Agenda - September 11, 2007

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Location: Keck Center of the National Academies
500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Meeting Agenda

9:00 AM	Meeting Convenes (Room 100) Opening Remarks of PCAST Co-Chairs
9:10 AM	Public-Private Partnerships for Research—Panel & Discussion Opening remarks - Dr. Luis Proenza and Mr. Steven Papermaster (PCAST)
		Dr. Arthur Rubenstein, University of Pennsylvania Presentation (PPT) Dr. Robert Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Presentation (PPT) Mr. Michael Idelchik, General Electric Presentation (PPT)
10:40 AM	Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology
		Dr. James Heath, Caltech Presentation (PDF)
11:15 AM	Nanotechnology Environment, Health, and Safety—Panel & Discussion
		Dr. Norris Alderson, FDA and Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group Presentation Mr. Jim Willis, EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Presentation (PPT) Dr. Charles Geraci, NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center Presentation (PPT)
12:30 PM	Break
1:30 PM	Personalized Medicine-Panel & Discussion Opening remarks - Dr. Kathleen Behrens (PCAST)
		Dr. Michael Caldwell, Marshfield Clinic Presentation (PPT) Dr. Mark McClellan, Brookings Institute and American Enterprise Institute Dr. Francis Collins, National Institute of Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health Presentation (PPT)
4:30 PM	Public Presenters
5:00 PM	Meeting Adjourns