SLU Product Safety Course: Compliance, Risk Assessment, Chemicals, Media Strategies, Sustainability

The course deals with the nuances of change and globalization in the product safety arena, and the options available to leaders of this area within their companies. Issues and topics in the course include dealing with multi-jurisdictions that have changing regulatory environments, managing product development risks, building a global safety program compliant with import/export laws, using social media for a brand in crisis, and setting up a chemicals management program.
 
SLU Cook School of Business:  leader in university-level product safety courses
SLU Cook School of Business: leader in university-level product safety courses
ST. LOUIS - May 22, 2013 - PRLog -- Saint Louis University has announced its 2013 Advanced Product Safety Management course that convenes on-campus September 23-27. Topics taught by leading authorities include: domestic and international compliance and regulatory trends and issues, risk assessment best practices, managing chemicals in consumer products, and social media strategies for brand protection.

The new course has been designed by Saint Louis University's Center for Supply Chain Management Studies for product safety professionals in the fields of engineering, risk management, compliance, behavioral sciences, quality assurance, product integrity, and product safety management. The course is designed to deal with the nuances of change and globalization in the product safety arena, and the options that leaders of this area within their companies have at their disposal.

To register for the 2013 Advanced Product Safety Management Course
with a $500 early sign up discount that ends June 30 click here or contact the university’s Center for Supply Chain Management Studies at 314-977-3617.

The 2013 Advanced Product Safety Management instructors and their topics include (partial listing): Cheryl Falvey, partner with Crowell & Moring, and former General Counsel with the CPSC: Regulations and compliance including developments under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008; Chelsea Mikula and Karl Bekeny, Tucker & Ellis: International compliance and regulatory agency alignment; Kenneth Ross, Bowman & Brooke LLP: Recent litigation and agency rulings; Gene Rider, risk assessment authority and recipient of the 2011 commendation award from the CPSC Chairman: Risk assessment and hazard analysis best practices; Tim Saylor, product integrity and compliance manager, Swimways Corporation, and graduate of Saint Louis University's Product Safety Management Course: International product safety program planning and supply chain management.

Technical instruction will include both scientific and social media topics, including: Sanjeev Gandhi, Director, Toys and Juvenile Products and Hardgoods Business, and Technical Director, SGS, NA Inc, Consumer Testing Services: Chemicals management; Barry Coziahr, president of  Response!TargetedMarkets: Social media strategies and brand protection; Dr. Jung Ha-Brookshire, Associate Professor, textile and apparel management, University of Missouri: New measures for company sustainability and product safety practices, and Ed Heiden, Heiden & Associates: Trends in economic and data analysis and management.

Tuition for the course is $5,500 which includes all breakfast and lunches, course materials, on line access to all instructor presentations, and a reception for class members and instructors.

Saint Louis University is known worldwide for its innovative approach to university level product safety education and received a commendation award from the Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2012 for its university-level education contributions to the field.

Founded in 1818, the university offers 100 undergraduate and 70 graduate programs serving over 13,000 students from 50 states and 70 countries. The Center for Supply Chain Management Studies is ranked among leading supply chain education centers in the nation by U.S. News and World Reports . The university’s product safety courses are developed in cooperation with ADK Information Services, LLC, an information and education development company serving the consumer product field.

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More Information:

Saint Louis University/Jeanette Grider, 314-977-2538, e-mail: jgrider1@slu.edu

ADK Information Services/Linda Tyler, 636-938-9799, ltyler@adkprg.com

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