AeANET : Environmental Update 2008

This program is designed to enable your managers, compliance executives, legal departments, and environmental and facilities professionals to better understand and comply with these environmental directives, as well as determine how your company can best position itself in today's changing global marketplace. To maximize your company's understanding of this important issue, we encourage you to bring your business and channel partners with you. Working together on these new requirements is essential to your company's success.

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.	Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:10 a.m.	Welcome Remarks & Program Overview Ed Longanecker, Executive Director, AeA Midwest Council
8:10 - 9:00 a.m.	EU RoHS Steve Andrews, UK Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform: Discussion of the European formal Reviews of the two Directives (EU RoHS & EU WEEE) and general policy issues Chris Smith, UK RoHS Enforecement Authority (NWML): Outline of the UK's compliance and enforcement regime for the RoHS Directive and discussion of the activities that have been undertaken in the EU's informal network of enforcement authorities.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	EU WEEE Ken Rivlin, Associate, US Environmental & Regulatory Law Group, Allen & Overy: Status of EU regulations that require manufactureres to finance the recycling and disposal of most electronic waste (WEEE Directive) Steve Andrews, UK Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform: Status of WEEE review
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Global RoHS Policy Update: China RoHS, Korea RoHS and Others Michaela Muranova, Director, INternational Environment & Trade Policy, AeA: Overview of expectations in Catalogue development; update on supporting standards and ongoing enforcement activities of the Labeling and Information Disclosure requirements; overview of Korea Rohs requirements, Thailand RoHS proposal and onging Global RoHS industry activities
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.	High-Tech Environmental Compliance Best Practices Chuck Derrow, Manager-Test Engineering, Zebra Technologies
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon	Energy Awareness Steve Andrews, UK Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform: Short overview of Energy Using Products Framework Directive. Update on the latest developments on the draft Implementing Measures that will apply that framework to individual products. Overview of the Global Energy Efficiency Initatives Holly Evans, President, Strategic Counsel, LLC & AeA Consultant
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Luncheon
1:00 - 1:45 p.m.	State Legislation & Activities Holly Evans, President, Strategic Counsel, LLC & AeA Consultant
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.	REACH Regulation Ken Rivlin, Associate, US Environmental & Regulatory Law Group, Allen & Overy ASTM F40 Standard for REACH Supply Chain Information Exchange A.J. Guikema, Consultant & Chair ASTM F40, Tetra Tech
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.	IEC TC111 John Plyler, Manager-Corporate Responsibility, Motorola
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Adjourn Ed Longanecker, Executive Director, AeA Midwest Council