Ofelia Bercaru is leading one of the units in the Hazard Assessment Directorate in ECHA. She has long term experience in the regulatory field of chemicals, hazard assessment and environmental monitoring. Ofelia joined ECHA in 2009, being involved from the early days in developing the Evaluation processes under REACH. She has been in charge for many years with managing the dossier evaluation process. More recently, she took over the leading role for substance evaluation and identification of substances of very high concern. Before joining ECHA she has been working in the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre on projects for implementation of Water Framework Directive and development of reference materials for environmental monitoring. Prior to that she worked in the field of environmental monitoring and risk assessment in The National Institute of Ecology in Romania. Ofelia graduated the University of Bucharest in 1995 and holds a PhD in chemistry from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Simon Johnson is a career civil servant in Defra. In previous jobs over the last ten years he has been a senior policy adviser working on regional and local food strategies; international trade and the circular economy. All of which involved working closely with counterparts within the EU and at a global level. Since November 2016 Simon has been working in the Chemical, Pesticides and Hazardous Waste Team in which he heads up the Internal and Cross-Whitehall Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Team.

Ms. Poppy Zhang is an experienced regulatory consultant engaging in registration work under EU-REACH, KKDIK, UK-REACH, Eurasia REACH and other REACH-like regulations. With extensive experience in the product analysis, registration scheme formulation, registration dossiers preparation, registration project management, etc., Poppy has successfully assisted many enterprises with thousands of compliance projects under EU REACH.

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn is the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, effective January 2019. Prior to that she served as the Regional Administrator for EPA Region 1, and her responsibilities included overseeing the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and ten tribal nations. Before joining EPA Region 1 in January 2018, Ms. Dunn served through that time as executive director and general counsel for the Environmental Council of States (ECOS), a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to helping state agencies improve environmental outcomes for all Americans. From 2014 to early 2018, Ms. Dunn helped state governments improve water infrastructure, air pollution control, site cleanup, chemical management, and economic development. Prior to joining ECOS, Ms. Dunn was executive director and general counsel for the Association of Clean Water Administrators. Ms. Dunn has been published in the areas of the ethics of community advocacy, environmental justice, urban sustainability, water quality, cooperative federalism, and the Clean Water Act. She has taught on the subjects of environmental justice, and human rights and the environment as dean of Environmental Law Programs at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She has also taught at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, where she served as faculty adviser to the student Environmental Law Society. Ms. Dunn most recently taught environmental justice as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at the American University's Washington College of Law. In 2015, Ms. Dunn was elected to the American College of Environmental Lawyers and served in leadership roles through the end of 2017. She also served through the end of 2017 on the executive committee and board of directors of the Environmental Law Institute. She has chaired the American Bar Association's (ABA) section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, its World Justice Task Force, and served on the ABA Presidential Force on Sustainable Development. Ms. Dunn received a B.A. in political science and French from James Madison University followed by a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, where she was elected editor-in-chief of the law review. She is a member of the bar in D.C., Maryland, and New York, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Shannon has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and nearly 16 years of experience supporting the regulatory compliance efforts of major chemical companies. She has served both large and small chemical companies in various regulatory roles and is currently Technical and Regulatory Director for REACH24H USA. Prior to joining REACH24H USA, Shannon served in a variety of roles with multi-national organizations, where she supported the global compliance of products in various markets. Shannon has a wealth of knowledge and experience with Global Chemical Control Laws including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) administered by the US EPA, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) administered by the FDA and OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard. Shannon’s global regulatory expertise and strong business acumen afford her a strategic vision to navigate the regulatory and compliance challenges that too often accompany new technologies and growth into new markets.

Wang Lei is an associate researcher and the cadre of the Department of Solid Wastes and Chemicals of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China. She has been engaged in the research of chemical environmental risk evaluation and management skills, and participated in the preparation and modification of Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances and supporting documents. She has hosted and participated in several national and provincial scientific research projects such as National Key Research and Development Program, National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), and Special Project of Technology Development of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, and environmental and public welfare programs, and the preparation and modification of 6 national standards and ecological environment standards related to chemicals. Related achievements have been awarded the Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award and the Science and Technology Progress Award in Shanghai.

Nelly has rich experience in chemical registration/notification in China. Nelly gathered rich experience in all types of notification under China REACH, especially proficient in data gap analysis, notification strategy making and Non-test method evaluation (read-across and QSAR).

Ms. Ting Shen has more than 5 years working experience in product stewardship and regulatory compliance service for industrial chemicals in A-P region. Her experience in working with more than 30 global companies provides her with deep understanding of chemical regulation itself and solid advice on strategic plans to help companies comply with chemical registration work.

Ms. Ni holds a B.S degree in Agricultural Chemistry and an MSc in Environmental Engineering from the National Taiwan University. For over 18 years, Ms. Ni has specialized in the management of toxic and chemical substances and industrial waste, resource recycling, soil remediation technologies and integrated environmental management information systems. Ms. Ni has been the Chemical Substances Registration Center’s program representative since 2014 and has assisted the government of Taiwan in establishing a unified registration system for chemicals. For the last three years, she has led the entire system planning process, the setting up and correction of the information system, and the management of personnel to ensure its continued growth. Ms. Ni has been serving the chemical registration system and business promotion program since 2018 to promote the registration system.

Sung Hyun Yim is the researcher of Korea Chemicals Management Association. He mainly engages in international and domestic chemical management system research. He started to build his expertise by managing chemical database of KCMA and providing Chemical Control Act(CCA) education for SMEs and foreign workers. He now supports ARECs(K-REACH) system management and participates in improvement research on managing substances subject to authorization & restriction.

Mr. Toshi Nanimoto had worked for the R&D division of a chemical company for many years, and during those period, he experienced to work as a technical liaison at overseas offices for 10 years. And worked as a senior advisor for chemical management policy division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for five years from 2012, and since 2017 he have been working as a technical advisor of the NITE chemical centre. Through these experiences,he have learned the significance of chemical legislation as well as the management of chemical substances.

Since 2015, Rebecca has been closely involved in developing and implementing the reforms to the legislation governing the introduction of industrial chemicals into Australia (the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme – AICIS – which commenced on 1 July 2020). Prior to this, she worked in the new chemicals section of the previous regulatory scheme, where she gained extensive experience in the human health risk assessment of new industrial chemicals. Rebecca completed her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 2006.

Dinh Thanh Nghia is a Research and Technical Manager for E&H Consulting Co. Ltd., a subsidiary in Vietnam of EnviX Ltd., a global consulting company in the field of environment, chemical and energy, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. He is in charge of research and consulting work on environmental and chemical laws and policies in Vietnam. Before that, Nghia spent years for studying and working in Japan. In 2013, he graduated with a master degree in chemical system engineering, then had worked as a senior researcher and engineer for 6 years in the field of chemical materials, semiconductor and mechanics at a Japanese electronics company. He has experiences in research and manufacturing, as well as wide range of knowledge in technical consulting, quality control, ISO, etc. In 2019, Nghia joined E&H Consulting Co. Ltd. and has involved in startup stage of the company in Vietnam. With expertise in chemical field and network of local partners, he is devoting for business development of chemical consulting services in Vietnam and sales promotion to clients around the world.

Mr. Kumra is the Executive Director of Global Product Compliance (GPC) Group. Since 2008, he has been managing Chemical Regulatory Compliance on behalf of GPC’s over 1200+ global clients in areas such as Advising, Lead Registration/SIEF communication, Registration/Notification, preparation of SDSs, Chemical Safety Assessment and Contract Study Management and Monitoring. Working closely with the Indian industrial associations and ministries for 22+ years, he is also part of the technical committee responsible for drafting and finalizing India’s Chemical Regulation and Policy (Indian Chemical Management and Safety Rules (CMSR).

Mr. Zhou has been engaged in chemical environmental management for a long time, recently mainly in environmental risk assessment of enterprises. He participated in the preparation of the "Methodology of Environmental Risk Classification of Chlor-alkali, Sulfuric Acid and Crude Lead Smelting Enterprises. (Officially released)". He has participated in the assessment of production and environmental protection projects of more than 20 chrome salt enterprises in China, and has written the 2005 edition of China Chrome Salt Development Plan. At the same time, Mr. Zhou has held a number of positions as a project reviewer for the National Development and Reform Commission, China International Consulting Corporation, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. He has participated in the review of feasibility studies and environmental assessments of nearly 50 projects, including Datang Electric Power, China Power Investment Corporation, Shenhua Group, Xinwen Coal Mine, Yili Group, Huaihua Group, Anhui Power, Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, Sinopec, PetroChina, CNOOC, and ChemChina.

Mr. Andrew Dai achieved his master degree in energy and environment, from City University of Hong Kong. After completing his master degree, he work as a carbon emission trade researcher, compiling emission inventory and planning scheme for government, and also auditing carbon emission for energy intensive enterprises. Now, he works for REACH24H Consulting Group as an EHS regulatory consultant, helping enterprises to comply with EHS (Environmental, Health and Safety) regulations in China.

Mr. Chen is the Associate Chief Physician and a certified safety engineer who has built his career at the NRCC SAWS since his graduation from medical school. He researches hazardous chemical regulations and standards, with a specific focus on chemical registration, GHS classification, and hazard communication programs. He was in charge of compiling the “List of Hazardous Chemicals for Priority Management” national standard, the “Phrase and Codification of Chemical Hazard Statements” and the “Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals.

Mr. Chen Jun is a senior engineer in the Registration administration Office of the China’s National Registration Centre for Chemicals (NRCC). He has 15 years of experience in the policy, regulation, safety management and technical research of hazardous chemicals. Host and participate in drafting the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 edition)Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition) and the Implementation Guide for the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition) (Trial), the Catalogue of Specially Controlled Hazardous Chemicals (First Edition), the Provisions on the Writing of Chemical Safety Labels, and the Technical Specifications on Chemical Safety (Contents and Order of Items). More than 10 articles, won 4 provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards.

n addition to his work for the Ministry of Transport of China, Mr. Wu currently serves as Secretary-General of the National Alliance of Dangerous Goods Road Transport Services. He has successfully presided over and participated in over 20 provincial-level research projects, allowing Mr. Wu to showcase his rich theoretical and practical experience in the field of transportation logistics and information technology.

Ms. Shen Xiaoyan is the deputfuy director of the Institute of Dangerous Goods Transportation of Chang'an University and a member of the first expert group of dangerous goods road transportation of the Ministry of Transport. He has successively drafted or participated in the "Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Motor Vehicles" (JT 617-2004), "Operational Rules for the Transport, Loading and Unloading of Dangerous Goods by Motor Vehicles" (JT 618-2004), and "Technical Conditions for the Upright Road Transport of Gas Cylinders" (GB/T 30685-2014), "Requirements for the Preparation of the Safety Production Management System for Dangerous Goods Road Transport Enterprises" (JT/T 912-2014), "Preparation Requirements for Safe Production Responsibility System for Dangerous Goods Road Transport Enterprises" (JT/T 913-2014), Preparation Requirements for Safe Production Responsibility System for Dangerous Goods Road Transport Enterprises (JT/T 914-2014) and the “Rules for Road Transport of Dangerous Goods” (JT/T 617-2018) and many other standards related to the transportation of dangerous goods.

Mr. Willi Wesselowscky has been working as a consultant at UMCO GmbH since 2001 and as head of team of the UMCO Dangerous Goods Consultants since 2006, engaged in senior consulting for transport and storage of dangerous goods and hazard plant safety. He has served as EU Dangerous Goods Adviser, Adviser on national German regulations for the handling of explosives and radioactive materials, Hazardous Plant Safety Officer on basis of national German and EU regulations, Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO) on basis of the ISPS-Code and Trainer for IATA-DGR for shippers and packers. He has also been a speaker concerning the transport and storage of dangerous goods at national and international meetings and conferences.

Ms. Donghong Li is a member of the Expert Group on Road Transport of Dangerous Goods under the Ministry of Transport. She has nearly 20-year EHS experience by working for well-known domestic and international petroleum and chemical enterprises. She is proficient in the laws and regulations concerning EHS in China, the international and domestic laws and regulations on dangerous goods transportation, and the related practices of EHS audit system of service providers engaged in international chemical transportation and storage. Currently, Ms. Li Donghong is responsible for the transport and distribution safety of BASF in Greater China. She is also the group leader of the Warehousing and Transportation Regulations Team and the deputy group leader of the Responsible Care Storage and Transportation Sub-committee of Foreign Investment Committee of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, and the Director of the Transport Sub-committee of Responsible Care Committee of Association of International Chemical Manufacturers. She has participated in the preparation and revision of international regulations and standards on transportation of dangerous goods and storage of hazardous chemicals.

Jeff Li, Principal Scientist of Global Product Stewardship department of P&G Beijing Innovation Center. Specialized in Asia chemical regulations with more than 15 years of experience. While providing P&G internal chemical compliance strategy, actively involved in chemical legislations establishment, modification, and technical capability building across Asia region, including China, Japan, Korea, and Australia, as well as Asean countries such as Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, etc. Physical chemistry major with Ph.D. received from Tsinghua University in 2005.

Ravinder (Ravi) Menon works in the corporate EHS department of Afton Chemical Corporation as Advisor – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Risk Assessment. In this capacity, he is responsible for managing all ongoing ecotoxicology and environmental fate testing at several contract research organizations worldwide. Ravi also routinely uses “non-testing” methods, when appropriate, for data submission to regulatory agencies worldwide. The non-testing approaches used include (Q)SAR, read-across and categorization, collectively termed as in silico approaches. Ravi is the lead within Afton in this area, and provides internal training in the use of (Q)SAR and other in silico tools for ecotoxicological and environmental fate assessment. Ravi has made presentations on the effective use of non-testing approaches at meetings including SETAC Asia Pacific, to SCC-MEE China and to regulatory consultants in China and Japan. Ravi firmly believes that the use of (Q)SAR and other non-testing tools for hazard assessment, when scientifically justified and validated, constitute an efficient and effective way to evaluate hazards of chemicals, which reduces the loss of animal lives in some cases, and saves time and money as well.

Dr Bruno Hubesch holds a Master degree in Nuclear Chemistry and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Louvain, Belgium, and did postdoctoral research in investigative radiology at the Faculty of Medecine of the University of California, San Francisco, on magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques for metabolic imaging in human brain. He then joined Procter & Gamble, Fabric & Home Care R&D, where he worked as a Product Development scientist. He is the author of more than 30 peer- reviewed publications, mostly in medical and toxicology journals, and the holder of 24 granted invention patents. Since 2009, he manages the human and environmental chemical safety research programme (LRI) for the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) in Brussels. Incorporated in Belgium in 2013 under the consultancy platform Hubesch Consult BVBA, he provides scientific services for industry, agencies, small companies/organisations.

Dr. Jining Liu is a doctor of Green Chemistry, Researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and officer of former Department of Environmental Protection's Pollution Prevention and Control Division, where he. Within his role, Dr. Liu is mainly engaged in pesticide, chemical ecotoxicology testing and exposure assessment research. In addition to his position at the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Mr. Jining Liu has also supported the Ministry of Ecology and Environment as Chemicals Evaluation Expert, China Expert of the China-Japan-Korea Chemical Policy Dialogue, OECD Computational Toxicology Chinese Expert, Member of the Quality Assurance Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Toxicology, Member of the Chemical Risk Prevention and Control Committee of the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences. He has hosted or participated in more than 30 national and provincial research projects, formulated more than 20 national standards, 27 invention patents, 9 computer software copyrights. He published more than 110 papers, 12 monographs, and received 6 provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards.