We’ll be joined by senior communications staff from groups like the National Pharmaceutical Council, the National Health Council, AdvaMed and the National Community Pharmacists Association. This is an informal gathering that will give us a chance to meet and mingle.

Join the Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists for a panel discussion featuring the vice president and chief pharmacy officer for the Resource Group at Ascension and a researcher who examines the effects of government policies and social phenomena with a focus on the health sector.

In some ways, nuclear power has never looked better — or worse. In an age of climate change and growing energy demands, the world needs low-carbon fuel sources, and nuclear delivers electricity without the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels. Can nuclear power be considered a form of “green” energy? In the wake of Fukushima, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl, can it be reliable and safe?

Journalists who cover energy, business, health, and the environment are invited to this workshop covering the risks and benefits of nuclear energy for health care, research, and power generation.