Training outline:

• Introduction to RSL and EU recall cases sharing
• Overview of AFIRM RSL
• Introduction of PFAS and analysis of Chromium IV in Leather Materials
• Introduction of other restricted substances of AFIRM
• Best practice

Speaker:

Mr. Jonathan Orton 
Technical Director, Softlines, Intertek Greater China

• 25 years of experience in the field of footwear testing 
• Spent 9 years based in the UK at Intertek’s first footwear lab, initially as lab technician, later as lab supervisor
• Left Intertek for ~1 year to serve as Footwear Technical Manager for Hi-Tec/Magnum
• Took the opportunity to rejoin Intertek in 2007, taking up current role in Guangzhou footwear lab
• In charge of regional technical support team
• Managing footwear lab certification programs (including for Nike T2 vendors)
• Supporting Intertek’s growing development of footwear labs globally