W5: Establishing an Effective Global Product Stewardship Surveillance and Advocacy System

Grand Hyatt Denver 

Room: Mt. Sopris A 

CM Credit Hours: 4 

One of a product steward's core responsibilities is to ensure the marketability and compliance of products, but the number and complexity of global chemical management regulations is increasing. Establishing strategies to track, interpret, advocate for, and prepare for emerging and changing regulations is challenging. This workshop will examine options for each of these steps and discuss their pros and cons. The goal of this workshop is not only for participants to develop strategies for ensuring marketability and compliance but to also become engaged partners in developing effective, science-based, and fit-for-purpose chemical management regulations. This half-day workshop is specifically designed for mid-career professionals who want to enhance their core competencies and who can participate in these discussions. It is also appropriate for new and early-career product stewards looking for new responsibilities; for product stewards, industrial hygienists, and other environmental health and safety professionals who want to better understand regulatory surveillance and advocacy; and for aligned professionals involved in advocacy activities in the legal field, public affairs, and business.

Upon completion, the participant will be able to…

• Identify the four steps of addressing emerging and changing chemical management regulations.
• Analyze options for tracking, interpreting, advocating for, and preparing for emerging and changing chemical management regulations.
• Create a strategy for ensuring marketability and compliance.
• Create a strategy for ensuring effective, science-based, and fit-for-purpose chemical management regulations. 

• Introductions
• The Role of Product Stewards Marketability and Compliance: The goal of this section is for participants to understand and evaluate their roles in assuring that products can be marketed for their stated purpose and comply with relevant regulations.
• Tracking Emerging and Changing Regulations: The goal of this section is for participants to understand how to track chemical regulations and evaluate how they will accomplish this.
• Interpreting Emerging or Changing Regulations: The goal of this section is for participants to refine their skills for assessing the relevance of emerging or changing regulations.
• Advocating for Emerging or Changing Regulations: The goal of this section is for participants to understand the importance of product stewards in the advocacy process.
• Preparing for Emerging or Changing Regulations: The goal of this section is for participants to develop strategies for preparing businesses for compliance with emerging or changing regulations.
• Concrete Examples: This section will discuss recent and relevant emerging or changing regulations.
• Exchange, discussion, and feedback. 

Emerging Global Regulatory Issues - General

Domain I: Assessment, Impact Analysis, & Risk Management

Domain III: Data & Information Management

Intermediate

Polling

Q&A

Group activities

Hands-on demonstrations and practicum