Day Two
Saturday, September 23
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Introduction
9:00 a.m. promptly*
Ellen
V. Futter
President,
American Museum of Natural History
Opening Address
James
Watson
President,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Session 3:
Exploring Human Variation: Understanding Identity in the Genomic Era
10:00 a.m.
Introduction
Rob DeSalle
Curator and Co-Director
of the Molecular Laboratories,
American Museum of Natural History
10:05 a.m.
Using Maternal and Paternal Genes
to Unlock Human History
Douglas C. Wallace
Robert W. Woodruff Professor
of Molecular Genetics;
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Genetics &
Molecular Medicine;
Director, Center for Molecular Medicine;
Emory University School of Medicine
10:30 a.m.
Eugenics, The Genome,
and Human Rights
Daniel Kevles
Professor of the Humanities,
California Institute of Technology;
Visiting Professor of History,
Yale University
10:55 a.m.
Break
11:10 a.m.
Redesigning the Self:
The Promise and Perils
of Genetic Enhancement
David S. Rothman
Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social
Medicine and Director of the Center
for the Study of Society and Medicine,
College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Columbia University
11:35 a.m.
Gene Diversity in the Endorphin System: SNPs, Chips and Possible Implications
Mary Jeanne Kreek
Professor and Head,
Laboratory on the Biology of
Addictive Diseases,
The Rockefeller University
12:00 p.m.
Questions from the Audience
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
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Session 4:
Genomics and Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century Marketplace
2:00 p.m.
Introduction
Michael Waldholz
Deputy Editor, Health and Science,
The Wall Street Journal
2:10 p.m.
Genomics: A Rapid Road
from Gene to Patient
William Haseltine
Chairman and CEO,
Human Genome Sciences
2:40 p.m.
Genomics, Biotechnology,
and Agriculture
Barbara A. Schaal
Professor of Biology,
Washington University
3:10 p.m.
Break
3:20 p.m.
Investing in the Biotechnology Sector
Kris
H. Jenner
Portfolio Manager,
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
3:50 p.m.
Mapping Morality:
The Rights and Wrongs of Genomics
Arthur L. Caplan
Director, Center for Bioethics
and Trustee Professor,
University of Pennsylvania
4:20 p.m.
Questions from the Audience
Concluding Remarks
4:50 p.m.
Michael
J. Novacek
Senior Vice-President
& Provost for Science,
American Museum of Natural History
*The IMAXTMTheater will open at 8:15 a.m. on each day. No one will be admitted while presentations are in progress. Program subject to change.
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