Buyers Training March 13, 2018, Shanghai Marriott City Centre, Salons 2 and 3 March 15, 2018, Guangzhou Garden Hotel, Magnolia and Hydrangea Rooms

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1 Buyers Training March 13, 2018, Shanghai Marriott City Centre, Salons 2 and 3 March 15, 2018, Guangzhou Garden Hotel, Magnolia and Hydrangea Rooms *Simultaneous interpretation will be provided for all sessions. 8:00-8:30am Meet and Greet (Hosts/Speakers/VIP 8:00-8:30am 8:30-9:15am Guests Arrival/Registration Session 1: Welcome and Introduction Moderators: Shanghai-Mr. Hank Hulick, AmCham Shanghai Guangzhou: Ms. Rachel Chen, AmCham South China Mr. Song Xiushun, Deputy Director General, Department of Supervision & Inspection, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) (10 minutes) For Shanghai: Ms. Veomayoury Baccam, Director of Government & Corporate Social Responsibility, American Chamber of Commerce- Shanghai (5 minutes) For Guangzhou: Dr. Harley Seyedin, President of American Chamber of Commerce South China (5 minutes) Ms. Wang Luping, Director of Division of General Management, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (China Chamber of International Commerce) Training Center (CCPIT) (10 minutes) Ann Marie Buerkle, Acting Chairman, U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (video-3 minutes). Lily Li, Regional Product Safety Specialist, Asia-Pacific, U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) (5 minutes) Ms Věra Jourová - European Commissioner for Justice Consumers and Gender Equality -EC video greeting (3 to 5 minutes) Mr. Jerome LEPEINTRE 华杰鸿 Minister Counsellor, EU Delegation to China 欧盟驻华代表团公使衔 参赞 (5 minutes) 1

2 TRACK 1: Crosscutting Data 9:15-10:15am Session 2: Keynote Address: Industry Perspectives on Best Practices for Ensuring the Next Popular Product Doesn t Become the Next Recall; Questions and Answers Carrie Egan, Vice President, Global Buying, Pier One Imports 10:15-11:00am Session 3: Overview U.S. Framework/CPSIA Steve Williams, Program Manager, CPSC Lily Li, Regional Product Safety Specialist, CPSC 11:00-11:45am Session 4: Overview EC Framework/Regulations/Directives; Data: RAPEX (45 minutes) - General Presentation of the Directive on General Product Safety as a Sort of "Catch All that is Not Regulated Elsewhere"; RAPEX Principles and Trends, EC - General Presentation of the Toy Safety Directive as a Sectoral Legislation, including the Framework in Which It Is Set 11:45-12:00pm Session 5: Key Take Aways/Question and Answer Key Take Aways Presented by Jürgen Vogelgesang, Policy Officer on Toy Safety, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Question and Answer to CPSC and EC Presenters 12:00- LUNCH (on own) 2

3 1:00pm TRACK 2: Toys, Electronics, and Electrical Products/Special Topics (concurrent with Textiles/Apparel/Special Topics) Moderators: Shanghai-Mr. Hank Hulick, AmCham Shanghai Guangzhou: Ms. Rachel Chen, AmCham South China 1:00-2:30pm Session 6: Toys and Electronics - Overview of U.S. Requirements; EC Requirements; Questions and Answers EC Requirements and Rapex Data (1 hour) - Presentation on Electrical equipment in particular the Low Voltage Directive laying down safety objective and applicable conformity assessment procedure that manufacturers have to apply in order to demonstrate that the equipment fulfils the safety objectives. - Detailed Discussion on Toy Safety Directive, and its Latest Developments. -U.S. Requirements, including surveillance and recall data of toys. Case study examples of CPSC recalls and surveillance data illustrating requirements not met, and how to avoid the issues. Steve Williams, Program Manager 2:30-2:45pm BREAK 2:45-3:15pm Session 7: EC Classification of products as toys for children (or not) 3

4 3:15-4:00pm Session 8: Focus on F and F Updates; Questions and Answers Focus on F and F (45 minutes) Alan Kaufman, Senior Vice President, Technical Affairs, Toy Industry Association 4:00-4:15 Session 9: Key Take Aways/Questions and Answers Key Take Aways Presented by Alan Kaufman, Senior Vice President, Technical Affairs, Toy Industry Association Question and Answer to CPSC, EC, and Toy Association Presenters 4:15-4:50 pm Session 10: Special Topics: Case Studies: Trends, Challenges, Questions and Answers CIQ-Quality Improvement of the Export Consumer Product - Toys and Electronics (20 minutes) For Shanghai: Zhou Hui, Investigator of Inspection Department, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau For Guangzhou: Long Yusheng, Deputy Director, Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau EC: Safety of Products Sold Online and New Technologies (15 minutes) 4:50-5:00pm Session 11: Closing Comments Moderator TRACK 3: Textiles/Apparel/Special Topics Moderator Shanghai and Guangzhou: Mr. Yan Jun, Deputy Director of 4

5 Member Training Department,CCPIT Training Center 1:00-2:15pm Session 12: Textiles/Apparel-Overview of U.S. Requirements; EC Requirements; Questions and Answers U.S. Textile/Apparel Requirements (45 minutes) EC Textile Topics (30 minutes) General presentation on textile with Data from Rapex (e.g. Cords Drawstrings) 2:15-2:30pm Session 13: Key Take Aways/Questions and Answers Key Take Aways Presented by Jacqueline Campbell, Senior Textile Technologist, U.S. CPSC Question and Answers to CPSC and EC Presenters 2:30-2:35pm BREAK 2:35-3:50 pm Session 14: Special Topics; Questions and Answers Wearable Technology (20 minutes) Jacqueline Campbell, Senior Textile Technologist, U.S. CPSC Info on Textiles in Toys. EC- Flammability of Disguise Costume Toys for Children; EN71-2 Standard on Flammability of Toys (25 minutes) CPSC-Comments on Flammability Requirements of Disguise Costumes for Children in U.S. CPSC Framework (5 minutes) 5

6 Jacqueline Campbell, Senior Textile Technologist, U.S. CPSC CIQ-Quality Improvement of the Export Consumer Product- Textiles and Apparel (25 minutes) Shen Hua, Deputy Director, Zhejiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau For Guangzhou: Zhang Shenghao, Section Chief, Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau 3:50-4:00pm Questions and Answers/Break 4:00-4:50pm Session 15: Special Topics; Questions and Answers Flame Retardants and Textiles: CPSC (10 minutes) U.S. Requirements for Mattresses (40 minutes) Jacqueline Campbell, Textile Specialist, U.S. CPSC 4:50-5:00pm Session 16: Closing Comments Moderator 6