Technology and Environmental Health: Implication of Nanotechnology

Moderator: Paul G. Rogers, J.D., Roundtable Chair

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

The Honorable Paul G Rogers, J.D., Roundtable Chair

8:40 a.m. Nanotechnology: Issues Involving Environmental Health and Safety

Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health

9:00 a.m. What is Nanotechnology: Overview and Relevance to Environmental Health

Vicki L. Colvin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Executive Director of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University

9:25 a.m. Preparing for Nanotechnology: Health, Policy, and Emerging Issues

David Rejeski, M.P.A., M.E.D., B.F.A., Director of the Foresight and Governance Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

9:50 a.m. Societal Implications of Nanotechnology Products

Douglas Mulhall, Author, Our Molecular Future

10:10 a.m.   General Discussion

10:25 a.m.    Break

The Promise of Nanotechnology

Moderator:  Myron Harrison, M.D., M.PH., Roundtable Member

10:40 a.m.  Nanotechnology and Environment: the New Future in Remediation

Barbara Karn, Ph.D., National Center for Environmental Research, Environmental Protection Agency

11:00 a.m. Nanotechnology and Health: A Promise for Better Medicine?

Martin Philbert, Ph.D., Associate Dean, School of Public Health, University of Michigan

11:20 a.m.  General Discussion

11:45 p.m.   Lunch (meeting room—Roundtable members and speakers only)

Nanotechnology: A Tale of Precaution?

Moderator: James Melius, M.D., Dr. PH, Roundtable Member

12:30 p.m. The Central Nervous System as a Target:  The Good and the Bad

Eva Oberdoerster, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University

12:50 p.m.  Potential for Bio-uptake and Bioaccummulation of Nanotechnology Particles

David Warheit, Ph.D.,Toxicologist, Haskell Laboratory, DuPont

1:10 p.m. Ultrafine Particles and Health Risks

John Froines, Professor and Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Southern California Particle Center and Supersite, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

1:25 p.m. Moving Technology Research Forward: Public Perception and Concern

John Balbus, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Environmental Health Program, Environmental Defense

1:45 p.m. General Discussion

Nanotechnology: Governmental Involvement

Moderator: Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.PH, Roundtable Vice-Chair

2:05 p.m.   Break

2:20 p.m.  Nanotechnology and Strategies to Ensure Occupational Health

Andrew Maynard, Ph.D., Senior Service Fellow (Acting Team Leader)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

2:35 p.m. Technologies for Improved Risk Stratification and Disease Prevention: Future Direction for NIEHS

William Suk, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Center for Risk and Integrated Sciences, Director, Superfund Basic Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

2:55 p.m. Approaches from the Canadian Government

Paul Glover, M.B.A., Director General, Safe Environments Programme, Health Canada 

3:15 p.m.   Technology and Regulation: Encouraging Research while Protecting Health and the Environment

Clayton Teague, Ph.D., Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, National Science Foundation

3:35 p.m.                      General Discussion

4:25 p.m.                      Adjourn