DECEMBER 10, 2019
8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome – Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action & Chair, BizNGO
9:15 Opening Remarks – Ken Geiser, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Professor Emeritus
9:45 Chemical Classes - Trends in Science, Policy and Procurement
The Emerging Science of Specifying and Managing Chemical Classes
Panel Chair: Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action & Chair, BizNGO
Panelists:
- Veena Singla, Associate Director of Science & Policy, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at UCSF
- Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action
- Teresa McGrath, Chief Research Officer, Healthy Building Network
Small Group Discussions
10:45 Break
11:30 Chemical Classes - Trends in Science, Policy and Procurement
Eliminating Chemical Classes through Procurement & Regulations
Panelists:
- Liz Harriman, Deputy Director, Toxic Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell
- Laurie Valeriano, Executive Director, Toxic-Free Future
- Joel Sigler, Senior Manager, National Environmental, Health & Safety, Kaiser Permanente
Small Group Discussions
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey: Highlights from 4th Annual Report
Panel Chair: Sally Edwards, Senior Research Associate, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell
Panelists:
- Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
- Caroline Boden, Shareholder Advocacy Manager, Mercy Investment Services, Inc.
- Mellissa Nguyen, Environmentally Preferred Sourcing Program Manager, Strategic Programs and Contract Services, Vizient, Inc.
Small Group Discussions
3:00 Break
3:30 Safer Chemicals in the Circular Economy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Case of PFAS Food Service Ware
Panel Chair: Beverley Thorpe, Program Manager, Networks and Advocacy, Clean Production Action
Panelists:
- Sue Chiang, Pollution Prevention Director, Center for Environmental Health
- Jen Jackson, Toxics Reduction & Healthy Ecosystems Program Manager, San Francisco Department of the Environment
- Jeff Bassett, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Footprint
Small Group Discussions
4:45 Closing Remarks – Charlotte Brody, Vice President of Health Initiatives, BlueGreen Alliance
5:15 Reception
7:00 Adjourn
DECEMBER 11, 2019
8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast: Regenerative Products Breakfast Roundtable
Regenerative Products Breakfast Roundtable facilitated by Martin Wolf, Seventh Generation
9:00 Welcome – Beverley Thorpe, Program Manager, Networks and Advocacy, Clean Production Action
9:20 Chemical Footprinting: Integration into Business Strategy & Practice
Panel Chair: Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
Panelists:
- Tim Greiner, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Pure Strategies
- Alexandra McPherson, Program Manager, Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) Program Manager; and Principal of Niagara Share
- Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action & Chair, BizNGO
Small Group Discussions
11:15 Break
11:45 Gallery Walk - Tools & Strategies for Safer Chemicals
Gallery walk of tools and strategies for effective chemicals management and product design with Anthesis, Pure
Strategies,ToxServices, and WAP Sustainability Consulting
12:30 Lunch
Association for the Advancement Alternatives Assessment (A4) Lunch Discussion
1:30 Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs) and Informed Decision-Making
Panel Chair: Nicole Acevedo, Founder and CEO, Elavo Mundi Solutions
Panelists:
- Margaret Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices
- Paul Ashford, Managing Director, Anthesis Group
- Laura Vandenberg, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Small Group Discussions
3:15 Break
3:30 Getting Chemical Ingredient Data from the Supply Chain
Panel Chair: William Paddock, Founder and Managing Director, WAP Sustainability Consulting
Panelists:
- Parynaz Mehta, Global Director, Product Stewardship, Johnson & Johnson
- Howard Williams, Business Manager, Clean Production Action
Small Group Discussions
4:45 Closing Remarks
5:00 Adjourn