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Agenda : Day Two

Thursday, November 16, 2000
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7:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
  Molly Joel Coye, M.D. M.P.H. M.A., President, The Health Technology Center, and PricewaterhouseCoopers Senior Fellow, Institute for the Future, San Francisco, CA
 

Peter N. Grant, J.D. Ph.D., Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA (Congress Co-Chairs)
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8:05 a.m.
The Mapping of the Human Genome
 

Francis S. Collins, M.D. Ph.D., Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
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8:45 a.m. The Human Genome and the Future of Medicine
  Samuel Broder, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Celera Genomics, Rockville, MD
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9:30 a.m. Turning the Knowledge of the Human Genome Into Effective Therapeutic Advances
 

William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, Human Genome Sciences, Rockville, MD
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10:15 a.m.

Panel Response to Questions

10:45 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. The Future Challenges and Opportunities Emerging From the Mapping of the Human Genome

Clement Bezold, Ph.D., President, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA
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NOON

Luncheon and Presentations

12:30 p.m. Genomics, Hypercapitalism and the Biotech Century
 

Jeremy Rifkin, President, The Foundation on Economic Trends Fellow, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and author, The End of Work, The Biotech Century and The Age of Access, Washington, D.C.
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1:45 p.m.

Break

2:00 p.m. Genomics: The Perception of the Public and the Press

 

Alan H. McGowan, President, The Gene Media Forum, New York, NY
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2.45 p.m.

The Transformational Power of the Internet and Super Computing

 

Caroline A. Kovac, Ph.D., Vice President, Life Sciences Solutions, IBM Corporation, Somers, NY

 

Russell J. Ricci, M.D., General Manager, Healthcare Industry, IBM Corporation, Waltham, MA
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3:45 p.m. Break

4:15 p.m.

“To Err is Human:” Assuring Quality and Avoiding Medical Errors

 

William Jarvis, M.D., Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

 

Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D. M.P.H., President and CEO, National Quality Forum, Washington, D.C.

 

Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., President, Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

 

Molly Joel Coye, M.D. M.P.H. M.A., President, The Health Technology Center, and PricewaterhouseCoopers Senior Fellow Institute for the Future, San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
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5:30 p.m.

Adjournment and Networking Reception

 

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