CDC NIOSH Safe and Green Meeting


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CDC NIOSH Safe and Green Meeting

Agenda
The following speakers made presentations at the Making Green Jobs Safe Workshop:
  1. Christine M. Branche, PhD, Principal Associate Director, NIOSH
  2. Jim Young, National Education Director
  3. John L. Henshaw, CIH
  4. Anthony Bernheim, FAIA, LEED AP, BD+C
  5. Margaret Quinn, ScD, CIH
  6. Bruce W. Main, PE CSP
  7. Michael P. Wilson, PhD, MPH
  8. Peter D. Binney, PE, VP Director Sustainable Planning
  9. Megan Schwarzman, MD, MPH
Monday, December 14, 2009

11:00 am - 1:00 pm Registration

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Welcome
Paul Schulte, PhD, Director, Education and Information Division, NIOSH
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, Director NIOSH
John Bucher, PhD, Associate Director, National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Opening Remarks
Christine Branche, Principal Associate Director, NIOSH

1:30 pm- 2:00 pm Keynote Address
Michael J. Wright, Director of Health, Safety and Environment, United Steelworkers

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Plenary Session: Speakers and Panel Discussion
Jim Young, National Education and Policy Director, Blue Green Alliance
John Henshaw, former Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Edward Quevedo, JD, Chair of Sustainability Group, Paladin Law Group® LLP
Anthony Bernheim, FAIA, LEED AP, Sustainability Principal, AECOM Design
Mike Acott, President, National Asphalt Pavement Association
Margaret Quinn, PhD., Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception



Tuesday, December 15, 2009

8:30 am - 9:30 am Panel Discussion; panelists include:
Bruce Main, PE, President Design Safety Engineering (Panel Leader)
Michael Wilson, PhD, MPH, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health University of California, Berkeley
John Hatfield, CIH, Senior Manager, Applied Materials
Paul Renner, Associate Director, The Labor Institute, The Tony Mazzocchi Center
Joseph (Chip) Hughes, Director Worker Education & Training Program National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH

9:45 am - 12 noon Break-out Discussion Session 1

(participants will pre-select two of the following break-out discussion groups and attend one session in the AM and the second session in the PM)
  1. Construction, Infrastructure, and Re-Purposing


  2. Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies


  3. Transportation


  4. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing


  5. Energy and Mining


  6. Waste Management and Recycling

12 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Plenary Session: Speakers
Peter Binney, CSO, Director of Sustainable Planning, Black and Veatch
Megan Schwarzman, MD, MPH, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Break-out Discussion Session 2; participants attend second pre-selected workshop



Wednesday, December 16, 2009

8:30 am - 10:30 am Break-out group reports identifying the most compelling issues

10:00 am - 10:30 am Priority establishment by all participants

10:45 am - 11:30 am Closing Remarks
Jordan Barab, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (invited)

11:30 am - 12 noon Development of Next Steps