The Global Impact of Environmental Change
June 28, 2008
Progam Agenda
7:30 - 8:40 AM Registration (Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Conference JHU - Academic and Research Building, room 106-110
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Opening remarks and Welcome Diane Wotta
National GWIS President
Morning Session
8:40 AM Keynote Speaker
Dr. Rita Colwell Climate, Oceans, and Infectious Disease
University of Maryland Bloomberg
School of Public Health
9:30 AM Mr. Jerry Mullins Antarctica, Artic, and Canadian Programs -
U.S. Geological Survey Exploring Antarctica's Frozen Interior
10:20 AM Break
10:35 AM Dr. Todd Hinkley Use of Antarctic Ice Cores to Determine
U.S. Geological Survey Climate Conditions over the Past Milllion Years
11:25 AM Dr. Janet Gamble Climate Change Impacts on Human Health U.S. EPA and Welfare in the United States
12:15 PM Morning Session Q & A
12:30 PM Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:45 PM Dr. Ellen Wasserman Global Climate Change and Violence
Kennedy Kreiger Institute/Johns Hopkins
2:35 PM Dr. Steven Shapiro Mental Health in the Time of Climate Change
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
3:25 PM Break
3:40 PM Dr. Connie Hendrickson Surfactants and Solvents: The move
Ar'kon Consultants towards Greener Chemistry
4:30 PM Afternoon Session Q & A
4:45 PM Closing Remarks Paddy Wiesenfeld
Immediate Past President, National GWIS
