SUN 9/21

Academy of Natural Sciences

7PM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

The Making of the Fittest: the Exquisite DNA Record of Evolution
Sean B. Carroll, University of Wisconsin, Madison

MON 9/22

7:30AM - 12:30PM

Plenary Sessions

8:15

Welcome and Introduction

8:30-9:15

Session I: Philosophy; History of Genetics
Demystifying the Mythical Mendel
Daniel Fairbanks, University of Mass, Amherst

9:15-10:00

A History of the Particulate Units of Inheritance
Evelyn Fox Keller, Mass Inst of Tech (MIT)

10:00-10:45

Genes and God: Explaining Life, Mind, Morality and Religion
John Haught, Georgetown University

11:00-11:45

Session II: Biodiversity & Evolution
The Discovery of Life on Earth
David Hillis, University of Texas

11:45-12:30

Genomes, Brains and Computers: Genetics in relation to the evolution of information storage and processing devices
David C. Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute

12:30-1:30

Lunch

MON 9/22

1:30 - 5:30PM

Plenary Sessions

1:30-2:15

Session III: Genomics & Medicine
Genetics and Genomics for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Pamela Sklar, MGH, Harvard Medicine

2:15-3:00

The Coriell Personalized Medicing Collaborative: An Evidence-Based Study on the Clinical Utility of Personal Genome Information
Michael Christman, Coriell Institute

3:15-4:00

Session IV: Ethical, Legal, and Social Impact of Genetics
Genetics and the Human Future: The View from Twenty Years of ELSI
Tom Murray, Hastings Center

4:00-4:45

The End of Behavioral Genetics?
Matthew McGue, University of Minnesota

4:45-5:30

How Art and Literature Can Contribute to Genetic Policy
Lori Andrews, Chicago-Kent School of Law

MON 9/22

5:30 - 6:15PM

Panel Discussion

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Reception

Villanova

7:00PM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Confronting Paley's Ghost: Charles Darwin and the Evolutionary Design of Life
Kenneth Miller, Brown University

Tent

8:00-10:00

Dinner and Dessert Buffet

TUES 9/23

7:30 - 11:45AM

Plenary Sessions

Villanova Connelly Center

7:30-8:15

Continental Breakfast

8:15

Introduction

8:30-9:15

Session V: Biotech & Pharmaceutical
Drug Development in the Genomic Era: Can modern genetic tools revolutionize the development of new medicines?
Nicholas Dracopoli, Johnson & Johnson

9:15-10:00

The Rotovirus Vaccine developed at CHOP
Paul Offit", Children's Hospital of PA (CHOP)

10:15-11:00

Session VI: Genetics, Agriculture, & Global Sustainability
Twenty-First Century Agriculture and the Challenges of Sustainability
Michael Schechtman, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

11:00-11:45

Developing Plant Breeding Capacity to Meet Global Challenges in Sustainable Agricultural Production
Vernon Gracen, Cornell University

TUES 9/23

11:45AM - 12:30PM

Panel Discussion

12:30-1:30

Lunch

TUES 9/23

1:30 - 5:00PM

Faculty Papers

1:30-1:55

Mendel and Genetics in American High Schools: A Brief Survey of Content Standards in Twelve States
Rachel Rubin-Green, M.S., Culver City High School, Culver City , CA 90230

1:55-2:20

Finding Gregor Mendel's Original Documents
A Conversation with Laryl Lee Delker and Peter Dodson

2:20-2:45

Genomics and the Changing Paradigm of Health Care: Are We Prepared?
Suzanne Tracey Zamerowski, Ph.D, R.N., Villanova University College of Nursing

2:45-3:10

The Evolution, Status, and Future of Forensic DNA Technology in the United States
Lawrence A. Presley, M.S., M.A., D-ABC, Assistant Professor and Director, Graduate Forensic Science Program, Arcadia University

3:10-3:35

Genetics and Nanotechnology (Nanogenetics): social and Moral Implications
Rick Eckstein, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Sally Scholz, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, and Randy Weinstein, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Villanova University

3:35-4:00

Implications of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
Rev. James J. McCartney, O.S.A., Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Villanova University; and Michael P. Moreland, J.D., Villanova University School of Law

4:00-4:25

Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Genetic Counselors' Attitudes and Practices
Carolyn B. Heuer, Arcadia University, Elissa R. Levin, Navigenics, Curtis R. Coughlin, II, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Laura J. Conway, Arcadia University

4:25-4:50

Prenatal Genetic Counseling Referral Perceptions in English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients
Amanda Dewys M.S., Christina Armeli M.S., C.G.C, Gabriela Segal M.A., Kathryn Spitzer Kim M.S., C.G.C.

TUES 9/23

7:00 - 9:00PM

Theatrical Production