"Right to Repair in the USA: Past, Present and Future" presented by Kevin O'Reilly and Binseng Wang

Presenters: Kevin O'Reilly and Binseng Wang
PART 1 presented by Kevin O'Reilly: Users of equipment ranging from tablets to tractors to ventilators can't fix their stuff because of manufacturer-imposed restrictions on repair. We've helped build the Right to Repair movement to address these problems by channeling the frustrations of Biomeds, fixers, small business owners, farmers, environmentalists and more into concrete legislative change. In this session, we'll look at the problems of planned obsolescence, the solution that Right to Repair provides and the ways that we've started to win this fight.
PART 2 presented by Binseng Wang: In the last decade, medical device manufacturers (OEM's) have becoming increasingly less cooperative with the provision of service training, service documentation, technical support, proprietary parts, and repair equipment, thus severely limiting healthcare organizations' ability to provide prompt and safe care to their patients. CE professionals are joining service professionals in other fields (e.g., automotive, farming equipment and consumer products) to seek a solution that is critical to the public and the environment.