Preliminary Draft Agenda

The agenda is also available for download in PDF format.

• Wednesday, 10th October 2007
  • Registration - 8:00am - 9:00am
  • • Opening Remarks / Breakfast
      • Opening Remarks — Corporate compliance, Bruce Calder, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
      • Standards: A Harmonized Toolkit for Environmental Compliance, Walter Jager, Chairman - Canadian Committee for IEC/TC11 Environmental Standards (Canada) {Double Session}
      ~ Coffee Break - 10:30am - 11:00am ~
      • IPP (Integrated Product Policy) and EEE, Denis Pohl, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety & Environment (Belgium)
  • Lunch - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • • A1 — EU RoHS
      • Packaging RoHS Compliance Techniques for Custom Build to Print Components, Ian Smith, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
      • RoHS guideline - Implementation Challenges and Strategies, Ken Mehta, Innov-X-Systems (USA) {Double Session}
    • A2 — EU WEEE
      • Recycling Beyond Compliance, Derek Morgan, CKS Group (UK)
      • Navigating Successfully through Germany.s Competitive WEEE Market, Solveig Legler & Ofira Varga, 1WEEE Services GmbH (Germany)
      • Treatment Instructions/ Recycling Passports, Michael Fry, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
  • Coffee break - 2:30pm - 3:00pm
  • • B1 — Industry
      • A Chinese Firedrill: A Case Study in the Implementation of EU RoHS/WEEE and China RoHS in a Medical Device Company, Paul Zinger, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (USA)
      • Assessing China RoHS Standards for Hazardous Substance Compliance, Joe Johnson, Cisco Systems (USA)
      • Being Smart by Going Green, Dr. Ruud Overbeek, Intertek (USA)
    • B2 — US / CAN E-waste
      • E-Waste Legislation and Requirements in Canada, Duncan Bury, Environment Canada (Canada)
      • Electronic Waste: Understanding Community Attitudes, Colin MacDonald, Georgian College (Canada)
      • Timeline Profile of North American E-Waste Legislation, Kailey McLachlan, EPSC (Canada)
  • Reception & Dinner - 6:30pm
  • Metropolitain Brasserie - 700 Sussex Drive
• Thursday, 11th October 2007
  • Registration 8:00am - 9:00am
  • • C1 — Enforcement
      • EU-RoHS Directive and the New Guideline of the EU RoHS Competent Bodies Network on the Scope of the Directive, Torben Nørlem, Ministry for the Environment (Denmark)
      • Elaboration of a RoHS Market Surveillance Methodology in Belgium, Denis Pohl, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety & Environment (Belgium)
      • California Proposition 65: Understanding and Complying with the Law, Joel Pekay, Intertek (USA)
    • C2 — Chemicals (Reach)
      • Overview of REACH and Business Implications, Dr. Ruud Overbeek, Intertek (USA) {Double Session}
      • REACH Requirements and Pre-Registration, Roman Humeniuk, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
  • Coffee break - 10:30am - 11:00am
  • • D1 — Chemicals
      • Finished Products, James Calder, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
      • Consortium Management and Budgeting, Bruce Calder, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
      • Future Restricted Substances, Dr. John Cook, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
    • D2 — Global Requirements
      • 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, In-Suk Kim, ECOASIAN (South Korea)
      • Japan Green in a Nutshell, Ian Smith, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
      • Reduce, Recycle and Reuse of Destroyed IT Media, Monica Bach, Multishred (Canada)
  • Lunch - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
  • • E1 — Testing
      • CE certification requirements of products converted to RoHS compliance, William Kulsky, Intertek (USA)
      • Challenges for Testing Lead and Cadmium by ICP-AES for RoHS Compliance, Dr. Alexis Puerta, IMR Test Labs (USA)
      • Seeing Through the Barriers to Reliable X-Ray Fluorescence Testing, Andrew Waldron, IMR Test Labs (USA)
    • E2 — Other
      • Effects of Environmental Compliance in an Engineering Development Environment, Alan Diamond, Altium Incorporated (USA)
      • Reducing the Risks and Cost of Compliance, Paul McGovern Compliance & Risks Ltd (USA)
      • The EU Packaging Directive: Implications for Business, Steven Boyd, Ageus Solutions (Canada)
  • Coffee break - 3:00pm - 3:30pm
  • • Closing Session
      • Panel discussion