This runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Ave. Agenda to follow. Register here.

This week’s events: The USDA won’t tell Congress the names of the stores or companies that received their share of the 143 million pounds of recalled meat; one of the packing plant’s employees, who makes $9 per hour, has been indicted for animal cruelty; and the role of the Humane Society in all of this is now called into question. Stay tuned.