Agenda Draft

• 8:30 am – 9:15 am — Registration and Networking Breakfast
• 9:15 am – 9:30 am — Opening
  – Thomas Crockett, SVP Government Relations, FDRA
  – Andy Polk, SVP, FDRA

U.S. Chemical Updates and Strategy

• 9:30 am – 10:00 am — Legal Updates on Prop 65 and PFAS
  – Bao Vu, Partner, Stoel Rives (invited)
• 10:00 am – 10:30 am — U.S. Federal + State Chemical Regulation Outlook and Strategy
  – Jaime Griggs, Business Development Director, Hohenstein
• 10.30 am – 11:00 am — Audience Discussion on Chemical Issues
  – Thomas Crockett, SVP Government Relations, FDRA
• 11:00 am – 11:20 am — Break

U.S. ‘Green’ Regulation Review and Strategy

• 11:20 am – 12:10 pm — Lacing up for EPR (recycling/resale)
• Laws and updates:
  – Andy Polk, SVP, FDRA
• Perspective: Relove, Rewair, Reboot: Resale as a Profitable Solution
  – Archive (speaker TBA)
• Perspective: Not Dead Yet – Unsold Shoes have a Second Chance
  – Mike Shirey, COO & EVP for Circularity, Soles for Souls
• 12:10 pm – 12:45 pm — Updates and Conversations: ‘Fashion’ Act, Updated Green Guides, etc.
  – Andy Polk, SVP, FDRA
• 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm — Lunch & Networking & Shoe Shopping

Global Traceability + Sustainability Reporting Regulations and Solutions

• 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm — Outlining the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
  – Ashton Zeller, Chief Scientist, Bloom Sustainable Materials
• 2:00 pm – 2:40 pm — The Rules, the Timelines, the Data Strategy: EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to California Disclosure Laws. Data collection, tracking, accounting
  – Lindsey Shay Pidgeon, Subject Matter Specialist, Supply Chain Sustainability, KPMG
  – Centric (speaker TBA)
  – TrustTrace (speaker TBA)

European Chemical and ‘Green’ Regulation Review

• 2:40 pm – 3:30 pm — Updates and Strategic Compliance: REACH, Deforestation, DPP, Ecodesign, EPR
  – Eurofins (speakers TBA)
• 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm — Break (Beers will be served)

Perspective and Strategy Sessions:

• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm — Capstone: Compliance from the Ground + Audience Discussion (with beers)
  – Katie O’Hara, Director of Account Management, Dynamic Foam
  – Andrea Vanderhoff, Director of Technology and Sustainability, QORE/QIRA
  – Lenzing (speaker TBA)
• 5:00 pm – Closing and Full Transition to Brews and Shoes (if you register for the conference, you are automatically registered for the Brews and Shoes)