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12:15 pm Gather in hotel lobby
12:45 pm Bus promptly departs for CPSC Lab
1:30 - 3:30 pm Lab Tour
4:15 pm Bus returns to hotel
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Attendees must have a valid Photo ID to be allowed into CPSC facilities. Anyone without a valid Photo ID will not be allowed to participate on the tour.
8:00 am Gather in hotel lobby
8:15 am Bus promptly departs for CPSC Lab
9:15 – 11:15 am Lab Tour
12:00 pm Bus returns to hotel
The panel will comment on whether a series of factual scenarios satisfies the legal requirements of the CPSA and the CCPSA for reporting and recall. The audience will have individual wireless “clickers” to signal if they think the issue should be reported or recalled. Each audience member will register as a member of the relevant ICPHSO constituencies (government, NGO’s, labs, industry, and lawyers) and the voting results by group will be displayed.
The panel will discuss reporting requirements in more depth focusing on reporting internationally, to more than one jurisdiction and reporting from various parts of the supply chain, as well as how to coordinate all those aspects.
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12:30 pm Gather in hotel lobby
12:45 pm Bus promptly departs for CPSC Lab
1:45 – 3:45 pm Lab Tour
4:30 pm Bus returns to hotel
Manufacturers, retailers, and independent service suppliers serving the needs of consumers are all searching for better ways to enhance recall effectiveness. This panel will have representatives from different parts of these communities who will report on advancements that have been developed to improve recalls. In addition, CPSC will comment on what it is looking for in recall procedures and effectiveness.
Companies are faced with a myriad of tough questions they must answer even before a recall begins. This workshop analyzes the decision making process during a recall event and educates the audience on how to make the best decision possible in the midst of a crisis. Audience members role-play a mock recall scenario and practice the decision making techniques. By being prepared and understanding regulatory requirements and expectations, the ultimate financial and legal risks, as well as impact to the brand and consumers, will be minimized.
During this session, we will guide a lively discussion about the use of social media and other innovations/developments that may impact recall effectiveness - for better or for worse. Using audience participation, we will hone in on key questions, concerns and challenges surrounding communication of product safety issues (e.g. recalls and complaints) to formulate a survey.
The survey will then be available online and via a mobile web-app throughout the conference. Responses to the survey will be tabulated and structured into a report on Effective Recall Best Practices (or similar).
Have a burning question about how to communicate recalls effectively without damaging your brand? Want to know how others have navigated these turbulent waters? Attend this session to get your concerns added to the survey.
THIS IS A REPEATING WORKSHOP AND WILL REPEAT AT 10:15 AM
This interactive workshop brings together international experts from Brazil and the European Union as well as a global manufacturer of consumer products to highlight the issues involved in compliance with global product safety standards and brainstorm best practices to efficiently and effectively meet multiple sets of standards. The workshop will use hypothetical product issues to provide tangible examples of key issues. Come ready to learn and participate!
THIS IS A REPEATING WORKSHOP AND WILL REPEAT AT 10:15 AM
Port surveillance is a critical activity globally, helping to prevent violative, defective and unsafe products from entering the country and reaching store shelves and the hands of consumers. Yet manufacturers and importers want to avoid delays in bringing their “good” product to market. This panel will discuss a variety of topics, including issues that may delay entry, types of products that are targeted for inspection, safety concerns with counterfeit product, and insight into tools that can help facilitate entry and enable “good” product to reach store shelves sooner.
THIS IS A REPEATING WORKSHOP AND WILL REPEAT AT 10:15 AM.
Market Surveillance is not just the responsibility of government but is also the responsibility of every member of the supply chain that designs, manufactures and brings a product to the marketplace. The best path to getting safe products into the marketplace is through a Partnership between the private and public sectors; combining the expertise, resources and enforcement abilities of everyone to improve public safety. The panel will discuss best practices for all parties in the supply chain, pre-market and after market, to not only successfully remove unsafe products from the marketplace, but ensure that unsafe products were kept from being produced in the first place.
THIS IS A REPEATING WORKSHOP. FIRST WORKSHOP IS AT 8:30 AM.
This interactive workshop brings together international experts from Brazil and the European Union as well as a global manufacturer of consumer products to highlight the issues involved in compliance with global product safety standards and brainstorm best practices to efficiently and effectively meet multiple sets of standards. The workshop will use hypothetical product issues to provide tangible examples of key issues. Come ready to learn and participate!
THIS IS A REPEATING WORKSHOP. THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS AT 8:30 AM.
Port surveillance is a critical activity globally, helping to prevent violative, defective and unsafe products from entering the country and reaching store shelves and the hands of consumers. Yet manufacturers and importers want to avoid delays in bringing their “good” product to market. This panel will discuss a variety of topics, including issues that may delay entry, types of products that are targeted for inspection, safety concerns with counterfeit product, and insight into tools that can help facilitate entry and enable “good” product to reach store shelves sooner.
THIS IS A REPEATING WORKSHOP. FIRST WORKSHOP IS AT 8:30 AM.
Market Surveillance is not just the responsibility of government but is also the responsibility of every member of the supply chain that designs, manufactures and brings a product to the marketplace. The best path to getting safe products into the marketplace is through a Partnership between the private and public sectors; combining the expertise, resources and enforcement abilities of everyone to improve public safety. The panel will discuss best practices for all parties in the supply chain, pre-market and after market, to not only successfully remove unsafe products from the marketplace, but ensure that unsafe products were kept from being produced in the first place.
Director of the Department of Consumer Protection (DPDC) of the National Secretariat for Consumer of the Ministry of Justice of Brazil. Specialist on Telecommunications Regulation. Former General-Coordinator of Legal Affairs of the Department of Consumer Protection (2008-2012).
Lawyer, LL.B., University of São Paulo Law School. Post-Graduate degree in Management of Market Surveillance and Regulatory Activities in Product Safety Systems from Pompeu Fabra University in partnership with the OAS.
Coordinator of the Permanent Commission on Consumer Safety, member of the Brazilian Working Group on Consumer Safety and Health, representative of Senacon in the Technical Advisory Group of OAS’ Consumer Safety and Health Network. Member of the National Council of Private Insurance, of the Brazilian Bar Association and of the American Society of Private International Law – ASADIP.
This panel will be addressing the latest trends on consumer product safety and health in the continent, including the new vision of the subject as a cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary challenge involving consumer protection, health, metrology, and customs agencies, as well as the civil society and private sector. The most recent governmental efforts in this area and the regional cooperation within the framework of the Consumer Safety and Health Network (CSHN) and other sub regional initiatives will also be discussed.
New and emerging childhood ingestion hazards, including button cell batteries, detergent packs, magnetic objects and expandable products are causing consumer product manufacturers and sellers to reexamine product design, packaging, warnings and marketing. Just what is it that attracts some children to mouth and swallow certain objects and what are the most effective strategies to prevent such incidents? This diverse panel of experts will discuss historical and recent trends in pediatric ingestion incidents; discuss the various factors to consider--from product design to retail display--to minimize ingestion risks; and discuss public education and other means to get “ahead of the curve” on emerging hazards in this area. The session will also include live demonstrations of some product designs/redesigns and other methods to minimize the risk of injury.
Very often, product safety issues are uncovered only after something has gone terribly wrong. Today, we have new tools and techniques that can be utilized to not only understand product safety issues but also predict product failures. Utilization of these tools and techniques can help companies move from the reactive, fire-fighting mode, to one of being predictive and proactive. This panel will discuss methods for understanding and using safety data to help prevent the financial and reputational risk that accompanies unanticipated safety problems.
This session will address potential product safety issues for home health care products and how to increase the safety, security and independence of consumers. The workshop will focus on complex and critical interplay between our aging population and the home health care environment and current and future attempts by stakeholders to improve the outcomes related to this topic area.
Learning Objectives / Relevance to ICPHSO members:
Home health care is the fastest growing sector in the health care industry, with an anticipated growth of 66% over the next 10 years. As our population ages and the prevalence of chronic diseases continue to rise, more and more consumers are looking to modify their homes and to use a wide variety of products which can help to delay or eliminate going to a long term care facility or related institution. The growth in this sector is driven by efforts to reduce medical costs, but also to meet the expectations of older adults and their families to age at home and maintain independence.
The range of home care products and services being marketed to consumers is extensive and growing. Many of these "medical-type” products are developed and labeled for at-home use by people without any clinical training. There is research taking place to identify product safety risks associated with care in homes and to develop innovative solutions to ensure that the home care setting is safe for consumers and caregivers.
This session will focus on consumer product safety issues within the home health care environment and look at recent research undertaken by government regulators, research institutes, forensic analysts, and suppliers to identify the key product safety issue and opportunities for knowledge translation. The panelists will discuss current approaches to ensure the safety of these products used in the home and explore some solutions to help reduce potential product safety risks in this environment. Some of the topics which will be covered will include: equipment design and use, application of guidance standards such as ISO 10377, hazard based engineering and use of forensics, testing and evaluation, labelling and instructions, new technologies and education initiatives.
There will also be an opportunity to explore with the audience to identify current initiatives and future opportunities to improve product safety in this environment.
Government-regulators, industry (retailers & manufacturers), and consumers will all have a perspective and voice in this session. A key element of the session will be the facilitated discussion that will address the following kinds of questions:
Panelists will discuss state laws (Washington state, WI, ME) relating to chemicals of concern and California’s Green Chemistry regulations. What other states might be considering similar legislation and how do these bills work with federal regulations.
When a push is made to upgrade a safety standard, what’s a manufacturer to do—approach or resist? Is the product at “fault,” or is consumer behavior the problem? Will the changes increase costs and seriously depress sales, possibly causing the company to go out of business? Will consumers accept the “safer” design? Will the redesigned product actually reduce injuries? Will the market shrink? Will more employees be laid off? What about foreign competition? Will the new standard weaken a manufacturer’s defenses in a product liability lawsuit involving older product? Or will there be fewer lawsuits in the future? These concerns are real and will be discussed using case studies to examine the reality and the myths learned from past experiences.
This meeting is open to all ICPHSO members.
Are you interested in becoming more involved in ICPHSO. Well, this is your chance to come and visit our committee co-chairs at their tables and have some breakfast and hear what we are all about. You can sign up to join a committee and be a part of this great organization.
All attendees are invited to this breakfast event. We will be honoring those attendees who have travelled from around the globe
This panel will update attendees on the Border Interagency Executive Council (BIEC) and efforts to achieve a One U.S. Government at the Border by showing the dynamic approach to collaboration among federal agencies, the trade community and foreign governments. The BIEC works with the public and private sector to better define and assess risk through increased automation and information sharing, and encourage greater use of partnerships and best practices to protect the public. The initiative aims to reduce collection of redundant information, target high risk trade and foster corporate self-governance and compliance improvement programs within the trade community. In this panel you will hear about the progress of the BIEC and how they are harmonizing facilitation efforts for an efficient border.
Panelists:
David Aguilar, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customers and Border Protection (invited)
Kenneth Hinson, Executive Director, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Domenic Veneziano, Acting Director, Office of Import Enforcement, Food and Drug Administration (invited)
Marvin Richardson, Deputy Assistant Director Enforcement Program Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (invited)
Kevin Shea, Acting Administration, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Allen Gina, Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
What data can you use to drive your business and improve product design? CPSC has databases you can use to look for product problems by searching through consumer product-related incidents, injuries and deaths to take proactive action and minimize risk. CPSC experts will discuss how these databases are used by CPSC internally to examine potential actions; how to search and use CPSC’s national injury database (NEISS) and SaferProducts.gov to identify problems; and how these databases may benefit business and industry in promoting safer products.
Moderator
N.J. Scheers, Ph.D
Director – Intergovernmental Relations
Office of Education, Global Outreach and Small Businesss Ombudsman
Panelists
Thomas J. Schroeder
Director
Division of Injury Data Systems
Directorate for Epidemiology
Stephen J. Hanway
Director
Division of Hazard Analysis
Directorate for Epidemiology
This panel moderated by Stephanie Tsacoumis, the recently named CPSC General Counsel will discuss broad issues involving products under CPSC’s jurisdiction as well as the critical area of information disclosure under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Panelists
Stephanie Tsacoumis, Moderator
General Counsel
Melissa Hampshire
Assistant General Counsel
Enforcement and Information Division
Office of General Counsel
Patricia Pollitzer
Assistant General Counsel
Division of Regulatory Affairs
Office of General Counsel
Matthew Howsare
Chief of Staff
Office of the Chairman
Development of qualified technical management staff is of supreme importance to both American and Chinese companies. There has been significant activity to fill some of this void and provide the education necessary for all aspects of supply chain management. This panel will discuss some of the current programs in place in Asia and what is on the horizon.
Dean W. Woodard, Moderator
Director
Office of Education, Global Outreach & Small Business Ombudsman
Panelists:
Ms. Wendy Kuran, Associate Vice President for Business Development: Duke Kunshan University and China, Duke University
Ms. Madelyn Ross, Director of the China Initiative, George Mason University
Mr. Robert Daly, Director of the Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland
This panel on defect investigations will focus on the Defect Investigations Division process, current status on activities and will address frequently asked questions. We will discuss issues that we commonly see as areas of concern including, processing, system timelines, shifting priorities and industry participation.
Moderator
Dennis Blasius
Director, Field Investigations Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Panelists:
Scott Simmons
Director
Defect Investigations Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Renae Rauchschwalbe
Compliance Lead – Children’s Hazards
Defect Investigations Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Blake Rose
Compliance Lead – Electrical, Fire, and Mechanical Hazards
Defect Investigations Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Tanya Topka
Compliance Lead – Fast Track
Defect Investigations Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Howard Tarnoff
Senior Counselor to the Director
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
While the third party testing rule (effective February 8, 2013) has received a great deal of recent scrutiny regarding periodic testing, periodic testing is really just one piece of the greater CPSIA testing regime. With the frequent changes and substitutions on modern manufacturing floors, material change testing merits just as much, if not more, attention by manufacturers and importers. Of course, a manufacturer’s initial certification testing and the potential use of component part testing are two other key pieces of the puzzle. Depending on a manufacturer’s business model, some of these testing options can be more cost-effective and less burdensome than others. Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion of how a manufacturer or importer can successfully and creatively put these pieces together and utilize these different testing options to satisfy the CPSIA compliance requirements for its products.
Before attending this panel, attendees are invited to view a similar panel conducted at CPSC’s Safety Academy in September 2012 at: http://www.slideshare.net/USCPSC/2012-safety-academy-testing-and-certification The panel to be presented during CPSC Day, will cover new ground, building upon the prior discussion.
Moderator
Neal S. Cohen
Small Business Ombudsman
Panelists
Randy Butturini
Project Team Leader
Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction
John Boja
Compliance Lead – Chemical
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
David DiMatteo
Staff Attorney
Office of General Counsel
Mary House
Staff Attorney
Office of General Counsel
Development of qualified technical management staff is of supreme importance to both American and Chinese companies. There has been significant activity to fill some of this void and provide the education necessary for all aspects of supply chain management. This panel will discuss some of the current programs in place in Asia and what is on the horizon.
Moderator
Dean W. Woodard
Director - Office of Education, Global Outreach & Small Business Ombudsman
Panelists:
Ms. Wendy Kuran, Associate Vice President for Business Development: Duke Kunshan University and China, Duke University
Ms. Madelyn Ross, Director of the China Initiative, George Mason University
Mr. Robert Daly, Director of the Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland
Hear from the Compliance experts on the investigation of defective and regulated products and how defects and violations are identified and the remedies that are negotiated as a result of the risks presented.
Dennis Blasius, Moderator
Director
Field Investigations Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Mary Toro
Director
Regulatory Enforcement Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Allyson Tenney
Compliance Lead - Flammability
Regulatory Enforcement Division
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
Howard Tarnoff
Senior Counselor to the Director
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
While the third party testing rule (effective February 8, 2013) has received a great deal of recent scrutiny regarding periodic testing, periodic testing is really just one piece of the greater CPSIA testing regime. With the frequent changes and substitutions on modern manufacturing floors, material change testing merits just as much, if not more, attention by manufacturers and importers. Of course, a manufacturer’s initial certification testing and the potential use of component part testing are two other key pieces of the puzzle. Depending on a manufacturer’s business model, some of these testing options can be more cost-effective and less burdensome than others. Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion of how a manufacturer or importer can successfully and creatively put these pieces together and utilize these different testing options to satisfy the CPSIA compliance requirements for its products.
Before attending this panel, attendees are invited to view a similar panel conducted at CPSC’s Safety Academy in September 2012 at: http://www.slideshare.net/USCPSC/2012-safety-academy-testing-and-certification The panel to be presented during CPSC Day, will cover new ground, building upon the prior discussion.
Neal S. Cohen, Moderator
Small Business Ombudsman
Randy Butturini
Project Team Leader
Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction
John Boja
Compliance Lead – Chemical
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
David DiMatteo
Staff Attorney
Office of General Counsel
Mary House
Staff Attorney
Office of General Counsel
All are welcome to participate.
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ON-SITE RESERVATIONS NOT ACCEPTED
About the Capitol Steps
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.
The group was born in December, 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party. Their first idea was to stage a nativity play, but in the whole Congress they couldn't find three wise men or a virgin. So, they decided to dig into the headlines of the day, and they created song parodies & skits which conveyed a special brand of satirical humor.
In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom ("Don't quit your day job!"), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.
Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded over 30 albums, including their latest, Take the Money and Run — for President. They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.
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In almost all cases, CPSC recalls are conducted “voluntarily,” following negotiations between Compliance staff and the company. This panel will explore CPSC’s authority to seek to require a company to conduct a recall and a company’s right to have CPSC attempt to establish that a recall is warranted under the law. Topics to be explored include:
- CPSC’s options when negotiations fail to yield a voluntary recall and appropriate use of each tool: unilateral press release, rulemaking, imminent hazard, administrative litigation
- What makes a case more likely to result in administrative litigation
- How the administrative litigation process works
- Who has the burden of proof?
- Role of CPSC staff, attorneys and Commissioners
- Use of media on both sides -- impact, limitations and consequences
- Avoiding pitfalls of prejudgment
- Potential impact of administrative litigation on product liability lawsuits
Product labeling has become increasingly complex with the myriad of federal laws including the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, CPSC product specific regulations (bicycles, lighters and mowers) and new CPSIA product specific labeling requirements (toys).
The interplay between FHSA and state labeling laws further exacerbates the situation. California’s Proposition 65 requires warnings for all goods and services subject to the Proposition 65 List. As a result many consumer products must bear both FHSA warnings and Prop 65 warnings, which sometimes are duplicative, and sometimes even conflict. In addition, newer state laws such as the Illinois lead law, require labeling of some consumer products.
Finally, product labeling has become even more difficult with the publication of the Global Harmonized System of Classification of Labeling and Packaging (“GHS”), which is intended to be a uniform, voluntary, labeling standard of chemical hazards. However, the GHS terminology and pictograms are very different from their FHSA and OSHA counterparts.
Over all of these regulatory requirements is the “common law” of product warnings applied by juries and judges in product liability litigation.
This panel of experts will briefly review federal, state and GHS labeling requirements briefly and then respond to a series of “tough” questions from the moderator, and the ICPHSO audience.
