NCT
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CBRNe USA 2015
Title To make this world a safer and more secure place
Welcome to NCT CBRNe USA 2015! Distinguished guests and friends, We are honored to welcome an exceptional group of CBRN experts and leaders from the government, military, industry, and scientific community at the NCT CBRNe USA 2015, held next to the decision-making heart of the United States of America, Washington DC. We are grateful to our friends and event partners at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. These three organizations showcase the dual nature of CBRN responses: study globally, prepare locally. The United States of America continues to take a leading role when it comes to countering global threats which are as nuanced as rogue regimes, terrorist threats, but also infectious diseases. Controlling the Ebola virus is proving to be a demanding operation, continuously claiming the lives of many worldwide. The US Armed Forces are playing a significant role in this asymmetrical combat. On the other hand, terrorist organizations, such as the Islamic State, are growing in numbers and are increasingly exerting their negative influence on international stability and security. Preventing these organizations from obtaining or using WMDs is vital and should be at the top of the priority list of world leaders. It is therefore crucial to equip our first responders and defense professionals with the best possible equipment and training to fight and respond to CBRNe threats. However it remains a challenging task in a fast changing environment to combine these efforts, both on the local and international stage. NCT CBRNe USA aims to be exactly that, a useful platform for experts, facilitating such coordination in order to effectively face the menaces of CBRN threats. For the first time, an Innovation Stream will run in parallel with the Conference Stream, exploring novel solutions to non-conventional challenges. A wide spectrum of topics - ranging from CBRNe capabilities in Myanmar to the Medical Preparedness and Consequence Management- ensures an all-encompassing business, networking and informative experience. As IB Consultancy has previously successfully proven in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East, we are committed to creating a platform for a lively and engaged CBRN community, while making this world a safer and more secure place. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that I would like to officially welcome you to NCT CBRNe USA 2015! Yours sincerely,
Ilja M. Bonsen Managing Director IB Consultancy
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Table of Contents Program Overview 4 Day 1: Wednesday 29 April
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Day 2: Thursday 30 April 7 Day 3: Friday 1 May 9 Editorial: Counter-Agroterrorism: Understanding
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and Responding to the Threat Speakers 14 Floorplan 26 Sponsors 27 Exhibitors 28 Media Partners 33 NCT CBRNe Awards 34 NCT 2015 Events Planning 35 About NCT Events 36
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Wednesday
Program Overview 15:00
Live Demonstration - Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (Sheraton Parking Lot)
16:30
Icebreaker Drinks Reception (Sheraton Hotel)
Friday
Thursday
Conference Stream Ballroom A
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Innovation Stream Ballroom 8
08:00
Registration and Networking
09:00
CBRN Threat Environments and Respective Capability Building Measures: An Assessment
11:30
Coffee and Networking Break
Coffee and Networking Break
12:00
CBRN Defense and Consequence Management: From Prevention to Response
Psychological and Societal Effects of CBRN Events
13:30
Lunch and Networking Break
Lunch and Networking Break
14:30
CBRN State Of The Art: An Overview Of Projects
New Approaches in Training and Simulation, and Experiences from Lessons Learned from (International) Exercises and Simulations
16:00
Coffee and Networking Break
Coffee and Networking Break
16:30
Introductions Into New Measures To Enhance Chemical And Biological Safety
The Effects of Emerging Technology on the Threat of CBRN Attacks
18:00
Close of Conference Day
08:30
Registration and Networking
09:00
Medical Preparedness and Diagnostics: CBRN Crisis Management in the United States
Development of New Technologies and Products for Personal Protection and the Role of the Non-Professional in CBRNe Defense
10:30
Coffee and Networking Break
Coffee and Networking Break
11:00
Live Demonstration led by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
12:30
Lunch and Networking Break
Lunch and Networking Break
13:30
Case Studies for CBRN Detection and Forensics
CBRN Response in Densely Populated Areas
15:30
Coffee and Networking Break
Coffee and Networking Break
16:00
Case Studies for CBRN Response and Recovery
Countering WMD Proliferation and CBRN Terrorism
17:30
Closing of the conference
Closing of the conference
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Day 1: Wednesday 29 April 15:00 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department CBRN Demonstration The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departments Hazardous Materials Response Team (HMRT) consists of 250 personnel with responsibility of providing response to Hazardous Materials and CBRNE events within the 400 square miles of Fairfax County, Virginia. The two main response units are housed at Fire Station 440 centrally located within Fairfax County. There are four additional satellite Hazardous Materials Rescue Companies which are strategically located across the county to provide additional capabilities and personnel during a hazardous materials incident. All of the units within the team are staffed with 1 officer and 4 Certified Hazardous Materials Technicians. Because we are located within the Washington Metropolitan Area, the team frequently has the opportunity to work jointly with other jurisdictions and our Federal Partners on both Hazardous Materials Events and CBRNE Events. The Fairfax County HMRT will be providing a static demonstration and set up on its capabilities to respond a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive events. An overview of their detection and monitoring capabilities, dressing capabilities, sampling, evidence collection and the decontamination of personnel and citizens will be explained. The main hazmat units will also be available for viewing along with one of the national capital decontamination trailers.
16:30 Icebreaker Drinks Reception Sponsored by Bruker Detection, we are happy to invite you for the NCT Icebreaker Drinks Reception.
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Innovation Stream NCT CBRNe USA is innovating! IB Consultancy in cooperation with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland introduce the Call for Papers for the Innovation Stream. The full papers of the accepted abstracts will be presented in the Innovation Stream and all papers are published on CBRNePortal.com The submitted abstracts have been evaluated by the NCT Scientific Committee, and we would like to thank them again for their efforts. NCT Scientific Committee: nnProf. Gary Ackerman, Director, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism And Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, USA (Chair) nnMs. Susan Klinker, IB Consultancy (Secretary), The Netherlands nnProf. Igor Khripunov, Distinguished Fellow of the Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, USA nnDr. Dana Perkins, Senior Science Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA nnDr. Hillary Carter, Senior Advisor for Biosecurity, Department of State, USA nnMr. Richard Pappas, Foreign Affairs Specialist, Second Line of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA nnMr. Stephen Malone, Director, Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC), USA nnMr. Guy Roberts, Principal Consultant, IB Consultancy, The Netherlands nnMr. Ilja Bonsen, Managing Director, IB Consultancy, The Netherlands
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Day 2: Thursday 30 April Registration and networking in the NCT CBRNe USA Exhibition. OPENING PLENARY: CBRN THREAT ENVIRONMENTS AND RESPECTIVE CAPABILITY BUILDING MEASURES: – AN ASSESSMENT 09:00 Welcome by IB Consultancy and Conference Chair Guy Roberts, Principle Consultant, IB Consultancy, USA 09:15 Welcome Remarks
10:00 US capability building for International CBRNe Threat Reduction
Thursday
08:00 Welcome and registration
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator of Threat Reduction Programs, U.S. Department of State, USA 10:30 Transformation of Requirements for International CBRN Defense: a Military Perspective
Brig. Gen. James Burton, Commander, U.S. Army 20th CBRNe Support Command, USA
11:00 Chemical and Biological Defense: An Integrated Layered Approach
Dr Gary Ackerman, Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology Division, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), USA
CDR Franca Jones, Acting Principal Deputy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, USA
09:30 Building up CBRNe Capabilities in Myanmar
11:30 Morning Refreshments and Networking
H.E. Prof Dr Aung Kyaw Myat, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Conference Stream
Innovation Stream
SESSION I: CBRN DEFENSE AND CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT FROM PREVENTION TO RESPONSE
SESSION I: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIETAL EFFECTS OF CBRN EVENTS
12:00 Measures introduced to help mitigate the risk of Nuclear Terrorism
12:00 Dealing with the consequences of a collapse in economic activity and law and order after a viral pandemic
Eleanor Melamed, Deputy Director, Office of Global Material Security, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA 12:30 Capability Development for CBRNe at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Douglas Bruder, Director, Research and Development Enterprise, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, USA 13:00 CBRN Response Capabilities and Preparedness at EPA: Current State and the Way Forward Erica Canzler, Director, CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Division, Office of Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA
Dr. Drew Miller, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), USA
12:20 ISIS Use of Social Media as a Force Multiplier in U.S. Attacks Bruce Curley, Board Director, American Civil Defense Association, USA 12:40 Introduced Species as a Form of Biological Weapons (NIS-BW)
Dr. Lawrence Roberge, Professor, Labouré College, USA 13:00 Are We Prepared for the Next Infectious Disease? Robert Campbell, CEO/President, Alliance Solutions Group, USA
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Day 2: Thursday 30 April 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Lunch Break
Conference Stream
Innovation Stream
Thursday
SESSION II: CBRN STATE OF THE ART: AN OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS 14:30 JUPITR Biosurveillance Program in Korea
SESSION II: NEW APPROACHES IN TRAINING AND SIMULATION, AND EXPERIENCES FROM LESSONS LEARNED FROM (INTERNATIONAL) EXCERSISES AND SIMULATIONS
Dr Peter Emanuel, JUPITR ATD Team Lead and ECBC Biosciences Division Chief, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD), U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), USA
14:30 Organizing and Training for Combat CBRNE Hazards
15:00 Integrated Multiplex Assay and Sampling System
15:00 CRISMA Project Improving CBRN Training Using Models
Dr Shawn Feaster, Business Development Manager, BBI Detection LLC, USA
Chaim Rafalowski, Disaster Management and EU Projects Coordinator, Magen David Adom, Israel
15:30 Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence
15:30 Enhancing CBRNe Response with ScenarioBased Training
Col. Fred J. Burpo, U.S. Army 20th CBRN Support Command, USA
Christine Bent, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA
Rick C. Mathews, Director, National Center for Security and Preparedness (NCSP), USA
16:00 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
16:00 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
SESSION III: INTRODUCTIONS INTO NEW MEASURES TO ENHANCE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAFETY
SESSION III: THE EFFECTS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ON THE THREATS OF CBRN ATTACKS
16:30 The Integrated Chemical Safety and Security Program in Ukraine: An Introduction
16:30 The Threat of Agroterrorism and Zoonotic Diseases in the United States
Michael Luhan, Chief of Communications, International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security, USA and James Markarian, Senior Technical Advisor, International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security, USA
Gary Flory, Agricultural Program Manager, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, USA
17:00 DIY Biotechnology Risks and Opportunities for Enhanced Biosafety Dr Ellen Jorgensen, Executive Director, Genspace, USA KEYNOTE CLOSING ADDRESS 17:30 Enhancing CBRN Emergency Preparedness in the USA New York City as a case Senator Michael Balboni, former Homeland Security Czar and Founder of RedLand Strategies, USA
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17:00 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Maritime Security Lt. Oguz Güzeltas, Turkish Naval War College, Turkey
Day 3: Friday 1 May Conference Stream
Innovation Stream
CBRN CRISIS MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS AND DIAGNOSTICS
SESSION IV: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION AND THE ROLE OF THE NON-PROFESSIONAL IN CBRNE DEFENSE
Edward Gabriel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (PD-ASPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USA 09:30 The Role of Public Health Laboratories in CBRN Crisis Management Maureen Sullivan, Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Health, USA 10:00 Medical Preparedness for Large Scale Public Health Emergencies in Florida: the Cities Readiness Initiative Stephanie Anspaugh-Naples, CRI Coordinator, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Community Support, Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Florida Department of Health, USA 10:30 Morning Refreshments & Networking 11:00 LIVE DEMONSTRATION LED BY EPA
9:00 Entolimod, an Innovative Medical Radiation Countermeasure
Friday
09:00 Planning for the Unthinkable: Medical Countermeasure Planning for the Response to CBRNe Incidents
Dr. Michelle Ross, Senior Vice President of Public Health and Government Affairs, Cleveland BioLabs, USA
9:30 A Novel Device for Preventing Acute Radiation Syndrome in Emergency First Responders
Dr. Oren Milstein, Chief Scientific Officer, Stemrad Inc., USA 10:00 Threats and Realities of Synthetic Biology
Jonathon M. Marioneaux, MS Candidate, Biodefense Technology and WMD, George Mason University, USA
10:30 Morning Refreshments & Networking
The goal of remote sensing is to gather data from a safe or advantages location and rapidly relay this information to decision makers. The EPA ASPECT program accomplishes this goal by using state-of-the-art technologies mounted in a fixed-wing aircraft to provide near real time standoff chemical, radiological, and situational data in a form that is compatible with first responder needs and their command system. The successful integration of these technologies, combined with the fidelity and speed that situation data can be collected and processed, makes ASPECT the nation’s only aerial asset that delivers actionable intelligence about radiological or chemicals hazards and situational awareness to decision makers during a response. The ASPECT Program was initiated in 2001 and has deployed to over 150 CBRN related missions. The ASPECT program will host its first ever live demonstration of this unique federal asset by performing a radiological, photography, and chemical survey in Texas using the podium at the CBRN conference as the Tactical Operations Center. The mission will be managed as if it were a multi-hazard emergency occurring in Texas. The attendees will be part of the response and will have an opportunity to engage the ASPECT team as the mission evolves! The team will show attendees the steps it takes to run missions, view the data being collected on the aircraft, and witness the data processing and dissemination, all live! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see how EPA is leading the field to protect human health and the environment. Cpt. Dr. John Cardarelli II, CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Team, Office of Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA Dr. Mark J. Thomas, ASPECT Program Manager, CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Team, Office of Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA 12:30 Lunch and Networking
Day 3: Friday 1 May Conference Stream
Innovation Stream
13:30 Bioforensics and its role to enhance Bioterrorism Preparedness
13:30 Differential Excitation Spectroscopy: A New High-Specificity Technique for Threat Detection
Selwyn Jamison, Bioterrorism Prevention Program Manager, FBI WMD Directorate, USA
Dr. Boyd V. Hunter, Chief Technical Officer, Kestrel Corporation, USA
14:00 State of the Art CBRN Detection Solutions: – the Approach Made in Germany
14:00 Rapid Detection of Processed Uranium in Food
Friday
SESSION V: CASE-STUDIES FOR CBRN DETECTION AND FORENSICS
Alexander Mueller, Head of the Business Unit Defence Systems & Mobile Solutions, Bruker Daltonics GmbH, Germany
SESSION V: CBRN RESPONSE IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS
Dr. Abdur-Rafay Shareef, Chemist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), USA
14:30 Rapid Response to Radiological Terrorist Incidents
14:30 Countering Nuclear and Radiological Materials Illicit Trafficking Through Maritime Security Initiatives: Paper Tiger or Concrete Solution? A Case Study
Dr David Bowman, Director, Office of Emergency Response, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA
Steve Sin, Senior Researcher, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), USA
15:00 WMD Hazmat Response: SOPs and Capabilities at the USCG National Strike Force
15:00 Persistent Monitoring of Acyclic Low-level Chemical Effluents in Restricted Areas
Ken Pounds, Industrial Hygienist and Response Officer, Gulf Strike Team, U.S. Coast Guard, USA
Stephan Weeks, Principal Scientist, Special Technologies Laboratory, Department of Energy (DOE), USA
15:30 Afternoon Refreshments and Networking SESSION VI: CASE-STUDIES FOR CBRN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY 16:00 The Dirty Bomb Scenario: How real is the threat? Christopher Feder, Battalion Chief, Montgomery County Hazardous Materials Response Team, USA 16:30 Stockpiling of Medical Countermeasures & Radiological Public Health Emergencies Alexander Heyl, CEO, Heyltex Corporation, USA CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS 17:00 DHS Activities to Prevent, Protect Against, Respond to, and Recover from CBRN Terrorism Dr Gerald L. Epstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for CBRN Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USA
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15:30 Afternoon Refreshments and Networking SESSION VI: COUNTERING WMD PROLIFERATION AND CBRN TERRORISM 16:00 Mass Casualty Terrorism and CBRN Weapons Dr. Arabinda Arachiya, Professor, National Defense University, United States and Adjunct Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore 16:30 United Against a Common Enemy: Formation of International Alliances for the War on Terrorism the WMD Dimension Zamawang Almemar, MS Candidate, George Mason University Biodefense, USA 16:45 Determination of an Ideal Category A Agent for a Terrorist Attack Nicholas Mehfoud, MS Candidate, Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University, USA
Counter-Agroterrorism: Understanding and Responding to the Threat
by Gary Flory, Agricultural Program Manager, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality The food and agricultural sector is one of the easiest sectors of any nation’s economy to disrupt and its disruption could have catastrophic consequences both nationally and regionally. Both developing and developed countries will be impacted by a disease outbreak or agroterrorism attack. For countries with agriculture as a significant portion of their gross domestic product, disruptions anywhere along the food chain could lead to food insecurity and national instability in addition to the direct and indirect economic impacts. Yet in the context of CBRNe planning, preparations for a major biological emergency, whether naturally occurring or intentional, are often given less attention and allocated fewer resources than chemical or radiological events due to the reduced potential for a significant human death toll. However there are steps—some easily accomplished, others more difficult—that can be taken to mitigate the impact of disease outbreaks and agroterrorism activities.
FEASIBILITY OF AN AGROTERRORISM ATTACK A subset of bioterrorism, agroterrorism is the deliberate attempt to disrupt or destroy an agricultural industry or food supply by a variety of means including the introduction of a disease agent, either against livestock, crops or into the food chain, for the purposes of undermining stability and/or generating fear. Earlier this year, the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense concluded that the U.S. is unprepared for a biological weapons attack and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said that, “our government is delusional to think we can get by without a strong biodefense policy.” The history of bioterrorism confirms that naturally occurring disease agents such as plague, smallpox and anthrax are often used as weapons. Occurrences of reportable animal diseases published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) over the last 12-months include numerous disease events in the region including anthrax, low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), classical swine fever, foot and mouth disease
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(FMD), and Newcastle disease. The presence of these diseases increases the risk of an intentional introduction to an uninfected country or the unintentional introduction through a breach in biosecurity. Additionally, exploitable vulnerabilities exist throughout the entire food production system which can be difficult to manage. The vast nature of the food production system provides many opportunities for the introduction of disease agents. Other factors which make agriculture an attractive target include: §§Many highly contagious disease agents are endemic throughout the region §§Severe economic consequences of an attack §§Plant and animal pathogens are easier to acquire than human agents §§Little or no physical security at production facilities §§Farms are widely dispersed §§Disseminating plant or livestock pathogens presents less risk for the perpetrator §§The low cost and simplicity of delivery §§Incubations periods provide the opportunity for the disease to spread undetected and for the perpetrator to escape.
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HARDENING AGRICULTURAL TARGETS Adequately addressing the threat of agroterrorism requires action at many different levels. In recent years significant progress has been made to address food defense at the international, regional, national, and provincial levels. Efforts by OIE and the World Health Organization (WHO) have resulted in significant improvements in disease surveillance and reporting. Efforts to control H5N1 in Vietnam have shown how vaccination programs, modern disease reporting systems, movement control and an aggressive public awareness campaign can limit disease spread and save lives. Malaysia’s efforts to control the Nipah virus demonstrated the value of designating specific farming areas and the establishment of a national zoonotic disease committee to coordinate human and animal health efforts. Despite more than a decade of extraordinary effort by dedicated men and women focused on hardening agricultural and food production targets, there is one place where the level of preparedness remains virtually unchanged the farm. A culture of independence, shrinking profits, limited organizational support and the vast number of individual farms have conspired to impede the implementation of key physical and biosecurity measures.
Today the farm represents one of the greatest vulnerabilities in the entire food production system. However there are steps some easily accomplished, others more difficult to implement that can be taken to prevent agroterrorism attacks on the farm. Simple measures include: §§Limit access with fencing and locks §§Post signs to designate restricted areas and farm policies §§Keep all buildings and gates lock when not in use §§Pre-screen new employees §§Improve facility lighting §§Park vehicles away from livestock areas §§Isolate new animals from the main herd §§Train personnel to recognize disease signs and implement appropriate biosecurity procedures §§Build relationships and maintain contact information for: §§Herd veterinarians §§Government veterinarians §§Local law enforcement §§Public health officials §§Maintain an inventory of all animals on the farm §§Document and safely dispose of all animal mortality These are just a few of the simple measures that
can be taken to mitigate an individual farm’s vulnerability to an agroterrorism attack. Because the effectiveness of local, national or regional efforts is hampered if these on-farm vulnerabilities are not addressed, it is incumbent on all partners in the counter-agroterrorism effort to support on-farm mitigation measures. Additional efforts in the area of education, resources, and coordination may be key to preventing the next devastating agroterrorism attack. Gary A. Flory is the Agricultural Program Manager for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality where he provides leadership on numerous key issues within the nexus of agriculture, the environment and public health. He provides global, independent consulting, training and public speaking services in the areas of emerging infectious diseases, foreign animal diseases, counter-agroterrorism, One-Health, animal carcass disposal, and agricultural facility decontamination. Gary Flory is presenting at the Innovation Stream, Session III: The Effects of Emerging Technology on the Threats of CBRN Attacks, on Thursday 30 April at 16:30.
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Conference Speakers
Speakers
Dr. Gary Ackerman, Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology Division, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), USA Gary Ackerman is the director of the Special Projects Division of START and is responsible for integrating and incubating innovative research programs. He is also currently acting director of START’s Unconventional Weapons and Technology Research Program, where he manages large research projects, explores new avenues for research and establishes collaborative research relationships. Prior to taking up his current positions, Ackerman held the post of research director at START and the director of the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies, a private research and analysis institute. He has also served as the Director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism Research Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, Calif., and chief of operations of the South Africa-based African-Asian Society. Originally hailing from South Africa, Ackerman possesses an eclectic academic background, including past studies in the fields of mathematics, history, law and international relations. His research encompasses various areas relating to terrorism and counterterrorism, including terrorist threat assessment, motivations for using chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons, radicalization, the relationship between terrorism and technology and the modeling and simulation of terrorist behavior. He is the co-editor of and contributing author to “Jihadists and Weapons of Mass Destruction” (CRC Press, 2009), author of several articles on terrorism-related subjects and has testified on terrorist motivations for using nuclear weapons before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Stephanie Anspaugh-Naples, State Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator, Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Florida Department of Health, USA Stephanie Anspaugh-Naples is the State Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator for the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Preparedness and Response. Ms. Anspaugh-Naples started her career in public health at the local level with experience in STD, HIV, and hepatitis surveillance, epidemiology, and
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immunizations as well as public health preparedness. In her current role, Ms. Anspaugh-Naples oversees fourteen grant funded counties including program management, statewide planning, and coordination between local, state, and federal partners. Ms. Anspaugh-Naples earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of South Florida and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Emory University. She is happily married to her husband, Brian, and they have one daughter, Emily. Senator Michael Balboni, former Homeland Security Czar and Founder of RedLand Strategies, USA Former New York State Senator and Deputy Secretary of Public Safety under two New York State Governors, Michael Balboni is the President and Managing Director of RedLand Strategies, a consulting firm, based in New York City, that provides the expertise, experience and contacts necessary to help companies and government agencies position themselves to get through a crisis, improve business performance and maximize growth. RedLand’s suite of services include crisis management, disaster recovery, strategic communication, emergency planning, intelligence interpretation, business development, political guidance and risk management. The former Senator specializes in providing extensive experience in a broad range of homeland security and government relation’s issues. Through strong relationships with key decision makers inside the Department of Homeland Security and with lawmakers and their senior staff, Senator Balboni is able to get the right person for the right meeting with clients, both domestic and international. He sits at the intersection of government relations, crisis management, media strategy and homeland security. Michael Balboni provides advice for companies including but not limited to Oracle, Raytheon, CSX Transportation, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, 3VR Security, FJC Security, MSA Security as well as the County of Nassau, the Town of North Hempstead and the City of Long Beach. In addition, he advises several municipalities on matters ranging from emergency management to mass fatality planning and crime lab operations. Appointed Deputy Secretary for Public Safety in January 2007, Senator Balboni was the Senior Homeland Security and Law Enforcement official for the State of New York.
Dr. David Bowman, Director, Office of Emergency Response, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy , USA Dr. David Bowman is the Director for the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE/NNSA) Office of Emergency Response. The Office of Emergency Response is responsible for staffing, training, equipping, and exercising the Department’s response teams in the areas of nuclear/radiological search, render safe, and consequence management. From 2009-2011, Dr. Bowman was the Deputy Director within the Office of Emergency Response and he served as the DOE/NNSA Consequence Management Program Manager from 2005-2009. Prior to his employment at DOE Headquarters, Dr. Bowman was a radiological emergency responder, senior scientist, and project
manager at the Remote Sensing Laboratories in Las Vegas, NV and at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Dr. Bowman received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and is recognized by the American Academy of Health Physicists as a Certified Health Physicist. Douglas Bruder, Director, Research and Development, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, USA Douglas Bruder, a member of the senior executive service, is the director, Research and Development directorate (J9), DTRA’s research and development team that identifies and conducts innovative science and technology to deliver products and services that the combatant commanders, the armed services, and DTRA need to counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Prior to assuming this role, Bruder was the associate director for the agency’s combating WMD enterprise, where he was responsible for operational planning, operations center, and intelligence support, as well as the primary support organization for the commander, U.S. Strategic Command, in his mission to integrate and synchronize combating WMD efforts for the Department of Defense . From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Bruder served DTRA as the director, counter WMD technologies directorate, in the research and development enterprise, where he oversaw research and development programs responsible for hard target defeat, target awareness, battlespace awareness, combating terrorism, and DTRA field test activities. Previous DTRA positions that Bruder held include systems application division chief, hard target defeat branch chief, research manager for sea-based structure programs, and research manager for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) survivable basing programs. In 1994, Bruder became the agency’s counter proliferation liaison to the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs [ATSD (NCB)]. In 1996, he was assigned as a special assistant within ATSD (NCB), where he oversaw the counterforce portion of the counter proliferation support program. Mr. Bruder came to DTRA in 1990 from the Naval Sea Systems Command, where he worked in submarine design as a senior project engineer. In 1988 he was the technical director of the USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) submarine shock test. Mr. Bruder was awarded the 2007 Presidential Rank Award in the meritorious category, and the 2011 Presidential Rank Award in the distinguished category.
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Christine Bent, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA Christine Bent currently serves as the Deputy Director for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD). In this role, she is responsible for leading and overseeing NSDD’s efforts to build the capacity and commitment of its international partners to deter, detect and interdict the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radiological materials. Christine has worked with NSDD since 2007, supporting both implementation and sustainability efforts. Before joining SLD, Christine served as a Nonproliferation Graduate Fellow supporting the Office of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation from 2006-2007. Prior to joining NNSA, Christine worked as a Foreign Affairs Legislative Assistant for Representative Michael Capuano. In this position, Christine advised the Congressman on a range of foreign policy, immigration, and human rights issues and drafted legislation in these areas. Christine lives in Virginia with her husband and two young children. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University and a Master of Arts in International Security from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
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Brig. Gen. James Burton, Commanding General, U.S. Army 20th CBRN Support Command, USA Brig. Gen. JB Burton assumed command of the 20th CBRNE Command on May 29, 2013. BG Burton is the 5th commander of the United States Army 20th CBRNE Command. In this position, he is responsible for the manning, equipping, and training of more than 5,300 Soldiers and civilians assigned across two Explosive Ordnance Disposal Groups, one Chemical Brigade, and a CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity. Previous to his assumption of Command of the 20th CBRNE Command, he served as Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver of the 2nd Infantry Division in the Republic of Korea. His principle leadership assignments include Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and later Scout Platoon Leader in the 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry of the 7th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Ord, CA; Company Commander of a mechanized combined-arms team in 3rd Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division’s Tiger Brigade during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment (LANCER) of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood TX and Task Force Lancer in Kuwait during Operation Intrinsic Action; Commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (DAGGER) of the 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany and in Baghdad, Iraq from June 2005 through February 2008. BG Burton is a graduate of the Infantry Officer’s Basic Course, the Armored Officer’s Advanced Course, the United States Army’s Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the Naval War College. He holds Master’s Degrees in Human Resource Management, Military Arts and Sciences, and National Security and Strategy. BG Burton’s awards and decorations include the Silver Star Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit w/OLC, Bronze Star Medal w/OLC, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal w/7 OLC, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Naval Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal , Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Ranger Tab, Army Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, Army Staff Badge, and the Joint Staff Identification Badge.
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Erica Canzler, Director, CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA Ms. Erica Canzler works in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) Headquarters Office of Emergency Management (OEM), where she is the Director of the CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Divison (CMAD). The mission of CMAD is to provide scientific and technical expertise for all phases of CBRN consequence management (characterization, decontamination, clearance and waste management) and maintain a 24/7 field response component. Ms. Canzler also manages specialized cutting edge response assets such as mobile CWA labs and an aerial radiological and chemical real time assessment asset known as ASPECT that are available domestically and internationally in support of emergency response. She focuses on coordinating all of OEM‘s interagency and internal CBRN preparedness and response planning which includes enhancing the effectiveness of national capabilities for responding to and recovering from a CBRN incident. Ms. Canzler continues to lead the planning and preparedness effort for wide area remediation following an anthrax attack and serves as a senior advisor to the EPA for response to CBRN incidents and policy development. Erica received a Master of Arts degree in Government/ Homeland Security with a concentration in BioDefense from Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Lafayette College, and a Certificate in Field Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. Cap. Dr. John Cardarelli II, Radiological Program Manager, CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA CAPT John Cardarelli received a BS in Nuclear Engineering (1990), an MS in Health Physics (1992) and Ph.D. in Industrial Hygiene (2000) from the University of Cincinnati. He holds a Professional Engineering License (nuclear specialty), and is board certified in both Industrial Hygiene and Health Physics. From 1992 until 2005, he worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health where
he conducted dose reconstructions for epidemiologic studies of workers within the U.S. nuclear weapons complex and conducted numerous Health Hazard Evaluations. He currently serves as a Health Physicist on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Team to provide scientific and technical support for local & state governments, federal agencies and international partners on radiological issues including (1) emergency response, (2) risk assessment, (3) policy development, (3) decontamination technologies, and (4) environmental assessment and characterization. He is the lead for developing and maintaining the EPA airborne radiological detection capability within the EPA Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT) program and serves as the radiation safety officer for the NRC licensed materials within CBRN CMAT. He also is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health. CAPT Cardarelli remains active in a variety of professional societies and organizations and received the EPA, PHS and Federal Engineer-of-the-Year awards in 2006 and the John C. Villforth Leadership Award in 2009. Dr. Peter Emanuel, ECBC BioSciences Division Chief & JUPITR ATD Lead, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD), U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), USA Dr. Emanuel is currently the BioScience Division Chief at the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC). The BioScience Division is renowned for its genomic sequencing center, pilot scale fermentation capabilities, cryological storage repositories, and biological detection programs which occur under mature quality management systems. Dr. Emanuel is also the lead for the Joint U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition (JUPITR) advanced technology demonstration (ATD). The JUPITR ATD is a multiyear effort by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) to explore how the U.S. Department of Defense will conduct global biosurveillance missions. Prior to assuming his current roles, Dr. Emanuel served 3 years as the Assistant Director for Chemical and Biological Countermeasures within the Office of
Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. As well, Dr. Emmanuel served as the Branch Chief of BioDefense at ECBC - responsible for directing a multi-disciplinary research team. Besides, Dr. Emanuel served four years as the Program Manager for the Critical Reagents Program within the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. He has also served as a Scientific Advisor at ECBC where he developed more than one hundred highly specific and sensitive PCR assays for pathogen detection, developed recombinant antibodies using combinatorial phage display, was part of a team that developed and patented a novel biological sampling device, and oversaw bacterial fermentation production and tissue culture production of antibodies. Dr. Emanuel earned a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the Pennsylvania State University. He also holds a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology from the University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Gerald L. Epstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USA Gerald Epstein joined the Department of Homeland Security as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Policy in January 2012. Previously, Dr. Epstein has held positions with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (where he served jointly as Assistant Director for National Security and as Senior Director for Science and Technology on the National Security Council staff), and the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. He also directed a project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government on the relationship between civil and military technologies. Dr. Epstein has taught at Princeton (Arms Control and NonProliferation) and Georgetown University (Science, Technology, and Homeland Security). Dr. Epstein is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the AAAS, and he serves on the editorial boards for the journals Biosecurity and Bioterrorism” and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology”. He has also served as a member of the National Academy’s Committee
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on Science, Security, and Prosperity and the Biological Sciences Experts Group for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr Shawn Feaster, Business Development Manager, BBI Detection LLC, USA Shawn Feaster, Ph.D., has 20 years diagnostics R&D experience specializing in strategy development; technology identification, development and integration; project & program management; and intellectual asset management. His experience includes both Government and private sector companies (US Blue Chip). He is currently the Business Development Manager for BBI Detection LLC, a member of the BBI Group. Christopher Feder, Battalion Chief, Montgomery County Hazardous Materials Response Team, USA Christopher Feder began his career in the emergency services in 1995 as a volunteer firefighter with the Lower Merion Fire Department, Penn Wynne Fire Company, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Chris is a Battalion Chief with the Montgomery County Hazardous Materials Response Team and a Task Force Leader for the Montgomery County Urban Search & Rescue Team. He is a Pennsylvania state fire and emergency service instructor specializing in technical rescue & hazardous materials/CBRNE operations. Chris’s military service includes eight years with the U.S. Army and he has deployed in Afghanistan as a Combat Engineer. He has also served with a US Army Reserve Detachment under Army North’s command and control chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) response element (C2CRE). Chris recently completed his service with the US Army Reserves and transferred to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard where he continues to serve in the capacity of Emergency Management, CBRN/WMD, and Resilience. Edward Gabriel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (PD-ASPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USA
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Edward Gabriel is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the Department of Health and Human Services. In this role, he serves as principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on all matters pertaining to and in support of the Department’s public health emergency preparedness and response and recovery activities, programs, and policies. Mr. Gabriel provides strategic oversight to the organization on enhancing state and local preparedness, policies and plans relating to public health and medical emergencies, emergency response operations, financial analysis, advanced development on critical medical countermeasures for man-made and naturally occurring public health threats. Prior to joining ASPR, he served as Director, Global Crisis Management and Business Continuity for the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Gabriel served as a 26 year Paramedic veteran of New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) Emergency Medical Service (EMS) retiring as an Assistant Chief/Division Commander. He was assigned to New York City Office of Emergency Management (NYC*OEM) as Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Preparedness and was responsible for all preparedness and planning-related strategy, projects and initiatives until he retired from NYC Government. Mr. Gabriel is credentialed, through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) as a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) as a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and by the State of New York as a Paramedic (EMT-P). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BA) from the College of New Rochelle and an MPA from Rutgers University. Alexander Heyl, CEO, Heyltex Corporation, USA Born in Berlin, Germany, Alexander has spent the last 20 years in the United States; he received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Houston and his MBA in Health Care from the Institute of Management at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht in Berlin, Germany. He has also spent extensive time periods in Japan and South Korea. In 2006 he joined the Heyl Group, which was founded by his grandfather in 1926. Since 2008 he is CEO of Heyltex Corporation, the US subsidiary of the group, and in 2010 he followed up with the Managing Director position at the parent company in Germany. Since joining the company, Alexander has sought to
expand the Heyl Group’s broad but unique expertise in medical countermeasures, including developing new formulations or indications for existing medical countermeasures, raising public awareness of the importance of medical solutions for internal contamination, and finding sustainable commercial models to keep these niche products alive and available to the market. Selwyn R. Jamison, Program Manager, Bioterrorism Prevention, WMD Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA Mr. Jamison is currently serving as the Program Manager for Bioterrorism Prevention in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He provides and is the voice for the FBI position during Interagency Policy Committee (IPC), sub-IPC, and working group level meetings and ensures their equities and interests are represented. He comes to the FBI from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he served as a Senior National Security Analyst and provided subject matter expertise, thought leadership, and strategic planning to support a wide range of actions in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) primarily in the area of national nuclear weapons accident and incident response policy, planning, requirements, training, and interagency coordination, with specific expertise in Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD). His last military position was as the Branch Chief for Doctrine, Policy and Plans for US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) in the STRATCOM Center for Combating WMD. Prior to that position he served over 20 years in the US Army as a commander and aviator in various command and staff positions. Mr. Jamison has a Master degree in Computer Resources and Information Management from Webster University and a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN/TR), U.S. Department of State, USA Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins
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was nominated by President Barack Obama in April 2009 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June 2009 as the Department of State’s Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Ambassador Jenkins promotes the coordination of Department of State Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) and U.S. government programs in chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological security (CBRN). She is the U.S. Representative to the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (Global Partnership) and Chaired the Global Partnership in 2012. She is the Department of State lead on the Nuclear Security Summit, and she coordinates the Department of State’s activities related to the four-year effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material. Ambassador Jenkins is also engaged in the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a multisectoral initiative dedicated to reducing infectious disease threats around the world. She works closely on this initiative with domestic and international partners in the security (with a focus on biosecurity), animal and human health, development, and law enforcement sectors and leads U.S. government outreach to domestic and international non-governmental organizations. Ambassador Jenkins also works closely with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S chemical Industry in strengthening global security and safety of chemical weapons precursors. Ambassador Jenkins is Chair of the IAEA Nuclear Security Training and Support Center Network, is on the Scientific Committee of the Annual International Symposium on Biosecurity and Biosafety, and is on the Steering Committee of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity. Ambassador Jenkins is also the Department of State’s Leadership Liaison for the Veterans at State affinity group, and is a member of the Department’s Diversity Governance Council. CDR Franca Jones, Acting Principal Deputy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, USA Franca R. Jones was born on November, 9, 1969 in New York City. She attended St. John’s University in Queens, New York, and received a B.S. and M.S. in biology in 1991 and 1994, respectively. She completed her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology in 1999 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and
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conducted her postdoctoral studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Following completion of her postdoctoral studies, CDR Jones accepted a direct commission as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, Medical Service Corps in April, 2002. Since accepting her commission, CDR Jones has had a variety of challenging assignments focusing on disease surveillance, infectious disease research, biodefense operations, and biological security. Her first assignment was as the Head, Bacteriology Department at the Naval Medical Research Center, Detachment, Lima, Peru. Subsequent military assignments include Branch Head for Clinical Microbiology at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, Navy’s Biological Defense Fellow, Silver Spring and Fredrick, MD, Division Officer for the Biological Defense Operations Department at the Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD, DoD Biological Security and Biosurveillance Lead in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, Chemical and Biological Defense (OASD(NCB/CB)), Pentagon. CDR Jones was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan as a plans, operations, medical intelligence officer from September 2009 to April 2010 and returned to the Pentagon. In September 2010, CDR Jones was selected for a detail in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where she led the Administration’s biological defense research, development, testing, and evaluation policy, and biosecurity and biosurveillance policy. CDR Jones has made significant strides towards developing national security policy and coordinating interagency research and development policies in the areas of chemical and biological defense. She has led or co-led the development of the National Biological Response and Recovery Science and Technology Roadmap, National Biosurveillance Science and Technology Roadmap, National Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Standards, National Non-Traditional Chemical Agent Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Strategy, National Strategy for Biosurveillance, and United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern. CDR Jones continues to serve as an active duty Naval Officer and is currently the Director of Medical Programs, OASD(NCB/CB).
Dr. Ellen Jorgensen, Executive Director, Genspace, USA Dr. Ellen Jorgensen is co-founder and director of Genspace, a nonprofit community laboratory dedicated to promoting citizen science and access to biotechnology. In 2011 she initiated Genspace’s award-winning curriculum of informal science education for adults, and this year Genspace was named one of the World’s Top 10 Innovative Companies in Education by Fast Company magazine. Ellen’s efforts to develop Genspace into a haven for entrepreneurship, innovation and citizen science have been chronicled by Nature Medicine, Science, Discover Magazine, Wired, Make, BBC News, The Economist, PBS News Hour, The Discovery Channel, and The New York Times. Ellen has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from New York University, spent years in the biotech industry, and is currently adjunct faculty at New York Medical College, the School of Visual Arts, and Cooper Union. Ellen’s talk ‘Biohackingyou can do it, too’ at TEDGlobal 2012 has received nearly a million views. In 2009 she returned to the nonprofit sphere by co-founding Genspace NYC, the world’s first community biotechnology laboratory. Its mission is to promote science literacy and demystify the latest advances in biotechnology and synthetic biology though education, outreach, and engaging the general public in a hands-on manner. Her analysis of Genspace’s groundbreaking efforts to teach synthetic biology and biotechnology to non-scientists was awarded the prize for Best Social Study in Synthetic Biology at SB 5.0, the leading international synthetic biology conference. In the summer of 2011 Dr. Jorgensen was the head mentor for a gold medalwinning team housed at Genspace and composed of students from Cooper Union and the Columbia School of Architecture who successfully competed in the 2011 International Genetically Engineered Machine competition. She has spearheaded many of Genspace’s unique outreach programs such as the collaborative effort between the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Genspace to mentor students competing in the Urban Barcode Project via the use of DNA-based species identification technologies. She has served as Genspace’s president for the past two years, and her efforts to develop Genspace into a haven for entrepreneurship, innovation and citizen science have been chronicled in Nature Medicine, Science, PBS News Hour, Discover Magazine, and the science section of the New York Times.
Michael Luhan, Chief of Communications, International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security, USA Mr Michael Luhan was appointed Director of Communications for the International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security in January 2015. Prior to this appointment he served for 7 years as Spokesman and Head of Media and Public Affairs for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, where he managed media coverage of the OPCW’s Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 and the international mission to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons programme. Mr Luhan is an experienced advocacy and communication specialist. He served with the International Red Cross as Coordinator of the Stop TB Partnership for Europe (2006-2007), with the WHO as Communication Advisor for the Global Stop TB Partnership (2002-2006), and as Director of Programme and Institutional Development for People in Need, a prominent humanitarian aid group based in Prague (1996-2002). He also worked as a public information officer for the UN peacekeeping mission and WHO in the former Yugoslavia from 1993-95. Mr Luhan’s professional formation was as a journalist and magazine writer in international affairs. From 1980 to 1993 he reported on conflicts in Central America and South Asia and as a London-based reporter on the UK and Western Europe for leading news media, including the New York Times, Associated Press and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, inter alia. Mr Luhan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Arts in Journalism, both from Indiana University in the United States. James Markarian, Senior Technical Advisor, International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security, USA Mr. James Markarian began work as a Senior Technical Advisor for the International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security (ICCSS) in April 2015. Previous to this appointment he had a 34-year record of involvement with chemical and biological non-proliferation, arms control and environmental programs, a career in which he served as a US civil servant, an international civil servant and a private
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targets worldwide and engages with partner countries to prevent this acquisition through work with both facilities (First Line of Defense) and to prevent smuggling (Second Line of Defense). Beginning in July 2003, Ms. Melamed worked in the Office of the Second Line of Defense, recently renamed as Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD). In 2005 she was appointed Deputy Director of the Program and in October of 2011, she became the Director. She has been instrumental in promoting the growth of NSDD – from a start-up program with a small Federal staff, and one foreign partner, to a program of recognized effectiveness and global reach, with a Federal staff of 21 and over 50 foreign partners. Before joining this program, Ms. Melamed was Deputy Director and then Acting Director of the Nuclear Cities Initiative, a joint U.S./Russia program designed to assist the Russian Government in developing sustainable non-weapons employment for its weapons scientists, focusing on three closed cities: Sarov, Snezhinsk and Zheleznogorsk. At the DOE Office of Environment, Safety and Health, Ms. Melamed served as the Director of the Office of Records, Research, Data and Access, which provided support for epidemiological studies related to exposure to radiation, conducted by the DOE Office of Health Studies. Ms. Melamed holds a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College, and a Master of Arts in European History from the University of Chicago. She is married, with two grown children, and lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Eleanor Melamed, Deputy Director, Office of Global Material Security, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA Ms. Melamed, who has over 35 years of U.S. government service, joined the Department of Energy in 1994, where she worked for the DOE Office Environment, Safety and Health. She moved to the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation in 2000, where she has worked on a variety of nuclear nonproliferation issues, with a focus on building the capacity of foreign government partners to detect, deter and interdict illicit trafficking in nuclear material. Currently, Ms. Melamed is the Associate Assistant Deputy Administrator for the Office of Global Material Security (GMS). GMS works to identify potential
Alexander Müller, Head, Business Unit Defense Systems & Mobile Solutions, Bruker Daltonics GmbH, Germany Alex Müller was born in 1972 in Langenhagen, Germany. He is married and father of two daughters and a son. He lives with his family in the Leipzig area. Alex is a business economist and holds a Master degree in “Economy and Management”. He served as an officer within the German NBC defense corps from 1991 – 2004 and still acts as LTC (res). Before joining the BRUKER management team he worked for the German defense company Rheinmetall in the domain of CBRN RECCE systems. As a Market Manager within BRUKER Alex Müller holds the responsibility for market development and the long-term marketing and sales strategy for Defense Systems & Mobile Solutions.
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sector scientist/ engineer and manager. Mr. Markarian is experienced in building, executing, integrating and optimizing major programs. He supported the DTRA and US Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, from 2005 to 2014; the US Department of Defence in the US and Russian chemical demilitarization programs, from 1991 to 2005; and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Emergency Response and Quality Assurance from 1982 to 1991. Following Entry into Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention in May 1997 until April 1999, Mr. Markarian took a leave of absence to serve as a senior officer in the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Throughout his professional career Mr Markarian’s work activities included emergency response to large multimedia environmental incidents; designing, reviewing and conducting follow-on remediation activities at 52 US EPA Superfund sites; and involvement with new US EPA regulatory programs in the 1980s. During the 1990s and 2000s he was involved in the construction, operation and closure of numerous US chemical weapons facilities and with the initiation of the OPCW’s chemical weapons verification regime. More recently he participated in the US DTRA Joint Science and Technology Office program development, in the implementation of Cooperative Threat Reduction’s Cooperative Biological Engagement Program in the Republic of Georgia, and in the DTRA wide solution set development for destruction of Syrian chemical weapons.
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H.E. Prof. Dr. Aung Kyaw Myat, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar H.E. Prof. Dr. Myat has been a Lecturer and a Professor at the beginning of his career. He then moved on to become the Director of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Prof. Dr. Myat is currently Union Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He is a fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (F.AAFT) and the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Society (F.MES). He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering. Ken Pounds, Industrial Hygienist and Response Officer, Gulf Strike Team, U.S. Coast Guard, USA A member of the Gulf Strike Team since 1997, Mr. Kenneth Pounds serves as both as a Industrial Hygienist and a deployable Response Officer for natural disasters, oil discharges, hazardous material releases and WMD scenarios. With a historically
diverse all-hazards deployment history over 18 years, Kenneth Pounds has responded to the 9-11 Disaster Response, U.S. Capital Building Anthrax attacks and more recently the Stolthaven Chemical Facility Disaster following Hurricane Isaac in 2012. Alan Remick, Emergency Response Program Manager, Office of Emergency Response, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. Department of Energy, USA Alan Remick has worked for over 30 years as an emergency planner and responder for the Federal Government, including the Department of Defense (Navy) and the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA). Currently, he is the DOE/ NNSA Program Manager for the Aerial Measurements System (AM and the Radiological Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS). Previously, he served as the Regional Response Coordinator for the DOE’s Radiological Assistance Program in Region 7,
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as the DOE/NNSA Program Manager for the RAP, and as a qualified Facility Representative for the Livermore Site Office. He is qualified as a “Senior Energy Official" for responses involving the DOE/NNSA Emergency Response Assets, and has served in this capacity for exercises including TOPOFF IV, Empire 09, and Liberty RADEX. In 2011, he supported the US Embassy in Japan during the response to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident and in 2014 supported the US Embassy in Moscow for the Winter Olympics. Mr. Remick received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University. Guy Roberts, Principle Consultant, IB Consultancy, USA Guy Roberts has over thirty years of experience in public policy, foreign affairs, international organizations, bi-lateral and multilateral negotiations on strategic issues, and international legal matters. Until August 2011 he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy and Director, Nuclear Policy Planning Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Prior to that Mr. Roberts was Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Principal Director for Negotiations Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Roberts served as the legal counsel for arms control and non-proliferation in the U.S. Department of the Navy. Mr. Roberts also had a distinguished 25-year career in the US Marine Corps. In September 2011 he joined IB Consultancy as a Principal Consultant. Maureen Sullivan, Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Health, USA Ms. Sullivan is the supervisor of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Laboratory Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory (MN-PHL). In addition, she is the Laboratory Bioterrorism Coordinator for the CDC Public Health Preparedness Grant and coordinates activities within the BioWatch Program. She has worked for the MN-PHL for the past 20 years, holding a variety of positions. MN-PHL is an active member of the CDC’s Laboratory Response Network (LRN). MN-PHL participates in many LRN validation studies and hosts the LRN Conventional methods training. Nationally, Ms. Sullivan is the past chair and member of the Association of Public Health Laboratory (APHL) Public Health Preparedness and Response
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Committee. She currently chairs the First Responder Standards and Technology Subcommittee and has worked on a variety of subcommittees dealing with emergency preparedness, including defining surge capacity, developing a guidance document for handling unknown environmental samples and defining sentinel laboratory partnerships and outreach. Currently, Ms. Sullivan is working with CDC, ASTHO and others on the National Health Security Preparedness Index, a composite index for preparedness measures. In addition, Ms. Sullivan has worked with the Department of Homeland Security and other PHL’s to develop a Quality Assurance Program Plan for the BioWatch Program. Mark J. Thomas, ASPECT Program Manager, CBRN Consequence Management Advisory Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA Mark Thomas received a BS (Geophysics, 1984), MS (Environmental Health Science (1989) and a PhD (Environmental Health Science, 1991) from the University of Kansas. Dr. Thomas began working for EPA Region 7 in 1990 as a regional air toxics scientist and served as the open path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy liaison between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University. In 1993 Dr. Thomas moved to the Emergency Response and Removal branch and worked as an On Scene Coordinator and in 1996 began collaborative work with the US Army on airborne remote infrared chemical detection systems. This interaction ultimately resulted in the formation of the EPA Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT) Program of which Dr. Thomas serves as the program manager. To date, the ASPECT program has responded to over 150 deployments and responses.
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Premium Sponsors Gold Sponsor Bruker Daltonics GmbH Contact Person: Mr. Frank Thibodeau Tel.: +1 978 663 3660 E-mail: frank.thibodeau@brukerdetection.us Website: www.brukerdetection.com Bruker Detection Corporation develops and manufactures a full range of high performance CBRNE detection instruments. Our versatile line of products includes detectors for toxic industrial chemicals, radiation, biological agents, chemical warfare agents, pollutants, drugs, explosives, and environmental compounds. Bruker’s line of instruments includes the RAID series, E2M mobile Mass Spec, and standoff RAPID, all for chemical detection. The RAPID is a passive FTIR system with an extensive library of substances, capable of detecting a chemical release, identifying the chemical, and showing the location of the released cloud from up to 3 miles away.
Silver Sponsor Heyltex Corporation Contact Person: Mr. Alexander Heyl Tel.: +1 281 395 7040 E-mail: alexander.heyl@heylgroup.com Website: www.heyltex.com , www.event-pod.com Heyltex Corporation specializes in the development, manufacturing & international distribution of medical countermeasures for radiological public health emergencies. In cooperation with Heyl chem. pharm. Fabrik Berlin, Heyltex has developed Radiogardase®, an antidote against Cesium-137 which is the only antidote against Cesium-137 approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Ca-DTPA, Zn-DTPA and other chelating agents are also part of our portfolio. Heyltex’ newly launched product, eventPOD™, aims to bring antidotes together in a module which temporarily increases medical preparedness of organizers of High Visibility Events (HVE).
Bronze Sponsors Luminex Corporation Contact Person: Dr. Amy Altman Tel.: +1 512 219 8020 E-mail: aaltman@luminexcorp.com Website: www.luminexcorp.com Luminex Corporation develops, manufactures and markets innovative biological testing technologies that enable large numbers of bioassays to be conducted on the surface of color-coded beads which are then read in a compact analyzer, allowing for advanced diagnostics and environmental detection capabilities against a full spectrum of disease and threat agents.
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BBI Detection Contact Person: Mr. Shawn Feaster Tel.: +1 608 310 4105 E-mail: shawnfeaster@bbidetection.com Website: www.bbidetection.com BBI Detection specializes in the development and supply of innovative technologies for rapid sampling and identification of biothreats and explosives to the global military, first responder, and security markets. Our IMASS™ directly samples powders, surfaces and liquids then simultaneously runs eight assays. It is straightforward use while encumbered by PPE. Homeland DefSec Contact Person: Ms. Frances van Alphen Tel.: +31 71 74 40 174 E-mail: frances@detectanthrax.com Website: www.homelanddefsec.com
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Homeland DefSec is a Netherlands trading company specialied in the field of CBRNe, it provides CBRNe solutions such as the Camtrax Anthrax Detector and the ISMAT CBRNe Protective Suit.
Exhibitors 908 Devices Contact Person: Ms. Alyssa Ludvino Tel.: +1 978 427 1026 E-mail: alyssa@908devices.com Website: www.908devices.com At 908 Devices we are building ridiculously small, and simple purpose-built tools based on remarkable mass spectrometry technology. Our flagship product, M908, is used by leading CBRNE organizations around the world for the fast and accurate confirmation of priority chemical threats, including chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and precursors. Airboss Defense Contact Person: Mr. Dave Carson Tel.: +1 450 534 9979 E-mail: dave.carson@airbossdefense.com Website: www.airbossdefense.com AirBoss Defense, a world leader in CBRN personal protective equipment (PPE), is an innovative, integrated company that leverages long-standing expertise and advanced technologies to develop, design and produce ergonomic products that achieve the highest quality standards. When it comes to safety and security, AirBoss Defense offers The Ultimate Protection. Argon - CBRN Training Systems Contact Person: Mr. Steven Pike Tel.: +44 1582 491616 E-mail: sp@argonelectronics.com Website: www.argonelectronics.com Argon provide world leading CBRN / HazMat training systems and educational resources. Visit our booth to see how our JCAD, RAID M100, AP4C and PDR77 / VDR2 / RDS100 simulators can greatly enhance your CBRN exercises to help you ensure and verify response readiness. Also showing is PlumeSIM, our Live and Virtual CBRN training system.
Avon Protection Systems Contact Person: Mr. James Wilcox Tel.: +1 410 271 1023 E-mail: james.wilcox@avon-protection.com Website: www.avon-protection.com Avon Protection Systems, a global leader in respiratory protection for the military, first responder, fire and industrial markets, boasts an unrivalled 80 year pedigree in military mask design and manufacture. Our global installation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is at front-lines of today’s national defense, first responders, industrial, and tactical deployment strategies. Camtech Diagnostics Ltd. Contact Person: Ms. Frances van Alphen Tel.: +31 71 74 40 174 E-mail: frances@detectanthrax.com Website: www.detectanthrax.com The Camthrax provides a unique combination of speed, accuracy, and reliability to offer a powerful and easy to use white powder anthrax screening system. It provides first responders with the fastest, fully portable point of use detection to alert them of the presence of potential biohazard agents. Eliminating the need for expensive trained personnel and disposables or reagents, its ruggedized design allows for durable use in all types of environments. CBNW Contact Person: Ms. Tina Naji Tel.: + 44 20 8886 2133 E-mail: tina@chembio.biz Website: www.cbnw.co.uk Chemical, Biological & Nuclear Warfare (CBNW) is a twice-yearly journal dealing with the full range of measures against CBRNE. It is published by React Media each winter and summer in print and online. CBNW brings you in-depth articles by internationally recognized experts and the latest breakthroughs by companies and defense departments in new CBRN defense countermeasures. Edited by leading CBRNE analyst and author Andy Oppenheimer AIExpE MIABTI, CBNW is distributed free to defense ministers, procurement officers and first-responder officials worldwide, and at all major defense, CBRN and security trade shows. Chemring Sensors & Electronic Systems Contact Person: Ms. Tammi Williams Tel.: +1 703 651 1268 E-mail: twilliams@niitek.com Website: www.chemringds.com Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems (CSES) is a world leader in the design, development and production of Counter-IED Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems. CSES combat ready GPR systems are the leading edge of mine detection technology and are successfully being used by US and Coalition forces in Afghanistan. Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) Contact Person: Mr. Stephen C. Malone Tel.: +1 865 535 0088 E-mail: smalone@hdiac.org Website: www.hdiac.org Within the DoD IAC Program, the HDIAC is a critical DoD resource for analyzing scientific and technical information required by today’s Warfighter. The HDIAC provides analysis that leads to innovative approaches in CBRN Defense, WMD, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Biometrics, Alternative Energy, Medical, Homeland Defense & Security, and Cultural Studies.
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International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security (ICCSS) Contact Person: Mr. Michael Luhan Tel.: +33 7 8863 3757 E-mail: m.luhan@iccss.eu Website: www.iccss.eu The ICCSS fosters national-level initiatives that support local governments and industry in meeting the challenges posed by hazardous materials. Its programs focus on identifying and addressing safety and security issues in the production, storage, use and transport of hazardous materials, including chemical, biological and nuclear materials and their waste. Immediate Response Technologies Contact Person: Mr. Gary Hall Tel.: +1 301 352 8800 E-mail: ghall@imresponse.com Website: www.imresponse.com Immediate Response Technologies, LLC manufactures the highest quality, most technically advanced Articulating Framed Shelters, Powered Air Purifying Respirators, Negative Pressure Individual Isolation Systems and Air Filters/ Cartridges anywhere. Our products are utilized by all five military branches, the National Guard, first responders/ receivers, hospitals & law enforcement throughout the U.S. and around the world. microfluidic ChipShop Contact Person: Dr. Claudia Gärtner Tel.: +49 3641 34 705 0 E-mail: claudia.gaertner@microfluidic-chipshop.com Website: www.microfluidic-chipshop.com microfluidic ChipShop offers ready-to-use microfluidic systems as well as development & manufacturing services: From product development up to volume production, from simple microfluidic chips to complex lab-on-a-chipsystems. microfluidic ChipShop’s ‘Lab-on-a-Chip Catalogue’ comprises a wide range of off-the-shelf microfluidic chips, instruments as well as accessories and application notes. NBC Industry Group Contact Person: Mr. Manuel Sanches Tel.: +1 703 644 4857 E-mail: mannys34@aol.com Website: www.nbcindustrygroup.com The Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Industry Group is a non-profit organization of 130-plus member companies that are dedicated to providing solutions for the military defense against CBRNe, WMD, domestic preparedness against WMD’s and meeting requirements of the Chemical Weapons Convention and other related treaties around the world. NBC-Sys Contact Person: Mr. Bruno David Tel.: +33 4 77 19 19 20 E-mail: b.david@nbc-sys.com Website: www.nexter.fr Our range of products cover detection (chemical & biological), individual and collective protection (gas masks, filter canisters, air conditioning and filtration for vehicles or ships) as well as decontamination (aircraft, vehicles, sensitive equipment and people). With 80% of its workforce comprising of technicians and engineers, NBC-Sys can rely on expertise based on creativity, knowhow and customer support.
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Proengin Contact Person: Mr. Eric Damiens Tel.: +33 1 305 84734 E-mail: eric.damiens@proengin.com Website: www.proengin.com Proengin has developed biological and chemical warfare agents field detectors using flame spectrometry: -AP4C, handheld chemical detector, for CWA, TICs, and others (Novichok) - AP4C-V, aboard wheeled and tracked reconnaissance vehicles - AP4C-F, on critical buildings and ships - MAB, for biological alarm - AP4C-FB, for full CBRN detection. Q-Linea Contact Person: Mr. Johan Mörck Tel.: +46 18 444 3617 E-mail: johan.morck@qlinea.com Website: www.qlinea.com Q-linea develops advanced molecular analysis methods and instrumentation based on a proprietary technology platform. The Q-linea system Aquila 1000 is a fully automated, 24/7 operation demonstrator for identification of airborne bioterror agents. The system identifies DNA and/or protein targets at state-of-the art sensitivity with an analysis time of one hour. Scott Safety Contact Person: Mr. John Stone Tel.: +1 864 650 6001 E-mail: johnstone@tycoint.com Website: www.scottsafety.com With over 80 years of experience in the life safety product industry, Scott Safety is the consultative partner of choice - providing holistic solutions to help you meet protection requirements, budgetary constraints and your ultimate goal of protecting and defending your front line. Our broad portfolio of products combined with our deep understanding of new and emerging technologies puts us in a unique position to help analyze and predict your changing needs. Scott Safety specializes in the design and manufacture of Respiratory Protection Equipment, particularly in Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defense and in breathing equipment for Naval Damage Control. StemRad Inc. Contact Person: Mr. Oren Milstein Tel: +1 650 388 9112 Email: oren@stemrad.com Website: www.stemrad.com StemRad is an Israeli-American company that develops, manufactures and sells personal protective equipment (PPE) for gamma radiation. Its flagship product is the 360 Gamma, a radiation protection device which protects the user’s bone marrow. It is the world’s only company to provide life-saving protection from high dose gamma radiation. Tactical Defense Media Contact Person: Ms. Sonia Bagherian Tel.: +1 301 512 1842 E-mail: soniab@tacticaldefensemedia.com Website: www.tacticaldefensemedia.com TDM publications provide readers with insights into DoD program requirements and industry technologies that support joint force ops including mounted and dismounted protection systems, intel and comms applications, tactics, and training. TDM publications’ mission focus is centered on collecting expert opinion regarding best practices and lessons learned through the eyes of military and civilian authority, warfighters and law enforcement.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Contact Person: Mr. Andrew Chaffee Tel.: 978-483-8831 E-mail: Andrew.chaffee@thermofisher.com Website: www.thermoscientific.com/safety-chemid Thermo Scientific chemical identification tools deliver precise, actionable intelligence to chemical battalions, military, bomb squads and law enforcement worldwide. Built on the strength of field-proven FirstDefender and TruDefender, the new Thermo Scientific Gemini analyzer is the first handheld to integrate Raman and FTIR for fast, safe, confident chemical ID results. Tracerco Radiation Monitors Contact Person: Mr. James Tomlinson Tel.: +44 1642 375 172 E-mail: james.tomlinson@tracerco.com Website: www.tracerco.com/monitors Tracerco offer a range of award winning radiation monitors, including Contamination, Dose Rate, and Personal Dosimeters. Our monitors are robust, reliable and weatherproof. They are lightweight and easy to handle and operate. We also have a global after sales service for calibration and repair for all types of radiation monitors. Veredus Laboratories Pte Contact Person: Ms. Hazelle Lam Tel.: +65 6496 8600 E-mail: hazelle.lam@vereduslabs.com Website: www.vereduslabs.com Veredus develops, manufactures, and markets innovative multiplexed molecular solutions in the clinical, specialty, and custom testing markets based on STMicroelectronics’ Lab-on-Chip platform. The Lab-on-Chip platform, marketed as the VerePLEX™ biosystem, combines Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) with micro-fluidics to integrate multiplexed DNA amplification with microarray detection for rapid, cost-effective, and accurate analysis of biological materials.
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The NCT CBRNe Awards 2015 After the success of the NCT CBRNe Awards in 2013 & 2014, IB Consultancy, in cooperation with CBNW, is proud to announce the 2015 edition of these prestigious CBRNe prizes. The NCT CBRNe Awards are a unique opportunity for companies and organizations to be rewarded for their outstanding contributions to the CBRNe end-user community.
There are four award categories, each of them highlighting specific contributions to the CBRNe Community. 1. The NCT CBRNe Capability Award rewards the country or organization that has significantly improved its CBRNe capabilities or positively impacted upon the capabilities of another country or organization, hence contributing to international efforts to counter CBRN threats and proliferation. A global cooperative approach of capability building measures, which are effectively countering most imminent challenges in this field, is therefore an advantage. 2. The NCT CBRNe Innovation Award is granted to the most innovative product, service or research project enabling new technologies and approaches in the field of CBRN disaster management and prevention. The respective innovation should be state-of-the-art, offering a new solution or approach for CBRN first responders and analysts.
The NCT CBRNe Awards will be handed out during a spectacular Awards Ceremony at IB Consultancy’s NCT CBRNe Asia 2015 event taking place in Bangkok, Thailand. With an expected 300 delegates attending, including regional government representatives, the event will assemble the most important stakeholders from first responders and government
3. The NCT CBRNe Product Award is for the best CBRNe product, service or solution and can be considered the most prestigious NCT CBRNe Award. From the applicants, the highest level of end-user benefit, reliability and an excellent match between urgent requirements in the field of CBRN defense is expected. The winner of the NCT CBRNe Product Award should fulfil urgent needs and requirements. 4. The NCT CBRNe Community Award is the Award for and by the CBRNe Community. In contrast to the first three award categories, this Award is not granted by the jury, but by the CBRNe Community on the basis of peer recognition through various voting rounds in which all representatives from the CBRNe Community can participate. Every company or organization that has been of great added value to CBRN defense is eligible for the NCT CBRNe Community Award. The Award constitutes a rare opportunity for members of the CBRNe Community to gauge peer recognition for their efforts in making this world a safer and secure place.
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Joining the NCT events is the most certain way to get maximum exposure, meet the right people and win business NCT CBRNe Asia Pacific |15-16 March 2016 | Seoul, Korea We are pleased to announce the launch of our NCT CBRNe Asia Pacific conference in Seoul, Korea. The upcoming Olympics in Korea (2018) and Japan (2020), and large procurement programs in Seoul and Australia, will guarantee you solid business opportunities. www.cbrneasiapacific.com NCT CBRNe USA |19-21 April 2016 | Washington DC, USA The 2nd edition of NCT CBRNe USA will be held again in Washington DC. With the USA being the single largest CBRNe market and Washington DC being the center of budgeting and decision-making, NCT CBRNe USA promises again the most-up-to-date program and the most relevant stakeholders a combination that won’t be found at any other event! www.cbrneusa.com NCT CBRNe Middle East|26-28 September 2016 | Abu Dhabi, UAE With conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and the threat of nuclear proliferation, the Middle East is at the center of global CBRNe challenges. The combination of significant budgets and a broad threat spectrum with respective technological requirements make the region and therefore the 3rd edition of NCT CBRNe Middle East a must-attend event! www.cbrnemiddleeast.com
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