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Please note that this conference has been postponed until further notice. Please do check back regularly for updated information or alternatively contact Charlene Selmer on charlene.selmer@forum-europe.com / +44 (0) 2920 783 024 to discuss further.

Speakers include

Jim Jones

Acting Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Jack de Bruijn

Director of Risk Management

European Chemicals Agency

Anne-Sofie Andersson

Director

ChemSec

Bob Diderich

Head of Division, Environment Directorate

OECD

Michel Schilling

Vice director

Danish Environmental Protection Agency

The 2nd Annual European Sustainable Chemicals Management Conference will build on the success of the inaugural event held in 2011, bringing together key stakeholders from industry, EU and national policymakers and NGOs. Against the backdrop of the European Commission's extensive REACH Review, this year's conference will assess where we are with the implementation of REACH today and what the next steps are for Europe under this regulation.Sessions at this year's conference will focus on the following topics:

• REACH Review 2012 - Is Europe on the right track?

• Beyond Registration: Managing the Authorisation and Restriction processes under REACH

• SVHCs and the expansion of the candidate list

• Regulating Nanomaterials under REACH: progress and prospects

• Assessment of Endocrine Disruption in the chemicals market: Next steps for the EU EDC Strategy

• The way forward for addressing the combination effects of chemicals