Kristi Talving has been Director General in Estonia`s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority since summer this year. Main areas of operation are safety surveillance, market regulation and monitoring the fulfilment of obligations arising from the law in the following fields: electronic communication, frequency management and media services; railway transport safety; safety of work, equipment and products requiring special competence; buildings, infrastructure permits and energy efficiency; consumer rights.

Previously she has been deputy secretary-general in Estonia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications since 2017. She coordinated the development of the business and consumer environment, including digitisation, the service economy, foreign trade, and consumer affairs. From 2014 to 2017 Ms Talving led the ministry’s European Union and Foreign Relations Department, with responsibility for policy towards the EU in the fields of competitiveness, transport, telecoms, energy, and foreign trade, as well as planning Estonia’s presidency of the Council of the EU.

She has been a member of government task forces on artificial intelligence, the circular economy and covid-19.

She has been Chairman of Board of Estonian Stockpiling Agency and member of board of Estonian Environmental Research Center, National Metrology Institute and Estonian e-Residency Programme.

Treye Thomas, Ph.D., is a Lead Toxicologist and Program Manager for the Chemicals, Nanotechnology and Emerging Materials Program Area in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction.  His duties include establishing priorities and projects to identify and mitigate potential health risks to consumers resulting from chemical exposures during product use.  Dr. Thomas has conducted comprehensive exposure assessment studies of chemicals in consumer products and quantified the potential health risks to consumers exposed to various chemicals including flame retardants, nanomaterials, wood preservatives, perfluorintated compounds and heavy metals.

Dr. Thomas played a lead role in developing the CPSC nanotechnology research program, and is addressing the health and safety implications of emerging technologies, including additive manufacturing/3D printing and wearable technology.  Dr. Thomas  serves as a CPSC representative in a number of activities including as a federal  liaison for the NAS Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions standing committee, the UL 3D Technical Advisory Board, and is the co-chair for the NNI Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) working group.  Dr. Thomas received an MS from UCLA and PhD from the University of Texas, Health Science Center, before completing a post-doctoral fellowship in industrial toxicology.

Promoting safe e-commerce, developing new technologies and inspirit entrepreneurship: that is the passion of Luca Vahrenwald, currently CEO of TerrainQ Solutions. Together with his team, the company was awarded with the Gold Product Safety Award by the European Commission in 2021. The background to the award is the development of the Ce-rt Proof tool, which makes it possible to identify unsafe products in e-commerce. Luca Vahrenwald was the driving force behind the implementation of this idea. Here he benefited from his expertise in the area of CE regulations as well as his know-how of the e-commerce business. But it's not just online retail that he's familiar with. He can draw on his experience in stationary retailing at the world's largest food retailer "ALDI".

That supports his aim the translation of the increasingly complex requirements of product safety into understandable language and applicable processes for online business.

Through the proactive management of the company, TerrainQ has been able to position and maintain itself in the market of product compliance service. TerrainQ is first mover for developing product safety software and market leader for providing remote audits in e-commerce.

In the meantime, a strong network can be relied upon. This enables TerrainQ Solutions to provide a professional service to smaller online retailers through to global online-marketplaces.