The following presentations are in Real Video format.

Summit Kick-Off
•    Introduction and welcome
Joel Tickner and David Kriebel, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
•    The impacts of humankinds' industrial activities on our health and ecosystems
Barry Commoner, Queens College, USA
•    Importance of the precautionary principle and science to public health advocates
Lee Ketelsen, Clean Water Fund, USA
Per Rosander, Kemi & Miljo AB, Sweden
Romeo Quijano, University of Philippines, Philippines

Summit Kick-Off, continued

Session I: Epistemology and Ethics
•    Matthias Kaiser, Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology, Norway
Juan Almendares, Honduras Health Exchange, Honduras
Silvio Funtowicz, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy

Session IV: Science in Governance and Governance of Science
•    Andy Stirling, University of Sussex, UK
Cato ten Hallers Tjabbes, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands
Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University
Marissa de Guzman, University of the Philippines

Public Forum: Precaution and the Intersection of Science, Policy and Culture
•    Ken Geiser, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Pamela Resor, Massachusetts State Senate, USA
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India
Elizabeth Guillette, Tuland & Xavier Universities, USA
Andy Stirling, University of Sussex UK

Public Forum: Precaution and the Intersection of Science, Policy and Culture (continued)

Conclusions and Next Steps
David Kriebel and Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
•    The precautionary principle and the scientific method
Richard Levins, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

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