2026 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium

PRESENTATIONS

Open to All | Shifts to Members-Only Benefit April 27, 2026

FOUNDATION PRESENTATIONS

Monday, February 23, 2026

• Foundations for Product Safety Session 1: The Compliance Landscape Explained
• Foundations for Product Safety Session 2: Compliance Best Practices
• Foundations for Product Safety Session 3: Interactive Case Studies - Product Safety in Action

ROUNDTABLE PRESENTATIONS

Monday, February 23, 2026

• Roundtables 1 - A Mile in Your Colleague's Shoes: How our Individual Efforts Add up to the Shared Goal of Consumer Safety
• Roundtables 2 - Left Hand, meet Right Hand: Coordinating Litigation and Regulatory Counsel (CLE Credit)
• Roundtables 3 - Circular Hazards: Are Legacy Chemicals coming Full Circle?
• Roundtables 4 - Recall Effectiveness Roundtable: From Planning to Action

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

Monday, February 23, 2026

• Keynote 1 - Kevin Nolan, GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• Keynote 2 - Bob Eckert, Former Mattel CEO

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• Keynote 3 - Hailey Mann, American Plastic Toys

Thursday, February 26, 2026

• Mock Trial: Product Liability (CLE Credit)

PLENARY SESSIONS

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• Plenary 1 - Product Safety Eras Tour (1972-2007, 2008-2024, 2025-beyond) (CLE Credit)
• Plenary 2 - Discussion and Analysis of Regulatory Environment
• Plenary 3 - From Risk to Recall: A Practical Framework to guide the "Whether, When, and How" of Reporting Decisions (CLE Credit)

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• A Conversation With...
• Plenary 4 - Unpacking EPR: What every Brand needs to Know (CLE Credit)
• Plenary 5 - From Crisis to Collaboration: Strengthening Recall Effectiveness Together
  

Thursday, February 26, 2026

• Plenary 6 -The Unknown Knowns: What AI finds hiding in Plain Sight (CLE Credit)
• Plenary 7 - Empowered Consumers: Why Education Matters
• Plenary 8 - Hidden Hazards, Overlooked Consumers: Closing the Safety Gap for Older Adults
• Plenary 9 - From Tragedy to Transformation: Safeguarding Tomorrow's Shoppers

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• Breakout 1/5 (REPEATING) - Global Collaboration Leading to a Safer Digital Marketplace (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 2/6 (REPEATING) - Age Grading: Practical Strategies and Implications in the Virtual Age
• Breakout 3/7 (REPEATING) - Innovation in Product Information Sharing: Advancing International Convergence and Supply Chain Simplification
• Breakout 4/8 (REPEATING) - Product Liability and Product Regulation: Comparing the Systems that hold Products Accountable (CLE Credit)
  
• Breakout 9 - Ask us Anything!
• Breakout 10 - Culprit or Victim? Applying a Collaborative Approach to Identifying the Origin and Cause of a Fire or Explosion
• Breakout 11 - eFiling: Clock is Ticking (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 12 - Ever-Expanding Chemical Reporting Universe (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 13 - From Gaps to Industry Guidelines: Research, Testing, and Standards for Under-Regulated Products
• Breakout 14 - Product Safety in the Age of Misinformation
• Breakout 15 - The Moving Goalposts of Cybersecurity of IoT
• Breakout 16 - The EU Regulatory Shift: How GPSR, ESPR, and Digital Product Passports Redefine Global Compliance (CLE Credit)

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• Breakout 17 - The Duty to Innovate: Legal Risk or Safety Imperative for Product Manufacturers? (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 18 - Managing Green Claims Across Jurisdictions: How to Ensure Consistency and Compliance
• Breakout 19 - Risk Assessment Harmonization: Challenges and Strategic Implications
• Breakout 20 - The New EU Product Liability Directive 40 years in the Making: International Perspectives on the Changing Product Liability Landscape (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 21 - As Worldwide Product Safety Laws Evolve: Is the U.S. Falling Behind (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 22 - Repair Reality Check: Safety and Consumer Rights in the Era of Right-to-Repair (CLE Credit)
• Breakout 23 - Adapting to Safety: Digital Accessibility as a Global Products Trend

REGULATOR SESSIONS

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• Regulator 1 - Global Regulator Session 1
  • Health Canada
• Regulator 2 - Global Regulator Session 2: Consumer Safety and Health Network (Organization of American States - OAS)
  

POSTER SESSIONS

• AI Triage for Substantial Product Hazard Detection in Customer Complaints
• Charlie's House - At Charlie's House, Interactive Strategies Broaden the Reach of Household Safety Education
• CSA Group - Microbiology's Role in Consumer Product Testing
• From Waste to Wardrobe Ensuring Authenticity in Recycled Plastics
• Intestinal Obstruction and Neurotoxicity Associated with Water Bead Ingestion
  
• NCOAA - Carbon Monoxide Exposure still causes Illness and Death - Why?
• Resurfacing on the Internet: Reverse Image Search as a Tool for Exposing the Relisting of Recalled Toys Across Jurisdictions
• Rimkus - Consumer Practices and Preferences for Accessing Product Information Online: From Owner's Manuals to AI
• Rimkus - Who is a "Child"? How old should a "Child" be to use this Product without Supervision?