The PPAI Product Responsibility Summit offered two full days of education focused on the most-pressing business implications, challenges, and opportunities associated with compliance. Facilitated by industry thought leaders, representatives from product safety labs and leaders in compliance, this eye-opening event will explore the latest developments, as well as best practices.

PPAI has enlisted the help of an experienced trade counsel to translate the Section 301 tariff list into a plain language guide about the items that are on the list. The third group of products that were named in the Section 301 investigation listed several items that are prevalent in the promotional products industry, specifically. This session will offer an in-depth look at the products listed and offer best practices for managing the effect of the tariffs.

This session will walk you through the process of conducting a gap analysis on your company’s product responsibility policies and procedures. The architects of PPAI’s 2018 Product Responsibility Summit workbook will provide an outline the framework and implement the necessary processes to close the gaps in your compliance program. The content of this session is designed to deliver actionable tools to improve your company’s compliance efforts.

Are there any practical steps for responsible sourcing and ensuring compliance with the new rules surrounding social responsibility? Yes! This session will cover the realities and challenges of managing social responsibility obligations and help inform key decisions about partnerships and sourcing. This course qualifies as an elective under the Product Safety Aware Program. This webinar will focus on product safety, identifying hazards, product responsibility resources, and an overview on recalls and compliance standards.

The promotional products industry has a responsibility to deliver goods, created in an ethical and responsible way, by people in this country and around the world. Has your company taken key steps and committed to being socially responsible? This session will address the business imperatives of making a difference in the communities where we source, sell and ship our products. By working within industry guidelines and with international labor organizations, as well as building measurable compliance and social programs, we all can make a difference. Making social responsibility a cornerstone of a company’s strategy means key decisions about sourcing, partnerships and product design are all heavily influenced by the company’s commitment to doing the right thing. Lead your organization down the path to social responsibility.

This session will address the practical implications and applications for blockchain in the promotional products marketplace.

How can you determine if something is a children’s product with confidence?

This session will walk attendees through the process of conducting a gap analysis on their individual product responsibility policies and procedures. The event workbook provided will serve as a collection point for ideas and act as an outline to framework and implement the necessary processes. The content is designed to deliver actionable tools to improve compliance efforts.

The new regulations are effective September 2018. Are you prepared for your company’s next move? What are the practical steps companies must consider in order to comply with the new rules? Are there reliable resources available? A list of best practices to cover the basics? Perhaps go-to website companies shouldn’t be without? How does a company prepare when they must establish internal guidelines to meet new regulations? This session is an opportunity for suppliers and distributors alike to share tips, tricks and tactics for compliance.

Using wireless charging devices as a case study, this session will examine the hazard identification process when taking a new product to market.

It’s not enough to just get it there…how do you get products into the hands of your international customers?

There are countless examples of content on social media showing people promoting the misuse of consumer goods, from clothes baskets used as baby baths to toothpick crossbows. Don’t let misguided humor ruin the marketing potential for your line of promotional products. This panel discussion will present specific cases of product misuse, promoted via social media, and offer suggested and necessary steps to help shut it down. Take away ideas to limit the impact on consumer safety and your brand with swift action and sensible responses.

A professional auditor will share the real story behind factory audits. She will review what is involved in performing social and safety audits as well as tips on how to make those corrective actions stick.

As more states and countries legalize medical and recreational cannabis, where can you turn for legal and regulatory guidance related to both drug paraphernalia and marketing support for this growing market?

What are the trends and applications for the internet of things? Where is the intersection between IOT and promo?

The stepped-up basis, incentives, and treatment for pass-through entities were all hot topics while Congress debated legislation to change the Internal Revenue Act in 2017. Join Maurice Norris for this session and find out what the biggest overhaul of the tax code in the past 30 years means for your business. This session will qualify as an elective for the Product Safety Awareness initiative.

Big changes to Prop 65 take effect in August, and those changes could affect your company’s bottom line. This session will examine the new standards for Prop 65 compliance and provide essential tools to protect your business. This session will qualify as an elective for the Product Safety Awareness initiative.

Product safety is a challenging issue in the promotional products industry because the ultimate use and users of the product are not always known at the time of manufacture. This session will address vital considerations that could help you avoid potential hazards for your business.

The Master Advertising Specialist (MAS) Program requires the following: Have a current CAS Certification Complete all dedicated courses and their quizzes Complete 35 MAS elective credits Minimum of 1.0 Industry Service Credit* (a maximum of 15 Industry Service credits are allowed) Re-certification every three years (by earning 25 additional MAS credits within the three years and submitting a Re-certification Application) *Industry Service Credits are defined as volunteer service you provide on behalf of the promotional products industry. This can mean serving on a Regional Association Committee, PPAI Committee or Board, presenting a program at your local Chamber of Commerce, presenting a PPAI webinar, etc. See the ppai.org/certification online for more information on certification and industry service credit to be applied to your transcript.

​Join Susan DeRagon for this session on How To Handle A Recall. This session will guide you through the development of recall policies and procedures. It will address decisions and essential issues relevant to the requirements of an appropriate recall response. This course qualifies as an elective under the Product Safety Aware Program. This webinar will focus on product safety, identifying hazards, product responsibility resources, and an overview on recalls and compliance standards. ​

Join us for an advanced focus on quality audits. During this in-depth learning session, Andy Church will take viewers on a deep dive into what to look for during an audit, and provide practical takeaways for implementation.

This session will address the top product safety issues for the promotional products industry, and it will focus specifically on children’s products and new warning requirements for California Prop 65. This session will qualify for the Product Safety Awareness initiative.

This webinar shares information from the 25th annual ICPHSO product safety symposium, whose theme was "Accelerated Change in the Exponential Age: Learning from History to Make Safer Products in the Future". With new products continually being developed, this webinar will explore ways to identify potential product hazards and how to mitigate them, how to use emerging technologies to accelerate product safety, and how to make retailers (brands) happy. This webinar will include updates on CPSC programs as well as Prop 65, and how to use social media and technology to reach and protect your customers. This session qualifies as an elective under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Despite many initiatives to improve structural safety in global supply chains, factory fires and building collapses still plague low-cost manufacturing countries, destroying property, infrastructure and human lives. Most of these losses are preventable through proactive assessment, corrective action and education. This webinar, presented by David Feig of AI, focuses on the- current state of structural, fire and electric safety in global manufacturing; the leading causes of safety failures; and best practices for using structural audits to create a safer supply chain.

Join Kathrin Endress for an overview of the efforts within the consumer products industry to address the need for sound chemical management within the global supply chain. Learn about the industries, associations and committees that are active in the DETOX and sustainability space, and hear best practices and related case studies. Attendees will receive a basic overview of ZDHC and other global initiatives. This session is an elective for the product safety awareness initiative. ​

​The journey from understanding why your company needs a code of conduct to adopting and implementing code standards in your supply chain presents both challenges and opportunities for your company to grow and learn. This session qualifies as a Product Safety Aware elective.​

What keeps our customers up at night? What do our customers expect when sourcing promotional products? A panel of end buyers will share their perspectives during this moderated discussion.

What is involved in performing social and safety audits? How do you make corrective actions stick? This panel of experienced auditors will share their secrets.

What do you need to consider at each step in the process? This session will address the role the event binder can play in helping you better manage risk considerations.

How do you go about managing a quality process from start to finish? How can you effectively monitor that process from afar? Our auditing experts will share best practices related to quality.

Who Really Produces The Products We Sell? What are the working conditions like? What sort of expectations should we have of our production partners? An experienced auditor will share the realities and challenges of managing social responsibility obligations.

Why do products get stopped and how do you get them released? This session will review the current state of port surveillance operations and deliver clear guidance on what you need to start doing, stop doing and the resources to keep products moving through the ports efficiently.

Join Cory Halliburton for this session on the pillars of independent contractor classification. This session will also discuss the legal and tax pitfalls that may arise in the event of misclassification. This session qualifies as a Product Safety Aware elective.

A dive into the factors, requirements and other business and legal matters affecting employee classifications under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This session qualifies as a Product Safety Aware elective.

Promotional products industry professionals should understand how liability for product defects may arise and flow within the stream of commerce, and how the players in the stream may allocate (or may be statutorily required to allocate) risk through indemnity and other arrangements. This session qualifies as a Product Safety Aware elective.

​Do you have an import compliance manual that works for your company? This webinar will help you address the regulatory compliance of your products before you produce and distribute them. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Promotional products fall under the jurisdiction of a variety of government agencies and their regulations. Learn which agencies and which regulations apply to your product. This webinar will help you address the regulatory compliance of your products before you produce and distribute them. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

How is your export manual working for you? Drafting an export compliance manual can be daunting and time-consuming, but the real challenge is often in making it functional. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

The new edition of the U.S. Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, ASTM F963-16, was published on October 20, 2016 and supersedes ASTM F963-11. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Join George Kerchner for this session on Knowing the rules and dangers of transporting batteries. If you ship batteries and other technology products this session is a must for you to attend. Shipping regulations, intended to protect against hazards, are different for air, land and sea, international and domestic transportation. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

If your company is currently an importer or exporter, you’ll want to attend this webinar. Our featured speaker, Michael Laden, will discuss two incentive-based partnership programs offered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Just when you thought you had a handle on all of your compliance obligations, you've got more on your hands. In 2018 new rules go into effect that will change how and where you must post Prop 65 warnings. Key to this update, you now need to warn the purchaser prior to purchase, that means online and catalog warnings will be required. This session will help you get prepared to comply with these new rules. This session qualifies as an elective course under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Tech products are one of the hottest categories in the promo industry—and the most dangerous. UL 2056 is a new product safety standard for power banks that was developed to protect consumers from physical harm and property damage. This advanced session will dive deep into the intricacies of UL 2056 and provide steps for what industry members need to do to ensure compliance.This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Tech products are one of the industry’s hottest product categories, but what do you really know about sourcing them? Here you will learn about the critical need for safety and certification when sourcing technology products. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

This course will address the critical need for safety and certification when sourcing lithium batteries. Learn what you need to look out for to keep you and your channel partners on the right side of compliance. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

This webinar provides a breakdown of recent trade legislation and free trade agreements affecting the promotional products industry. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Tech products are one of the industry’s hottest product categories, but how much do you really know about them? The session will address the critical need for safety and certification when sourcing lithium-ion batteries. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

This panel discussion will address how voluntary standards impact safety and considerations when selecting a new product that may not have established voluntary standards.This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

This interactive session will identify solutions to some of the most daunting product responsibility issues that face this industry. This session will address product, social, environmental, supply chain and quality control issues. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

If you’ve been watching the news, you already know that not having a robust compliance program in place will cost you a lot of money. Learn about new standards ISO 10377:2013 and how they will have a significant impact on the entire supply chain, suppliers, distributors and consumers. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Just when you thought you had a handle on all of your compliance obligations, we've got more on our hands. This session will cover changes to California Proposition 65, updates to green chemistry, reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act and much more. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Remarks by CPSC Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

This highly interactive panel session simulates real world actions and reactions as a fictional national product safety recall unfolds. These scenarios address crisis management from regulatory, legal and public perception perspectives. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has finally happened. We will outline testing authority and tiers, the process for the introduction of new chemicals, define what is considered confidential information under the Act, and more.This sessions is more focused for suppliers. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

So you’ve go the whole CPSIA thing down and you are fairly comfortable with Prop 65. But are you aware that there are 250-plus laws and rules across 38 states regulating the use of toxic substances? In addition, 20 state legislatures are considering nearly 75 new proposed chemical safety policies. This session will take a deep dive into the laws and rules that have the most impact on the promotional products industry. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

The regulated community has seen the CPSC levy large civil penalties with more frequency. In this webinar, we will dive into some recent CPSC recalls and civil penalties, and explore some of the factors that the CPSC utilizes when determining the civil penalty action and amount. By better understanding these cases, you will identify some best practices that can be used when building your compliance program.This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

We frequently talk about the requirements for compliance testing related to consumer promotional products, but what does it entail? This is a must-attend session for suppliers and a huge opportunity for distributors looking to stay on the right side of compliance. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

This session will answer your questions for apparel decorators and distributors regarding CPSIA regulations and keeping yourself on the right side of compliance. This session is appropriate for distributors and third-party apparel decorators. This session is an elective for the Product Safety Aware program.

Do you know what constitutes bribery of a public official? When conducting international business it is important to understand world-wide anti-corruption legislation which addresses the bribery of foreign public officials. This session will address components of the law, how it is enforced, who it applies to and what can be done to protect yourself and your company.This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Regardless of its size, every supplier organization can make gradual changes within its operations that will contribute to a more socially responsible business model. There is no one size-fits-all strategy. Every organization is different and each has its own unique challenges. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

As part of the supply chain, distributors have a responsibility and an obligation to ensure the products they place in the market are made in socially compliant factories. Compliance is about more than just product safety. This session provides in-depth guidance for what distributors can do to ensure their suppliers are using socially compliant factories. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Understanding the environmental footprint of promotional products is essential to having a truly environmentally sustainable business. In this session we will delve into sustainable manufacturing processes and how these processes impact at the footprint left behind by a product centric industry. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

This webinar provides practical steps and how-to guides for distributors to source responsibly as it relates to environmental responsibility. Find out what it means to be green and what questions to ask clients and suppliers. See the impact our industry has on the environment and what can be done to improve the footprint left behind by our products.This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Are you overwhelmed by the volume of product safety information and unsure where to find information related to social and environmental responsibility? PPAI has the tools and resources you need to make sense of all the rules, regulations and expectations.

How can you ensure you have all your regulatory bases covered? This session will address each of those challenges and provide best practices to guide your compliance efforts moving forward. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Increasingly, consumers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other consumer groups are pressuring some organizations to offer transparency into their supply chains. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.

Product recalls have shaken public confidence. At the same time there is constant demand for the development of new and innovative consumer products. As organizations grapple with meeting demands they now face more stringent product safety standards than ever before. Learn how to manage expectations and rick by identifying hazards throughout the supply chain. This session qualifies as an "elective" under the Product Safety Aware Program.