Hello All, You are cordially invited to these discussion in various North American cities. For registration, please feel free to call the telephone number below or you can e-mail me at [email protected] The purpose of this discussion will be to provide an overview of Global Regulatory Approvals processes, review potential roadblocks, and give you an opportunity to have your questions answered by our IA Division expert - Mr. Bill Holz. Please join us for an informative couple of hours! There will be REACH, RoHS and WEEE information presented by Geoffrey Bock. Please join us for this time as well! The Roundtable events are informal with a start time of 9:00 AM. The session will last approximately 6 hours. Refreshments and lunch will be served. Agenda Items Will Include: Overview of Global Regulatory/International Approvals (IA) Requirements:
* Telecom/Radio * Wireless * Product Safety (including IEC/EN60950, IEC/EN60065, IEC/EN60335) * EMC Country-Specific Requirements: * BRICK Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Korea) * Requirements for Tier 3 Countries/Emerging Markets (Asia, Africa, So. America, etc) * Additional Markets (that can be difficult to enter - e.g., Taiwan) Introduction of TUV Rheinland International Approvals Services: * Global Service and Delivery (TUVR global network of 350+ offices) * Final In-Country Product Registration Services * TUV Rheinland IA Program Management Benefit to TUV Rheinland Customers: * Reduce Regulatory Project Cycle Time (Enter 200+ Countries in a Single Project!) * Reduce Regulatory Vendor Management * Coordinate Global Product Launch * Deliver Value to Your Corporate Operations Our Business Development Manager for Green Initiatives will be speaking on the following topics and issues: * Continuing RoHS/WEEE * New changes to RoHS/WEEE * REACH and the impact to all products that are considered "Articles" * The impact of the CPSIA (CPSC) requirements on children's articles * Achieving full part number disclosure * The ability to achieve confident "Due-Diligence" Our IA presenter, Bill Holz, has 25 years of experience in international regulatory services and joined TUVR's IA team in 2008. Bill is well-known as one of the foremost experts in the rules and pitfalls of navigating complex international regulatory procedures and your company will benefit from his experience. Dates and Locations * September 11 Chicago, IL * September 17 and 18 Minneapolis, MN * September 24 San Diego, CA * October 6 Secaucus, NJ * October 8 and 9 Newtown, CT * October 13 Rochester, NY * October 15 Boston, MA * October 22 and 23 San Francisco, CA * October 28 Toronto, CAN * November 3 Raleigh, NC * November 5 Florida (city to be determined) * December 8 Portland, OR * December 10 Seattle, WA ATTENDANCE IS COMPLIMENTARY To register or for more information, please call 1-TUV-RHEINLAND (1-888-743-4652). - 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]>

