Jason Nugent has over 15 years of experience working within the chemical industry as a scientific and regulatory expert. His focus has been on assisting the chemical industry understand and comply with the various regulations in force throughout the world that control new and existing chemicals and chemical products. Mr. Nugent has amassed extensive experience, expertise and perspective through the positions he has held within the Canadian government (Environment Canada), the chemical industry (Ciba Specialty Chemicals), and several consulting firms (Intrinsik, Ciba Expert Services, Cantox Health Sciences). Through his work experience, Jason Nugent has provided regulatory advice at all stages of product introduction, including product development, notification preparation, and chemical evaluation. He has been involved in numerous discussions with government to negotiate acceptable risk management actions, and has dealt with numerous sensitive cases of non-compliance. Mr. Nugent has managed and participated in the preparation of over 400 new substance notifications, including notifications in Canada, USA, Europe, China, Australia, and Japan. Most recently he has been assisting companies to prepare for and comply with EU’s REACH Regulation.Specialties: chemical compliance expertise, chemical notification strategies, chemical notification preparation, government liaison, negotiating acceptable risk management actions, toxicology, chemistry