BRC Product Safety Insights Forum
This event is exclusive to BRC Retail Members and by invitation only.
The BRC Product Safety Community in person event will provide a valuable opportunity for members who are committed to maintaining the highest standards of product safety.
Attendees will benefit from the insights of leading experts in the field, who will share their knowledge and experiences. The event will also offer a chance to connect with fellow professionals, exchange ideas, and build relationships within the community.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
Direct Engagement with Policy Makers
Gain first-hand insights into the latest fire and furniture regulations from the DBT policy team, with the opportunity to ask questions and clarify how changes will affect your business.
Practical Strategies for Regulatory Change
Hear how leading retailers are managing the evolving EU and GB furniture regulations, and take away practical ideas for adapting your own compliance strategies.
Online Marketplace Best Practice
Learn from major retailers and legal experts about the new online marketplace regulations, including real-world adjustments and how these changes will shape retailer obligations.
Networking and Community Insight
Connect with peers, share perspectives, and help shape the BRC’s stance on key regulatory issues, all while building valuable relationships within the product safety community.
Agenda
- 12.30 - 13.15 LUNCH AND NETWORKING
- 13.15 – 13.20 BRC WELCOME
- 13.20- 13.50 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- 13.50 - 14.10 FURNITURE UPDATE
This session will give the opportunity for members to hear a breakdown of the newly published fire and furniture regulation by DBT policy team and gain an understanding of thinking behind it. Members can ask questions to DBT directly, seek clarity on any points and share perspectives with DBT directly. - 14.10 - 14.45 FURNITURE FIRESIDE CHAT
Retail Furniture Management of the EU and GB Market Members can hear how other retailers manage the differing regulatory markets and explore wider thinking around the newly published plan and use this to help interpret what the changes mean for your business. - 14.45 – 14.55 COMFORT BREAK
- 14.55 – 15.45 ONLINE MARKETPLACE PANEL DISCUSSION
Members can join this discussion and gain wider insight from retailers and a legal firm, we encourage members to share perspectives in the Q&A to help determine the BRC stance on the regulation and our interpretation of retailer obligations under the new regulation. - 15.45 CLOSING
- 15.50 – 16.50 NETWORKING DRINKS
Meet the Speakers
Dominic Watkins
Partner, Head of Consumer Sector, DWF
Dominic is a Partner and Global Head of Consumer Sector at DWF. He is a specialist consumer product regulatory lawyer supporting clients with launching and commercialising products in the UK and globally. He has considerable experience advising online marketplaces, both traditional and those emerging through online video platforms, and understanding the distinct issues posed by online selling in the UK, EU and beyond. This includes the overlapping areas of digital regulation, sustainability and product safety and compliance.
His practice is a mix of compliance and contentious work where he deals with the regulators when things go wrong – whether that is defending notices, prosecutions received or dealing with recalls. He also leads DWF's consumer sector practice globally and is responsible for the coordination and growth of DWF services. Dominic attends the OPSS Business Reference Panel and is on the LexisNexis Corporate Crime Editorial Panel.
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