This clinical research ethics training will impart an understanding to regulatory compliance and clinical study personnel on the importance of ethics in clinical research and impart a familiarity with the regulations to protect both the researcher and the subject.

Why Should You Attend:
Clinical research is conducted with the purpose of ultimately reducing the morbidity and/or mortality associated with disease. However, such research is ethically challenging because of potential conflicts of interest, a need to protect subjects from undue risk or the advancement of technology that my complicate protection of research subjects. Protecting the rights of research subjects is paramount. While ethicists often debate ethical principles of study conduct, discussion among members of the clinical research community who conduct and manage studies is undertaken far less frequently.

OVERVIEW
The 90-minute webinar will comprise expert insights and coaching, as well as case studies and Q&A. Following the webinar, registered attendees will have access to a recording of the webinar and a PDF file of the presentation material.

AGENDA
* Introduction, Objectives, Biographies
* Why DfE? Strategic importance to designers, competitive products, risk reduction, and profitability
* New regulations and standards brewing: Similarities, differences, trajectories
* DfE Checklist: How to train designers and how to measure environmental and financial benefits
* Supply-chain DfE: Preparing for the coming wave of DfE requirements, and what you can do to get your company ready
* Q&A with electronics companies strategically committed to DfE

PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
Electronics designers (electrical, electronic, mechanical), Supply-chain managers, Product managers, R&D, operations and marketing executives, academia.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Pamela J. Gordon, president of Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) brings data and insights from running DfE Workshops over the past 6 years, training more than 1,000 designers, supply-chain and product managers, and executives. She is an executive consultant for High-ROI Environmental Roadmaps and author of the 2001 book, Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment. Pamela Gordon, pgordon@techforecasters.com, 1-510-601-9107

Michael Kirschner, President of Design Chain Associates, LLC (DCA) actively influences DfE standards like EPEAT and regulations like California's Safer Alternatives Regulation that drive the industry. Mike has in-the-trenches experience preparing designers for the coming wave of DfE requirements, and what they can do to get ready. Mike Kirschner, mike@designchainassociates.com, 1-415-904-8330