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Monday, June 8th, 2009
12:00pm Registration Opens
1:00pm - 2:00pm   Welcome and Introduction
Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Dawson
Director
Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI)
The Technology Economy of the Mid-21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
2:00pm - 3:30pm  Unit 1: Framing the Unknown
Speakers: Dr. John M. Balbus, M.P.H.
Chief Heath Scientist
Formerly of the Environmental Defense Fund

Dr. Vladimir Murashov
Special Assistant on Nanotechnology
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH Nanotechnology Program

Dr. Justin Teeguarden
Senior Scientist
Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Genomic and Proteomic Assessment of the Pulmonary Response to Asbestos and Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Mice (And a Little Bit about the State of the Science)

Dr. Michael Yost
Professor / Director
Exposure Sciences
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington
Exposure Study for Sanding of MWCNT Composites
3:30pm - 3:45pm
Break / Snacks
3:45pm - 5:15pm  Unit 2: nanoEHS Perspectives
Speakers: Mr. James Alwood
Program Manager
Program Manager Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics' Chemical Control Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Nanotechnology at EPA

Dr. Andy Atkinson
Head
Environmental Canada
Challenges in Regulating Nanomaterials under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Mr. Mark Bunger
Research Director
Lux Research, Inc.
What industry can tell science about nanomaterial EHS (and what industry wants to know)

Dr. Richard Canady, DABT
Senior Advisor
McKenna, Long, & Aldridge LLP

Dr. Saber M. Hussain
Scientist
Air Force Research Laboratory/RHPB
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, AFB, OH
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Dr. Charanjeet Singh
Programme Manager
Nanotechnology Industries Association
PROSPEcT: Ecotoxicology Test Protocols for Representative Nanomaterials in Support of the OECD Sponsorship Programme

5:30pm - 7:00pm  Reception
Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Leroy Hood
Co-founder
Institute for Systems Biology
Systems Medicine, Transforming Technologies (Nanotechnology) and the Emergence of P4 Medicine: Predictive, Personalized, Preventive and Participatory

7:00pm - 9:00pm
MIT Enterprise Forum Global Program
Entrepreneurship in Nanotechnology
Agenda: TBA
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
8:00am - 8:30am   Welcome and Introduction
Speakers: Mr. George R. Nethercutt, Jr.
US Congressman (1995-2005)
8:30am - 10:00am   Unit 3: Insurance, Nanotechnology, and Risk
Speakers: Walter Andrews
Attorney
Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP
What Insurance Issues May Arise From Nanotechnology Claims ?

William E. Barr
Vice President and Senior INT Risk Specialist
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Nanotechnology:Risk Evaluation & Control Best Practices

Steve Knutson
First Vice President and Director of Emerging Issues
Zurich North America

John C. Monica, Jr.
Attorney
Partner
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Insurance, Nanotechnology, and Risk
10:00am - 10:15am
Break / Snacks
10:15am - 12:30pm  Unit 4: Nanotechnology: The Next 10 Years
Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Dawson
Director
Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI)

Dr. Hillary Godwin
HHMI Professor
Environmental Health Sciences Department
School of Public Health
UCLA

Dr. James Hutchison
Lokey-Harrington Chair
Department of Chemistry
University of Oregon

William S. Rogers, Jr.
Partner
Day Pitney LLP
Nanotechnology Health & Safety Forum

Dr. Robert Tanguay
Associate Professor
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Oregon State Univserity
Reduce Uncertainty With High Content Data

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