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About the Symposium

2018 Symposium

Symposium Organizers

The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production is organizing this conference with the help of our sponsors and symposium planning committee.

Sponsors

     NIEHS       WA DOE   

 

Symposium

The field of alternatives assessment has grown significantly over the last decade because of increasing regulatory and consumer demands to substitute chemicals of concern in consumer products. 

This two-day international symposium will provide a collegial forum for governmental agency staff, university researchers, industry sustainability professionals, environmental health consultants and advocates to:

  • Understand evolving practices and challenges in alternatives assessment and informed substitution
  • Foster new collaborations between academic, government and industry alternatives assessment practitioners
  • Identify training, education, and technical support needs for alternatives assessment and informed substitution
  • Initiate the formation of the Association for the Advancement of Alternatives Assessment (A4) – formalizing the community of practice

Symposium Planning Committee

Topher Buck, Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)

Elaine Cohen Hubal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

David Dorman, North Carolina State University, Department of Molecular Biosciences

Peter Fantke, Technical University of Denmark, Division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment

Art Fong, Apple

Lauren Heine, Northwest Green Chemistry

Molly Jacobs, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

Tim Malloy, University of California Los Angeles, Sustainable Technology Policy Program, School of Law & School of Public Health

Denis Mottet, European Chemicals Agency

Karl Palmer, Safer Consumer Products Branch, California Department of Toxic Substances Control

Cheri Peele, BizNGO, Clean Production Action

Katherine Phillips, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory

Cathy Rudisill, SRC, Inc.

Tatiana Santos, European Environmental Bureau

Jessica Schifano, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Rachel Simon, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

Pamela Spencer, ANGUS Chemical Company

Lauren Sweet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Jennifer Tanir, Toward Safer LLC

Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

Margaret Whittaker, ToxServices LLC

Meredith Williams, Safer Products & Workplaces Program, California Department of Toxic Substances Control