Program Schedule

8:30am

Welcome
Noreen M. Clark, PhD, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Michigan

8:35am

Reflections on Isadore Bernstein
Charles Gelman

8:40am

Moderator's Introductory Remarks
Charles Eisendrath, Director of the Journalism Fellows Program, University of Michigan

8:45am

"Freedom and its Enemies"
John Stossel, ABC News

9:30am

"Earth, Wind, Fire and the Fourth Green Evolution - The Information Age Comes to Agriculture"
Robert B. Horsch, PhD, Vice-President, Product and Technology Cooperation, Monsanto Company

10:15am

BREAK

10:45am

"Genetically Modified Crops - From Wild Oats to BT Corn"
Rebecca Grumet, PhD, Professor of Horticulture, Michigan State University

11:30am

"Regulating GM Foods: the British Experience"
Derek Burke, PhD, CBE, DL, Specialist Advisor to the U.K. House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology, Member of the EU-US Consultative Forum on Biotechnology

12:15pm - 1:15pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:15pm

"Addressing GMO Outrage: A Risk Communication Approach to the Controversy"
Peter M. Sandman, PhD, Risk Communication Consultant, Princeton, NJ and Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University

2:15pm

Panel: Moderator leads speakers with audience participation

3:15pm

Roundtable: Moderator leads discussion on scenarios presented by graduate students

4:40pm

Closing remarks and acknowledgements
James H. Vincent, PhD, DSc Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Symposium Chair