| Session 1: Sunday 7 pm |
POLICY OVERVIEW AND PROBLEM DEFINITION |
Discussion Leader: RADM Paul Busick
Special Advisor to the President for Gulf War Illness
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Dr. Ken Alibek
Program Manager, Battele Formerly First Deputy Director of Biopreparat (the civilian arm of the Soviet Union's biological weapons program) |
“Technological and Application Properties of Biological Weapons” |
BG John Doesburg
Commander General CBDCOM |
“ The Impact of Biological and Chemical Weapons on Homeland Defense - Policy and Technology Changes” |
Dr. Bruce Hoffman
St. Andrews University, UK
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“Terrorism and WMD”
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Ms. Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
National Security Council
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| Session 2: Monday 8:30 am |
FIRST RESPONDER CONCERNS and TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS |
Discussion Leader: Nick Carwright
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Mr. Bill Clark
Public Health Service |
"National Disaster Program for Responding to CB Incidents" |
Bat. Chief Raymond Downey
Commander, Special Operations Fire Department, City of New York
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Dr. Susan Hallowell
FAA Sec R&D Service
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Dr. Robert James
Support Contractor, CBIRF
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“CBIRF Program Review”
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| Session 3: Monday 7 pm |
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF DETECTION |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. Stephen Morse, DARPA/DSO
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Dr. John Ezzell, Ph.D
Chief, Special Pathogens Branch USAMRIID |
"Distinguishing Biological Attacks from Anxiety Attacks" |
Dr. Gregory Kovacs
Stanford University |
"Hybrid Biosensors for Detection of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents" |
Dr. Dave Franz
Southern Research Institute
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"From Cold-War Biodefense to Homeland Defense: A Changing Role for Medical Diagnostics" |
| Session 4: Tuesday 8:30 am |
CONTINUOUS DETECTION & MONITORING |
Discussion Leader: Dr. Mohyee Eldefrawi
University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Dr. Arthur Sedlacek
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
"Detecting Chemicals - Near and Far" |
Dr. James J. Valdez
Edgewood Arsenal |
"Antibodies in Biological Detection" |
Dr. David R. Walt
Tufts University |
"Lessons From the Olfactory System Applied to Chemical Sensing
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Dr. Jeff Brinker
Sandia National Laboratories |
"Enhancing Sensor Capability to Detect Air or Water Borne Molecules"
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| Session 5: Tuesday 7 pm |
FORENSIC DETECTION |
| Discussion Leader: Dean Fetterolf, FBI, Unit Chief, Forensic Science Research Unit
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Dr. Karen Wahl
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
"Pathogen identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry" |
Dr. Paul Jackson
Los Alamos National Labs |
"Extraction from, and PCR and AFLP-based Detection of Potential Biological Warfare Agents and their Remnants in Complex Samples" |
CDR William Nelson
M.D.
U.S. Navy Medical Corps
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"Seven tears experience in the development and use of molecular techniques for the analysis of biological warfare agents in forensic and environmental samples" |
| Session 6: Wednesday 8:30 am |
GOVERNMENT R&D PROGRAMS |
| Discussion Leader: Mr. Jeff David, Office of Special Technology
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Ms. Tracy Cronin
Technical Support Working Group, DOD |
"Chem/Bio Programs." |
Dr. Page Stoutland
Department of Energy (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
"DOE Chemical/Biological Non-Proliferation Program |
Dr. Peter L. Nacci
Joint Program Steering Group |
"DOJ/DARPA Joint Research Programs." |
Dr. Mildred Donlon
DARPA
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"DARPA's Bio-Sensor Program"
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| Session 7: Wednesday 7:00 pm |
IMPROVISED CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEVICES |
| Discussion Leader: Ms. Julie Wigton, Counter Terrorist Center
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Dr. Eileen Choffnes
Environmental Protection Agency |
"Readily Available Chem/Bio Agents and Effects On Humans"
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Mr. Peter Collins
Forensic Science Laboratory Perth, Australia
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"The Forensic Investigation of the Suspected Use of Chemical Warfare Agents in Western Australia" |
Dr. Neelam Gupta
Army Research Lab
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"Application of Acoustic-Optic Tunable Filters (AOTF) for Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents" |
| Session 8: Thursday 8:30 am |
NONINTRUSIVE DETECTION FOR SEALED CONTAINERS |
| Discussion Leader: Major Jon Pool, CBDCOM
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Dr. Myron Block
Optix LP |
"Detection within sealed glass containers." |
Dr. Richard A. Pappas
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
"Acoustic Detection of Chemical Weapons Concealed In Containers."
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Dr. A.J. Caffrey
Idaho National Engineering Lab |
"Field Identification of Suspect Containers by Neutron Integration" |
| Session 9: Thursday 7 pm |
PANEL DISCUSSION: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND DETECTION SCIENCE |
| Discussion Leader: Mr. John Pennella, DoD, Naval Sea Systems Command
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- John Reingruber , Department of Defense
- John Daly, Department of Transportation
- Dr. Paul Schaudies, Science Applications International Corporation
- Dr. Zvika Liron, Israel Biological Research Institute
- Andrew Gould, UK Ministry of Defence
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