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2010 Presentations

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Product Recall Preparedness and Implementation Part I
Kenneth Ross (Bowman and Brooke LLP, USA)

 

Choosing the Right Product Safety Label Formats
Geoffry Peckham (Clarion Safety Systems, USA)

 

“Class 2 Transformers and Plastic Enclosed Printed Circuit Boards: A Potentially Perilous Combination”
James Small (Kodiak, USA)
Daniel Churchward (Kodiak Enterprises, USA)


“Product Recall Preparedness and Implementation Part II”
Kenneth Ross (Bowman and Brooke LLP, USA)


“Supporting Qualification -- Safety Standard Compliant Process Planning and
Monitoring”

Henning Jost (University of Oldenburg, Germany)
Silke Köhler (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Stefan Häusler (OFFIS, Germany)
Jan Gacnik (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Axel Hahn (OFFIS, Germany)
Frank Köster (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Karsten Lemmer (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)

 

"Protective earthing and protective bonding conductors used as safeguards in electrical equipment
Lal Bahra (Dell Inc., USA)

 

“Electrical Evidence at Fire Scenes”
David Utt (Fire Forensics & Safety Consulting LLC, USA)


Regulatory Affairs - A Global Update

Michael Loerzer (Globalnorm GmbH, Germany)


IEC62368-1 - A twist on the approach to fire safety of low power circuits
Bob Griffin (IBM Corporation, USA)


Automobile Sudden Acceleration: Controlling the Safety Risks caused by EMI
Keith Armstrong, (Cherry Clough Consultants, United Kingdom)


“What can the Safety Community Learn from the Toyota Recall”
Moderator: Gary Tornquist (Microsoft Corp, USA)


Protection of Outside Plant Conductors

Don Gies (Alcatel-Lucent, USA)


“Applied Safety Science and Engineering Techniques (ASSET™): Taking HBSE to the Next Level”
Thomas Lanzisero (UL Inc, USA)

 

Product Safety 102 - Mechanical Testing
Bill Bisenius (ED&D, Inc., USA)

 

“The Electrification of Vehicles: An Introduction into Lithium Ion Batteries”
Jan Swart (Exponent Inc., USA)


Conducting High Frequency Electrical Measurements - Case Study using a TASER M18 Device
Nosh Medora (IEEE, USA)
Ashish Arora (Exponent, USA)
Gary Yamaguchi (Principal Engineer, USA)


Product Safety 102 Hipot Testing

Nicholas Piotrowski (Associated Research Inc., USA)


“Thermal Shutdown Characteristics of Polymer Insulating Materials Used in Lithium Ion Batteries”
Bala Pinnangudi (Exponent, USA)
Snehal Dalal (Exponent, USA)
Jan Swart (Exponent Inc., USA)
Nosh Medora (IEEE, USA)
Ashish Arora (Exponent, USA)


Safety Considerations for Smart Grid Technology Equipment
Don Gies (Alcatel-Lucent, USA)


"Product Safety 102 - Creepage & Clearance Measurements"
Bill Bisenius (ED&D, Inc., USA)


“Safety interlock systems used in electrical/electronic equipment”
Lal Bahra (Dell Inc., USA)


“Safety Issues and Damage to Equipment with both Smart Grid and Home Network Connections”

Albert R Martin (Tyco Electronics, USA)

 

Product Safety Touch Current Demo
Peter Perkins (P.E. Perkins PE, USA)
Robert Johnson (ITE Safety, USA)

 

RoHS Recast - are you ready?
Krista Botsford (Botsford EcoTech Partners LLC, USA)


Overview of Regulatory Labeling
Gary Schrempp (Dell Inc, USA)


Accessible Hot Surfaces & Burn Hazards
Ashish Arora, P.E. (Exponent, USA)
Noshirwan K. Medora, P.E. (Exponent, USA)
Bala Pinnangudi, Ph.D (Exponent, USA)


Preparing Products for Environmental Compliance
Krista Botsford (Botsford EcoTech Partners LLC, USA)


“Electromagnetic Compatibility for Flywheel Energy Storage Systems In Rail-Transit Traction Power Applications”

Edward Davis (Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, USA)
Andrew Goodwin (Pentadyne, USA)


Oxygen Regulation as a Safeguard against the Spread of Fire
Gary Tornquist (Microsoft Corp., USA)

 

“A Product Safety Engineer's Perspective - Working with Development Engineers”
Richard Nute (Product Safety Consultant, USA)

 

The Physics of Insulation Breakdown for voltages less than 3000 V rms
Richard Nute (IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, USA)


Automotive Paint Spray Booth Safety - How a Paint Booth Makes a Dangerous
Operation Less so

Dale W. Soos (Testing and Certification, USA)

 

Effects of High Frequency Voltage Stress on Air Insulation and Solid Insulation
Flore Chiang (Underwriters Laboratories Taiwan Co., Ltd., Taiwan)

Hazard Analysis from the Users Point of View
Ken Budoff (Microsoft Corporation, USA)

 

“Hazardous Locations and Solid-State Lighting Certification Overview”
Brad Bombardier (Intertek, USA)


Meeting the Restricted Substance Compliance Challenge
Thomas Svoboda (Intertek, USA)


“Audio Level Safety Limits and their Impact on Personal Music Players”
Ted Eckert (Microsoft Corporation, USA)

Final Author Instructions

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*The Conference Proceedings will be included in the IEEE Interactive Electronic Library (IEL) as part of IEEE Xplore. All authors who have been accepted must register for the conference and attend the conference to present their paper. Authors who do not attend the conference to present their papers, or arrange for a co-author or knowledgeable colleague to present their paper in the absence of the primary author, will not have their paper published in the IEEE IEL and IEEE Xplore, per latest IEEE policy.

1. Prepare the final version of the manuscript using the paper templates linked below (For Formal Papers ONLY).

Paper Templates

Final Paper Appearance

Patrons

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Who Are Our Patrons?

Patrons are key people in the success of our Symposium. Financial support from our patrons helps provide high quality programming at venues that are world class. Other patrons provide Speaker's Gifts and other items that help make the experience great for our attendees. Large or small, every patron's help is appreciated!

Becoming a Patron

Patrons provide financial support, goods and services to the Symposium. In return, we provide advertising through our channels, and the opportunity to show your support of our professional activities. Your name and message will reach clients and potential clients who are in your market and need your services.

There are various levels of Patronage. The table below shows the different levels we have to offer. For more information, download the Patron Program Package.

Venue

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This year our Symposium will be held at the beautiful Boston Marriott Burlington Hotel in Burlington, a suburb of Boston, MA.

Boston Marriott Burlington
One Burlington Mall Road
Burlington, MA 01803 USA
Phone: 1-781-229-6565
Fax: 1-781-229-7973

Click here to make a reservation!

Directions From Local Airports

Boston - BOS

  • Phone: 1 800 235 6426
  • Hotel direction: 18 miles  NW
  • Driving directions: Take I-93 North to Exit 37B to I-95 South. Take Exit 33B (Burlington) straight through the lights. Hotel is on the left.
  • Alternate transportation: Town Car Shuttle; fee: 64 USD (one way) ;reservation required - 1-617-834-5511
  • Estimated taxi fare: 68.00  USD  (one way)

From Airport

Bedford/ Laurence G Hanscom Field, Massachusetts - BED

  • Phone: 1 781 869 8000
  • Hotel direction: 8 miles  N
  • Driving directions: From Hanscom Field, take I-95 North to Exit 33B. Left onto Mall Rd. Hotel is on left.
  • Alternate transportation: Town Car Shuttle; fee: 30 USD (one way) ;reservation required
  • Estimated taxi fare: 35.00  USD  (one way)

From Airport

Manchester Boston Regional Airport - MHT

  • Phone: 1 603 624 6539
  • Hotel direction: 34 miles  SE
  • Driving directions: Take I-93 South toward Boston (apx 40 miles). Take Exit 37B onto 128/95 South. Travel about 3 miles and take Exit 33B straight through the lights. Hotel is on the left
  • Alternate transportation: Town Car Shuttle; fee: 95 USD (one way) ;reservation required
  • Estimated taxi fare: 125.00  USD  (one way)

From Airport

Providence - PVD

  • Phone: 1 401 941 6326
  • Hotel direction: 65 miles  NE
  • Driving directions: I-95 North to Exit 33B Burlington MA. Left at light. Hotel is on the left.
  • Alternate transportation: Town Car Shuttle; fee: 110 USD (one way) ;reservation required

Arrival Information

Check-In and Checkout

  • Check-in: 4:00 PM
    Check-out: 12:00 PM
  • Video Review Billing , Video Checkout
  • Express Checkout

Parking

  • Complimentary on-site parking

Pet Policy

  • Pets not allowed

Hotel Details

  • 9 floors, 415 rooms, 4 suites
  • 19 meeting rooms, 13,000 sq ft of total meeting space
  • 1 concierge level

Accessibility

  • Service animals allowed for persons with disabilities

Guest Room Information (may vary by room type)

General Room Amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Bottled water, for a fee
  • Coffee maker/tea service
  • Crib
  • Individual climate control
  • Internet browser/Web TV
  • Iron and ironing board
  • Luxurious bedding - down comforters, custom duvets, cotton-rich linens
  • Pillows: down/feather
  • Pillows: foam
  • Pull-out sofa bed
  • Rollaway bed

Bathroom Amenities

  • Bathrobe
  • Hair dryer

Room Entertainment

  • Cable channel: CNN
  • Cable channel: ESPN
  • Cable channel: HBO
  • Cable/satellite TV
  • Color TV
  • Mini-bar
  • Movies/videos, pay-per-view

Kitchen Amenities

  • Microwave oven

Business Amenities

  • Electrical outlet: desk level
  • Phone feature: speakerphone
  • Phone feature: voice mail
  • Printer

Services

Complimentary Service

  • Coffee/tea in-room
  • Phone calls: toll-free

Guest Services

  • Concierge desk
  • Full-service business center
  • Local restaurant dinner delivery
  • Room service, 6:00 AM-11:00 PM
  • Safe deposit boxes, front desk

Restaurants & Lounges

  • American
  • Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • This restaurant fuses fresh ingredients with modern American cuisine. Reservations Suggested

Fitzwilliams Irish Pub

  • Pub
  • Open for lunch and dinner
  • Features a casual menu, Guinness on tap, and over 20 wines by the glass. Lunch only available on weekends. Closed Mondays.

Starbucks Coffee Kiosk

  • Coffee House

Recreation

Swimming

  • Marblehead Neck (25 miles)
  • Indoor Pool
  • Outdoor Pool
  • Whirlpool

Activities

  • Biking trail (3 miles)
  • Bowling (8 miles)
  • Hiking
  • Jogging/fitness trail
  • Kayaking (15 miles)
  • Mountain biking, trail (3 miles)
  • Nature preserve, trail
  • Sailing (15 miles)
  • Sauna
  • Squash (2.5 miles)
  • Snow skiing: Nashoba Valley Ski Area (15 miles)
  • Tennis (1 miles)

Fitness Facilities

  • Fitness Center

Golf

  • Sagamore Spring Golf Club (12 miles)
  • Shaker Hills Golf Course, Harvard (30 miles)
  • Country Club of Billerica (7 miles)
  • Trull Brook Golf Course, Tewksbury (15 miles)

Attractions & Landmarks

High-speed Internet access

Public Areas: Wireless

Guest Rooms: Wired*, Wireless

*Wired-for-Business

For a daily rate of 12.95 USD, the following features are available in your guest room:

  1. High-speed Internet access
  2. Unlimited local phone calls
  3. Unlimited long distance calls (within the country), not available in all markets

Prices may vary in a few markets.

If you have any further questions, please contact Sue Kingston.

Exhibitors

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Exhibiting at the Show

The Symposium provides the perfect venue to reach qualified buyers for product safety related products and services! People attending our Symposium are

  • Product Safety Managers and Engineers

  • Regulatory Managers and Engineers

  • Certifiers

  • Test Laboratory Managers and Engineers

  • Regulators

Program

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PSES 2010 Program Schedule

PSES 2010 Presentations

The IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society is pleased to bring you the 7th Annual Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering.This year, our program builds on our previous successes, expanding our coverage of key areas.

Keynote: "Check, Double Check, and Don't Forget the Obvious"
Dean Woodard
Director, Defect Investigations,
Office of Compliance
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Bio: Dean W. Woodard is the Director of the Defect Investigations Division of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He has led this division for the past two years. His previous governmental experience was leading the Aerospace Industries Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce for five years. Prior to his experience in government Mr. Woodard served as Chief Engineer for Hexcel Corporation's Graham, Texas plant and also later served as a plant manager for Baxter Travenol's cardiovascular division, Vanguard Plastics, and DRG Medical Packaging.  Dean was project director and opened Coca-Cola's first bottling plant in Russia. Mr.Woodard holds Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Oklahoma and is ABD from North Texas. He has traveled Kazakhstan extensively by horseback.

Featured Talk: "Automobile Sudden Acceleration: Controlling the Safety Risks caused by EMI"
Keith Armstrong, Cherry Clough Consultants

Abstract: Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA) has been a problem for all automakers ever since the early 1980s, but automakers and the US Government's National Highway Transportation Agency (NHTSA) have always blamed it on driver "pedal error".  This presentation compares the claims for electronic safety made by both NHTSA and automakers with what we as designers and assessors of safety-related systems would consider necessary whenever electronic malfunctions, software glitches or EMI could increase functional safety risks.  It will include the reasons why we cannot rely upon motor vehicle event data recordings (so-called 'black boxes'), why EMC testing cannot prove safe design, and include recent test data showing that EMI can cause a car engine to race, without triggering any fault codes.


Engineers, Technologists and Technicians working in the Product Safety field will find expert content in all our sessions within the following tracks:

Product Liability
Track Chair: David Utt

Forensics
Track Chair: Daren Slee

PS 102 Demonstrations
Track Chair: Rich Nute

Registration

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REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM NOW

REGISTRATION FEES ARE SHOWN IN US FUNDS.

  Advance (until 1-Oct-10) Regular (2-Oct-10 to 20 -Oct-10)
  Full
Conference

Exhibits Only Full
Conference

Exhibits Only
Non-Member $550.00
$50.00 $600.00
$50.00
Member $450.00
$50.00 $500.00
$50.00
Life Member $150.00
$50.00 $200.00
$50.00
Student  $150.00
$50.00 $200.00
$50.00

Non-Members are persons who are not members of IEEE. All non-members registering for the conference will be given an IEEE Affiliate membership for 2010.You will receive a coupon for Affiliate Membership at registration. You can return that during the conference to receive your membership.

REGISTER TO BECOME AN IEEE MEMBER AND SAVE!

Affiliate memberships provide reduced conference registration fees and access to IEEE publications. An Affiliate Membership can be converted to a full membership at any time. The exact value of the Affiliate Membership varies depending on what region you live in. See the IEEE Region Map to check your region.

 Affiliate Membership Value (USD)
Full Rate
Half year
Regions 1-6 (USA)
 $64.50
 $32.25
 Region 7, incl.  GST (Canada)
 $67.73  $33.87
 Region 7, incl. HST (Canada)
 $72.89
 $36.45
 Regions 8-10  $64.50
 $32.25

MEMBERS are registered members of the IEEE and PSES and Affiliate Members.

Interested in Becoming a Full Member?

To register with IEEE as a Full Member and to join the PSES as a Full Member, please visit the IEEE Member Registration Page. Remember to add your PSES membership when you register!

REGISTER TO BECOME AN IEEE MEMBER AND SAVE!

Lifetime Members are those IEEE members who have achieved Life Time Membership Status.

Students are persons who are currently enrolled in a secondary or post-secondary school and are studiying electrical or electronics engineering or technology. To register as a student you must be able to present valid student identification (Student Identification Card), proof of current enrollment and one other piece of photo identification (photo drivers license, passport, health card, etc.).

Add-on Seminars

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Following the Symposium this year, we will be presenting professional training seminars that will further expand on the great papers and presentations you'll see in the rest of our program!

If you or your company would be interested in conducting a seminar following the Symposium, please contact us!

IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering

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Advance Registration Deadline EXTENDED to October 1, 2010 - Register Now!

Hotel Reservation cutoff EXTENDED to October 1, 2010 - Reserve your room now!


PSES 2010 Program Schedule

The IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society is pleased to bring you the 7th Annual Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering.This year, our program builds on our previous successes, expanding our coverage of key areas.

Keynote: "Check, Double Check, and Don't Forget the Obvious"
Dean Woodard
Director, Defect Investigations,
Office of Compliance
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Bio: Dean W. Woodard is the Director of the Defect Investigations Division of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He has led this division for the past two years. His previous governmental experience was leading the Aerospace Industries Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce for five years. Prior to his experience in government Mr. Woodard served as Chief Engineer for Hexcel Corporation's Graham, Texas plant and also later served as a plant manager for Baxter Travenol's cardiovascular division, Vanguard Plastics, and DRG Medical Packaging.  Dean was project director and opened Coca-Cola's first bottling plant in Russia. Mr.Woodard holds Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Oklahoma and is ABD from North Texas. He has traveled Kazakhstan extensively by horseback.

Featured Talk: "Automobile Sudden Acceleration: Controlling the Safety Risks caused by EMI"
Keith Armstrong
Cherry Clough Consultants

Abstract: Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA) has been a problem for all automakers ever since the early 1980s, but automakers and the US Government's National Highway Transportation Agency (NHTSA) have always blamed it on driver "pedal error".  This presentation compares the claims for electronic safety made by both NHTSA and automakers with what we as designers and assessors of safety-related systems would consider necessary whenever electronic malfunctions, software glitches or EMI could increase functional safety risks.  It will include the reasons why we cannot rely upon motor vehicle event data recordings (so-called 'black boxes'), why EMC testing cannot prove safe design, and include recent test data showing that EMI can cause a car engine to race, without triggering any fault codes.


Engineers, Technologists and Technicians working in the Product Safety field will find expert content in all our sessions within the following tracks:

Product Liability
Track Chair: David Utt

Forensics
Track Chair: Daren Slee

PS 102 Demonstrations
Track Chair: Rich Nute


Our Patrons and Exhibitors are among some of the most influential companies in the business. Visit our exhibits to get information on standards and regulations, test equipment, testing and certification services and personal advancement through certification with iNarte.


1 YEAR FREE PSES MEMBERSHIP!
IEEE Members: If you are not currently a PSES Member, and belong to the IEEE, you are eligible for a FREE 1 year membership in the PSES by bringing this newsletter to the 2010 IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering in Boston, MA,  Oct. 18-20, 2010.  You must register for the Symposium to take advantage of this offer.  A $35 value.

Members - If you know someone who should be a PSES member, give them a copy of this newsletter and tell them about this offer.

See you in Boston!

History

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2009 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sixth Annual IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering

2008 - Austin, Texas

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