ADK has served the product safety community for over 12 years with timely and practical education, instruction, and training. During the pandemic, ADK launched a new education format, a theme-based webinar series that includes the option of a Certificate of Completion. SPSP is ADK’s collaborating partner in the webinar program, and has been designated as the formal archives for these series. SPSP, which has been confirming designations associated with the Certified Product Safety Professional™ program, has expanded its role and will be issuing Certifications of Completion for a number of new programs developed jointly with ADK.has been designated as the formal archives for these series.
1. Webinar Series 1: Product Safety & Crisis Management
This series presents perspectives on managing crisis that affect the product safety professional. The series leads off with management challenges during the COVID19 pandemic and personal protective equipment. Webinar topic #2 involves the 2007/2008 global product crisis stemming from the presence of lead in products posing risks to infants and children, as well as other vulnerable populations. A third topic explores the management of people during crisis events. Webinar topic #4 looks at future challenges that have global implications including energy, water, food, climate change, and population growth. (Sponsored by UL)
Select the Webinar of your choice:
Webinar #1: Product Safety and the Pandemic
Webinar #2: Global Product Recalls
Webinar #3: Managing People during Crisis
Webinar #4: The Future: Preparing for global change and challenge.
2. Webinar Series 2: Product Safety & New/Innovative Technologies
This series examines the impact of technology on consumer products and consumer risk, exploring the benefits and risks associated with new technologies. The lead off session explores the Internet of Things, and its impact on regulatory regimes, standards, and product features. Webinar topic #2 examines Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Topic 3 examines the challenges and opportunities that began 20 years ago as the appliance field began exploring ways to better serve consumers. The closing webinar topic focuses on the role of regulatory agencies and regulators working with industry to protect consumers. (Sponsored by Amazon)
June 8 Webinar: The Internet of Things
June 15 Webinar: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
June 22 Webinar: Product Innovation, Safety, and Development
June 25 Webinar: New Technologies: Regulations and Regulators
3. Webinar Series 3: COMMUNICATING PRODUCT SAFETY: STAKEHOLDERS, LANGUAGE, AND TECHNIQUES
The design of this virtual webinar series has grown from feedback from product safety professionals over the years.
Our program addresses such topics as: How can I be most effective in my job as a safety professional? How can I communicate effectively with senior leadership? What is the most effective way to communicate and educate company peers about the role of product safety in our company? What is an effective approach in communicating with product safety stakeholders including product design, marketing, and operations personnel within my company? Our leadership panel shares insights and illustrations to help you analyze approaches to consider for your own day-to-day communications style within and outside of your company.
1. Communicating with Senior management and C-Suite executives, presented by Michael Del Negro, Vice President, Product Safety Compliance, Peloton Interative
2. Organizational communications, presented by Cathy Choffin, product safety, McDonald’s Corporation
3. Human Relations: factors that facilitate or hinder communications, a panel discussion led by Marie-Claude Simard, product safety manager, BRP, Canada. Panelists are: Leslie Quiton, Vice-President of Communications for Montreal-based Ubisoft video game design studio, and Don Mays, product safety veteran and founder of Product Safety Insights LLC.
4. Communicating in a regulatory setting, presented by Eric Rubel, formers CPSC General Counsel and partner, and Michelle Gillice, former CPSC compliance attorney and counsel, Arnold & Porter
5. Crisis Communications: the year of the recalls, presented by David Kosnoff, Vice President Quality Assurance, Hasbro.
6. Consumer and media stakeholder impact on company product safety actions, presented by Jen Shecter, leads corporate outreach, Consumer Reports
7. Global trends and sustainability: Today’s reality, Tomorrow’s sustainability profile, Ken Boyce, Corporate Fellow in the William Henry Merrill Society at UL, LLC.
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