ICPHSO and ACCCASIA PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY CONFERENCE

PRODUCT SAFETY AROUND THE GLOBESURFERS PARADISE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

9-10 OCTOBER 2013DRAFT PROGRAM AGENDA

TUESDAY 5.30 - 7.30 PM - WELCOME RECEPTION

DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2013

8.00 - 5.00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN

8.30 AM Conference Open and Welcome - Carol Pollack-Nelson, President, ICPHSO, Ruth Mackay,Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

8.45 AM Plenary Session - The State of Product Safety

Presentations from governments will include legislative updates, market surveillance, topical product safetyissues, and how countries may be addressing cross-border product safety. Governments invited includeAustralia, New Zealand, United States, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, SouthAfrica, Arab Gulf States, Europe and Papua New Guinea. A comparative chart of product safetyrequirements & regulations will be a takeaway as part of this session.

Session moderator: Richard O’Brien, US Consumer Product Safety Commission

10.00 - 10.30 AM - Morning tea/coffee break

10.30 AM - 12 midday - ABC's of Product Safety: Elements of an Effective Product Safety &Compliance Program

Based on ISO 10377:2013 which provides practical guidance to suppliers on assessing and managing thesafety of consumer products, including effective documentation of risk assessment and risk management tomeet applicable requirements.

Elements to be covered include Risk Assessment, Traceability / Tracking / Labeling, Validation /Verification, Supplier and Materials Pre-Qualification, Crisis Preparedness, etc.

Session organizer / moderator: Eli Szamosi, CSA Group, ACCC

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12.00 - 1.15 PM LUNCH with keynote speaker Rod Sims, Chairman of the Australian Competitionand Consumer Commission (confirmed)

1.15- 5.00 PM - Afternoon sessions include hands on workshops for attendees to put the morning's bestpractices to practical use. This will be a multi track afternoon, allowing for varied levels of experience,knowledge and interest and will take participants through a product life cycle using the elements discussedin the morning. Attendees will be able to choose two of three offered workshops.

5.30 PM - 7.30 PM Networking and exhibits reception

Evening optional off-site event to be announced

***End Day One***

DAY TWO - THURSDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2013 - GLOBALIZATION AND SAFETY

Day 2 focuses on the effects of a globalized manufacturing and consumer environment

7.30 - 2.00 PM Registration open

8 am – 9.45 AM: International Chemical Update plenary session, focusing on broad developments andtrends and resulting risk implications, with perspectives from multiple stakeholders and nations

9.45 – 10.15 AM: Morning tea / coffee break

10.15 – 12 midday: Choose one of two sessions:

International Research Developments

A great deal of research is being done in areas ranging from nanotechnology to effects of chemicalaccelerated assessments and risk mitigation / management. A group of experts discuss the latest work andfindings.

Session organizer / Moderator Patte M. Bittner, CPSC

Conformity and Quality Marks

Are they a needed element of product safety, or are they overkill? What is the impact of multiple marks onconsumer responsiveness and understanding? Is there a path to closer cooperation and global

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harmonization of marks? These questions and others will be addressed by government, industry andconsumer groups from their different viewpoints.

Moderator: Carol Pollack-NelsonSpeakers: Marc Schoem - US Consumer Product Safety Commission; Rod Freeman - Lovells London; ArabGulf States Organization (invited); Bob Pollock - UL; Australian consumer representative (to be confirmed)

12.00 - 1.15 PM LUNCH with keynote speaker Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, US Consumer ProductSafety Commission (invited)

1.15 PM - 3.00 PM EXPLORING THE ON LINE WORLD

Select two of three workshops:

On line regulatory issues - Recent US and EU actions require cautionary and warning labels on packagesto be displayed for on line purchases. How do they affect your on line sales even if you don't sell directly tothose markets?

Session organizer / moderator Marc Schoem, USCPSC

"I saw it on Twitter": Impact of social media and other communication tools on product safety and -consumer perspectives and attitudes toward risk

Session organizers Rod Freeman and Joan Mattson

Counterfeiting, unauthorised substitutions and buying banned products: How to protect yourcompany’s brands, products and customers

Session organizers Kia Compton, ICIX and Eli Szamosi, CSA Group

3.15 - 3.45 PM - Afternoon tea/coffee networking break

3.45 - 4.15 PM - Global Recalls Portal - The Globa lRecalls portal brings together information on productrecalls being issued around the world, on a regular basis, together in one place – on an OECD platform. Apresentation by Ruth Mackay, ACCC, explains the portal's purpose and how to use it. (Plenary session)

4.15 - 5.15 PM The way forward: After Brussels: A report and discussion on workshop findings and nextsteps from ICPHSO's Autumn 2012 conference in Brussels; APEC Forum report; and next steps forAustralian import and export. (Plenary interactive session)

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Session organizers ACCC and Bruce Farquhar

5.15 - 5.30 PM - Closing comments and conference adjourns

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