News & Press Releases
- July 20th
- EU TAC Member to address the ISESE'07.
- July 6th
- ISESE'07 Publishes Conference Agenda.
- June 25th
- Preliminary agenda published.
- May 14th
- Registration now available.
- Apr 4th
- Abstract submission deadline extended to May 7th.
- Mar 3rd
- Call for Abstracts released.
Symposium Overview
Ageus Solutions and Intertek are pleased to announce the 2007 International Symposium on Environmental Standards for Electronics (ISESE'07) to be held in Ottawa in the autumn of 2007.
The focus of the symposium is emerging international environmental requirements for manufacturers, distributors and retailers of electronics. ISESE'07 is intended to facilitate communication between the electronics industry, government regulators and enforcement agencies.
The ISESE conference will include presentations, case studies and discussions on the following international regulatory requirements:
Hazardous materials restrictions such as:
- EU RoHS, China RoHS, Korea RoHS, California SB20, REACH;
Electronics manufacturers' and distributors' obligations with regard to:
- Waste electronics including EU WEEE, China WOEPP, Korea WEEE, Japan Green (JGPSSI), US state-level recycling requirements, and Canadian provincial recycling requirements;
- Packaging and battery regulations.
The ISESE'07 program will feature presenters from Europe, North America and Asia Pacific including government representatives, key decision makers and experts speaking on:
- Corporate compliance strategies;
- Implementation of environmental regulations and the impacts on products and market space;
- Provision of end-of-life solutions for products;
- Product stewardship;
- Associated economic implications;
- And the development of electronic and electrical equipment with reduced environmental impact.
| * All subject to change. | |
| Duncan Bury Environment Canada, Canada |
E-waste legislation and requirements in Canada |
| Michael Fry Ageus Solutions, Canada |
XRF - When documentation just isn't enough |
| Jay Illingworth Electronics Product Stewardship Canada, Canada |
Electronics Product Stewardship Models in Canada |
| Joe Johnson Cisco Systems, USA |
Assessing the China RoHS Standards for hazardous substance compliance |
| In-Suk Kim Sustainable Management Research Center, Ecosian, Korea |
WEEE and RoHS — from humble beginnings to global conformity: a comparative study of the implementation of WEEE and RoHS in the UK, Germany and Korea |
| Solveig Legler 1WEEE Services GmbH, Germany |
Navigating successfully through Germany's competitive WEEE market – experiences and opportunities |
| Colin MacDonald Georgian College, Canada |
Electronic Waste: Understanding Community Attitudes |
| Derek Morgan Head of Strategy - CKS Group plc, Practice Director - RA Team Ltd, UK |
Recycling Beyond Compliance |
| Torben Nørlem Ministry for the Environment in Denmark, EU RoHS-committee member, EU RoHS Competent Bodies Network member, Denmark |
EU-RoHS Directive and the new guideline of the EU RoHS Competent Bodies Network on the scope of the Directive |
| Denis Pohl Head of Product Policy Unit DG Environment, Belgian Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium |
First RoHS control campaign IPP (Integrated Product Policy) and EEE |
| Dr Alexis Puerta IMR Test Labs, USA |
Challenges for Testing Lead and Cadmium by ICP-AES for RoHS Compliance |
| Andrew Waldron IMR Test Labs, USA |
Seeing Through the Barriers to Reliable X-Ray Fluorescence Testing |
| Junsik Youn Ecofrontier Co., Korea |
The Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles (focusing on Korea RoHS, ELV) |
| Paul Zinger Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, USA |
A Chinese Firedrill: A Case Study in the Implementation of EU RoHS/WEEE and China RoHS in a Medical Device Company |