Registration + welcome coffee

• Quieting the world by fostering a “Buy-Quiet” attitude among product purchasers: W. Lang (I-INCE) + J. Tourret (INCE/Europe)
  
• Discussion Period

• Multi-criteria policy instruments addressing noise: Denis Pohl (FPS of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium)
• How the EU energy label has induced a breakthrough in energy efficiency and product performance of household appliances in less than 2 decades: Patrick le Dévéhat (GIFAM France)
• Discussion Period

• Household appliances: Jing TIAN/Fenglei JIAO/Yadong LU (CAS China)
• Leaf blowers: Fabian Gwosdz (STIHL Germany)
• Air conditioners: Lionel Audouy /David Leray (Tecumseh Europe France)
• Wood chippers: Tony Turner (GreenMech UK)
• "Quiet deliveries" : collaboration between the public and manufacturers for the development of low noise vehicles delivering out of hours without disturbing residents: Gloria Elliot (NAS UK)
• Discussion Period
  
* Paper to be confirmed

Lunch

• The different types of information available to characterize the noise of products: Patrick Cellard (LNE France)
• Comprehensive product noise declarations for noise planning and commerce: Robert Hellweg (Consultant USA)
• Product noise emission information in Europe under the Machinery Directive - Purpose, requirements and the current practice: Patrick Kurtz (BAuA Germany), Jean Jacques (INRS France)
• The revised Machinery Directive - more information on noise for purchasers: Bernd MERZ (European Commission)
• Discussion Period

• Towards simplified product noise ratings for the general public: Matt Nobile (IBM + INCE/USA)
• A Simplified noise labeling - Critical discussion: Fabian Gwosdz (STIHL Germany) Discussion Period
• Discussion Period

Coffee break

• The need for range-of-levels information: Matt Nobile (IBM + INCE/USA)
• How standards can deliver reliable data for noise reference: Example of an ISO technical report : Fabian Gwosdz (STIHL Germany)
• Past experience in establishing the German VDI ETS guideline: Patrick Kurtz (BAuA, Germany)
• The NOMEVAL project, evaluation of outdoor machinery noise: Michael Dittrich (TNO, The Netherlands)
• Outdoor machinery: the evolution of the 2000/14 Directive: Bernd MERZ (European Commission)
• Development of databases in cooperation with US manufacturers of large construction equipment: Chuck Hayden (NIOSH, USA)
• Practical experience with the quality of noise emission declarations: Jean Jacques (INRS France) + Patrick Kurtz (BAuA, Germany)
• The shared responsibility in providing precise information on noise levels between test laboratories, manufacturers, and authorities: Patrick Cellard (LNE France)
• Discussion Period

• The New EU labels for Household appliances: Gustav Schütz (Miele France)
• Air compressors and tools: Greg Bordiak (PNEUROP)
• IT industries: Marco Beltman (INTEL USA)
• Discussion Period
* Paper to be confirmed

• Introduction to endorsement labels (White Swan, Blue Angel, EU Flower, and others): Robert Hellweg (Consultant USA)
• The “Blue Angel”—History, success, and specific problems: Christian Fabris (Umweltbundesamt Germany)
• The “ssSH Mark awarded by UKNA and the “Quiet Guide”: Val Weedon (UK Noise Association UK)
• Discussion Period

• Guidelines for the establishment of a “Buy-Quiet” program in the US and abroad: George Maling (INCE/USA)
• Why the "Buy-Quiet" approach is promising in the management of occupational noise risks: Paul Brereton / Sarah Hayes (HSE, UK)
• The application of legally-required noise emission declarations by purchasers - 20 years of experience with a buying aid for purchasers in Germany: Patrick Kurtz (BAuA Germany)
• “Buy-Quiet” environmental noise policy for Australia: John Macpherson (Principal Environmental Noise Officer, Dept of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia) *
• The impact of the “Golden Decibel” on the promotion of low noise products in the last 20 years: Alice Debonnet-Lambert (CIDB France)
• Noise Abatement Society (NAS) “Quiet Mark” initiative: Gloria Elliot (NAS UK)
• The practical development of the HSE “Buy-Quiet” project: Paul Brereton / Sarah Hayes (HSE, UK)
• Discussion Period

Lunch

• Purchasing low-noise equipment in municipalities: Philippe Mercier (Ville de Paris, France) *
• EU ‘green’ Public Procurement a key requirement for IT products: Hans Wendschlag (Hewlett-Packard Europe)
• How other non-governmental organizations could play a role: Gloria Elliott (NAS UK)
• How the revised machinery directive 2006/42/EC promotes structured noise information at the point of sales - new legal requirements: a speaker from the EU DG*
• The role of a consumer association: Christiane Böttcher (Stiftung Warentest Germany)*
• Involving the retail sector and setting requirements on product noise levels: Sebastian Wschiansky (BAFU Switzerland)
• How standards organizations could develop or improve standards for simplified product noise ratings and comprehensive product noise declarations: A representant of ISO
• How trade associations could develop test codes for their family of products for measuring noise levels and publishing the levels in a uniform manner for a level playing field: Matt Nobile (IBM + INCE/USA)
• How I-INCE and CAETS could be involved in the “Buy-Quiet” campaign: Tor Kihlman (I/INCE+ CAETS)
• Discussion Period

CONCLUSION OF THE SYMPOSIUM

• Resolutions
• Issues
• Further activities and meetings