Agenda
Friday, November
16
Welcome |
7:30-8:30 am |
Coffee, Registration, Payment
for sandwiches |
8:30-8:35 am |
Welcome and Statement of Purpose
Kerry Dearfield, Food Safety and Inspection Service |
Session
1 |
Interface Between
Risk Assessment and Economics |
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Moderator:
Kerry Dearfield, Food Safety and Inspection
Service |
8:35-9:05 am |
Integrating
Risk Assessment and Economics
Richard Williams, George Mason University |
9:05-9:35 am |
Economic
Valuation Methods: COI, VSL, WTP & QALY
Al McGartland, Environmental Protection Agency |
9:35-9:50 am |
Common Misperceptions
of Cost/Benefit Analysis
for Public and Private Decision Making
Cristina McLaughlin, Food and Drug Administration |
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Q&A from
attendees (10 min) |
Session 2 |
Food Safety Valuation
Using the Willingness to Pay Method |
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Moderator:
Cristina McLaughlin, Food and Drug Administration |
10:15-10:45 am |
New Willingness
to Pay Estimates of the Demand for
Food Safety
James Hammitt, Harvard University |
11:00-11:20 am |
Using COI
and WTP Methods to Estimate the Societal
Costs of Foodborne Illness
Tanya Roberts, Economic Research Service |
11:20-11:30 am |
Discussant: Joseph
Cooper, Economic Research Service |
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Q&A from attendees
(10 min) |
11:40-12:30
pm |
LUNCH – ERS will be providing mixed sandwiches and
drinks at a cost of $15 to attendees, due at
the registration desk on the morning of the
conference. |
Session
3 |
Food
Safety Valuation Using the Quality Adjusted
Life Years Method |
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Moderator:
Tanya Roberts, Economic Research Service |
12:30-1:00 pm |
WTP & QALY
Methods at FDA to Estimate the Societal
Costs of Foodborne Illness
Angela Lasher, Food and Drug Administration |
1:00-1:20 pm |
Using
QALYS to Evaluate Chronic Sequelae:
Case of Arthritis
David Zorn, Food and Drug Administration
|
1:20-1:35 pm |
Discussant for
all papers: Dom Mancini, Office
of Management and Budget |
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Q&A from attendees
(10 min) |
Session
4 |
Private
Economic Incentives for Pathogen Control |
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Moderator:
Robert McDowell, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service |
2:10-2:35 pm |
Risk-Based
Optimization of the Danish Swine Salmonella
Control Program
Scott Hurd, Iowa State University |
2:35-2:55 pm |
Economic
Incentives in Mandatory vs. Voluntary
Meat Food Safety Standards
Gary Weber, Gary Weber and Associates |
2:55-3:05 pm |
Discussant for
all papers: Mike Ollinger, Economic
Research Service |
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Q&A from attendees
(10 min) |
Session
5 |
Roundtable:
Role of Economics in Pathogen Control Regulations |
3:15-4:20
pm |
Moderator
and Speaker: Jim Schaub, Office
of Risk Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis
in USDA.
Daniel Engeljohn, Food Safety and Inspection
Service
Robert Buchanan, Food and Drug Administration/CFSAN
Al McGartland, Environmental Protection Agency |
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Q&A from attendees
(10 min) |
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Wrap-up
Remarks |
4:30 pm |
Kerry Dearfield,
Food Safety and Inspection
Service |
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