Agenda

Ethical Guidelines for External Support of University Iniatives in Food Safety and Food System Protection

May 11-12, 2006
University of Minnesota
Sponsored by:
Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
National Center for Food Protection and Defense
Consortium on Law and Values in Health Environment and the Life Sciences

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Overview
Shaun Kennedy, Deputy Director
National Center for Food Protection and Defense

Introduction
R.T. Mulcahy, Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota

Novel Approaches for External Funding
for External Funding of Unviersity Activities

William Hueston, Professor and Director, Center for Animal Health and Food Safety University of Minneosta

Mike Doyle, Professor and Director, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia

Jerry Gillespie, Director, The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California, Davis

Industry/Academic Partnerships -  The New Corporate Research and Development

Doug Johnson, Director, Office of Business Development, University of Minnesota

Academic and Corporate Relations

Dick Sommerstad, Director, Academic & Corporate Relations Center, Office of Business Development, University of Minnesota

Legal Considerations in New Funding and Partnership Models

Mark Bohnhorst, Associate General Counsel, University of Minnesota

Ethics in External Funding of University Activities-A Study in Real and Perceived Conflict of Interest

Robert Cipolle, Professor and Director, Peters Institute of Pharmaceutical Care, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota

Guidelines for Ethical External Funding

Jeff Kahn, Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota

Breakout Groups - Defining the Models

A. Private Sector Funding
B. Private Sector Partnerships
C. University Spin-outs
D. Non-Traditional Public Sector Funding

Summary/Wrap-up