| Monday, September 26 |
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Closed session |
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| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Briefing for event participants, speakers, panelists (coffee and pastries served) |
| Public session |
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| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Public registration |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome
Mr. Richard O'Brien
Director of International Programs, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (U.S. CPSC) |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Keynote Speeches by Principals
National priorities and common concerns for consumer product safety
- Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman, U.S. CPSC
- Hilary Geller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada
- Bernardo Altamirano Rodríguez, Federal Consumer Attorney, Consumer Protection Federal Agency (Profeco)
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| 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Panel: Managing Global Supply and Distribution Chains to Protect Consumers
What companies are doing to ensure safety in each step of the chain in the context of Asia and NAFTA trade flows. (15 minutes each, followed by discussion)
Moderator: Jay Howell, Deputy Executive Director, Safety Operations,
U.S. CPSC |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
Panel: Emerging Product Safety Issues and the Importance of International Coordination
How international regulatory cooperation can benefit consumers - a civil society perspective (10 minutes each, followed by discussion)
Moderator: Helen Ryan, Acting Director General, Consumer Product Safety Directorate, Health Canada |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Adjourn Public Session |
| Closed session |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Working Lunch
Keynote Speech by David Aguilar, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Cross-border Flows of Consumer Products in North America - Trends and Implications
Followed by discussion
Moderator: Carol Cave, Director, Office of Import Surveillance, U. S. CPSC |
| Government only session |
| 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Tour of the CPSC National Product Testing and Evaluation Center |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
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| Tuesday, September 27 |
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Government only session |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Trilateral staff working breakfast |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. |
Principals plus one meeting
Review of agenda, joint statement, summit outcomes |
| Public session |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Welcome by Chairman Tenenbaum
Richard O'Brien, U.S. CPSC
Overview of existing cooperative activities |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. |
Keynote speech by Michael Fitzpatrick,
Associate Administrator, White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
Importance of regulatory coordination for safety, prosperity, and competitiveness in North America |
| 10:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
Panel: Managing Consumer Product Safety Requirements in Multiple Jurisdictions
Perspectives from Practitioners (10 minutes each, followed by discussion)
Moderator: José Luis Paz Vega, Director of the Trade and NAFTA Office, Embassy of Mexico |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
Panel: Private Sector Efforts on Standards Alignment
Industry, harmonize thyself (10 minutes each followed by discussion)
Moderator: Mr. Sean Heather, Executive Director, Global Regulatory Cooperation Project, U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Adjourn public session |
| Closed session |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Working luncheon
Keynote speech by Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Professor and Director of the Center for North American Studies, American University, author of The North American Idea (Oxford University Press, 2011)
The re-emergence of North America
Followed by discussion
Moderator: Dr. Rubén Durán Miranda, Deputy Attorney for Enforcement, Profeco |
| Public session |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Closing ceremony
Statements by Delegations (10 minutes each)
Moderator: Scott Wolfson, Director of Communications, U.S. CPSC
- Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman, U.S. CPSC
- Hilary Geller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada
- Bernardo Altamirano Rodríguez, Federal Consumer Attorney, Profeco
U.S. CPSC - Profeco MOU signing ceremony
Press conference
Moderator: Scott Wolfson
Chairman Tenenbaum, Assistant Deputy Minister Geller, and Federal Consumer Attorney Altamirano will be available to answer questions from the press about trilateral consumer product safety cooperation
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |