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U.S. Medicine Institute For Health Studies with DoD/GEIS & The Annapolis Center

Present an interactive forum for invited policy makers in government and industry

Food, Air, Water, and Terrorism: Assessing the Risk

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"Agricultural Security and Emergency Preparedness: Protecting One of America's Critical Infrastructures"
from Stephen Apatow and the Humanitarian Resource Institute was distributed as a handout at the forum.

January 29, 2002
J.W. Marriott Hotel, Salon III
1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C
Moderator: Harold M. Koenig, MD, USMI Senior Scholar, former Surgeon General, U.S. Navy

8:30 - 10:15 AM ASSESSING THE RISK

Panelists:

• Ronald Blanck, D.O., President, University of North Texas Health Science Center, former Surgeon General, U.S. Army
• David H. Moore, DVM, PhD, Director, Medical Toxicology Programs; Battelle Memorial Institute
• Scott Brooks, DVM, Senior Manager for Food Safety, Tricon Global Restaurants
• Janet Pawlukiewicz, Director, Water Protection Task Force, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

10:15 - 10:45 AM Break

10:45 - 12:00 Noon ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES

Panelists:

• Andrea Meyerhoff, MD, Director, Anti-terrorism Programs, Office of the Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration
• Roger Breeze, BVMS, PhD, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
• W. Dickinson Burrows, PhD, U.S. Medical Research and Material Command, Dept of Defense

12:00 - 1:00 PM Buffet Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 PM DEVELOPING A RATIONAL POLICY PERSPECTIVE

Panelists:

• Robert Clerman, Vice President, Mitretek Systems Corporation
• David Wood, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office

2:30 - 3:00 PM CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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