Prop. 65 Annual Conference
Monday, August 31, 2026
Julia Morgan Ball Room
Merchant Exchange Building
465 California Street, 15th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Agenda
Arrival
7:30 to 9:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Pre-Conference Classes
8:00 to 9:00
Compliance 101: How to Comply with Proposition 65
An overview of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessments regulations.
8:00 to 9:00
Freshman Orientation
An overview of filing a Proposition 65 case and the Attorney General's guidelines for private party settlements.
Note: This class is in-person only, it will not be recorded.
Plenary Session
9:00 to 9:15
Welcome to the Conference
Fiona Smith, Writer, Prop. 65 Clearinghouse
9:15 to 10:00
Opening Address
Kris Thayer, Director of OEHHA and Conference Chair with
Gabe Allen, Chief Counsel, OEHHA
10:00 to 11:00
Understanding Proposition 65's Impacts: Costs, Benefits, and Public Health Outcomes
11:00 to 11:15
Break
11:15 to 12:15
Modernizing Proposition 65: New Approaches to Warnings
12:30 to 1:30
Lunch
1:45 to 2:45
Food Cases Under Proposition 65: Litigation Trends and Trial Lessons
2:45 to 3:45
BPS and Regrettable Substitution: Reformulation, Enforcement, and Fallout
3:45 to 4:00
Break
Breakout Sessions
4:00 to 5:00
Proposition 65 Compliance in Practice: Supply Chain, Testing, and Real-World Challenges
4:00 to 5:00
State vs. Federal Chemical Rules: Multi-State Momentum and Preemption
5:00 to 6:00
Networking Cocktail Reception