Member Resources

Continuing Education

Technical Seminars, Regulatory Updates and Professional Programs

Welcome to AHFA’s online continuing education center! We offer webcasts of technical seminars, regulatory updates and professional development programs so you and your executive team can gain the insights you need, when and where you need them.

Find information on future webinars and education events in our UPCOMING EVENTS section. Registration for AHFA events is quick and easy. Most webinars are free, although some are limited to AHFA members only.

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Regulatory Compliance Webinar Series

July 30, 2020 - High Point, NC

AHFA’s Regulatory Summit, originally scheduled October 7-8, has been revamped to address the health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19. The reimagined program covers all of the essential topics planned for the October Summit, but in an extended series of 10 webinars beginning in July and extending through December. The members only webinars are free of charge. All 10 sessions will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesdays.
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2019 Regulatory Summit

October 3, 2019 - High Point, NC

This MEMBERS ONLY link provides access to all available speaker presentations from AHFA’s Regulatory Summit October 2-3, 2019. Titled “Compliance: Priority One,” this two-day summit covered many different aspects of product liability and included updates from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on furniture stability testing and proposed changes to the ASTM voluntary standard, F2057-19.
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2019 Logistics Conference

June 18, 2019 - High Point, NC

From the June 2019 Logistics Conference presented by AHFA’s Specialized Furniture Carriers division, this North Carolina Ports update was provided by Hans Bean, now the chief commercial officer of North Carolina Ports.
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2018 Regulatory Summit

October 24, 2018 - High Point, NC

From the October 2018 Regulatory Summit, these presentations provide updates on the federal formaldehyde rule, product safety and recall obligations, upholstery furniture flammability and new chemical regulations potentially impacting performance fabrics.
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Proposition 65 Workshop: New Clear and Reasonable Warning Guidelines

March 21, 2018 - High Point, NC

From AHFA’s 2018 Proposition 65 Workshop, this presentation from Amy Lally and Judith Praitis, partners at Sidley Austin LLP, covers new “clear and reasonable” warning guidelines implemented in 2018.

Proposition 65 Workshop: Managing Risk - A Business Approach to Proposition 65

March 21, 2018 - High Point, NC

From AHFA’s 2018 Proposition 65 Workshop, this presentation from Michael Sullivan, managing partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, provides a business approach to managing the challenges of California Proposition 65 compliance.

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