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Risk
Management in a Complex World:
The Fourth Transatlantic Dialogue on Precaution
19
to 21 September
2004
R. David Thomas Conference Center, Duke University
Durham NC, USA
Organized
by the Duke Center for Environmental Solutions,
the European Commission, and The German Marshall Fund - US
Conference Objectives:
· Building greater mutual understanding among regulatory officials and experts from the United States and Europe on the uses of precaution, “the precautionary principle”, and risk management in health, safety and environmental regulation;
· Presenting up to date research on the comparison of precautionary policies regarding diverse risks in the United States and Europe, focusing on case studies involving actual policies;
· Inviting feedback on the research in order to obtain improved content in the forthcoming book collecting this research (working title: The Reality of Precaution); and
· Drawing lessons for future regulatory policy.
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Sunday
19 September 2004
Morning Free time
12:30 Lunch
14:00
Welcomes (2:00 pm)
William H. Schlesinger, Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment
& Earth Sciences, Duke University
Jonathan Wiener, Duke University
Michael Rogers, European Commission / GOPA
14:15 Keynote Addresses (2:15 pm)
Chair: Phillip Henderson, Vice President, German Marshall Fund-US
Keynote Address: Hon. John D. Graham, Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), US Office of Management & Budget
Keynote Address: Hon. Geoffrey Podger, Executive Director, European
Food Safety Authority
15:30 Break (3:30 pm)
15:55
The Reality of Precaution Project (3:55 pm)
Chair & Discussant: Judith Kelley, Duke University
Speakers: Michael Rogers, European Commission / GOPA and Jonathan
Wiener, Duke University
Discussion
16:55
Quantitative Analysis of Relative Precaution (4:55 pm)
Chair & Discussant: Norman Vig, Carleton College
Speaker: James Hammitt, Harvard University
Discussant: Pete Andrews, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Monday 20 September 2004
08.30 CHAIR (am) Stanley Crossick, European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels
Case
Studies on Specific Risks
Each draft chapter will have been circulated to the group in advance.
Each session will begin with a brief (5 minute) overview by the
author, followed by brief (5 minute) comments by the discussant.
The floor with then be open for 20 minutes of group discussion of
the draft chapter.
08:35
Case Study: Marine Environment
Authors: David Freestone, World Bank
Discussant: Michael Orbach, Marine Lab Director, Duke University
09:10
Case Study: Biodiversity
Author: Kathryn Saterson, Duke Center for Environmental Solutions
Discussant: Rosie Cooney, Fauna and Flora International
09:45
Case Study: Terrorism & WMD
Authors: Jessica Stern, Harvard University and Jonathan Wiener,
Duke University
Discussant: Peter Feaver, Duke University
10:20 Break
10:40
Case Study: Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
Author: James Hammitt, Harvard University
Discussant: Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic, Berlin
11:15
Case Study: Medical Errors, Adverse Drug Reactions, and Patient
Safety
Author: Frances Miller, Boston University Law School
Discussant: Ragnar Lofstedt, Kings College, London
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12:00 Lunch
13.30 CHAIR (pm) James Hammitt, Harvard University (1:30 pm)
13:35
Case Study: Health Supplements (1:35 pm)
Moderator: Michael Knowles, Coca Cola
Speaker: John Hathcock, Council for Responsible Nutrition, Washington
(former US FDA) and
Hildegard Przyrembel, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
14:10
Case Study: Genetically Modified Foods (2:10pm)
Authors: Maurice Lex, European Commission
Discussant: David Vogel, UC - Berkeley
14:45
Case Study: Nuclear Energy (2:10 pm)
Author: John Ahearne, Sigma Xi Research Ethics Program, Duke University
&
former Chair, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Discussant: Wolfgang Kröger, Founding Rector, International
Risk Governance Institute, Geneva
15:20 Break (3:20 pm)
15:50
Risk Analysis Methods (3:50 pm)
Authors: Gail Charnley, HealthRisk Strategies and Michael Rogers,
European Commission / GOPA
Discussants: Alessandro Damiani, Minister-Counselor, Head of Science,
Technology and Education, Delegation of the European Commission
and
Leslie Hushka, Regulatory Affairs, ExxonMobil Corporation
16:35 Break -- Prepare for Bus trip to Duke Forest and dinner
17:10 Meet for bus in Thomas Center's Lobby for Field trip to FACE carbon sequestration (5:10pm) study site in Duke Forest, led by Dean William Schlesinger, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
19:00
Drinks and Dinner following the field trip hosted by the European
Commission (7:00 pm)
at A Southern Season in Chapel Hill
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Tuesday 21 September 2004
08.30 CHAIR (am) Peter Sand, University of Munich 5
Cross-Cutting Themes
08:35
Political Systems
Author: Giandomenico Majone, European University Institute, Florence
Discussants: C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
LLP
and Rudolf Strohmeier, European Commission / Secretariat General
(pending)
09:10
Legal Systems - including Tort Law and Executive &
Judicial Regulatory Review of Regulation
Author: Lucas Bergkamp, Erasmus University and Hunton &
Williams and
Turner T. Smith, Hunton & Williams
Discussants: Nicolas de Sadeleer, University of Oslo
E. Donald Elliott, Yale University
9:55
Information Disclosure Systems
Author: Peter Sand, University of Munich
Discussant: James Hamilton, Duke University
10:25 Break
11:00
Observations and Conclusions: The Changing Dynamics of Precaution
in the US and Europe
Chair: Bruce Jentleson, Director, Sanford Institute of Public Policy,
Duke University
Speakers: David Vogel, U.C. Berkeley
Ragnar Lofstedt, King's College London
Michael Rogers, European Commission
Jonathan Wiener, Duke University
Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Adjourn (2:00 pm)
Last Update: December 16, 2004
