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Appendix C Workshop Agenda Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices Workshop August 7-9, 2007 The National Academies Keck Center, Room 100 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Open Session Room 100 9:00 am Call to order  Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder Committee Chair 9:20 Perspective on Gaps in Research Needs Emilie van Deventer, World Health Organization 9:40 Questions and comments 57 

58 APPENDIX C Session 1: Exposure and Dosimetry 9:50 Introduction by Moderator, Rüdiger Matthes Om Gandhi, Rapporteur 9:55 Exposure Systems Presentation Gernot ���������������������������������� Schmid, �������������������������� Austrian Research Centers GmbH – ARC,��������������������� Seibersdorf, Austria 10:15 Questions and comments 10:20 Dosimetry Presentation  Soichi Watanabe, National Institute of Information and Com- munications Technology, Tokyo, Japan 10:40 Questions and comments 10:45 Comments on Exposure Issues Ray Neutra, California State Department of Health 11:05 Questions and comments 11:10 Exposure Assessment  Bowman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Joe Health 11:30 Questions and comments 11:35 Panel Discussion—Session 1 Presenters and Moderator 12:00 pm LUNCH in Refectory Session 2: Epidemiology 1:15 Introduction by Moderator, Leeka Kheifets Naoko Ishibe, Rapporteur 1:20 Cancer Epidemiology  Dan Krewski, University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada 1:40 Questions and comments 

APPENDIX C 59 1:45 Noncancer Epidemiology  Anssi Auvinen, Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland 2:05 Questions and comments 2:10 Epidemiology Methods  Peter Inskip, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute 2:30 Questions and comments 2:35 Panel Discussion—Session 2 Presenters and Moderator 3:05 Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs (see sign-up sheet) 4:00 Adjourn Open Session for the Day Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Open Session Room 100 8:30 am Call to order  Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, Committee Chair Session 3: Human Laboratory Session 8:45 Introduction by Moderator, Leeka Kheifets Maila Hietanen, Rapporteur 8:50 Sleep, Cognition  Rodney Croft, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, S ­ winburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia 9:10 Questions and comments 

60 APPENDIX C 9:15 EHS and Well-being Martin Roosli, University of Bern, Switzerland 9:30 Questions and comments 9:35 Human Peripheral and Central Auditory and Cardiovascular Systems  Paolo Ravazzani,�������������������������������������������� Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy 9:50 Questions and comments 9:55 Panel Discussion—Session 3 Presenters and Moderator Session 4: Mechanisms 10:25 Introduction by Moderator, Frank Barnes Rüdiger Matthes, Rapporteur 10:35 Biology  Joe Roti Roti, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, W ­ ashington University, St. Louis, MO 10:55 Questions and comments 11:00 Biophysics Guglielmo D’Inzeo, Department of Electronic Engineering, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy 11:20 Questions and comments 11:25 Need for Models to Improve Our Understanding of Electro- magnetic Effects on Biological Systems.  James Weaver (via telephone), Harvard/Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technol- ogy, Cambridge 11:40 Questions and comments 11:45 Panel Discussion—Session 4 Presenters and Moderator 12:15 pm LUNCH in Refectory 

APPENDIX C 61 Session 5: Animal and Cell Biology 1:15 Introduction by Moderator, Bernard Veyret David McCormick, Rapporteur 1:20  Vivo—Animal and Cell Biology In  Zenon Sienkiewicz, Health Protection Agency, Radiation Pro- tection Division, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK 1:40 Questions and comments 1:45  Vivo—Animal and Cell Biology In  Henry Lai, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1:55 Questions and comments 2:00  Vivo—Animal Studies In  Chiyoji Ohkubo, Department of Environmental Biology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan 2:10 Questions and comments 2:15  Vitro—Animal and Cell Biology In  Vijayalaxmi, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas (retired) 2:35 Questions and comments 2:40  Vitro—Animal and Cell Biology In  Dariusz Leszczynski, STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland 2:50 Questions and comments 2:55 Panel Discussion—Session 5 Presenters and Moderator 3:30 Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs 4:00 Adjourn Open Session for the Day 

62 APPENDIX C Thursday, August 9, 2007 Open Session Room 100 9:00 am Call to order  Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, Committee Chair Overarching Issues and Identification of Research Needs Introduction of topic: 5 minutes Open discussion: 15 minutes 9:15 Effects of Short-term vs. Long-term Exposure  Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder 9:35 Local vs. Whole-Body Exposure Om Gandhi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 9:55 How Can the Knowledge of Biological Effects from Cur- rent Signal Types and Exposure Patterns Be Extrapolated to Emerging Exposure Scenarios? R  üdiger Matthes, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Oberschleißheim, Germany 10:15 Are There Any Biological Effects That Are Not Caused by an Increase in Tissue Temperature (Nonthermal Effects)?  Bernard Veyret, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac cedex, France 10:35 Does RF Exposure Alter (synergize, antagonize, or potentiate) the Biological Effects of Other Chemical or Physical Agents? David McCormick, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 10:55 Differences in Risk to Children  Leeka Kheifets, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California 

APPENDIX C 63 11:15 Differences in Risk to Other Subpopulations Such as Elderly and Individuals with Underlying Disease States Maila Hietanen, FIOH, Helsinki, Finland 11:35 Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs 12:05 pm Adjourn Open Session