International Product Safety Week Appetiser
Sicco Mansholt room
Speaker:
Anna Jassem – International Projects Coordinator, Product Safety and Rapid Alert System Unit, European Commission
Opening by Commissioner Reynders
High-level session on EU-U.S. product safety cooperation
This will be the first public debrief on the recently launched EU-U.S. informal dialogue on consumer product safety.
Speakers:
Gala dinner
Maison de la Poste
Rue Picard 5/7, 1000 Bruxelles
Quo vadis e-commerce: What’s next for product safety?
What are the latest developments in e-commerce and the challenges they create for product safety? This panel will analyse the developments in the business models of e-commerce, such as sales via online marketplaces, direct imports, drop-shipping, e-commerce in social media. It will also look at how businesses active in e-commerce can improve the safety of products.
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Coffee break
Online market surveillance: challenges and opportunities
This panel will take stock of the latest developments and challenges in the market surveillance of products sold online. How well are authorities equipped to address these recent challenges? How can other players contribute, beyond their legal requirements, to ensuring that products offered for sale via online channels are safe for consumers?
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Lunch
Why compassion matters in the product safety field
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New technology products: risks 3.0
In recent years, more and more connected and other new technology products have become part of consumers’ households and lives. While these innovative products offer many opportunities to consumers, they can also pose serious risks to their physical and mental health and safety. Are consumers sufficiently protected against these new risks? Does the industry adequately identify and mitigate these risks before releasing products on the market? How can regulators build and deepen capacities to tackle these new challenges?
Speakers:
Coffee break
New technologies as allies for product safety
New technologies can be a great ally for consumer product safety. This panel will present a range of cutting-edge tools designed to enhance consumer product safety, e.g. by detecting dangerous products online, identifying emerging product safety issues and improving product traceability.
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We are the champions - Celebrating product safety advances
Protecting consumers from dangerous products requires a collective effort from all the stakeholders: regulators at national, regional and global level, businesses and consumers alike. This session will showcase examples of recent product safety advances and the heroes behind them.
Speakers:
Coffee break
Safe for all? Gender and product safety
The aim of this session is to start a discussion on whether gender and sex differences affect product safety. Are mainstream consumer products equally safe for men and women? Are there specific risks linked to differences in consumption patterns? Should gender aspects be taken into account in policy-making, product design and education campaigns?
Speakers:
Lunch
EC-UNCTAD workshop - Panel 1: Consumer organisations on the product safety frontline
Consumer organisations have a great multiplier effect when it comes to product safety. They are a bridge between authorities and consumers. Which best practices can they share? What is their experience working with regulators? How do they see the new horizons of product safety?
Speakers:
Coffee break
EC-UNCTAD workshop - Panel 2: Next generation of product safety ambassadors
2022 being the European Year of Youth and to conclude the week on the new horizons of product safety, we will look at the new generation of product safety ambassadors. What do they see as the most important product safety topics? What is their advice for effective communication towards the younger population on product safety issues? What do they think should be looked at in terms of new horizons?
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