Agenda - Sunday, November 21, 2004
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9:00 am
Overview of Day One and Preview of Day Two
Neal F. Lane, Ph.D.
Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly University Professor of Physics & Astronomy and
Senior Fellow, Science and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Moderator:
Terry Shepard
Vice President of Public Affairs, Rice University
9:15 am Session 4:
Media and Public Perception of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Mary Woolley
President, Research!America
Peter Van Etten
President & CEO, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Rome J. Hartman
Producer for 60 Minutes, CBS News
Robert Bazell
Chief Health and Science Correspondent, NBC News
Elizabeth Cohen
Medical Correspondent, Medical and Health Unit, CNN
Mathew Nisbet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Jounalism and Communication, Ohio State University
Discussion with Question and Answer Session
11:30 am - Luncheon
Moderator:
Steven Currall, Ph.D.
William and Stephanie Sick Professor of Entrepreneurship, Rice University
1:00 pm
"The Perspective of Business"
Keynote Speaker:
Thomas Okarma, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO and President, Geron Corporation
Introduction by:
Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2:00 pm Session 5:
The Perspective of Business
C. Thomas Caskey, M.D.
Managing Director, Cogene Ventures, Ltd
Debora Spar, Ph.D.
Spangler Family Professor, Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Recruiting
Discussion with Question and Answer Session
3:30 pm
Closing Remarks
William R. Brinkley, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Graduate Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
4:00 pm - Adjourn
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