This conference provided an opportunity to assess the current status of the regulation, delegates learned from a wide range of organisations just how the regulations are working and what actions industry has taken to ensure compliance.  

iSmithers fifth REACH conference examined the impact that REACH has on global business - both directly and through customers in the supply chain.  All technical papers presented, at this fifth international conference, are included in the proceedings.  These include:

SESSION 1:  BEYOND PRE-REGISTRATION
Paper 1      Keynote Presentation Risk assessment as central to REACH, Dr Derek Knight, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Finland

 Paper 2      REACH - a bird's eye view of the past, present and future, Mamta Patel, Chemical Watch, UK

 Paper 3      Meeting the deadline in 11 months for leading registrants, Lasse Musakka, REACHLaw, Finland

SESSION 2: CONSORTIA MANAGEMENT AND SIEFS          
Paper 4        Practical consortium management - trends in data-gap analysis, cost-sharing and data access, Paul Ashford, Caleb Management Services Ltd, UK

Paper 5        Lean management of REACH consortia and SIEF, David Nelissen, Dr Bernd Lohe & Theo Jan Simons, Accenture, Belgium

Paper 6       Management and enforcement of REACH, Arnold W van der Wielen, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
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Paper 7     Managing REACH consortia in the economic downturn, Drs J A (Hans) Schoolderman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory NV, The Netherlands

SESSION 3: TESTING & SAFETY ASSESSMENTS       
Paper 8      Managing the CRO bottleneck, Dr Steffen Erler, Smithers Reach Services UK           

Paper 9     Consumer exposure to Bisphenol A: total exposure calculations for assessing the relative contribution of relevant pathways, Dr Natalie von Götz, M Wormuth, M Scheringer & K Hungerbůhler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Paper 10    Nanoparticles under REACH: Nanocyl: case of carbon nanotubes, Marie Del Tedesco & Frederic Luizi, Nanocyl, Belgium  

Paper 11          Generic uses and exposure scenarios, Dr Peter Oldring, Valspar Europe, UK

SESSION 4: REACH IN THE CONTEXT OF WIDER INDUSTRY LEGISLATION
Paper 12     Interaction with other legislation, Dr Herbert Estreicher, Keller and Heckman LLP, USA

Paper 13     The importance of science in the implementation of TSCA and REACH:  Chemical identity and risk assessment, Dr Joseph Plamondon, Bergeson & Campbell, P C, USA

Paper 14          Exploring how GHS relates to REACH, Andrew Fasey, PTK Ltd, UK

SESSION 5: SUBSTITUTION IN PRACTICE
Paper 15     The REACH essentials for articles, Zoran Gavric, The Regulatory Company, The Netherlands

Paper 16      The NGO perspective: the next step to SIN, Nardono Nimpuno & Jerker Ligthart, International Chemical Secretariat (ChemSec), Sweden

SESSION 6: COMMUNICATION IN THE CHEMICAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Paper 17     Case studies from the Turkish chemical industry, Ahmet Ecmel Yorganci, BISAG, Belgium
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Paper 18      Liabilities in the supply chain, Melinda Friend, Colgate-Palmolive AG, Switzerland

Paper 19      Moving from reacting to operationalising and capitalising on REACH, Leona Thomas, CSC, USA

 Paper 20     REACH - the promised land of new substances?  A report on first experiences and mixed feelings, Dr Rola Azzi, Ciba Expert Services, Switzerland