RoHS-WEEE Essentials Seminar Series

The RoHS/WEEE Seminar Series of webcasts are 100% free.

The RoHS/WEEE Seminar Series was developed to keep electronics professionals up-to-date on industry changes due to environmental regulation. Anyone can participate. No special hardware or software is required.

The RoHS/WEEE Essentials Seminar Series delivers need-to-know information regarding lead-free environmental compliance issues.

These are 1 hour webcasts, presented by the leaders in RoHS/WEEE Training and Consulting, EPTAC Corporation and Design Chain Associates, LLC.

Each webcast will focus on a unique aspect of envirnomental regulation and how it effects everyone in the electronics industry.

About the presenters

Mike Kirschner

Mike Kirschner
Design Chain Associates, LLC

Michael Kirschner has been President and Managing Partner of Design Chain Associates, LLC since its inception in 2001 and is a recognized and oft-quoted expert on the impact of environmental regulation on the electronics industry. Prior to this he held Engineering and Engineering Management positions over 20 years at Compaq, Tandem, Intel, and Intergraph, as well as at several start-ups. Mike received his BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA.

Robert Donkers

Robert Donkers
Delegation of the European Commission

Robert H. Donkers is Counselor for Environmental Affairs at the European Commission Delegation in Washington, DC since October 2003. From April 1999 until his current appointment, he served as (Acting) Head of the Chemicals Unit in the Directorate General Environment in Brussels, where his responsibilities included the coordination of the development of a new EU Chemicals policy and legislative framework (aka REACH). He also was the chief EU negotiator on the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

He is the co-author of the Fifth EC Environment Action Program (1993-2000) "Towards Sustainability", which addresses the introduction of a broader set of tools in environment management in conjunction with or in place of legislative action at both EU and national/sub-national level.

Before joining the Commission in 1990, he held several positions in the Dutch administration including Deputy Director for International Environmental Affairs in the Environment Ministry and EU Environment Counselor for the Netherlands in Brussels.

He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Public and International Law from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

RoHS/WEEE Seminar Series Schedule
EU REACH: The Future of Substance Regulation	Archived Now Learn more
Rework and Repair of Lead-Free Joints	Archived Now Learn more
Assessing and Maintaining Compliance	Archived Now Learn more
Lead-Free Solder and Joint Training & Inspection	Archived Now Learn more
A Strategic Approach to Environmental Compliance	Feb. 14, 2007 Learn more