The Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) 2015 Executive Education DEVELOPING PRODUCT AND BRAND PROTECTION PROGRAMS Counterfeit Product Risk Assessment and Mitigation Many companies have found themselves with either little or no understanding of how to assess the potential risk to their products from counterfeiting, illegal diversion, tampering, or misbranding. All are forms of fraud and pose risks to the products, customers, brands, and companies that own them. This course will help expose the mysteries of risk assessment and help you to lay out a risk assessment program and mitigation strategy for your company. Additionally, it will help you to categorize risks and mitigation action plans and will illustrate how to move from a reactive to a proactive product and brand risk protection program. Dates and Locations March 24-25, 2015 U.S.. Chamber of Commerce Washington DC May 19-20 2015 McDonald’s Hamburger University Oak Brook, IL June 9-11, 2015 UL Brand Protection Conference About the Instructor David Howard, A-CAPP Outreach Specialist and retired Global Director of Product Protection for the Global Brand Protection Group at Johnson & Johnson leads the Executive Education Seminars. While at Johnson and Johnson, Mr. Howard was responsible for product and package protection. He spent his career working for various small, medium and large corporations including Kliklok Corporation, Omark Industries and Bristol-Myers Squibb. $2,599 registration fee includes 2 day seminar, materials and supplies, and networking meals, including a seminar reception. Registered participants who complete the session will receive a Michigan State University Certificate of Course Completion. Want to learn more? Visit www.a-capp.msu.edu St. Petersburg, FL September 15-16, 2015 Qualcomm campus San Diego, CA The 2015 seminars are being conducted by A-CAPP in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and International Intellectual Property Crime Investigators College (IIPCIC), with additional partnerships with the Global Brand Council for the March seminar and Qualcomm and Security Industry Association for the September seminar. Register Now! 2016 seminar dates coming soon!