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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Welcome
 Martin Philbert, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health (video)

Howard Hu, Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health (video)

Toxicity of Nanoparticles

Keynote Address: Risky, Riskier, Riskiest: The Pitfalls, Perils, and Possibilities for Policymakers in Evaluating and Acting Upon Risk Assessment Data
 Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey (1994-2001) (video)

Developing Societally Acceptable Nanotechnologies
Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (video)

Concepts of Nanotoxicology Biokinetics and Effects
Gunter Oberdorster, Professor of Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester (video)

Impact of Nanoparticle Surface Reactivity on Respiratory Health
David Warheit, Research Fellow, DuPont Haskell Laboratory (video)

Where Do Nanoparticles Go?
Martin Philbert (video)

Risk Assessment, Environmental Regulation, and Molecular Epidemiology: Signs of a train wreck
Joel Schwartz, Director, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health (video)

Policy in the Absence of Evidence
Moderator: Paula Lantz, Chair, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Reflections on Professor Isadore Bernstein
Chuck Gelman, President, Gelman Educational Foundation (video)

European Perspectives on Risk, Science, Policy and Practice
Bert Hakkinen, Principal, Gradient Corporation (video)

Nanotechnology in the Office of Research and Development
George Gray, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (video)

How 10-6 Became the Threshold for Acceptable Risk
Kathryn Kelly, President, Delta Toxicology, Inc. (video)

Standardization of Nomenclature and Testing for the Safety of Nanomaterials
Jane Wilson, Director of Standards, NSF International (video)

Nanotechnology: Making good decisions based on good information
John Balbus, Senior Scientist, Program Director, Environmental Defense representative (video)

Panel Discussion and Q&A (video)

Closing Remarks
David Garabrant, Founding Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health (video)

Reception

Friday, October 26, 2007

Communicating Risk: Fact, Fiction & Bias
Moderator: Tony Collings, Lecturer, Communication Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan

Welcome
Olivier Jolliet, Associate Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health (video)

Overview
Tony Collings (video)

Communicating Risk to Constituents: Implications for Policy
Joe Schwarz, United States House of Representatives (2004-2006), Michigan State Legislator (1987-2002) (video)

The Foundations of the Citizen's Petition to the FDA
Erich Pica, Director, Domestic Programs, Friends of the Earth (video)

A Yawn or a Scream? (Choose One)
Richard Harris, Correspondent, Science Desk, National Public Radio (video)

Communicating Risk to Policymakers and Government
John Graham, Dean, Pardee RAND Graduate School (video)

Effective Messages in Concerned Communities: the Dioxin Exposure Study
David Garabrant (video)

The Psychology of Risk Communication
Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Yale Law School (video)

Panel Discussion and Q&A (video)

Closing Remarks
Martin Philbert (video)
David Garabrant (video)