Co-sponsored by the Ministry of the Brussels-Capital Region
ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
and the Environmental Law Institute
2:00 -- Opening Remarks
Jan Matthyse, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States
Jim Jones, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
John Cruden, President, Environmental Law Institute
2:15 -- Product Regulation in Europe: Setting the International Standard?
An expert discussion of EU regulations and policies that affect manufacturing, selling, sourcing, and disposing of products in Europe—including REACH, product take-back requirements, and other EU or national initiatives. What is changing that business needs to know? Are these requirements setting new international norms with which multinational companies must comply? Where will European regulatory efforts go in the face of economic and social headwinds?
Moderator: Jarod Davis, Director, Product Regulatory Services, THE DOW CHEMICAL CO.
Discussants:
Ann Condon, Director Environmental Strategies, GENERAL ELECTRIC
Dr. Pierrick Drapeau, Project Manager, Aerospace EcoConception ECOMUNDO
Martha Marrapese, Partner, KELLER AND HECKMAN LLC
Meglena Mihova, Partner REACH, EPPA Brussels
3:30 -- Break
3:45 -- Operating in an Uncertain Climate: the Future of European Climate Policy and its Transboundary Effects
A forward-looking examination of Europe