Programme

Day One: 23 September 2015, Wednesday

Morning

Experiences and support for registrations

09:00 – 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 10:10	Welcome and opening
10:10 – 10:55	Road to REACH 2018 – How ECHA can support your registration Catherine Cornu, Senior Scientific Officer; European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
10:55 – 11:20	What have we learned, what do we expect and how can we help you? From the perspective of a competent authority Henrik Søren Larsen, Head of Chemicals Division; Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Denmark
11:20 - 11:45	REACH experiences and learnings in a medium-sized chemical company from 2010 towards 2018 Susanna Mäentausta, Director, Product Stewardship & Regulatory Affairs; Kemira, Finland
11:45 – 12:10	Q&A
12:10 – 13:10	Lunch

Afternoon

Registration and supply chain communication

13:10 – 13:35	Use of registration data and exposure scenarios in regulatory co-operation and enforcement Heidi Morka, Head of Section, Chemicals; Norwegian Environment Agency, Norway
13:35 – 14:00	Industry perspective on REACH registered chemicals suspected to be endocrine disrupting chemicals Dr Rainer Otter, Director, Regulatory Affairs; BASF, Germany
14:00 – 14:25	Experiences on registrations in Germany - The REACH compliance project Dr Uta Herbst, Unit Chemicals Safety; German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany
14:25 – 14:50	Q&A
14:50 – 15:20	Coffee break
15:20 – 15:45	Industry strategies for 2018 registrations Sigrídur Ingimarsdóttir, General Manager, Regulatory Affairs; Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark
15:45 – 16:10	Safe end use of products under REACH - a formulator's perspective Dr Torsten Funk; Regulatory Compliance Manager Chemical Safety; Sika Services AG, Switzerland
16:10 – 16:35	Working with exposure scenarios at formulator level Emma Jansson, REACH Specialist; Swedish Paint and Printing Ink Makers Association (SVEFF), Sweden
16:35 – 17:00	Management of ES information in SDS Marianne Lyngsaa, Quality System Manager, REACH Advisor; Brenntag Nordic, Denmark
17:00 – 17:30	Q&A
17:30 – 19:00	Pre-dinner bar and refreshments kindly sponsored by CiToxLAB. Drinks will be served in the lobby at the conference venue.
19:00	Conference Dinner Wine and drinks kindly sponsored by RTC S.p.A., Research Toxicology Centre

Evening

Dinner at the restaurant located at the top of the conference building, with a panoramic view of the Copenhagen skyline and Tivoli Gardens.

Day Two: 24 September 2015, Thursday

Morning

Authorisation process – challenges and recommendations

09:00 – 09:10	Wrap-up and observations from day 1
09:10 – 09:45	Authorisations under REACH as a control measure Finn Pedersen, Deputy Head of Chemicals Division; Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Denmark
09:45 – 10:10	Lessons learned on application for authorisation Evgenia Stoyanova, Socio-Economic Analyst; Risk Management Implementation Unit, ECHA
10:10 – 10:40	Coffee break
10:40 – 11:05	Authorisation under REACH: How to best anticipate or prepare for authorisation with special attention to SME’s Hugo Waetershoot, REACH Advisor; Eurometaux, Belgium and Industry Observer, the Member State Committee (ECHA)
11:05 - 11:30	A pharma perspective on authorisation Rikke Birgitte Bach, Specialist, Corporate Environmental Management; Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark
11:30 - 11:55	Experience in authorisation for producers and downstream users Julius Waller, Partner; EPPA, Belgium
11:55 – 12:10	Q&A
12:10 – 13:10	Lunch

Afternoon

Data requirements and non-test methods. Possibilities for substitution.

13:10 – 13:35	The OECD QSAR Toolbox: a helpful tool to fill data gaps Romualdo Benigni, Administrator, (Q)SARs, Test Guidelines; Environment Directorate, OECD
13:35 – 14:00	Non-test methods - read across Poul Bo Larsen, Chief Toxicologist; DHI, Denmark
14:00 – 14:25	Registration of enzymes as UVCB – respiratory sensitizers and exposure scenarios Franziska Kramer Birkved, Senior Scientist; Novozymes, Denmark
14:25 – 14:55	Coffee break
14:55 – 15:20	How to use the SIN List and SINimilarity as tools in a proactive substitution work for SVHC substances Jerker Ligthart, Senior Chemicals Advisor; ChemSec, International Chemical Secretariat, Sweden
15:20 – 15:45	Partnership for substitution of harmful chemicals: Objectives and results Mikael Poulsen, Programme Manager, Partnership for Substitution of Harmful Chemicals
15:45 – 16:00	Q&A
16:00 – 16:15	End of conference - closing remarks

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