Program
2026 Prop. 65 Conference

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

 
 
 
 

2026 Prop. 65 Conference Sponsors

 
 

Full Sponsors

  • Applied Technical Services (ATS)
  • Carlton Fields
  • Hogan Lovells US LLP
  • Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  • Steptoe LLP
 
 

Basic Sponsors

  • • Allen Matkins LLP
  • • Alston & Bird LLP
  • • Exponent
  • • Gradient
  • • Greenberg Glusker LLP
  • • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • • Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Supporting Sponsors

  • American Chemistry Council
  • American Herbal Products Association
  • Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
  • BIFMA
  • California Environmental Insider (CEI Today)
  • OEHHA