Programm
Expert Conference on
Cell Phones and Health: Science and Public Policy Questions
Credit Union House
4th and Maryland Ave N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002
(new Capitol Hill location within walking distance of U.S. Senate)
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Program draft - August 14, 2009
Sunday September 13, 2009
2:00 - 2:30 Introduction by Meeting Co-Chairs Devra Davis, PhD, MPH and David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
Overview and goals of the meeting
2:30 - 2:50 Overview of RF-EMF research and policy issues
Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, STUK, Finland
2:50 - 3:10 Comments on searching for mechanisms of harm from radiofrequency signals
Ronald B. Herberman, MD, University of Pittsburgh
3:10 - 3:30 Coffee break
Session 1: Dialogue on Modeling Exposure
Chair: Frank Barnes, PhD, University of Colorado
3:30 - 3:50 Modeling mobile phone radiation absorption into the brain of children and adults
Om Gandhi, PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
3:50 - 4:10 Reliability of the radiation dosimetry in current studies
Niels Kuster, PhD, IT’IS Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland
4:10 - 4:20 Discussion
4:20 - 5:00 Outline of plans for break out groups on Tuesday
5:00 - 6:00 Break to Stanton Park or other interesting green locations nearby, including the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center and Gardens
6:00 - 8:00 Informal dinner reception
A roundtable discussion on: Late Breaking Developments in Science and Policy - the view from China, France, Israel and Finland, including David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, Siegal Sadetzki, MD, PhD, with comments by Ronald B. Herberman, MD, *Honorable Edward J. Markey and *Honorable Dennis Kucinich of the Telecommunications Committee. *Special Guest from Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (*Invited).
Monday, September 14, 2009
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast for Speakers, Credit Union House
Session 2: Mechanisms
Chair: Ronald B. Herberman, MD, University of Pittsburgh
9:00 - 9:20 Search for mechanisms of cell phone radiation-induced biologic effects
Frank Barnes, PhD, University of Colorado, CO
9:20 - 9:40 Evidence for cellular stress - heat shock protein activation
Martin Blank, PhD, Columbia University, NY
9:40 - 10:00 Recent findings on genetic damage at non-thermal levels
Wilhelm Mosgoeller, MD, University of Vienna Cancer Institute, Vienna, Austria
10:00 - 10:30 Discussion and Refreshment Break
Session 3: Animal Studies
Chair: Diana Zuckerman, PhD
10:30 - 10:50 Evidence for cancer-related effects
Henry Lai, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
10:50 - 11:10 Evidence for non-cancer effects
Leif Salford, MD, Lund University, Sweden
11:10 - 11:30 Discussion
12:00 - 12:30 Brown bag lunch on Outdoor Patio
Afternoon Break
Participants may elect to attend U.S. Senate Hearing on Cell Phones and Health, chaired by the Honorable Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, greetings at 1:30 p.m. in location TBD
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 Speakers Breakfast at Credit Union House
Session 4: Epidemiology
Chair: Melissa Bondy, PhD
8:00 - 8:30 Cell phone use brain tumors and public health - meta-analyses
(Dr. David Carpenter, University of Albany)
8:30 - 8:45 Discussion
8:45 - 9:15 Update from Interphone and methodological limitations of existing epidemiologic studies
Siegal Sadetzki, MD, PhD, Tel Aviv Medical University, Tel Aviv, Israel
9:15 - 9:30 Discussion
9:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break
Session 5: Cell Phones and Public Policy
Chair: David Carpenter MD, University of Albany, NY
10:30 - 10:50 Precautionary Principle: the view from the European Environment Agency and national European efforts
*David Gee, PhD, EEA
10:50 - 11:10 Industry Concerns and Perspective
*Jack Rowley, GSM Association, invited
11:10 - 11:30 FDA Constraints and Perspectives
TBD
11:30 – 11:40 Report on research recommendations of the 2007 National Academies conference
Frank Barnes, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
11:40 – 1:30 Working Lunch break in working groups
People will “volunteer for assignment” (or be assigned) to three work groups below; Recorders are responsible for circulating a short list of key questions for discussion; presenters will present the group discussion.
WG 1: Methods for improving exposure assessment of cell phones
Moderator: Norbert Hankin, EPA,
Recorder: Alvaro de Salles, Porto Alegre, Brasil
Reporter: Niels Kuster, IT’IS Foundation, Switzerland
WG 2: Developing future experimental and epidemiologic studies
Moderator: Christopher Portier, NIEHS
Recorder: Ron Herberman, University of Pittsburgh
Reporter: Jennifer Sass, NRDC
WG 3: Public policy priorities
Moderator: National Cancer Institute Representative
Recorder: Elizabeth Kelley, ICEMS
Reporter: *William Chambers, American Cancer Society
2:30 - 4:00 Reports from work group and final overview discussion
Chairs: Melissa Bondy and Ronald B. Herberman
4:00 - End of the conference
