SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Check-in Desk Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | From Short-Term High-Dose Studies to Long-Term Low-Dose Effects? |
| Discussion Leader: Andreas Kortenkamp (University of London, UK) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Craig Steinmaus (California EPA, Sacramento, USA) "The Case of Human Exposures to Perchlorate" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Laura Vandenberg (Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA) "The Case of Human Exposures to Bisphenol-A" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Endocrine Disrupters and the Male Reproductive System (Part 1) |
| Discussion Leader: Niels E Skakkebaek (Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Henrik Leffers (Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark) "The role of prostaglandin inhibitors in disrupting male sexual development" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Martin Cohn (U Florida and HHMI) "Developmental genetics of penis development and the role of EDCs in male genital abnormalities" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Ioanna Katsiadaki (CEFAS, Weymouth, UK) "Anti-androgen mixtures and disruption of androgen action in fish: the stickleback as a model" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Endocrine Disrupters and the Male Reproductive System (Part 2) |
| Discussion Leader: Andrea Gore (University of Texas, USA) |
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Elizabeth Hill (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK) "The search for novel anti-androgens in environmental media and human tissues" |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm | Ulla Hass (Danish Technical University, Denmark) "Developmental toxicity effects in rats exposed to environmentally relevant mixtures of endocrine disrupters" |
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 7:20 pm | Eva Rajpert-DeMeyts (Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark) "Testis cancer, developmental programming and endocrine disrupters" |
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Thyroid-disruption and environmental pollutants |
| Discussion Leader: Mary Gilbert (US EPA, Office of Research and Development, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Veerle Darras (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven) "Thyroid Endocrinology and the Environment" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Joanne Rovet (Sick Children’s Hospital and Toronto University) "Impact of Thyroid Dysfunction on Brain Development" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Eric Montie (University of South Florida) "Using MRI to investigate the effects of thyroid hormone disrupting chemicals on brain morphology in rats and marine mammals" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Obesity and the Environment |
| Discussion Leader: Jerry Heindel (NIEHS) |
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm | Bruce Blumberg (University of California, USA) "Obesogens, stem cells, and the maternal programming of obesity" |
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm | Tanja Adam (Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California) "Central Insulin Sensitivity, Brain Reward Mechanisms, and Adolescent Obesity" |
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Hormonal Neoplasia and Cancer Theories - Problems with the Paradigm? |
| Discussion Leader: Andreas Kortenkamp (University of London, UK) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Carlos Sonnenschein (Tufts University, Boston, USA) "Theories of carcinogenesis: exclusivity or synthesis - that is the question!" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Maricel Maffini (Tufts University, Boston, USA) "Environmental pollutants and breast cancer" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Michael B Cook (National Cancer Institute, USA) "Exposure to endocrine disrupters and testis cancer risks" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Free Time |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Hormonal Neoplasia and Endocrine Disrupters |
| Discussion Leader: Andreas Kortenkamp (University of London, UK) |
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm | Gail Prins (University of Illinois, USA) "Endocrine disrupters, epigenetics and prostate cancer risks" |
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Extended discussion with all of Wednesday’s speakers |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Estrogens, Endocrine Disrupters and Female Reproductive Health |
| Discussion Leader: Lou Guillette (University of Florida, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Teresa Woodruff (Northwestern University School of Medicine, USA) "Regulation of Ovarian Function - Impact of the Environment" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Paul A Fowler (Aberdeen University, UK) "In utero Exposures to Environmental Chemicals and Consequences for Ovarian Development" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Sarah M. Dickerson (University of Texas at Austin, USA) "Developmental Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Disrupts Female Brain Sexual Differentiation" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Free Time |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | EED Science and its Implications for Public Health Decision Making |
| Discussion Leader: Andrea Gore (University of Texas, USA) |
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm | David Gee (European Environment Agency, Denmark) "Similar knowledges, divergent evaluations: whence the differences?" |
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm | Terrence J Collins (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA) "Green chemistry: chemists working to acknowledge, learn and adapt to endocrine disruption" |
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |