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  Conference
     Agenda
 

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome & Introductions:

  • Jeffrey Lewis, President
    Heinz Family Philanthropies
  • Leslie Davis, President
    Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Opening Address:
Teresa Heinz

10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Morning Keynote:
Contaminated Without Consent: How Pollutants in Air, Food and Water Violate Human Rights
Sandra Steingraber, PhD, author of “Living Downstream” and “Having Faith”

10:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.
The New Science Panel:
Moderator: Steve Curwood, National
Public Radio

  • Unexplained Patterns in Women’s Health and the Environment
    Devra Lee Davis, PhD, MPH, Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
  • Paradigm Change in Environmental Health Science
    John Peterson Myers, PhD, Environmental Health News Service, co-author of “Our Stolen Future”
  • Metals: New Lessons About Ancient Problems
    Herb Needleman, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Moms and Children at Risk
    Frederica Perera, DrPH,
    Columbia University Children’s Environmental Health Center

12:15 -1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote:
Silent Spring to Silent Night: Hermaphroditic Frogs, Breast Cancer
and Pesticides

Tyrone Hayes, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

1:45 - 3:30 p.m.
The New Solutions Panel:
Moderator: Steve Curwood, National
Public Radio

  • Are Cosmetics Poison: Consumer Choices and Market Campaigns
    Jane Houlihan, Environmental
    Working Group
  • Starting from the Basics: Green Chemistry and Product Design
    Terrence J. Collins, PhD,
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • From Harlem to New Orleans,
    Women Leading Change

    Peggy M. Shepard, West Harlem Environmental Action
  • Implementing Change – From Precaution to Policy Reform
    Laurie Valeriano, Washington
    Toxics Coalition

3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Introduction of Closing Keynote Speaker:
Jeanne Rizzo, Breast Cancer Fund

Closing Keynote:
Women Must Demand Cancer Prevention
Fran Drescher, author of “Cancer Schmancer”

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks:
Teresa Heinz

After the conference, plan to attend the:
Rachel Carson Legacy Celebration
Senator John Heinz History Center

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Featuring a special performance by the Indigo Girls.

Cost: $50 per person – hors d’oeuvres and cash bar

Registration: www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org

 

 

 

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