Dear Colleagues and Friends, IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Dinner: 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Socialize with your colleagues and tonight’s speakers at: El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (408-727-4426) -- just two blocks north of the meeting site. No RSVP required. Program: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. No admission charge. Open to the public. Topic: EU RoHS changes – What you need to know The overhaul of EU RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive for EEE has been in the works since December 2008. This recast can lead to some significant changes to existing scope, product categories, exemptions, definitions as well as additional substance restrictions and compliance requirements. The talk will provide an update on the latest changes and debate process for the RoHS recast proposals and what you can do now to impact these. Speaker: Revati Pradhan-Kasmalkar (Principal Consultant, Tantra Consulting) is an independent environmental subject matter expert, currently involved in regulatory compliance and advocacy efforts on environmental regulations such as European RoHS, WEEE, REACH as well as US GHG reporting and TSCA revisions. She holds a dual Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and General Engineering with EHS specialization. She has worked earlier in the semiconductor EHS area as a technical specialist for exhaust gas abatement products. Meeting Site: Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (map: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses/directs.html) Chair: Shirley Cui Tarantino, [email protected] Vice-Chair: Ken Kapur, [email protected] Treasurer: Gary Eldridge, [email protected] Secretary: Roberto Pasos, [email protected] Immediate Past Chair: Steve Baldwin, [email protected] Visit our chapter website: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses/index.htm Best regards, Shirley - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]>
