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Nordic Chemicals Summit 2017 10-11 October 2017 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Nordic Chemicals Summit 2017

The second annual Nordic Chemicals Summit from Chemical Watch focuses

on progressive and innovative chemicals management, from upstream

producers to downstream users, and the supply chain in between.

Day one begins with a global focus on safer chemicals. This includes a

keynote address from Achim Halpaap, Head of Chemicals and Waste Branch

of UNEP and is followed by presentations on a new ECHA study conducted

by RPA, the KinChem project and IPEN, the global network that brings

together leading environmental and public health groups around the world

to establish and implement safe chemicals policies and practices. The

focus then turns to innovative/progressive chemicals management, both

in upstream companies - including case studies from BASF and Akzo Nobel -

and downstream companies who innovate to meet the demands of

consumers, customers and supply chains.

Day two begins with a keynote address from the European Chemicals

Agency, followed by a review of current EU Chemicals Policy including the

REACH Review. A regional round-up in the context of progressive chemicals

management includes a session on ChemSec’s Marketplace, an update from

the Nordic authorities and a Nordic industry round-table on innovation.

Heads of Regulatory Affairs/

Regulatory Managers

EHS Directors/Managers

Product Stewardship Managers

Government Regulators

Product Registration Managers

Toxicologists

Risk Assessment Managers

And all other stakeholders involved

in chemicals management

Who should attend?

Why attend?

Expert panelListen to senior representatives from global regulators together with senior industry representatives.

Current thinkingGain valuable insight into the current state of innovative chemicals management.

Time efficiencyBring yourself completely up-to-date with the complex and changeable landscape of chemicals policy and regulation by attending two conference days.

Q&A panel discussions Have your specific questions answered by making use of the multiple Q&A sessions. Remember - you can send in any questions you might have in writing in advance of the Summit.

NetworkingMeet your peers, including our expert panel, in an informal and relaxed setting in setting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Day One - 10 October 2017

08:30 Registration

09:00 Keynote address:

Achim Halpaap, Head of Chemicals and Waste Branch, UNEP, Switzerland

09:20 Corporate Sustainability Strategies and chemicals management

• The ECHA study into industry’s sustainability strategies

and the impact of regulation, especially REACH and CLP

• Three broad categories of sustainability approaches

• Internal and external change drivers within companies

• Sustainability Strategies: study recommendations

Linda-Jean, Cockcroft, Technical Director (Business, Industry & Growth), Risk & Policy Analysts, UK

09:45 Proactive Supply Chain Management and Consumer Communication

• Normative requirements as a permanent challenge

to supply chain actors

• Dynamic material data system as a precondition

for compliance and business opportunities

• Consumer awareness and app-supported SVHC requests

• Contribution towards sustainable chemistry management

Martin Fuehr, Professor for Public Law, Comparative Law

and Legal Theory, Darmstadt University, Germany

10:10 When the Circular Economy goes Toxic - Restricted Flame Retardants in Toys and Consumer Products Made of Recycled Plastics

• Brief intro to IPEN

• Quick Background

• Toxic Recycling

• The Global South Perspective

• What can be done to resolve this issue?

Sara Brosché, Global Project Manager, IPEN, Sweden

10:35 Sustainable Chemical Management – what does it really mean and how do we get there?

• The Natural Step’s experience coaching companies up

and down value chains

• Use of a strategic framework and set of science-based

sustainability principles

• Case study within the European PVC value chain

Session 1: Safer Chemicals - Global Issues

• A common vision and innovation roadmap

to future-proof industry

Richard Blume, Senior Advisor, Sustainable Business,

The Natural Step, Sweden

11:00 Q&A

11:15 Refreshments

11:40 Pro-active Product Stewardship @ BASF

• Sustainable Solution Steering (Methodology

and Examples)

• Together for Sustainability

• Circular Economy at BASF

• BASF’s contributions to the Sustainable

Development Goals

Stefanie Deuser, Product Safety Manager, BASF, Germany

12:05 AkzoNobel - a case study - Using Green Chemistry & Safer Alternatives

• Akzo Nobel’s Priority Substance Program

• New product development

Eva Österberg, Director, Product Stewardship & Regulatory Affairs, AkzoNobel, Sweden

12:30 Q&A

12:40 Lunch

13:40 Chemicals management in the supply chain - from compliance to USP, a start up’s perspective

• What is actually driving chemicals management challenges

○ the complex interaction between standards

and legislation

○ the reality facing brand owners

• Success factors for green collaborations within chemicals

management

• A deeper look at the approach of Paxymer - the flame

retardant system

○ what it takes to be best in class

○ building a brand within an industrial niche

○ delivering value across the supply chain

Amit Paul, Managing Director, Paxymer, Sweden

Session 2: Innovative/Progressive Chemicals Management - how upstream companies are innovating to meet the demands of supply chains






14:05 Savroc- a case study in alternatives hard coatings

• TripleHard Technology – Trivalent chrome alternative to

Hex-Chrome

• From Lab to Industrial implementation

• Case examples and applications

Juha Miettinen, CTO, Savroc Ltd., Finland

14:30 Q&A

14:45

15:10 Long Term Management of Substance of Concern (SOC) Compliance at Volvo Group

• Monitor Substance of Concern (SOC) Regulation and

define/update internal processes and standards

• Compile forecast and define features for long term

technology development and planning

• Analyze if substances of concern (SOC) occur in parts/

chemical products & inform customers

• Communicate to suppliers sustainable substitution

demands and prepare roadmap for substitution

Astrid Breyne, Global Product Regulation - Substance of Concern (SOC) Compliance Management/

Product Planning, Volvo Group, Sweden

15:35 Sustainable materials – the natural next step to meet consumer expectations

• What is sustainable materials and the focus

for the LEGO Group

• The process to guide on no undesirable chemicals

• The guiding principles we follow to reach our 2030 vision

Jes Faltum, Director, Environmental Product Innovation,

Lego, Denmark

16:00 What is responsible chemistry in the context of sustainability?

Mark Stalmans, Procter & Gamble, Global Product Stewardship GPS, The Netherlands

16:35 Chemical Leasing: An innovative business model in the context of the circular economy

• Introduction to Chemical Leasing

Refreshments

Session 3: Innovative/Progressive Chemicals Management - how downstream companies are innovating to meet the demands of consumers/customers and supply chains

• Chemical Leasing in international chemicals policy and

circular economy

• The modules of Chemical Leasing

• Experiences of the implementation in companies

• Examples of applicationsExamples of applications

Reinhard Joas, Managing Director, Ramboll Environ, Germany

17:00 From hazardous waste to using secondary chemical resources - an agenda in Circular Economy

• Chemical substances are used as technical aids in the

medical industry

• Possible replacement of these ‘waste products’ as

chemicals in the second part of the supply chain

Jens Tørsløv, Head of Projects, Business Development Manager, DHI Environment and Toxicology, DHI, Denmark, & Vibeke Plambeck, Lawyer, Juraad, Denmark

17:25 Q&A

17:40 Close of Day One / Cocktails






Day Two - 11 October 2017

08:30 Keynote address: How the EU can promote sustainable substitution

• REACH classification, authorisation and restriction

promote the use of safer chemicals

• ECHA’s planned strategy for sustainable, meaningful

and cost-effective substitution

Matti Vainio, Head of Unit, Risk Management Implementation, ECHA, Finland

08:55 REACH review 2017

Giuseppina Luvarà, Policy Officer, DG Env, EU COM, Belgium

09:20 Human Biomonitoring for Europe (HBM4EU)

• Joint effort of 26 countries, the European Environment

Agency and the European Commission

• Main aim to coordinate and advance human

biomonitoring in Europe to provide

○ better evidence of actual exposure of citizens

to chemicals

○ possible health effects to support policy making

• So far prioritisation exercise to identify those substances

to be the focus of activities

• 2017 to 2021 research to respond dynamically

to policy needs

Britta Hedlund, Senior Advisor, Swedish Environmental

Protection Agency, Sweden

09:45 A horizontal look at hazardous chemicals: an EU Ecolabel perspective

• Brief introduction to the the requirement on horizontal

hazardous substance criteria in the EU Ecolabel

Regulation (Articles 6(6) and 6(7))

• Examples of EU Ecolabel requirements on hazardous

chemicals for different product groups

• Outstanding issues with the application of the EU

Ecolabel requirements regarding hazardous chemicals

• Potential impact of REFIT conclusions on the future

interpretation of Articles 6(6) and 6(7), possible solutions

and follow up actions

Shane Donatello, Research Fellow, Joint Research Centre,

European Commission, Spain

10:10 Q&A

Session 4: EU Chemicals Policy

10:25 Refreshments

10:55 ChemSec Marketplace - the dating site for safe alternatives

• ChemSec and the ChemSec business group

• Why substitution makes a good business case

• The need for visibility of alternatives

• The idea behind the Marketplace and its first year

• Future of the Marketplace

Anna Lennquist, Senior Toxicologist, ChemSec, Sweden

11:10 Alternatives Development via Safety By Design: from concept to performance

• Combining substitutes for BPA in the synthesis of epoxy

• Effective use of Safety By Design

• Transparency and outreach to stakeholders

• Collaboration and the search for answers

• The Marketplace and trust

Thomas R. Mallen, Global Director, Packaging Regulatory Affairs, The Valspar Corporation, US

11:25 From academic research within green chemistry to an industrial company

• Developing products from academic ideas

• Creating demand of green products

• Creating visibility in the market place

Mårten Hellberg, CEO, Organoclick, Sweden (15 minutes)

11:40 The journey to sustainable flame retardants for plastics

• Halogen free FR development

• Phosphorus based products

• Sustainability rating

• Life cycle aspects

Adrian Beard, Head of Market Segments, Flame Retardants, Clariant GmbH, Germany

11:55 Q&A

12:10 Lunch

Session 5: Alternatives to hazardous chemicals: Innovation, demand and visibility - Examples from ChemSec Marketplace






Session 6: Significant developments

within Nordic authorities

13:10 Nordic Countries’ Co-operation and Joint Projects

• Introduction of the Nordic Environmental Action Plan

2013-2018

• Organization of the Nordic Chemical Group

• Successful cooperation within the Nordic Countries

• Icelandic Environment Authority

Heiðrún Guðmundsdóttir, Coordinator for the Nordic Chemical Group, Environment Agency, Iceland

13:35 Introduction to the new IT system of the Product Registry in Denmark

• The purpose of this new system

• The process of making this new system

• Demonstration of some of the functionalities

Susanne Høyer, Project Manager, Working Environmental Authority, Denmark

14:00 TUKES: KemiDigi – Digitalization and Utilization of Chemical Data in Finland

• What Kemidigi is all about?

• Information collected to KemiDigi and how

it will be utilized

• The process of preparing KemiDigi and the

parties involved

Minna Valtavaara, Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency, Finland

14:25 Q&A

14:40 Refreshments

15:10

Nordic company representatives give a short introductory presentation

Panel includes:

Bernd Friede, Product Stewardship Manager, Elkem, Norway

Amit Paul, Managing Director, Paxymer, Sweden

Jes Faltum, Director, Environmental Product Innovation, Lego, Denmark

Mårten Hellberg, CEO, OrganoClick AB, Sweden

16:00 Final Q&A

16:15

Session 7: Nordic industry round-table - focus on their innovations

Close of Summit






Location

Event times

Day one

10 October, 08:30 - 17:40

Day two

11 October, 08:30 - 16:15

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Prices

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