Preliminary Draft Agenda
The agenda is also available for download in PDF format.
- Wednesday, 10th October 2007
- Registration - 8:00am - 9:00am
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- 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}
- IPP (Integrated Product Policy) and EEE, Denis Pohl, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety & Environment (Belgium)
~ Coffee Break - 10:30am - 11:00am ~
- Opening Remarks / Breakfast
- Lunch - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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- 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)
- A1 — EU RoHS
- Coffee break - 2:30pm - 3:00pm
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- 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)
- B1 — Industry
- Reception & Dinner - 6:30pm
- Metropolitain Brasserie - 700 Sussex Drive
- Thursday, 11th October 2007
- Registration 8:00am - 9:00am
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- 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)
- C1 — Enforcement
- Coffee break - 10:30am - 11:00am
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- 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)
- D1 — Chemicals
- Lunch - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
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- 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)
- E1 — Testing
- Coffee break - 3:00pm - 3:30pm
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- Closing Session
- Panel discussion
- Closing Session
