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Conference Program at a Glance THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1995 8:30 am - 9:45 am Welcome and Conference Overview Welcome: James A. Byrne, President, Centcom, Ltd., Westport, CT Overview: J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, Director, Center for Risk Management, Resources For the Future, Washington, DC Davies will examine public risk perception and scientific risk, and how they might be reconciled in the context of public policy formulation. 10:00 am - 11:45 am Session I: Measuring Chemical Risk Session I will provide an overview of the technical elements of risk assessment and analysis. Technical experts from academia, govern ment, industry, and public interest groups will discuss and debate the technical issues regarding risk estimation and their implications for public policy. Session Keynote: John Doull, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; Member, President's Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management Panel 1 : Toxicology and Risk Estimation 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Luncheon Speaker: Carol M. Browner*, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Session II: Identifying Chemical Benefits Experts will provide information on the benefits of chemicals, and describe measures being taken to safeguard their proper use. They will discuss the importance of the chemical industry in the larger economy and the cost of regulations. Case studies will illustrate the risk assessment process. Session Keynote: Brian M, Rushton, President, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC Panel 2: Economics Panel 3: Risk Assessment Case Studies
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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1995 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Session III: Moving Toward Risk-Based Public Policy Experts with varying viewpoints will examine how 'risk parameters' are used now, or will be used in the future, to help for mulate regulations and legislation. A second panel will examine how these policies may affect public health. Session Keynote: Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN; Current Chairman, Chemical Manufacturers Association Panel 4: Legislation/Regulations Panel 5: Public Health Effects 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Luncheon Buffet 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Summation and Review As a group, all speakers will field questions from conferees who are encouraged to express opinions about all of the issues raised during the conference. OTHER FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: •Thomas A. Burke, Department of Health, Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD •Douglas Crawford-Brown, Director, Institute on Environmental Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC •Lynn R. Goldman, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC •Andrew Huggins, Prinicpal, ERM Group, Exton, PA •Richard Jackson, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Center for Disease Control, US Department of Health & Human Services, Atlanta, GA •Paul Kleindorfer, Co-Director Risk and Decision Processess Center, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA •Katherine Kramer, Executive Director, The Western Center for Comparative Risk, Boulder, CO •Steve Lewis, Toxicology Associate, Exxon Biomedical Sciences, East Millstone, NJ •Roger McClellan, President, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC •Rep. David M. Mcintosh*, Chair, House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, National Resources and Regulatory Affairs, Washingon, DC •John A. Moore, President, The Institute for Evaluating Health Risks, Washington, DC •Art Mundt, Technical Director, Corporate Center for Acute Risk Assessment, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX •Mark Schaefer, Assistant Director for the Environment, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, Washington, DC * Invited
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