2nd
International Conference on the European Commission’s Policy on the
Regulation, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals
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REACH USA
2008
15-17 April 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Now!
Nearly one year on from
the adoption of the controversial EU REACH legislation Smithers Rapra Technology
Ltd and sister company, Springborn Smithers Laboratories, are proud to announce
a second conference, REACH 2008. The controversial flagship chemicals policy
from the European Commission has been hailed at the most intrusive piece of
legislation to hit the European chemicals supply chain. REACH reverses the burden
of proof and puts the responsibility on the producer and importer to show that
substances are safe before they can be placed on the market.
But REACH has not
only affected Europe - REACH affects US firms who manufacture/ export chemicals
preparations and articles to the EU. The US exports more than $20 billion in
chemical products and invests more than $4 billion in the EU chemical and related
industry sectors annually. In addition, US firms export more than $400 billion
in products containing chemicals, some of which may fall under the scope of
REACH regulations [Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2006].
On both sides of
the Atlantic, every part of the chemical supply chain has been working hard
to become REACH compliant. Timed to coincide with the pre-registration phase
of the legislation, this high profile event has been developed to enable importers,
formulators, distributors and downstream users around the world to take a proactive
approach to this ground-breaking legislation. REACH USA 2008 will feature case
studies from the likes of The Estee Lauder Companies, Eastman Kodak Company,
Honeywell Specialty Materials, Hewlett Packard, Evonik Degussa and Rolls-Royce
plc as well as papers from companies such as REACHReady, The Acta Group LLC
and AMEC Earth & Environmental.
TECHNICAL
PROGRAMME
Tuesday
15th April 2008
07.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
08.25 Welcome and Introduction
to REACH USA 2008
Session
1: Current Status of REACH
08.30 State of play and
next steps
Andrew Fasey, PTK Ltd, UK
09.00 10 most important
things for US companies to know about REACH
Janet Winter Blaschke, International Cosmetics & Regulatory Specialists,
LLC, USA
09.30 Uncertainties under
REACH
Jo Lloyd, REACHReady, UK
10.00 Panel Q & A
10.15 COFFEE
Session 2: Approaches
to Compliance
10.45 Treatment of polymer
confidentiality issues under REACH
Dr Joseph E Plamondon, The Acta Group, LLC, USA
11.15 REACH and the IT solutions
landscape
Malcolm Pollard & Mike Penman, Baytouch Systems, UK
11.45 Funneling registrations
through centralised only representatives – the Helsinki model
Riku Rinta-Jouppi, Helsinki REACH Centre, Finland
12.15 Panel Q & A
12.30 LUNCH
14.00 Should your grand-mother
be pre-registered and, if so, by whom? Making sense of the requirement to pre-register
substances to protect their phase-in status
Paul Ashford, Caleb Management Services Ltd, UK
14.30 REACH implementation
issues of interest to food contact material producers
Dr Herb Estreicher, Keller & Heckman LLP, USA
15.00 Panel Q & A
15.15 COFFEE
Session
3: Case Studies: REACH in Practice
15.45 The impact of REACH
on the aerospace sector - a downstream user's perspective and response
Andy Page, Rolls-Royce plc, UK
16.15 From importer to downstream
user: meeting the challenges of a changing portfolio under REACH
Dennis J Deily, Eastman Kodak Company, USA
16.45 Preparing for REACH:
a case study
Dr Mindy S Goldstein, The Estee Lauder Companies, USA
17.15 Panel Q & A
17.30 END OF DAY ONE
18.30 Evening Drinks Reception
Wednesday 16th April 2008
08.00 COFFEE
Session
4: Testing Requirements Under REACH
08.30 REACH testing requirements:
organisation of your testing scheme
Susan P Shepherd, Springborn Smithers Laboratories, USA
09.00 REACH testing requirements:
quality of data, GLP compliance issues
Dr Shib Mookherjea, ValQual International, USA & Richard J Wilk,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
09.30 Panel Q & A
Session
5: Downstream Impacts
09.45 Analysis of alternatives:
substitution requirements under REACH
Dr Brian H Magee & Dr Chris Mackay, AMEC Earth & Environmental,
USA
10.15 Requirements on articles:
implications of the candidate list to US manufacturers
Sheri L Blystone, Honeywell Specialty Materials, USA
10.45 Panel Q & A
11.00 COFFEE
11.30 The impact of the
REACH regulation on formulators
Dr Hermann Onusseit, Henkel KGaA, Germany
12.00 REACH implementation
for a chemical distributor: key aspects and business opportunities
Stefano Colicchia, Azelis SA, Italy
12.30 Are we concerned?
A distributor approach – Kreglinger Europe
Alain Berthet, Kreglinger Europe, Belgium
13.00 Panel Q & A
13.15 LUNCH
Session
6: Case Studies: REACH In Practice
14.30 REACH: an electronics OEM perspective
William Leong, Hewlett Packard, USA
15.00 How to implement a
REACH- proof system in company! Example: Evonik Degussa
Dr Volker J Soballa, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Germany
15.30 COFFEE
16.00 REACH: business as
(un)usual
Ronald G Sorice, The Shepherd Group Companies, USA
16.30 The plastic value
chain and REACH (TBC)
Dr Rüdiger Baunemann, PlasticsEurope Deutschland, Germany
17.00 The liability insurance
implications of REACH
Christopher Bryce, Marsh Europe SA, UK
17.30 Panel Q & A
17.45 END OF CONFERENCE
Conference Language
Please note that the conference will be conducted in English.
Thursday
17th April 2008
POST
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
REACH is a broad subject and there are many intricacies that cannot be addressed
within the course of a conference. For this reason, we have included a third
day of workshops to help you tackle some of the more in depth areas of the legislation
in a more information and interactive setting.
Each of the four
workshops will use a combination of presentations, group work, scenario planning
and case studies to help you develop the tools you need to implement REACH within
your own organisation. Please come armed with questions to ensure that solutions
can be tailored to meet your individual circumstances.
WORKSHOP
A: 09.30 – 13.00 |
Planning
for Consortia: Critical Factors for Success
One of the primary
building blocks of the REACH registration process is the consortium. The European
Commission and the emerging European Chemical Agency are keen to promote the
use of consortia on the basis that they reduce the number of individual submissions
received by Agency, encourage the early sharing of data and the identification
of data gaps, prevent duplication of testing strategies and limit the cost of
registration.
However, there
are a number of potential pitfalls that can arise from poorly planned and managed
consortia. This workshop will take you through the characteristics you should
look for when forming a new consortium or joining an existing one. You will
learn how to:
- Recognise the
important distinction between a consortium and a SIEF
- Establish a
plan for the analysis and filling of data-gaps
- Ensure that
existing data is properly valued
- Resolve conflicts
over the validity of differing data-sets
- Manage differing
time-scales and data requirements for registration within the same consortium
- Secure sub-contractors
for supporting roles (eg toxicologists and/or laboratories)
13.00: LUNCH
CALEB
DROP IN CLINIC
Caleb is one of the leading
EU-based consultancies handling REACH implementation on behalf of its clients.
The opportunity is provided to discuss individual issues related to REACH on
a one-to-one basis with Caleb’s experienced practitioners. 30 minute appointments
can be booked through Smithers Rapra on a free, no obligation basis for those
attending either the conference and/or the earlier workshop.
About your
Workshop Leaders:
Mr Paul Ashford, Managing Director, Caleb Management Services Ltd
Paul, a chemist by training, has over 15 years’ experience in managing
committees and task forces at the industry/regulatory interface including industry
task force inputs to the US HPV Challenge Program, the OECD SIDS Programme and
other chemical regulatory frameworks at both global and national level.
Mr Peter
Megaw, Senior Consultant, Caleb Management Services Ltd
Peter, also a chemist by training, is a multi-lingual chemical regulatory expert
who worked for Croda International and Allied Colloids before joining Caleb.
He has specialist knowledge of ingredients for cosmetic, household and industrial
preparations.
WORKSHOP
B: 09.30 – 12.30 |
How to
Defend Substances Embattled in REACH
The REACH proposal
defines some chemicals as being "of very high concern" to human health
and the environment. These substances will be evaluated as a top priority by
the future European Chemicals Agency and placed initially on a “candidate
list” and then ultimately on the list of substances to be subject to the
Authorisation procedure. It is expected that the mere publication of a “candidate
list” will bring about a “blacklist effect” likely to cause
massive product reformulations, business interruptions and barriers to trade
before the risks of these substances are properly assessed under REACH. Authorisation
in turn will lead the ultimate removal of most of these substances from the
market.
Through a combination of group work, practical exercises and unrestricted question
and answer sessions, this workshop will lead you through the steps that you
can take to defend substances embattled in REACH as early as possible.
More specifically you will learn about:
- Product substitution
and the precautionary principle
- The criteria
for inclusion of substances on the Candidate list and the Authorisation list
- Marshalling
the science as from the registration stage to protect against listing
- Communication
with customers to forestall a blacklisting effect
- Developing product
stewardship practices to demonstrate adequate control of substances of very
high concern
- Developing the
case against forced substitution
- Legal opportunities
for challenging a listing decision
About
your Workshop Leaders:
Herbert Estreicher, J D, PhD, Keller & Heckman LLP
Herb Estreicher, a partner of Keller and Heckman LLP, provides overall strategic
advice on REACH. Dr Estreicher is a lawyer and PhD chemist who has been heavily
engaged with REACH since the organisation of the Commission’s White Paper.
Dr Estreicher has defended embattled products under the EU Marketing and Use
Directive, negotiated dossier development of substances under the Existing Substance
Regulation, and Notified PBT and other high risk substances under the 7th Amendment
to the Dangerous Substances Directive, and represented companies in both the
UNECE and UNEP POP Conventions. He splits his time between the Brussels and
Washington, DC offices providing REACH advice on both sides of the Atlantic
Ocean.
David J
Kent, Keller & Heckman LLP
David J Kent brings over 25 years of consulting experience in the area of chemical
and pesticide regulation for both domestic and international companies. He assists
clients in assessing the available data, conducts environmental fate and transport
modeling, prepares environmental risk assessments and SIARs, and works with
consortia to maximize data value. David has been a leader in the assessment
and management of High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals and currently is assisting
individual companies and consortia develop strategies and prepare for registration
obligations under REACH. David has authored or co-authored over 50 scientific
publications and presentations for peer-reviewed journals, technical newsletters,
and international conferences, in addition to preparation of numerous proprietary
reports for client submission under FIFRA, TSCA, HPV, FDA and other regulatory
and voluntary programs.
LUNCH
FOR ALL WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS 12.30 – 13.30
WORKSHOP
C: 13.30 – 16.30 |
Developing
Chemical Safety Risk Assessments through Effective Testing Procedures
One of the fundamental
objectives of REACH legislation lies in reducing, refining and replacing animal
testing. REACH will promote the use of data from in-vitro testing, validated
(Q)SARs and data from structurally related substances (read across) when conducting
chemical risk assessments.
Estimated data
generated by (Q)SARs may be used both as a substitute for experimental data,
and as a supplement to experimental data in weight-of-evidence approaches. Clearly
the interpretation of such data and the selection of appropriate ecotoxicological
tests will play a key role in developing effective exposure assessments and
appraising hazards to human and environmental health. Testing on vertebrate
animals will be seen only as a last resort; after all other data has been assessed.
This half-day workshop will take you through the steps you need to conduct a
scientifically robust but practical risk assessment to comply with REACH testing
requirements. Through case studies, group work and scenario planning you will
learn tools to help you reduce, refine and replace animal testing. You will:
- Understand
which toxicological and ecotoxicological tests are most suitable for your
needs
- Decide when
and how to use alternative methods (in vitro, (Q)SARs) or animal testing
- Interpret, justify
and report testing data
- Reduce costs
through intelligent testing strategies
- Develop exposure
and hazard scenarios
About
your Workshop Leader:
Arthur E Putt, Research Director, Springborn Smithers Laboratories
Arthur has extensive experience in the design of GLP-tests and their interpretation.
Over the past 19 years, he has conducted and applied test results to environmental
risk assessments. His main experience is in aquatic ecotoxicity testing.
WORKSHOP
D: 13.30 – 16.30 |
Managing
Compliance Costs
How much will REACH cost
your business? Assess, review and streamline REACH compliance costs within your
business and supply chain. This workshop provides you with tools to identify
the key variables influencing potential business impact and develop strategies
for managing uncertainty. Direct costs for compliance are examined on a product-specific
basis, using a variety of resources and examples that can serve as templates
for performing or evaluating in-house estimates. The workshop then focuses on
streamlining compliance costs via substance identity and exposure scenarios.
Through practical materials
and hands-on exercises, this workshop proves valuable to anyone assessing direct
costs or managing wider business impact. The workshop has been carefully devised
to equally assist manufacturers, importers and downstream users:
- Perform cost
estimates for product compliance
- Examine potential
price increases in the supply chain
- Streamline costs
through substance identity and exposure scenarios
- Manage potential
product rationalisation and reformulation
About your
Workshop Leader:
Dr Steffen Erler, Technical Manager, REACHReady
Having recently completed a PhD on the subject of REACH, Steffen Erler has become
known as 'Dr REACH'. With a background in biochemistry and engineering, Steffen's
practical knowledge of regulation stems from work with Bayer, the OECD Existing
Chemicals Programme and the European Commission Enterprise DG Chemicals Unit.
Over the past few years, he has worked as a consultant for companies, investors
and regulators preparing for REACH. In June 2006 Steffen joined REACHReady,
an enterprise established by the UK Chemical Industries Association to help
companies in every manufacturing sector prepare for REACH.
Early Registration
Offers
Register before 15 February 2008 to take advantage of the special Early Bird
Discount registration fee.
Companies
sending one or two delegates
$950 per delegate before 15 February 2008
$1100 per delegate after 15 February 2008
Companies
sending three or more delegates
$850 per delegate before 15 February 2008
$1000 per delegate after 15 February 2008
Workshops (each)
$450 per delegate before 15 February 2008
$500 per delegate after 15 February 2008
Attendance at the workshops
includes refreshments and working lunch.
How to
Register
Please send registration enquiries to Sharon Garrington, Conference Organiser.
Email sgarrington@rapra.net Tel:
+44 (0) 1939 250283; Fax: +44 (0) 1939 252416
Venue
The conference will take place at:
Boston Marriott
Long Wharf
296 State Street, Boston
Massachusetts 02109, USA
Phone: +1 617 227 0800
Fax: +1 617 227 2867
The Boston Marriott
Long Wharf Hotel is located on Boston Harbor at historic Long Wharf in downtown
Boston and 1 block from Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market. Boston, the capital and
largest city of Massachusetts, looms on the state's eastern edge along the shores
of Massachusetts Bay. Its compact downtown area harbours some of the nation's
greatest historical sites including Faneuil Hall, the Boston Tea Party Ship
and Museum, and the Paul Revere House. Tourist information can be found at Massachusetts
Office of Travel and Tourism www.massvacation.com
Hotel
Reservations
Unfortunately we no longer have rooms at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel
at the Smithers Rapra’s specially negotiated conference rate. Rooms can
however be booked directly with the hotel, phone: +1 617 227 0800 or 1-800-228-9290
from inside the USA or Canada. The current room rate is >$400 per room, per
night.
You
may therefore want to consider nearby accommodation in the financial district
of Boston. The following are merely suggestions; we have no prior experience
of these hotels and cannot guarantee availability.
Hilton
Boston, 89 Broad St., Boston, MA 02110
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSFDHF-Hilton-Boston-Financial-District-Massachusetts/index.do
Harborside
Inn in Boston 185 State St., Boston, MA 02109
http://www.harborsideinnboston.com/
Boston
Harbor Hotel in Boston 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110
http://www.preferredhotels.com/values/hotel_descr.asp?id=47463&travelAgentId=09546386&src=tig2_googlemaps_BOSHA
Omni
Parker House Hotel in Boston 60 School St., Boston, MA 02108
http://www.omnihotels.com/findahotel/bostonparkerhouse.aspx
Courtyard
Boston Tremont Hotel in Boston 275 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bosdm-courtyard-boston-tremont-hotel/
If
you have previously reserved accommodation at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf
hotel via our booking agents, Book-O-Tel and would like to re-gain access to
your reservation details please use the following log-in.
Exhibition & Sponsorship
Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd has a range of bespoke sponsorship packages available
to maximise your corporate profile at this important event. For further information
please contact Alix Yates, ayates@rapra.net.
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