Conference Agenda

Global Environmental Health Conference

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007:

• Pre-conference evening reception/registration 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Day 1: Thursday, January 11

• 8:30-9:00   Welcome and introductions
  William J. Martin II, M.D.
• 9:00-9:45   NIEHS Strategic Plan
  David A. Schwartz, M.D.
• 9:45-10:30   Environmental risk factors and the global burden of disease
  Majid Ezzati, Ph.D.
• 10:30-10:45   Break
• 10:45-11:15   Charge to working groups
  William J. Martin II, M.D.
• 11:30-1:00   Working group lunch
  This provides opportunity for all working group members to meet each other and begin discussing the charge of the working groups
• 1:15   Working group meetings
• 3:00   Break
• 3:15   Working group meetings
• 4:30   Report from Working Group A Maternal/Perinatal
• 4:45   Report from Working Group B Children
• 5:00   Report from Working Group C Adult
• 6:00   Dinner and speaker:
  Ethical issues in global health research Peter Singer, M.D., M.P.H., FRCPC
• 7:30   Working group chairs and floaters meet

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Day 2: Friday, January 12

• 8:00   Relevance of the Disease Control Priorities Project to global environmental health
  Roger Glass, M.D., Ph.D.
• 9:00   Working group meetings
• 12:00   Lunch and lunch talk: Risks of indoor air pollution
  Kirk Smith, Ph.D., M.P.H.
• 1:30   Working group meetings
• 4:30   Report from Working Group C Adult– including draft précis
• 4:50   Report from Working Group B Children – including draft précis
• 5:10   Report from Working Group A Maternal/Perinatal – Including draft précis
• 5:30   Dinner – working group chairs and floaters meet
• 7:00   Preliminary read back to conference from working group – First attempt to seek common themes and directions

Day 3: Saturday, January 13

• 8:00   Working groups respond to read back feedback
• 10:00   Break
• 10:30   Working group final write up: (Based on feed-back provided and working group members' critique, develop a coherent paper discussing the assigned topic and meeting the objectives of the workshop).
• 12:00   Working group lunch and review – final versions of précis due
• 1:30   Report from Working Group B Children
• 2:15   Report from Working Group C Adult
• 3:00   Break
• 3:15   Report from Working Group A Maternal/Perinatal
• 4:00   Synthesis and wrap-up
• 5:00   Adjournment

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