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                                           Agenda
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.    Registration and
                    Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.    Opening and           Patricia M. DeMarco, Ph.D.
                    Welcome               Executive Director, Rachel Carson Homestead Association
                                            Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D.
                                            President, Duquesne University
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.   Environmental and       Terry Collins Ph.D.
                    Health Connections:     Thomas Lord Professor of Green Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
                    The Green               Bruce Lanphear, M.D., MPH
                    Chemistry Solution      Professor of Health Sciences and of Pediatrics at Simon Fraser University and BC
                                            Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
                                            Paul Anastas, Ph.D.
                                            Professor in the Practice of Green Chemistry, Yale University
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 12.00 p.m. Innovations in           Moderator: Terry Collins Ph.D.
                   Products and             Thomas Lord Professor of Green Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
                   Processes                Keynote: James Trainham
                                            Vice President Science & Technology, PPG Industries Inc.
                                            Panel:
                                            Randall S. Dearth, President and CEO, Lanxess Corporation
                                            Timothy Hall, CEO, GreenOx Catalysts, Inc.
                                            Jonell Kerkhoff, Division Manager, Alcoa

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.   Luncheon
1:10 - 2:00 p.m     Workshop Groups         1. Student Sustainability Initiative - Dr. Rosemary Capo
                                            2. Teaching Green Chemistry - Susan Zawacky, Sewickley Academy
                                            3. Training Green Chemists: Curriculum Proposal - Dr.Terry Collins and Dr. Paul Anastas
                                            4. Institutional Barriers to Green Chemistry in the Mainstream -
                                               Dr. Patricia DeMarco and Dr. Matthew Mahalik
                                            5. Health Impact of Chemicals in the Environment - Dr. Maryann Donovan
                                            6. Doing Business under the European R.E.A.C.H. Standards - Dr. Stanley Kabala
2:10 - 3:30 p.m.    Design for Non-         Moderator: Audrey Russo
                    Toxic Results           President, Pittsburgh Technology Council
                                            Keynote: Berkeley W. Cue, Jr., Ph.D.
                                            Green Pharmaceutical Consultant
                                            Panel:
                                            Kaj Johnson, Method Home
                                            Eric Beckman, Cohera Medical
                                            Ruth Etzel, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health,
                                            George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Service
3:30 - 3:40 p.m.    Break
3:40 - 4:55 p.m.    Business Strategies:    Moderator: David Seybert, Ph.D.
                    Risk, Investment and    Dean, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Duquesne University
                    Insurance               Keynote: Richard Liroff
                                            Executive Director, Investor Environmental Health Network
                                            Panel:
                                            William T. Cagney, Business Manager, Local 95, International Union of Operating
                                            Engineers
                                            Byron Falchetti, President, Standard Properties Corporation,, a Highmark Inc. company
                                            Margaret Zak, President, Environmental Logic, Inc.
5:00 p.m.           Reception