2025 ICPHSO Annual Meeting and Training Symposium: Full Schedule

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7:30am EST

Sponsored Satellite Session 11: Eurofins' Deforestation Impact Assessment: A Comprehensive Tool for EU DR Compliance

Wednesday February 19, 2025 7:30am - 7:50am EST

Palm A-F (Ballroom Level)

Wednesday February 19, 2025 7:30am - 7:50am EST
Palm A-F (Ballroom Level)

Satellite Sessions

11:35am EST

Breakout 23: Standardization and Product Safety in China, EU, and USA

Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:35am - 12:25pm EST

Palm A-F (Ballroom Level)

Standards are powerful and effective tools that are widely used by countries to implement legal requirements and ensure product safety. Knowledge of how standards work is key to product safety compliance.

This presentation aims to provide clear picture of the complicated standard system and the implementation of standards in China. It will also include an introduction of standardization in EU and USA, as well as comparison of the three jurisdictions.

The presentation will help the attendees to understand the challenges in compliance with standards. At the same time, providing suggestions and tips on how to overcome the difficulties.

Moderators

Amy Chen

Regulatory Compliance Consultant, Compliance & Risks

Amy Chen works as a Regulatory Compliance Consultant in Compliance & Risks, specialising in product safety and related regulations globally for over 15 years. The topics covered include REACH, RoHS, WEEE, energy labelling, energy efficiency, packaging, product safety, EMC, climate... Read More →

Speakers

Rodney Thu

Director, Quality Assurance, Hasbro, Inc.

Rodney Thu is the Director of Quality Assurance at Hasbro, where he has worked for 12 years. He leads the Commodity, Regulatory & Internal Policy and Laboratory (CRPL) team within Hasbro’s Quality Assurance department. His team is responsible for ensuring the quality of high-risk... Read More →

Molly Lynyak

Manager, Technical Committee Operations, ASTM International

Molly Lynyak is a manager in the Technical Committee Operations Division of ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world.In her role, Lynyak has direct responsibility for the standards development activities within Committee F15... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:35am - 12:25pm EST
Palm A-F (Ballroom Level)

Breakout

2:10pm EST

Breakout 31: Can AI in Products Be Safe?

Wednesday February 19, 2025 2:10pm - 3:00pm EST

Palm A-F (Ballroom Level)

The ASTM F3463 Standard Guide for Ensuring the Safety of Connected Consumer Products has recently been updated to include Artificial Intelligence (AI). In consumer products, AI refers to software algorithms that use machine learning and data to perceive the item's environment and users, and autonomously makes decisions to optimize function and user experience. In this session, we will explore why AI is not like other technologies the industry is already familiar with. We will look at some of the unique hazards that can form when using AI, and why the mitigation of risk with AI is unlike anything we have seen before. We will provide insights on how to test AI in connected consumer products. We will provide guidance for different stakeholders on how to establish safety assessment due diligence for a technology that continues to evolve and adapt.

Moderators

Travis Norton

Head of Content Strategy and Compliance Innovation, Compliance & Risks

Travis Norton is the Head of Content Strategy and Compliance Innovation at Compliance & Risks. Travis has worked in the consumer products industry for more than 30 years. He has been involved with service development and technical consultation for the certification and testing of... Read More →

Speakers

Stephan Pesch

Intl Regulatory Compliance Specialist Senior, TUV Rheinland

Stephan Pesch is the International Regulatory Compliance Specialist for Hardlines Products at TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. More than 20 years ago he started at TUV Rheinland in Guangzhou, China to set up labs for consumer product testing and to develop internal test standards... Read More →

Karin Athanas

Executive Director, Alliance for Family and Consumer Sciences, (AAFCS)

Manny Dekermenjian

Product Safety Manager, Google

Manny Dekermenjian is a product safety manager at Google focused on IoT connected products. He has experience investigating fires, product defects, engineering disasters, and incidents resulting in injuries or fatalities. He has worked on safety issues in various industries, applying... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 2:10pm - 3:00pm EST
Palm A-F (Ballroom Level)

Breakout