Conference Agenda
Day 1, Monday, December 03, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Raphael Metzger, Metzger Law Group, Long Beach, CA
James M. Riley Jr., Coats Rose, Houston
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Gasoline Litigation
• Verdicts, Case Law, and Publications: Everything You Need to Know About Gasoline
Stan Perry, Haynes and Boone, Houston
R. Dean Hartley, Hartley & O’Brien, PLLC, Wheeling, WV
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Diesel Exhaust NIOSH/NCI Studies
• The Potential Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust Particules
Phillip Goad, Ph.D., CTEH LLC, Little Rock, AR
Tom Hesterberg, Ph.D., CTEH LLC, Little Rock, AR
Christopher M. McDonald, Walsworth Franklin Bevins & McCall, Orange, CA
Christopher Madeksho, The Madeksho Law Firm, Houston
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Formaldehyde
• Levels of Safe vs. Unsafe Exposures
• Regulations and Health Hazards
• Illnesses Caused by Exposure
John Kind, Ph.D., CTEH LLC, Little Rock, AR
Brett J. Young, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Pulmonary Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes
• What are Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)?
• Who is Using Them and How are They Being Used?
• General Toxicology of CNTs
• Pulmonary Toxicology of Carbon Nanotubes
• Are CNT’s the New Asbestos?
Janci Chunn Lindsay, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Principal Consultant, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., Houston
Jeff T. Cook, CIH, CSP, CIC, Senior Consultant, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., Houston
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
PM2.5: Health and Legal Issues
Martin D. Barrie, J.D., Ph.D., Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The New EPA Report on Lymphohematopoietic Neoplasia
• Insights into the Etiology, Origins and Risks of Leukemia-Inducing Agents
• The Agents and Mechanisms Involved in the Induction of Acute Myeloid Leukemias by Chemical Agents
David A. Eastmond, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA
Tynan Buthod, Baker Botts, Houston
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Day 2, Tuesday, December 04, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Refractory Ceramic Fibers and Cancers
James M. Weathersby, Evert Weathersby Houff, Atlanta
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Diacetyl and The Litigation
Raphael Metzger, The Metzger Law Firm, Long Beach, CA
Thomas J. Tobin, Gordon & Rees LLP, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hydro-Fracking
• The Basic Risks
• Toxicology and Litigation Issues
Stacy K. Yates, Coats Rose, Houston
James A. Collura, Coats Rose, Houston
Scott R. Jennette, Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy, LLP, Rochester, NY
Deborah Proctor, ToxStrategies, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA