Biotechnology Program

	AGENDA BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM Sunday, November 16, 2003
9:00 am	Welcome CTY Representative Metcal Hall, GSU, 2nd Floor
9:10 am	Opening Remarks: Constance Phillips Assistant Research Professor, Biochemistry Director, CityLab Academy and Biomed Program Boston University School of Medicine
9:15-10:00 am	Keynote Presentation Biotech: Past, Present and Future Prof. Phillip A. Sharp Nobel Laureate, Physiology or Medicine, 1993 Institute Professor and Director, McGovern Institute, M.I.T.
STUDENT SCHEDULE
10:30– 11:30 am and 1:30 – 2:30 pm	Student Workshops I: The Mystery of the Crooked Cell Connie Phillips, Sheena McGee, Jonas Contakos, Raphael Alford, Berkley Wilson, Alexandra Zilz, Ken Adams, Christina Mork, Michael Bilica, Michael Cermak Metcalf Science Center 303, 305, 307, 309, 311
11:30 – 12:30 pm	Student Lunch: Small Ballroom
12:30 – 1:15 pm	Student Workshops II Conference Auditorium The Cutting Edge: Video and Discussion of Ethics in Biotechnology Ronnee Yashon, J.D. Instructor, Biochemistry Boston University Metropolitan College
10:30 – 11:30 am and 1:30 – 2:30 pm	Student Workshops III Crime Lab Metcalf Science Center 268 Don DeRosa, Joe St. George, Carla Romney, Karen Repetny, Jolyon Terragni, Jelena Veljkovic, Utsav Saxena
PARENT SCHEDULE
10:15 - 11:15 am	Parent Workshop I Conference Auditorium Demystifying Biotechnology Gloria Vachino Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine
11:30 - 12:30pm	Parent Workshop II: Conference Auditorium The Cutting Edge: Video and Discussion of Ethics in Biotechnology Ronee Yashon. J.D. Instructor, Biochemistry Boston University Metropolitan College
12:30 – 1:30 pm	Parent Lunch: Small Ballroom
1:30 – 2:30pm	Parent Workshop: III Conference Auditorium Human Genetics Research Opportunities in the 21st Century Dr. Lindsay Farrer Chief, Genetics Program Professor of Medicine, Neurology, Genetics & Genomics Epidemiology, and Biostatistics Boston University School of Medicine
CONCLUDING TALK
2:45-3:30 pm	Balancing Technology with Human Factors Joseph Varlaro Senior Criminalist, Crime Laboratory Unit, Boston Police Department (Metcalf Hall, GSU, 2nd Floor)