REACH Registration ConferenceWhat did we achieve in 2010?How can we ease the way for 2013?

European Commission, Charlemagne, rue de la Loi 170, Brussels, 23 September 2011

PROGRAMME

8.00 – 9.00 Registration

Moderators: Rick Thompson and Aminda Leigh9.15 – 9.20 Welcome

• Astrid Schomaker, Head of Unit, DG Environment, European Commission9.20 – 9.35 Opening address

• Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment9.35 – 9.50 REACH Registration 2010 – the ECHA perspective

• Geert Dancet, Executive Director, ECHA, Helsinki

Early Results9.50 – 10.50 Panel discussion: Has the � rst registration deadline delivered information and data that we did not have before? Are there any early bene� ts for industry, authorities and citizens?

• Alexander Nies, Deputy Director-General, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn

• Christian Schaible, Senior Policy O� cer, EEB, Brussels• Tony Musu, Senior Researcher, ETUI, Brussels• Hubert Mandery, Director General, CEFIC, Brussels

10.50 – 11.20 Co� ee break

Lessons Learnt in 2010 11.20 – 11.30 Results of Directors Contact Group: Priority issues and solutions

• Guus Borchardt, Director, DG Environment, European Commission, Brussels11.30 – 12.00 Quality data gathering and how to improve the registration dossiers

• Leena Ylä-Mononen, Director of Evaluation, ECHA, Helsinki• Martin Kayser, Senior Vice President of Product Safety, Regulations, Toxicology

and Ecology, BASF, Ludwigshafen12.00 – 12.30 Data sharing: SIEF mechanisms that work and don’t work

• Sandra Carey, HSE Executive, IMOA, (Eurometaux), London• Erwin Annys, Director for REACH and Chemicals Policy, CEFIC, Brussels

12.30 – 13.00 Discussion

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch

Easing the way for 201314.30 – 14.45 Industry compliance: the SME perspective

• Thomas Fischer, Advisor for Chemical Policy, UEAPME, Brussels14.45 – 15.00 Downstream Users: when do they need to be involved and how?

• Adrian Harris, Director-General, Orgalime, Brussels15.00 – 15.15 Helping industry to comply

• Jerzy Majka, Inspector for Chemical Substances, Bureau for Chemical Substances, Lodz15.15 – 15.30 Raising awareness for deadline May 2013

• Christel Musset, Director of Registration, ECHA, Helsinki15.30 – 16.00 Discussion

16.00 – 16.30 Co� ee break

REACH Review16.30 – 17.00 REACH review: what (not) to expect for the 2013 deadline

• Astrid Schomaker, Head of Unit, DG Environment, European Commission• Graham Willmott, Head of Unit, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

17.00 – 17.15 Conclusion • Karl Falkenberg, Director General, DG Environment, European Commission