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The only in-depth event focusing on California’s Green Chemistry Initiative

GET READY FOR CAL EPA’S SWEEPING NEW
PRODUCT & CHEMICAL REGULATIONS

PREVENT BRAND RISK – STAY ON THE SHELVES – CAPTURE NEW MARKETS


With California's impending regulations for safer consumer products, companies are forced to either adapt or remain stagnant. Safer consumer regulations impacts not just brand companies, but their suppliers and manufacturers as well.

Thorough understanding of the regulations is essential to make necessary adjustments in order to stay ahead of the competition. Infocast's Safer Consumer Products Summit will provide valuable information, insights and strategies to ensure your company can quickly adapt and take advantage of the impending regulations by turning risk into opportunities.

  • PREPARE YOUR ORGANIZATION for a precedent-setting framework that will impact Environmental Health and Sustainability, R&D, product stewardship & development, supply chains, and marketing
  • HEAR HOW MARKET LEADERS are leveraging Alternatives Assessment and Green Chemistry to de-risk their product lines, innovate and differentiate
  • ACQUIRE THE RESOURCES TO COMPLY with the emerging standards: regulatory and LCA / tox solution providers, innovative materials, supply chain tools
  • GAIN STRATEGIC INSIGHTS into OEM thinking from:
    •Ford •GE •IBM •Johnson & Johnson •Herman Miller •Seventh Generation •Staples •Unilever •Volvo Car Corporation

Prevent brand risk & capture new markets in California EPA's New Product & Chemical Regulations

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Infocast's Summit on how road to product compliance in California.

Debbie Raphael
Director
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL/CAL EPA
Integrating green chemistry into product and brand strategy.

Roger McFadden
Senior Scientist, VP
STAPLES
Infocast's Keynote speaker on Greener and Safer Consumer Products through product and brand innovation..

John Warner
President,
Chief Technology Officer

WARNER BABCOCK INSTITUTE FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY
Infocast's Keynote speaker on green marketing claims, greenwashing & alternative eco strategies.

Gabriel Wing
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
HERMAN MILLER
Infocast's Keynote Speaker on Greener and Safer Consumer Products through product and brand innovation.

Martin Wolf
Director, Product Sustainability & Authenticity
SEVENTH GENERATION

Additional speakers from:

US EPA/Design for Environment, Seventh Generation, Teknor Apex, IBM Corporation, PE International/Five Winds, GreenScreen, ToxServices, HP, Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, Healthy Building Network, Good Guide, Kooperationsstelle Hamburg IFE GmbH (SubSport), Design Chain Associates, Environmental Public Health Consulting, NSF International, UCLA Sustainable Technology & Policy Program, B&C Consortia Management,

and more added daily!


Advisory Board:


Ann Blake, Ph.D., ENVIRONMENTAL & PUBLIC HEALTH CONSULTING;
Member, CALIFORNIA DTSC GREEN RIBBON SCIENCE PANEL

Paul C. DeLeo, Ph.D., Senior Director, Environmental Safety,
AMERICAN CLEANING INSTITUTE®

Laura Flanigan, CPG Sector Delivery Lead, PE INTERNATIONAL/FIVE WINDS

Arthur Fong, Ph.D., Toxicology and Chemical Management Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM CORPORATION; Member, CALIFORNIA DTSC GREEN RIBBON SCIENCE PANEL

Doug Fratz, Vice President, Scientific & Technical Affairs,
CONSUMER SPECIALTY PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION (CSPA)

Judith C. Giordan, Ph.D., Partner, ECOSVC; Former Global VP R&D, PEPSICOLA; former Global Director of R&D, INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES;
former VP Corporate R&D, HENKEL CORPORATION

Lauren Heine, Ph.D., Member, CALIFORNIA DTSC’S GREEN RIBBON SCIENCE PANEL; Consulting Co-Director, CLEAN PRODUCTION ACTION, Director, GREENSCREEN PROGRAM; Principal, LAUREN HEINE GROUP LLC

Michael Kirschner, President, DESIGNCHAIN ASSOCIATES; Member,
CALIFORNIA DTSC’s GREEN RIBBON SCIENCE PANEL

Teresa L. McGrath, Supervising Toxicologist, NSF INTERNATIONAL

Marie-Esther Saint Victor, Ph.D., Leader Green Sciences, Collaborative Sciences, Division of Global Research Development & Engineering, SC JOHNSON AND SON
Network with key stakeholders of Cal/EPA's safer consumer products regulations. Gain a definitive view of California's impending consumer products changes. Safer consumer product regulations to spur innovation.