of organohalogen flame retardants in electronic enclosures   
    Arlene Blum Arlene Blum
    Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute and Research Associate in Chemistry, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
  24. Developments from Canada

    • The prohibition of certain toxic substances regulations, 2022;
    • Proposed restrictions of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), dechlorane plus (DP), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and their precursors (LC-PFCA), perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts and its precursors (PFOA), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); and
    • What would make these regulations unique compared to Proposition 65, REACH, and RoHS?
    Aury Hathout Aury Hathout
    President and Lab Quality Manager, Enviropass Expertise Inc, Canada
  25. Q&A

  26. Close of conference

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