Tentative Agenda

November 8, 2007 - Thursday
I. Plenary Session
8:30-9:00 Introduction & Overview: Focus of the Meeting NIOSH Representative
9:00-9:30 NIOSH OESSManual Abbas Virji - NIOSH
9:30-10:00 AIHA Exposure Assessment Strategies Mark Stenzel - Exposure Assessment Applications
10:00-10:30 British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and Dutch Occupational Hygiene Society Joint Working Group on guidance on sampling strategies Trevor Ogden
Editor-In-Chief
Annals of Occupational Hygiene
British Occupational Hygiene Society

II. Panel Sessions
10:45-11:35 The Academics' Perspectives: Education & Research: Steven M. Rappaport - University of California at Berkeley
Gurumurthy Ramachandran - University of Minnesota
Noah Seixas - University of Washington
1:00-1:50 The Practitioners' Perspectives Perry Logan - 3M Corporation
Susan Arnold - The Lifeline Group
Pam Susi - The Center to Protect Workers Rights
2:00-2:50 The Compliance Perspectives Mike Seymour - Federal OSHA
Don Lofgren - WISHA
Steve Smith - CalOSHA

III. Breakouts
3:00-4:30pm Breakout 1. Sampling Strategies and Study Design
Facilitator: John Mulhausen - 3M Corporation
Within the context of the purpose of the exposure assessment, the breakout will identify and discuss the methods that are available, their strengths, limitations, and desired improvements, as well as how well the topics are covered in various sources available to the exposure assessment community.
3:00-4:30pm Breakout 2: Data Handling and Evaluation
Facilitator: Sheryl Milz - University of Toledo
The breakout will identify and discuss current methods used in data handling and evaluation, their strengths, limitations, and desired improvements, as well as how well the topics are covered in various sources available to the exposure assessment community.

November 9, 2007 - Friday
8:30-10:00am Repeat of Breakouts 1 and 2
IV. Reporting on Breakouts
10:30-11:45 Reports from facilitators on issues and priorities
11:45 - 12:00 Meeting WRAP-UP