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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication (2008)
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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices

Appendix C
Workshop Agenda

Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices


Workshop

August 7-9, 2007


The National Academies

Keck Center, Room 100

500 Fifth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001


Tuesday, August 7, 2007


Open Session

Room 100

9:00 am

Call to order

Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants

Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder

Committee Chair

9:20

Perspective on Gaps in Research Needs

Emilie van Deventer, World Health Organization

9:40

Questions and comments

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices Appendix C Workshop Agenda Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices Workshop August 7-9, 2007 The National Academies Keck Center, Room 100 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Open Session Room 100 9:00 am Call to order Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder Committee Chair 9:20 Perspective on Gaps in Research Needs Emilie van Deventer, World Health Organization 9:40 Questions and comments

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices Session 1: Exposure and Dosimetry 9:50 Introduction by Moderator, Rüdiger Matthes Om Gandhi, Rapporteur 9:55 Exposure Systems Presentation Gernot Schmid, Austrian Research Centers GmbH – ARC, Seibersdorf, Austria 10:15 Questions and comments 10:20 Dosimetry Presentation Soichi Watanabe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan 10:40 Questions and comments 10:45 Comments on Exposure Issues Ray Neutra, California State Department of Health 11:05 Questions and comments 11:10 Exposure Assessment Joe Bowman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 11:30 Questions and comments 11:35 Panel Discussion—Session 1 Presenters and Moderator 12:00 pm LUNCH in Refectory Session 2: Epidemiology 1:15 Introduction by Moderator, Leeka Kheifets Naoko Ishibe, Rapporteur 1:20 Cancer Epidemiology Dan Krewski, University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada 1:40 Questions and comments

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices 1:45 Noncancer Epidemiology Anssi Auvinen, Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland 2:05 Questions and comments 2:10 Epidemiology Methods Peter Inskip, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute 2:30 Questions and comments 2:35 Panel Discussion—Session 2 Presenters and Moderator 3:05 Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs (see sign-up sheet) 4:00 Adjourn Open Session for the Day Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Open Session Room 100 8:30 am Call to order Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, Committee Chair Session 3: Human Laboratory Session 8:45 Introduction by Moderator, Leeka Kheifets Maila Hietanen, Rapporteur 8:50 Sleep, Cognition Rodney Croft, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia 9:10 Questions and comments

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices 9:15 EHS and Well-being Martin Roosli, University of Bern, Switzerland 9:30 Questions and comments 9:35 Human Peripheral and Central Auditory and Cardiovascular Systems Paolo Ravazzani, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy 9:50 Questions and comments 9:55 Panel Discussion—Session 3 Presenters and Moderator Session 4: Mechanisms 10:25 Introduction by Moderator, Frank Barnes Rüdiger Matthes, Rapporteur 10:35 Biology Joe Roti Roti, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 10:55 Questions and comments 11:00 Biophysics Guglielmo D’Inzeo, Department of Electronic Engineering, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy 11:20 Questions and comments 11:25 Need for Models to Improve Our Understanding of Electromagnetic Effects on Biological Systems. James Weaver (via telephone), Harvard/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge 11:40 Questions and comments 11:45 Panel Discussion—Session 4 Presenters and Moderator 12:15 pm LUNCH in Refectory

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices Session 5: Animal and Cell Biology 1:15 Introduction by Moderator, Bernard Veyret David McCormick, Rapporteur 1:20 In Vivo—Animal and Cell Biology Zenon Sienkiewicz, Health Protection Agency, Radiation Protection Division, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK 1:40 Questions and comments 1:45 In Vivo—Animal and Cell Biology Henry Lai, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1:55 Questions and comments 2:00 In Vivo—Animal Studies Chiyoji Ohkubo, Department of Environmental Biology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan 2:10 Questions and comments 2:15 In Vitro—Animal and Cell Biology Vijayalaxmi, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas (retired) 2:35 Questions and comments 2:40 In Vitro—Animal and Cell Biology Dariusz Leszczynski, STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland 2:50 Questions and comments 2:55 Panel Discussion—Session 5 Presenters and Moderator 3:30 Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs 4:00 Adjourn Open Session for the Day

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices Thursday, August 9, 2007 Open Session Room 100 9:00 am Call to order Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, Committee Chair Overarching Issues and Identification of Research Needs Introduction of topic: 5 minutes Open discussion: 15 minutes 9:15 Effects of Short-term vs. Long-term Exposure Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder 9:35 Local vs. Whole-Body Exposure Om Gandhi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 9:55 How Can the Knowledge of Biological Effects from Current Signal Types and Exposure Patterns Be Extrapolated to Emerging Exposure Scenarios? Rüdiger Matthes, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Oberschleißheim, Germany 10:15 Are There Any Biological Effects That Are Not Caused by an Increase in Tissue Temperature (Nonthermal Effects)? Bernard Veyret, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac cedex, France 10:35 Does RF Exposure Alter (synergize, antagonize, or potentiate) the Biological Effects of Other Chemical or Physical Agents? David McCormick, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 10:55 Differences in Risk to Children Leeka Kheifets, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California

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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices 11:15 Differences in Risk to Other Subpopulations Such as Elderly and Individuals with Underlying Disease States Maila Hietanen, FIOH, Helsinki, Finland 11:35 Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs 12:05 pm Adjourn Open Session