#  A Conversation with Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA Commissioner, 2009-2015 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **December 17, 2015** 

 12:30PM - 01:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East ABC (2nd floor), 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

Please join the Petrie-Flom Center for a conversation with former FDA Commissioner (and former New York City Health Commissioner), Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, led by Peter Barton Hutt, former Chief Counsel to FDA and current Senior Counsel at Covington &amp; Burling LLP and Lecturer on Law at HLS. Topics discussed will include FDA’s role and the changing scientific, legal, political, and economic landscape; the overlap of science, innovation, and cost regarding biomedical products; food safety and nutrition; challenges of globalization, and more.  
  
**Speakers:**

- ***Margaret A. Hamburg***, Commissioner of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, 2009-2015

- **Peter Barton Hutt**, Covington &amp; Burling and Harvard Law School

  
This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and registration is required. [Register now!](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__events.constantcontact.com_register_event-3Fllr-3Djb84h4cab-26oeidk-3Da07ebl1nd9uca242044&d=CwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=OyLCeamb-792r0mDmEPlznICanPJjNHKbLAl0btfDmo&m=1bC-IKBe_n1kOB7zj5BzJwupRXiGSQs1YcOOupIhj_Q&s=67wVDqphiy_JO87OqgOpZVV0jsO987jWNO7_aZGR-Fk&e=)  
  
Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, with support from the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Bioethics/Health Law ](/event-disease-area/bioethicshealth-law)
- [ Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics ](/event-type/petrie-flom-center-health-law-policy-biotechnology-and-bioethics)
 
 

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