4TH BIENNIAL UNITED STATES-CHINA
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY SUMMIT

October 13-14, 2011

U.S. Department of State
George C. Marshall Conference Center
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
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"Good Manufacturing, Better Safety, Best Practices"

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Agenda

Thursday, October 13
	8:15 a.m.	Public registration opens
	9:00 a.m.	Welcome Mr. Richard O'Brien Director of International Programs U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (U.S. CPSC) Introduction of the Honorable Inez Tenenbaum Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the United States delegation
	9:15 a.m.	First Keynote Speech The Honorable Inez Tenenbaum
	9:30 a.m.	Introduction of the Honorable Sun Dawei Vice Minister, General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ), and People’s Republic of China delegation Second Keynote Speech Vice Minister Sun Dawei
	Compliance and Enforcement Trends
	9:50 a.m.	Presentation by Mr. Marc Schoem Deputy Director, CPSC Office of Compliance U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
	10:05 a.m.	Presentation by Mr. Wang Xin Director General for Supervision on Inspection AQSIQ
	10:20 a.m.	Questions and Answers Session
	10:40 a.m.	Break
	11:10 a.m.	Building a Culture of Consumer Product Safety in China Mr. Deng Yiwei Vice President, MideaGroup
	11:45 a.m.	Incentivizing Safety as an Element of Quality Mr. James J. Rooney Chairman, American Society for Quality (ASQ)
	12:05 p.m.	Questions and Answers Session
	12:15 p.m.	Lunch Break
	2:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Global Best Practices in Product Design (followed by questions and answers) Moderator: Dr. Carol Pollack-Nelson Independent Product Safety Consulting Panelists: Mr. Mark Kumagai Director of Electrical Engineering U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Mr. Joseph McGuire President Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) Ms. Kitty Pilarz Senior Director, Mattel Product Safety Fisher-Price
	3:45 p.m.	Product Safety Activities Staff presentations on specific programs in place to help ensure the safety of consumer products exported from China to the United States
	5:15 p.m.	Public session ends for the day
Friday, October 14
	8:30 a.m.	Public Registration
	9:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction of Principals Mr. Alexander Filip Deputy Director, Office of Communications, U.S. CPSC
	9:05 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Global Best Practices in Tracking and Traceability Moderator: Mr. Andrew Kameros Director, U.S. CPSC Office of Compliance Panelists: Mr. Randall Goodden Independent training consultant on product safety, recall readiness & product liability prevention Mr. Mark Evanko Executive Vice President, Quality Assurance and Product Safety, Dorel Juvenile Group Ms. Nancy Cowles Executive Director Kids in Danger
	10:05 a.m.	Conclusions—Report from day one of Summit, including Working Group outcomes Mr. Richard O’Brien Director, International Programs, U.S. CPSC Mr. Wang Xin Director General, Department of Supervision on Inspection, AQSIQ
	10:25 a.m.	Joint Statement Statements by Principals Chairman Inez Tenenbaum U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Vice Minister Sun Dawei General Administration for Quality Superivision, Inspection, and Quarantine People’s Republic of China
	10:45 a.m.	Press conference
	11:00 a.m.	Closing of the public session