8:15-9:00 AM – Towards a Zero-Carbon Future: Reducing Environmental Impact in Laboratory Operations
Scott Weitze, MS, My Green Lab
9:00-9:50 AM – UGA Laboratory Sustainability: A Success Story
Star Scott, University of Georgia
9:50-10:20 AM – Break with Exhibitors
10:20-11:05 AM – Modern Lab Design: The Power of Zero
Jacob Werner, AIA, LEED, WELL, CPHC, Ellenzweig
11:05-11:55 AM – Modern Technologies in Animal Research Facilities
Marc Hulin, DVM, ACLAM, LAM&S Consulting
11:55-1:20PM – Lunch/Visit Exhibitors
K. Renee Horton, PhD, Armstrong Flight Research Center,NASA
9:00-9:50 AM – Panel: Hiring / Retention / Worker Shortage
Sherrie Jean, DVM, DACLAM, Comparative Medicine Branch, CDC
L. Casey Chosewood, MD, MPH, NIOSH, CDC
9:50-10:20 AM – Break with Exhibitors
10:20-11:05 AM – Artificial Intelligence: How Do We Utilize it?
Jay Vietas, PhD, MS, CIH, CSP, NIOSH, CDC
11:10-11:55 AM – AI’s Role in Biosafety Training
Imke Schroeder, PhD, Center for Laboratory Safety, University of California
11:55-1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00-2:00 PM – Tech Talks / Poster Session
8:30-8:45 AM – Thinking of the Future: Thought Exercise
8:45-9:30 AM – Spaceflight Microbiology: Mitigating Health and Habitat Risks while Living and Working in Space
C. Mark Ott, PhD, Microbiology Laboratory, NASA
9:30-9:50 AM – Break
9:50-11:45AM – Pathogens of the Future
CDR Brian Harcourt, PhD, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, CDC
Zachary Weiner, PhD, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, CDC
Christina Hutson, PhD, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, CDC
Ann M. Powers, PhD, Arboviral Diseases, CDC
C. Todd Davis, MSPH, PhD, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
