Minister to launch Product Safety Conference
The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has announced the line-up of speakers for its second Product Safety Conference in October.
The conference, which will be held at Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London, on Wednesday, 26th October - still has a few delegate places available and looks set to be a key event in the product safety calendar.
Ed Davey, Minister for Consumer Policy and Consumer affairs at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), will launch the event, where speakers will include: Ron Gainsford OBE, chief executive, Trading Standards Institute; Richard Lawson, head of technical regulation, BIS; Christine Heemskerk, vice-chair, TSI Council; and Kevin Harris, chair of BEAMA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Group.
Presentations will also be made by internationally renowned expert, Dr Nick Carey, the UK’s Fire and Rescue Services’ electrical fires expert; Arnold Pindar, chair of the National Consumer Federation and president of ANEC - the European consumer voice in standardisation; and a representative from the British Retail Consortium.
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The conference, which will be held at Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London, on Wednesday, 26th October - still has a few delegate places available and looks set to be a key event in the product safety calendar.
Ed Davey, Minister for Consumer Policy and Consumer affairs at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), will launch the event, where speakers will include: Ron Gainsford OBE, chief executive, Trading Standards Institute; Richard Lawson, head of technical regulation, BIS; Christine Heemskerk, vice-chair, TSI Council; and Kevin Harris, chair of BEAMA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Group.
Presentations will also be made by internationally renowned expert, Dr Nick Carey, the UK’s Fire and Rescue Services’ electrical fires expert; Arnold Pindar, chair of the National Consumer Federation and president of ANEC - the European consumer voice in standardisation; and a representative from the British Retail Consortium.
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