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Virtual Summit: Managing Fire and Chemical Exposure Risks of Residential Upholstered Furniture
Virtual Summit: Managing Fire and Chemical Exposure Risks of Residential Upholstered Furniture
April 21, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm ET
Chemical Insights, and its stakeholders, are pleased to present research results on flame retardant exposure and furniture flammability and introduce the recently published Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Guidance Document on “Managing Fire and Chemical Exposure Risks of Residential Upholstered Furniture.” Also to be presented, a Toolkit developed to help interior designers understand how to specify upholstered furniture that reduces both fire and chemical exposure risks.
Please join us for a review of this important initiative — one that is sure to present tools for creating safer working, living, and learning environments.
SPEAKERS:
- Terry Brady. President & CEO, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
- Dr. Marilyn Black. Vice President & Senior Technical Advisor, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
- Susan Inglis. Executive Director, Sustainable Furnishings Council
- Dr. Aika Davis. Research Scientist, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
- Dr. Mauro Zammarano. Materials Science Engineer, Flammability Reduction Group of National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Dr. Debra Harris. Associate Professor, Robbins College of Health and Human Services of Baylor University & CEO, RAD Consultants
- Dr. Steve Kerber. Vice President UL Fire Safety Research Institute, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
- Dr. Barry Ryan. Professor, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollin School of Public Health of Emory University
- Holley Henderson. Project Manager, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
When
April 21st, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
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