2026 International Symposium

2026 International Symposium

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8:00am CEST

Breakfast & Registration

9:00am CEST

Opening Remarks

9:10am CEST

9:25am CEST

Plenary 3 - International Regulator Panel

10:10am CEST

Rapid 3 - Microplastics as a consumer product hazard

10:30am CEST

Networking Break & Exhibits

10:50am CEST

Breakout 1 - Social Media/Gaming, Behavioral Patterns, and Risk Assessment: The Manufacturer's Obligations Under the New EU Product Liability Directive Breakout 2 - Advancing the Baseline: What Does Good Enforcement Really Look Like? Breakout 3 - New Era for E-commerce Safety in Europe- Tackling the Retailer's Challenges

11:35am CEST

Plenary 4 - Using AI Tools to Detect Unsafe Products Online: Emerging Approaches for Market Surveillance and Recall Effectiveness

12:15pm CEST

Lunch, Networking & Exhibits

1:45pm CEST

Breakout 4 - Velocity, Volume, Divergence: The New Geometry of Product Safety in an Age of Global Scale Breakout 5 - Online Marketplaces: Enabling e-commerce sellers to comply with EPR Breakout 6 - Stop Testing at the Dock. Start at the Design Table. The Voice of Suppliers and Manufacturers: Shifting Left in Quality and Product Safety

2:30pm CEST

Plenary 5 - Principles Without People Don’t Work

3:10pm CEST

Networking Break & Exhibits

3:30pm CEST

Breakout 7 - Can We Achieve a Global Baseline for Product Safety? Breakout 8 - Promoting a Global Standard for Product Safety - From the global gap to effective implementation: towards a standard of good practices and an ombudsman model for product safety Breakout 9 - Regulatory Uncertainty? No Excuse: Proactive Product Safety Strategies for a Borderless Global Marketplace

4:15pm CEST

Mentorship Program Reflections, Takeaways and Certificate Presentation

4:25pm CEST

4:45pm CEST

End of Day Remarks and Closing