It’s been a while in the making, but with a little under five weeks to go, we have just posted the final program for the 2011 Risk Science Symposium (20-21 Sept). And even though I say so myself, it’s a doozy!
Somehow, we are squeezing 45 invited speakers into the two days, and not any old speakers – the lineup includes John Viera – Ford Motor Co. Director of Sustainability Environment and Safety Engineering; Ray O. Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation; Brian Ivanovic, Senior Vice President of Swiss Re; and Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development and Science Advisor to the EPA. And that’s just for starters. We also have experts in innovation, policy, communication end engagement, risk, governance and sustainability. We even have two leading designers from the company IDEO.
It’s going to be quite a party!
For more information on the speakers, check out the symposium website. I’ve posted the program below, because I’m so excited about it, but you can also access it here.
The symposium is being held in Ann Arbor MI between Sept 20-21. There are still a few spaces left, but we are nearing capacity – so if you are thinking of coming, it’s worth registering sooner rather than later.
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September 20 – The benefits and challenges of technology innovation
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions
Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
9:15 AM Opening Address
Martin Philbert, Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health
9:30 AM Keynote: Innovate or perish – Why innovation and sustainability are critical to economic and social growth in the 21st century.
John Viera, Director of Sustainability Environment and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Co.
10:00 AM Panel: What keeps us awake at night? The risks of getting technology innovation wrong.
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel Members:
- John Viera, Director of Sustainability Environment and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Co.
- R. Alta Charo, Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin
- Greg Bond, Corporate Director of Product Responsibility, Dow Chemical Company
- Hilary Sutcliffe, Director, MATTER
10:45 AM Break
11:15 AM Panel: Techno-hype or techno-reality – are we on the cusp of a new era in the history of human innovation?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel members:
- Mark Banaszak Holl, Associate Vice-President, Office of Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
- Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
- Paula Olsiewski, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- James Bagian, Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety; Professor in the Medical School and the College of Engineering, University of Michigan
12:00 PM Panel: How are new technologies changing the world, and what are some of the key emerging risk-related opportunities and challenges?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel members:
- Gil Omenn, Professor of Internal Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health and Director of the Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics and the Proteomics Alliance for Cancer Research, University of Michigan
- James Baker, Ruth Dow Doan Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, Director of Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine
- Ann Marie Sastry, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical and Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan; CEO and Co-Founder of Satki3
- Jörg Lahann, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
12:45 PM Lunch and poster session
2:00 PM Panel: New technologies – new risks? What are the implications of a technologically complex world on the way we think about risks of novel technologies and practices?
Moderator: Shobita Parthasarathy, Associate Professor, Ford School of Public Policy
Panel members:
- Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development. Science Advisor to the EPA
- Mark Banaszak Holl, Associate Vice-President, Office of Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
- David Goldston, Director, Government Affairs, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Jameson Wetmore, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
2:45 PM Panel: The risk toolbox: What are we good at, and what do we need to learn to do better?
Moderator: Martin Philbert, Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Panel members:
- Adam Finkel, Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation
- Bernard Goldstein, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
- Jo Anne Shatkin, CEO, CLF Ventures
- Carlos Peña, Director of Emerging Technology Programs in the Office of the Chief Scientist, Office of the Commissioner, FDA
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Panel: Innovation, uncertainty and risk: Reflections on the day’s discussions
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
- David Bidwell, Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Serving as program manager for the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center (GLISA)
- Diana Bowman, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Erica Blom, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Public Policy, University of Michigan
- Ahleah Rohr, Masters of Public Health student, University of Michigan
4:30 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Reception and Dinner (University of Michigan Art Museum)
Dinner speaker: Rodrigo Martinez, Life Sciences Chief Strategist, IDEO. Mark Jones, Associate Partner and Service Innovation Lead, IDEO.
9:00 PM End of day
September 21 – Risk, Uncertainty and Sustainable Innovation – Exploring options
7:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM Welcome and introductory remarks
8:15 AM Keynote: Thinking differently about Risk, Innovation and Sustainability
David Zaruk, Risk Governance Analyst, Risk Perception Management
8:45 AM Panel: Ensuring sustainable innovation-based solutions to global issues – how significant are risk and uncertainty, and how should we handle them?
Moderator: Don Scavia, Director, University of Michigan Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
Panel members:
- Ray O. Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
- James Wilsdon, Director, Royal Society Science Policy Centre
- Greg Bond, Corporate Director of Product Responsibility, Dow Chemical Company
- Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development. Science Advisor to the EPA
9:30 AM Panel: Thinking differently about risk and sustainability I: How can we manage emerging health risks more proactively?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel members:
- Brian Ivanovic, Senior Vice President, Swiss Re
- R. Alta Charo, Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin
- Larisa Rudenko, Director of Animal Biotechnology, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA
- Adam Finkel, Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Panel: Thinking differently about risk and sustainability II: Are there new models we should be exploring?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel members:
- Bernard Goldstein, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
- Dan Greenbaum, President, Health Effects Institute
- Brian Ivanovic, Senior Vice President, Swiss Re
- John Viera, Director of Sustainability Environment and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Co
- David Zaruk, Risk Governance Analyst, Risk Perception Management
11:15 AM Panel: Ubiquitous Monitoring and Risk: What are the implications for Public Health and Sustainability?
Moderator: John Stone, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Standards in Society, Michigan State University
Panel members:
- Lawrence Busch, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and founder and former
Director of the Center for the Study of Standards in Society at Michigan State University
- John Spink,Assistant Professor and Associate Director for the Anti-Counterfeit and
Product Protection Program, Michigan State University
- Kyle Powys Whyte, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and affiliated faculty at the Center for the Study of Standards in Society, the Peace and Justice Studies Specialization, and the American Indian Studies Program
12:00 PM Lunch, followed by keynote presentation
12:30 PM Keynote: Technology innovation, risk and policy in the 21st century – a UK perspective.
James Wilsdon, Director, Royal Society Science Policy Centre
1:15 PM: Panel: What are the roots of risk perceptions and what are their implications for forward-thinking approaches to addressing risk?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, Universiry of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel members:
- Brian Zikmund-Fisher, Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
- Julie Downs, Director of the Center for Risk Perception and Communication. Social and Decision Sciences at
Carnegie Mellon University
- Michael Siegrist, Professor for Consumer Behavior Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2:00 PM Panel: Risk, uncertainty and social engagement – how can we do better?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
Panel members:
- Britt Erickson, Senior editor in the government and policy group Chemical & Engineering News
- Larry Bell, Senior Vice President – Strategic Initiatives, Museum of Science, Boston. Director of the Nanoscale
Informal Science Education Network - Rae Ostman, Director of National Collaborations, Sciencenter, NY
- Hilary Sutcliffe, Director, MATTER
2:45 PM Moving forward, what are what are the most important next steps to ensuring healthy lives and a growing economy through technology innovation?
Moderator: Andrew Maynard, Director, University of Michigan Risk Science Center
3:15 PM Close of symposium
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- A plug for the 2011 Risk Science Symposium: Risk, Uncertainty and Sutainable Innovation
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- Larry Brilliant: Enabling sustainable humanity through getting serious about risk
- Techno Hype or Techno Hope? Two panel discussions on technology innovation
