Time | Topic | Speaker |
10:00 – 10:15 | Needs of countries with economies in transition in conformity assessment (RUS) | 
| Mr. Valery Hurevich
Director, Belarusian State Institute for Standardization and Certification, BelGISS
Director of the Belarusian State Institute for Standardization and Certification (Minsk, Belarus). Field of activity: development and improvement of the system for technical normalization and standardization. Areas of scientific interest: methodology of risk analysis, assessment and management in the field of technical normalization and standardization. |
10:15 – 10:30 | The ISO/CASCO toolbox : modern conformity assessment practice for business and authorities | 
| Mr. Sean McCurtain
Head, Conformity Assessment,
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Head of Conformity Assessment at the International Standards Organization (ISO), he is also Secretary of the Policy Development Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO). Prior to joining ISO he was Executive Director at the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) where he was responsible for all accreditation programmes. He was an international peer evaluator for both IAF and ILAC |
10:30 – 10:45 | Avoiding multiple certification or testing through multilateral certification schemes | 
| Mr. Gabriel Barta
Head Technical Coordination,
Secretary, Market Strategy Board, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Since October 2010 the new Secretary of the IEC Market Strategy Board. He was previously the Head of technical coordination, He has broad responsibilities in technical, management and strategic areas. |
10:45- 11:00 | Questions and answers: Discussion session |
11:00 - 11:15 | The experience of the European Union | | Mr. Fabrizio Sacchetti
Policy Officer, European Commission - DG Enterprise and Industry |
11:15 – 11:30 | What multiple certification means for business | 
| Mr. Gerold Klotz-Engmann
Head, International Product and Plant Safety, Endress+Hauser
Head of International Product and Plant Safety at Endress+Hauser Sales. Since 1993 Gerold has been participating in standardisation bodies and associations, such as ZVEI, Orgalime ATEX Task Force; DKE K241 (leading K241.0.10 Cat. 1G equipment); CENELEC TC31 (leading TC31/WG09 and WG15); IEC TC31 (leading TC31/MT60079-26); ISA SP12.27; IEC Ex System |
11:30 - 12:00 | Promoting Regulatory
Cooperation in Conformity
Assessment
Market access for ICT using Recommendation L | 
| Mr. Per Döfnäs
Director, Technical Regulations
Group Function Sales & Marketing
EICTA/Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Director, Technical Regulations Government & Industry Relations in Ericsson He has been with the company since 1979, working with product specifications and verification for compliance with applicable technical regulations worldwide. Since 2004 he is responsible for general matters concerning product related technical regulations within the Ericsson Group |
| UN/ECE WP 6
International Model for
Technical Harmonization
Earth-Moving Machine Safety
Cooperation in Conformity
Assessment | 
| Mr. Dan Roley
Chairman, ISO/TC127, Standards Manager in Caterpillar
Chair of ISO/TC 127 for Earth-Moving Machines since 2002. Since 1996 with the Caterpillar corporate Standards and Regulations Department. Previously, he worked out of the Caterpillar European office in Geneva, Switzerland as the International Research Manager, and in the Caterpillar Technical Center as the Ergonomics Program Manager. |
| Cooperation of Conformity Assessment
Bodies
an experience report around equipment
for explosive atmospheres | 
| Mr. Uwe Klausmeyer
Director and Professor, Chair of IECEx Management Committee, Physikalish-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
12:00 – 12:15 | Questions and answers / Discussion session / Conclusions |
