The summit will feature speakers in four key areas: endocrine disruption, child health and development, environmental economics, and environmental justice. Speakers will include, respectively, Dr. Linda Birnbaum (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Duke University), Dr. Élyse Caron-Beaudoin (University of Toronto Scarborough), Dr. Nicholas Muller (Carnegie Mellon University), and Rev. Dr. Gregory Simpson (Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church).
Itinerary
Beginning at 10 a.m., our first session will highlight the work and experience of our four guest speakers in their various areas of study and experience. Their informational presentations will serve to set the focus and tone for the day, providing essential background information on each topic area of child health and development, endocrine disruption, environmental economics, and environmental justice, followed by brief Q&A.
After a 30-minute break, during which attendees can eat or make lunch and bring it back to their desks, Session Two will begin at 12:30 p.m. Attendees will be divided into the breakout groups they selected during registration for deeper conversations with their chosen guest speaker. Members of EHP's policy team will co-lead these roundtable conversations to identify ideas and concerns with translating complex issues into thoughtful policy initiatives.
After a 15-minute break, speakers and attendees will reconvene for Session Three at 1:55 p.m. This closing plenary panel, led by EHP's Executive Director, will serve to recap and compare insights from the breakout discussions and address unanswered questions. Wrapping up the day with this final conversation, we aim to define an effective approach for moving forward that weighs competing needs of various stakeholders and considers impacts of available courses of action.