2001 Public Health Symposium

Program Schedule

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
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