Symposium

International Symposium on Product Safety (Hybrid)

26-27 May 2021 – Ankara

10:00-11:00

Opening Speeches

Mr. Veysel Parlak
Director General
Product Safety and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Mr. Dr. Hakan Ertürk
Head of Central Finance and Contracting Unit

H.E. Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut
Ambassador
Head of Delegation of the European Union to Turkey

Mr. Mustafa Tuzcu
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Trade

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break 

Progess in the Areas of Product Safety, Market Surveillance and Conformity Assessment in Turkey and in the EU

11:15-12:45

Session I: New Regulations on Product Safety: Law No. 7223 on Product Safety and Technical Regulations Sub-Directives

Head of Session:
Ms. Yağmur Bayraktar
Trade Expert
Department of Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Ms. Bengü Okur Erdoğan
Department of EU Technical Legislation
Ministry of Trade

Ms. Begüm Alp Apaydın
Department of EU Technical Legislation
Ministry of Trade

12:45-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00

Session II: Changes in EU Legislation: Regulation EU 2019/1020 on Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products

Head of Session:
Ms. Yağmur Bayraktar
Trade Expert
Department of Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Mr. Lennart Grundberg
Policy Officer
DG GROW Unit D3 – Market Surveillance
European Commission

Ms. Nesrin Gündoğan Üzer
Department Head
EU Technical Legislation
Ministry of Trade

14:00-15:00

Session III: Market Surveillance of E-Commerce and related EU Practices A New Field in Market Surveillance

Head of Session:
Ms. Sezen Leventoğlu
Department Head
Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Mr. Torben Rahbek
International Market Surveillance Expert

Mr. Ozan Acar
Chief of Corporate Affairs
Member of Executive Board
Trendyol

Mr. Koray Öztürkler
Chief of Corporate Affairs
Hepsiburada

Panel Session

15:00-15:15 Coffee Break 

 

 

15:15-16:15

Session IV: Role of Consumer Organisations in Product Safety in the EU and in Turkey

Head of Session:
Mr. Selami Bezen
Project Key Expert

Mr. Stephen Russell
Secretary General
ANEC

Ms. Sylvia Maurer
Director
Sustainability and Safety
BEUC

Mr. Aziz Koçal
Chairman
TUDEF and TUKODER

Mr. Mehmet Bülent Deniz
Chairman
TBF

Mr. Osman İlhan
Chairman
TURCED and TUCEDEF

Mr. Fuat Engin
Chairman
TOF and TUBIDER

Panel Session

16:15-17:15

Session V: Market Surveillance Data for the Year 2020 in Turkey

Head of Session:
Ms. Sezen Leventoğlu
Department Head
Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Ms. Yağmur Bayraktar
Trade Expert
Department of Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Mr. Şakir Karakaya
Department Head
Market Surveillance Department for Lifts and Machinery
Ministry of Industry and Technology

Mr. Bahri Gündüz
Engineer
BUGEM
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Mr. Soner Türkmen
Engineer
GKGM
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Mr. Hidayet Bozdoğan
Agriculture and Forestry Expert
GKGM
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Ms. N.Ümran Apay
Agriculture and Forestry Expert
TADB
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

17:15-19:15

Exclusive Session

Risk Assessment in Market Surveillance
Mr. Torben Rahbek
International Market Surveillance Expert

19:15-…. Closing for Day I

Quality Infrastructure in Turkey and in the EU

09:30-11:45

Session VI: Quality Infrastructure in Turkey and in the EU

Head of Session:
Mr. İdat Erdener / Project Team Leader

EU Support for Quality Infrastructure in Turkey

Ms. Ela Yazıcı İnan
Sector Manager
Internal Market and Industrial Policy
Delegation of the European Union to Turkey

Recent Developments in Conformity Assessment

Mr. Yavuz Keçeci
Deputy Chairman
UDDER

Mr. Sezai Doğan
Vice Chairman
ONKUR

Mr. Fahrettin Söner
Chairman
Foundation of Accredited Inspection Companies (AGFD)

Mr. İlker Alagöz
Department Head of Product Certification
INSPECCO

Panel Session

UKCA Marking in the United Kingdom following Brexit

Mr. Simon Wroe
Head of Key Accounts
BBA

Recent Developments in Standardization

Ms. Silvia Vaccaro
Policy Officer
European Commission

Ms. Catherine Vigneron
Account Manager-Energy and Living
CEN/CENELEC 

Mr. Niyazi Seçgin
Head of Standard Development Center
Turkish Standards Institution

11:45-12:00 Coffee Break 
12:00.-13:00

Session VII Recent Developments in Accreditation

Head of Session:
Ms. Sezen Leventoğlu
Department Head
Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

Mr. Kürşat Özdemir
Vice General Secretary
TURKAK

Ms. Merih MALMQVIST
International Expert on Accreditation, Conformity Assessment and Trade Negotiations

“Changes in ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 Revision”

Dr. Zeliha Yıldırım
Accreditation Expert

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Trends in EU Product Legislation

14:00-15:00

Session VIII: Medical Device Directive-EU MDR 2017/745

Head of Session:
Ms. Başak Baranoğlu DEMİRCİ
CEO
ADVIQUAL

Ms. Orla Daly
Policy Office
European Commission

Ms. Hatice Zabunoğlu
Healthcare Management Expert
Notified Body and Clinical Investigations
Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency
Ministry of Health

Mr. Ömer Faruk Mutlu
Department of the Medical Device Inspection
Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency
Ministry of Health

Mr. Jesus Rueda Rodriguez
Director General
Strategies, Special Projects and International Affairs
MEDTECH

Ms. Elif Özmen Pusat
Secretary General
ARTED

15:00-16:00

Session IX: European Green Deal and the new EU Trade Policy

Mr. Bartosz Przywara
Economic Counsellor
Head of Section: Trade and other EU policies
Delegation of European Union to Turkey

Ms. Bahar Güçlü
Deputy General Director
Ministry of Trade

Ethical Claims of Responsibility for Sustainable Development

Mr. Emanuele Riva
Vice General Manager
Director of the Department of Certification and Inspection
ACCREDIA Italy

Green Chemistry Principles and Zero Waste
Mr. Fatih Küçükuysal
Expert on Green Chemistry

16:00-16:20 Coffee Break 
16:20-17:30

Session X: Ecodesign and Energy Labelling

Head of Session:
Mr. Melik Hüseyin Hamidioğulları
Industry and Technology Expert
Market Surveillance Department for Electrical Equipment and Energy
Ministry of Industry and Technology

Mr. Ronald Piers De Raveschoot
Buildings and Product Unit
DG ENER
European Commission

Mr. Martial Patra
Chairman
Ecodesign Coordination Group
CEN/CENELEC

Mr. Anders Hallberg
Programme Manager Products Unit
Swedish Energy Agency

Dr. Tolga Apaydın
Manager
International Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
ARÇELİK

17:30-17:45

Achievements of Technical Assistance for Awareness Raising in the Areas of Product Safety, Market Surveillance and Conformity Assessment Project

Mr. İdat Erdener
Project Team Leader

17:45-18:00

Closing

Mr. Veysel Parlak
Director General
Product Safety and Market Surveillance
Ministry of Trade

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