2018 CANENA AGM PROGRAM

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1 2018 CANENA AGM PROGRAM 2018 CANENA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago, IL 505 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

2 AGM PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

3 Wednesday 21 February, :00 8:30 Register (early registration Tuesday 4:00 6:00 pm) 9:00 9:30 Welcome & Introductions by CANENA President Julian Yarza, CANENA President Welcome from UL Sonya Bird, International Standards Manager Underwriters Laboratories, Inc 9:30 10:30 Smart Cities/Smart Grid Systems/ Smart Appliances Ken Boyce, Director of Principal Engineers UL, LLC Cybersecurity Radhika Chaturvedi, Business Development Manager UL, LLC PLANNED PROGRAM 10:30 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 12:00 New trends of conformity assessment Break out Sessions on New Trends in Conformity Assessment will provide the opportunity for small group Q&A sessions with industry experts, Steven Margis, UL Director, Conformity Assessment, Richard Berman, UL Senior Regulatory Engineer, and Steve Rood, Legrand/Pass & Seymour Director Codes & Standards EWS

4 12:00 12:30 UL Standards Transforming the Business Phil Piqueira, Vice President Global Standards Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. 12:30 1:30 LUNCH (Intercontinental Hotel Exchange Ballroom) 1:15 1:30 Bus Transport to UL Northbrook Intercontinental Hotel Lobby 2:30 UL Northbrook Lab Tour Meet with laboratory and certification experts in UL's state of the art testing facilities including the: Battery Test Center Security & Signaling Test Center Industrial Controls Test Center Hazardous Locations Testing Laboratory Appliances Testing Center Fire Laboratory 5:00 Bus transport to Intercontinental Hotel PLANNED PROGRAM 7:30 9:30 PRESIDENT S RECEPTION (Intercontinental Hotel Camelot Room)

5 PLANNED PROGRAM The aim of CANENA AGM 2018 in Chicago, IL will be to highlight the U.S. National / Regional / Thursday 22 February, :00 9:30 Welcome & Introductions 9:30 10:00 Keynote Address Jame E. Matthews III Director, Technical Standards & Standards Policy, Corning Incorporated Vice President International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Chairman, IEC Standardization Management Board Mr. Matthews will discuss the role of standards and conformity assessment in reducing barriers and growing markets, the role of CANENA and harmonization across the region, and the effects of NAFTA on the North American market. 10:00 10:30 COFFEE BREAK 10:30 11:30 NAFTA Panel Discussion A panel discussion of the Impact of changes to NAFTA on Standardization and Conformity Assessment, includes experts from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Ryan Ong, Director of International Business Policy at National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) in the U.S., Craig Updyke, NEMA in the U.S, and Rafael Nava, Director, Institutional Relations in MABE Mexico

6 11:30 12:00 USNC Succession Planning Thursday 22 February, :00 1:00 LUNCH (Intercontinental Hotel) 1:00 1:30 Afternoon Session Introduction IEC Report James E. Matthews, III Corning FINCA Report Tony Zertuche, ANSI COPANT Report Luis Ivan Hernandez, ANCE 2:30 2:45 Closing Perspectives Valara Davis, 2018 CANENA Planning Committee Chair Julian Yarza, CANENA President

7 Thursday 22 February, :45 3:30 COUNCIL MEETING 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2. MATTERS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE 3. TREASURER S REPORT Financial Position and Audit Committee Report Work Plan and Budget; discussion 4. REGISTRAR S REPORT 4.1 Membership Report Membership dues 5. VICE PRESIDENTS REPORTS Each country Vice President is invited to provide a brief report on particular national standardization trends that may have an influence on the activities of CANENA or its members. 6. REPORT OF THE AMBASSADOR S AT LARGE 7. ENTERTAINMENT OF MOTIONS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL CANENA OFFICERS 8.1 Approval of Ms. Svetlana Ulemek as US Member at Large COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA