Friday, October 26, 2001
| 8:30a.m. |
Welcome |
Noreen M. Clark, PhD, Dean of the School of Public Health, University
of Michigan |
| 8:35a.m. |
Reflections on Isadore Bernstein |
Charles Gelman |
| 8:40a.m. |
Moderator's Introductory Remarks |
Charles Eisendrath, Director of the Journalism Fellows Program, University
of Michigan |
| 8:45a.m. |
"Freedom and its Enemies" |
John Stossel, ABC News |
| 9:30a.m. |
"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 |
| 10:15a.m. |
10:15am |
| 10:45a.m. |
"Genetically Modified Crops - From Wild Oats to
BT Corn" |
Rebecca Grumet, PhD, Professor of Horticulture, Michigan State University |
| 11:30a.m. |
"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 - 1:15p.m. |
LUNCH BREAK |
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| 1:15p.m. |
"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 |
| 2:15p.m. |
Panel: Moderator leads speakers with audience
participation |
| 3:15p.m. |
Roundtable: Moderator leads discussion on scenarios
presented by graduate students |
| 4:40p.m. |
Closing remarks and acknowledgements |
James H. Vincent, PhD, DSc Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental
Health Sciences, Symposium Chair |