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Sustainability focus for ESF Conference
This year, Electrical Safety First’s annual Product Safety Conference has the theme of Safe and Sustainable.
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haired by Katie Prescott, technology business editor at The Times, and with a keynote speech by the Minister for Small Business, Consumers, and Labour Markets, it will explore the safety and sustainability agenda and how our move to net zero might impact on consumer behaviour and safety. Sessions will range from discussing current and forthcoming legislation on the safety of smart products, to how right to repair can be eff ectively and safely operated. The event, which has a history of bringing key emerging issues to the fore, attracts a wide range of delegates and leading experts from government, industry, enforcement bodies, and beyond. Morning sessions include the ever popular ‘Ask Us Anything’ regulators’ panel, with senior representatives from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Aff airs (DEFRA), the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), as well as the Offi ce for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), and the Offi ce for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV). The next session will then consider what drivers might help consumers adopt a more sustainable approach to electrical products, with Whirlpool and OPSS presenting the outcomes of their behavioural research into these issues. In the afternoon, the winners of the Safety Innovation Award – which recognises those who put safety, sustainability, and innovation at the heart of product development – will be announced. This will be followed by a review of how technological integration can enhance safety and sustainability, and whether the connectivity of products might alter how we use them. Then, in the last session of the day, panellists will discuss how diff erent business models are responding to the move from a sales to a rental, or service, economy. For example, should manufacturers develop products which are easily recycled or easily repaired? And how might this impact on consumer behaviour and safety? Martyn Allen, technical director of Electrical Safety First, said: “During a period of unprecedented technological change – and heightened awareness of the need for sustainability – consumer protection and trust in the safety and lifecycle of products and
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services are critical. That’s why we have given this year’s conference the title Safe and Sustainable. As usual, our aim is to ensure industry and key stakeholders have the information they need. to deal with current and future change while ensuring consumer safety.”
Electrical Safety First’s Product Safety Conference Safe and Sustainable 2022 – will be held from 9.00am-5.00pm, on Wednesday 23 November 2022, Church House, Westminster, London.
Agenda highlights Achieving sustainability in the home Social, political, economic and environmental drivers. A look at what’s changed, where we are now and how we adapt. Looking at the big changes in the way we interact with products – working from home, looking to products to enable our lifestyles/ demographics. Inclusion in design/accessibility. Do end users want recycled reused products? What are the blockers to take-up of sustainable smart products? Moderator: Jack Cheeseman, Editor, Electrical Retail Times Panel: Gareth Campbell-Julian, Head of Retail Change and Central Ops, British Heart Foundation; Hannah Lockley, Social Researcher, Offi ce for Product Safety and Standards; Gunjan Srivastava, CEO, BSH Home Appliances
Ensuring safe extended product life Are there implications to end user safety? Can we manage risk through regulations and standards? - An update on developments in standards. Is there a discussion to be had on durability vs repairability? Is right to repair being realised? Factory predicated end of life. Safety in design (designing out consumer
maintenance) using data to drive discussions. Tech to monitor safety. Moderator: Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Signature Litigation Panel: Adrian Simpson, Retail Products Policy Advisor, British Retail Consortium; Fiona Dear, Co- Director, The Restart Project; Ian Moverley, Director of Communications and Government Relations, Whirlpool UK.
Smarter sustainability
Can smart integration enhance the sustainability of products and assist the race to net zero? How will demand side response and time of use tariff s work in reality? What are the safety considerations? Tech to monitor safety. Panel: Charlie Pugsley, Assistant Commissioner (Fire Safety), London Fire Brigade ; Russell Jenkins, Head of Demand Side Response Policy, Smart Energy, BEIS; Deepak Sharad, Marketing & Off er Development Manager, Schneider.
Safer and sustainable by design New markets – repair. Opportunities for inclusion in design. Best practice modular design. Myth busting - service economy is a potential nudge towards modular design. Moderator: Claire Temple, Cooley Panel: Andrew Mullen,Head of Sustainability and Quality, BEKO; James Hopkin, Miele
Keynote address
Horizon scanning. With Mark Miodownik, UCL Professor of Materials & Society, Founder, Big Repair Project. To fi nd out more, visit:
www.tinyurl.com/7rp252wd
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