Press release

Bureau Veritas to Speak & Sponsor AAFA Product Safety & Compliance Seminar Long Beach

Jan. 15 2020

Bureau Veritas, the leading Testing, Inspection and Certification provider, will participate in and sponsor the AAFA Product Safety & Compliance Seminar in Long Beach, California on February 5, 2020.  

This AAFA event brings industry professionals together to fill the day with the latest industry insights on today's and tomorrow’s rules and regulations. This seminar will help practitioners with the nuances of safety since compliance is only step one. 

Session highlights include: 
• Keynote with Doug Casey from Callaway Golf Company and Susan DeRagon from QIMA
• Greening Your Labels
• TSCA Under Trump
• Chrome VI and 60-Day Notices: Litigation Update
• Substance Focus - PFAS

Rick Horwitch, Bureau Veritas’ Vice President of Global Retail Lead & Supply Chain Strategy, will be a part of a panel discussion with Big Tony Alvarez, Global VP from Volcom, titled: Moving Out of your Comfort Zone.  The panel will discuss identifying compliance questions you need to ask factories and vendors when moving into new factories or regions; how to avoid interruptions in production and regulatory or compliance by strengthening partnerships with compliance partners and factories; and how to stack your deck with this conversation about internal and partner relationships.

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is a national trade association representing apparel, footwear and other sewn products companies, and their suppliers, which compete in the global market. 

Click to view more information on AAFA Product Safety West.