S[UAI] RA Forum on regulatory peer review

From: Daniel Byrd (ctraps@radix.net)
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 22:09:17 PDT

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    CONFLICT, CONSENSUS, AND CREDIBILITY: A FORUM ON
    REGULATORY PEER REVIEW
    May 29, 2002 - Sheraton Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia

    The Society for Risk Analysis presents a one-day Forum devoted not only
    to raising these questions, but also answering them. Experts from
    diverse backgrounds and perspectives will discuss the major complaints
    that have arisen about regulatory peer review. More importantly, they
    will offer constructive solutions for the problems they see. Our
    objective is to discover workable remedies that will assist in resolving

    these disputes while clarifying the important role of science in the
    policy-making process.

    In the morning, distinguished authorities will describe similarities and

    key differences between academic peer review and regulatory peer review.

    In addition, a clear distinction will be made between regulatory peer
    review and other kinds of science advice and public comment. A panel of

    seasoned veterans of science-based regulatory decision-making will
    identify specific problems in regulatory peer review that impede its
    effectiveness or undermine its legitimacy. In the afternoon, they will
    present equally specific ideas about how these problems could be fixed.
    The day will conclude with an overview and discussion of how solutions
    to the problems align with the various goals regulatory peer review
    attempts to meet.

    For a complete program or registration information go to www.sra.org
    and print out the pdf file. Or call SRA headquarters at 703-790-1745.

    ---
    Daniel M. Byrd III, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
    Deputy Director
    Life Sciences Research Office
    9650 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD  20814-3998
    



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