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Cooley’s Highlights From ICPHSO 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium – Plenary Session 11

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Day 1, Monday, February 17

Plenary Session 1
Market Surveillance and Product Recalls: Linking Policy to Action in Case of Online Sales

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3:00 – 3:50pm EST

Moderator: Silvia Lai (UL Solutions)

Speakers:
- Anushi Amin (Cooley)
- Richard O’Brien (TIC Council Americas)
- Thomas Bell (Amazon)
Plenary Session 2
Across the Recall Ecosystem: Leading Practices, Challenges & Lessons Learned

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3:50 – 4:40pm EST

Moderator: Susan Kirsch (Retail Industry Leaders Association)

Speakers:
- Erin Bradley (Costco)
- Michael del Negro (Peloton)
- Nadira Rambritch (Director - Consumer Product Safety (Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch) Health Canada)

Day 2, Tuesday, February 18

Plenary Session 3
Leadership in Compliance

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8:10 – 9:00am EST

Moderator: Kenneth d’Entremont, (University of Utah)

Speakers:
- Torine Creppy (Safe Kids Worldwide)
- Pinuccia Contino (European Commission)
- Galia Frez (Hasbro)
Plenary Session 4
Leveraging AI for Transforming Product Safety Learnings

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3:10 – 4:00pm EST

Moderator: Sunil Lakhiani (Amazon Lab126)

Speakers:
- Elliot F. Kaye (Cooley)
- Lynn Berndt-Weis (Director, Assessment, Information and Engagement Bureau, Health Canada)
- Priya Gopalakrishnan (Google LLC)
Plenary Session 5
Safe For Me, But Not For You: In the pursuit of regulatory convergence and exploration of mutual recognition

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4:30 – 5:20pm EST

Moderator: Patty Edwards (Former Voluntary Standards Coordinator, CPSC)

Speakers:
- Courtney Griffin (Consumer Federation of America)
- Alex Nikolau (Amazon Private Brands)
- Valara Davis (UL Standards & Equipment)

Day 3, Wednesday, February 19

Regulatory Session 1
CPSC Updates

8:25 – 9:15am EST

Speakers:
- Jonathan Midgett (Consumer Ombudsman, US CPSC)
- Jim Joholske (Director, Office of Import Surveillance, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Import Surveillance)
- Stephen Lee (Program Specialist, Office of the Small Business Ombudsman, CPSC)
Regulatory Session 2
Global Regulator Updates

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9:15 – 10:05am EST

Moderator: David Kosnoff (ICPHSO Planning Chair/Incoming President, Product Safety Executive)

Speakers:
- Dennis Price (Director General, Consumer and Hazardous Products Safety Directorate, Health Canada)
- Jim Joholske (Director, Office of Import Surveillance, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Import Surveillance)
- Pinuccia Contino (Deputy to the Director for Consumers & Head of Unit Product Safety and Rapid Alert System, European Commission)
- Sarah Smith (Deputy Chief Executive, Office for Product Safety and Standards, UK)
Regulatory Session 3
Health Canada Updates

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10:35 – 11:25am EST

Speakers:
- Dennis Price (Director General, Health Canada)
- Lynn Bernt-Weis (Director, Assessment, Information and Engagement Bureau, Health Canada)
- Nadira Rambritch (Health Canada)
Plenary Session 6
Protect Consumers From Unsafe Products in the E-Commerce Era: Leveraging CPSC Efiling and Testing to Ensure Safety and Compliance

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3:10 – 4:00pm EST

Moderator: Min Zhu (SGS North America Inc.)

Speakers:
- Sophia Legros (SPARC Group)
- Jim Joholske (Director, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Import Surveillance)
- Vaibhav Kulkarni (Hasbro, Inc.)
- Sophia Legros (SPARC Group)
- Alexander Murph (The Step2 Company LLC)
Plenary Session 7
Americexit – Understanding the Increasing Divisions In The United States as Individual U.S. States Add Their Own Product Safety Requirements

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4:30 – 5:20pm EST

Moderator: Neal Cohen (Neal Cohen Law LLC)

Speakers:
- Gretchen Lee Salter (Safer States)
- Anders Persson (IKEA of Sweden)
- Stacey Bowers (Enhesa)

Day 4, Thursday, February 20

Plenary Session 8
Women in Product Safety Leadership

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8:40 – 9:30am EST

Moderator: Joan Lawrence (The Toy Association)

Speakers:
- Farah Ahmed (Exponent)
- Torine Creppy (Safe Kids Worldwide)
- Kyran Hoff (GE Appliances, a Haier company)
- Cheryl Falvey (Crowell & Moring, LLP)
Plenary Session 9
Reese’s Purpose: When a Product Safety Concern Becomes a Product Safety Requirement

9:30 – 10:20am EST

Moderator: Danni Cugini (Harbor Freight)

Speakers:
- Stephen Lee (Program Specialist, Office of the Small Business Ombudsman, CPSC)
- Trista Hamsmith (Reese’s Purpose)
- Lissie Ng (Associate, Cooley)
Plenary Session 10
Plenary Session 10: Stronger Together – Harnessing the Power of Advocacy and Manufacturing for Product Safety

10:50 – 11:40am EST

Moderator: Cleo Stamatos (ANSI)

Speakers:
- Trista Hamsmith (Reese’s Purpose)
- Tim Hamilton (Lowe’s)
- Kevin Rejent (Energizer)
- Linda Kaiser (Parents for Window Blind Safety)
Plenary Session 11
The Four C’s of Product Safety Compliance Programs

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11:50am – 12:40pm EST

Speakers:
- Jason Hertzberg (Exponent, Inc.)
- Nathan Mouw (Whirlpool Corporation)
- Julie Park (Foerster)
Plenary Session 12
Exploring How Product Safety Impacts Public Health Internationally

1:00 – 1:50pm EST

Moderator: Nancy Cowles (Kids In Danger)

Speakers:
- Tica Bosch (leConsumo-PSM Product Safety Management)
- Ben Hoffman (OHSU)
- Ashley Haugen (That Water Bead Lady)
- Vladimir Brajkovic (IKEA)
- Jonathan Midgett (Consumer Ombudsman, US CPSC)

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