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Industry conference
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United States and international supply chains · American Apparel & Footwear Association

AAFA Product Safety & Compliance Conference 2027

A product-safety and compliance programme for apparel and footwear professionals, covering regulatory, quality and chemical-management issues across global supply chains.

Date and time
2 February 2027–3 February 2027
Location
The Westin Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States

Linked as the organiser's event page; no source body text reused.

Industry conference
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Europe · BRCGS

BRCGS Connect Europe 2027

A European food and product-safety conference for brands, retailers, manufacturers and assurance professionals, with sessions on safety, quality and manufacturing practice.

Date and time
11 February 2027–12 February 2027 · CET
Location
Hilton Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Linked as the organiser's event page; no source body text reused.

International symposium
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International · International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization

ICPHSO Annual Meeting & Training Symposium 2027

A global consumer-product-safety symposium covering emerging risks, regulation, standards, compliance, recalls, product design and risk management.

Date and time
22 February 2027–25 February 2027 · EST
Location
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Linked as the organiser's event page; no source body text reused.

Industry conference and seminar
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United States · Association of Equipment Manufacturers

AEM Product Safety & Stewardship Conference 2027

A four-day product-safety and product-liability programme focused on compliance, engineering, stewardship, risk management and market access.

Date and time
19 April 2027–22 April 2027
Location
Radisson Blu Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Linked as the organiser's event page; no source body text reused.

Regulatory conference
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European Union and international · European Chemicals Agency

ECHA 20th Anniversary Conference: shaping the future of chemical safety

A hybrid European conference on how science, knowledge and cross-border cooperation can protect people and support safe and sustainable innovation.

Date and time
20 May 2027–21 May 2027 · EEST
Location
Helsinki, Finland and online

Linked as the official events calendar; no source body text reused.

Product-safety training workshop
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Canada, United States and international · ICPHSO with Health Canada

ICPHSO North America Product Safety Training Workshop 2027

A product-safety training workshop organised with Health Canada for regulators, businesses, standards specialists and other safety practitioners.

Date and time
21 June 2027–23 June 2027 · EDT
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Linked as the organiser's event calendar; no source body text reused.

International symposium
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International · ICPHSO and the Catalan Consumer Agency

ICPHSO International Symposium 2027

An international consumer-product-safety symposium hosted by the Catalan Consumer Agency, with programme details still to be announced by the organiser.

Date and time
20 October 2027–21 October 2027 · CEST
Location
Barcelona, Spain

Linked as the organiser's event calendar; no source body text reused.

Reference archive

Past events and meetings

Past entries remain available because their programmes and source pages can provide useful technical and regulatory context.

Public conference session
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United States · US Consumer Product Safety Commission and NCBFAA

CPSC import-surveillance update at the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference

CPSC's Office of Import Surveillance is due to give a public update on electronic certificate filing for regulated consumer-product imports.

Date and time
28 September 2026 · 16:00–16:30 · EDT
Location
JW Marriott, Washington, DC, United States

Linked as the official event listing; no source body text reused.

Public-safety campaign
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United States · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Child Passenger Safety Week 2026

NHTSA’s annual campaign directs caregivers to choose and install an appropriate child restraint and ends with National Seat Check Saturday.

Date and time
20 September 2026–26 September 2026 · Local time
Location
United States

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States and Canada · CSA Group

CSA carbon-monoxide sensor working group: Annex U

The working group discussed carbon-monoxide sensor provisions in Annex U of ANSI Z21.47.

Date and time
16 September 2026 · 10:00–11:30 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States · ASTM International

ASTM F15.42 furniture subcommittee meeting

The subcommittee agenda covered clothing storage units, tip restraints, storage chests, recliners and wall beds.

Date and time
14 September 2026 · 10:00–13:00 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

Public meeting
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United States · US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Safety of consumer-facing humanoids

CPSC staff held a virtual meeting with RoboStrategy concerning safety considerations for consumer-facing humanoid robots.

Date and time
14 September 2026 · 13:00–14:00 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States · ASTM International

ASTM F15.24 children’s jewellery work group

The work group considered updates to the ASTM F2923 safety specification for children’s jewellery.

Date and time
14 September 2026 · 14:00–15:30 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States and Canada · CANENA

CANENA working group meeting on A3 refrigerants

The working group considered changes to UL/CSA 60335-2-40 concerning equipment that uses flammable A3 refrigerants.

Date and time
10 September 2026 · 12:00–15:00 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

International symposium
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International · ICPHSO

ICPHSO International Symposium: Advancing a Global Baseline for Product Safety

The symposium formed the closing two days of International Product Safety Week and focused on international product-safety cooperation and a global safety baseline.

Date and time
9 September 2026–10 September 2026 · CEST
Location
Charlemagne building, Brussels, Belgium

© European Union, 1995–2026. Source adapted into an independent Safer Shopping summary; changes made.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States · ASTM International

ASTM F15.02 working group on flameless and battery-powered lighters

The working group continued development of proposed safety requirements for flameless and battery-powered lighters.

Date and time
9 September 2026 · 14:00–15:00 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

International conference
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International · European Commission

International Product Safety Week 2026

A four-day European Commission programme in Brussels brought together product-safety regulators, consumer organisations, businesses and other international participants.

Date and time
7 September 2026–10 September 2026 · 09:00–13:00 · CEST
Location
Charlemagne building, Brussels, Belgium

© European Union, 1995–2026. Source adapted into an independent Safer Shopping summary; changes made.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States · ASTM International

ASTM F15.43 lightweight soccer-goals task group

The task group discussed a proposed standard for soccer goals weighing 40 pounds or less, including a tip-over criterion and draft text.

Date and time
3 September 2026 · 13:00–14:00 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.

Voluntary standards meeting
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United States · UL Standards & Engagement

UL 1482 and UL 2728 meeting on solid-fuel appliances

A virtual voluntary-standards meeting considered labelling requirements for wood stoves and related solid-fuel appliances.

Date and time
2 September 2026 · 13:00–15:00 · EDT
Location
Online

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission public calendar. Adapted as an independent Safer Shopping summary.