Innovative Science and Technology for Mitigating Human, Ecological and Environmental Risks

NIEHS Superfund Basic Research and Training Program

2008 Annual Meeting, December 7-9, 2008

Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California

Date / Event
Sunday, December 7, 2008
5:00pm-8:00pm
6:00pm-7:00pm
7:00pm-9:00pm / Registration
Dinner Hour in Croker Dining Hall
Poster Session and Reception
Monday, December 8, 2008
7:30am-8:30am
8:30am-9:00am / Breakfast in Crocker Dining Hall
Opening Statements
9:00am-10:00am (45 minute talk, 15 min Q&A) / Arlene Blum
Fire Retardant Dilemma: Balancing Fire Prevention, Human Health and Environmental Safety
Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
10:00am-10:30am / Break
10:30am-12:00pm (90 minutes) / Opening Remarks – Kathleen Dooley (10)
Ice Breaker – Grace Bedoian (35)
Moderated Discussion: Carryforward – Eve Marion (45)
12:00pm-1:15pm / Lunch
1:15pm-2:45pm (90 minutes) / Moderated Discussion: Carryforward (con’t) (45)
Presentation: Scientific Review Process – Sally Eckert-Tilotta (45)
2:45pm-3:15pm / Break
3:15pm-4:45pm (90 minutes) / Moderated Discussion: Experiences with Competing Renewal – Linda Covington (45)
Short break (15)
Presentation: Student/Trainee Networking – Heather Henry (30)
6:00pm-7:00pm
7:00pm-9:00pm / Dinner Hour in Croker Dining Hall
Poster Session and Reception
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
8:30am-9:30am (45 minute talk, 15 min Q&A)
9:30am-10:15am / Martin Kenney
Professor of Human and Community Development
University of California, Davis
Wetterhahn Award & Presentation, Student Poster Board Award Announcements
10:15am-10:30am / Break
10:30am-12:00pm (90 minutes) / Ice Breaker – Eve Marion (20)
Presentation/Q&A: PubMed/Publications 101 -Patricia Ramstad (20 + 10)
Presentation/Q&A: Communication Strategies & New Technologies – Linda Covington and Eve Marion (30 + 10)
12:00pm-1:00pm / Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm (90 minutes) / Presentation/Moderated Discussion: Compliance – Kathleen Dooley and Eve Marion
2:30pm-3:00pm / Break
3:00pm-4:30pm (90 minutes) / Moderated Discussion: Compliance (continued if necessary)
Moderated open discussion and planning for next year – Patricia Ramstad
4:30pm-4:45pm (15 minutes) / Closing Remarks
8:00pm / Directors Dinner

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