CBW PROTECTION SYMPOSIUM VI
TENTATIVE PROGRAM Sunday MAY 10 0930-1715 CBW Protection Symposium Pre-Meeting 1400 Opening of the Exhibition of CBW Defence Equipement 1730 Sightseeing tours 1900-2100 Informal Get-Together Monday MAY 11 0900 OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM BY HIS MAJESTY KING CARL XVI GUSTAF KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MRS. LENA HJELM-WALLÉN 0930-1200 PRESENT AND FUTURE CBW PROTECTION
• The Potential Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons in Low Intensity David Claridge
• Overview of Sarin Terrorist Incidents in Japan in 1994 and 1995
• Hospital Deployment for the Management of Chemical Warfare
• Chemical and Biological Threats and Responses: a U.S Perspective
• Russian Aspects on Present and Future CBW Protection
• The Vital Importance of the Web of Deterrence
1200 LUNCH 1330-1500 MISCELLANEOUS I
• Assessment and Emergency Planning Based on Analysis of Empirical
• Biological Toxin - Potentials and Possibilities
• Environmental Fate of Chemical Warfare Agents
• Demonstration of the Destruction of Various Types of Chemical
Munition Shells in a Detonation Chamber (VIDEO)
• The behaviour of active coals in the presence of hydrogen peroxide
COFFEE 1530-1740 CB WARFARE AGENTS IN LOW LEVEL CONFLICTS
• Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Not just another battlefield
• Integrated Counter Terrorism C/B Protective System
• Chem/Bio Hazard Safe Civilian Emergency Response Mobile Command Clifford A Megerle
• US WMD Domestic Preparedness: New Threats Neccessitating a New
1800-2100 POSTER AND VIDEO SESSIONS
Tuesday MAY 12 0830-1000 DETECTION OF CB WARFARE AGENTS I
• Advanced Detection Technologies for Environmental Sensing
• Advances in Detection and Diagnostics Technology for Biological
• Monitoring Waterborne Pathogens Using DNA Probes
• Rapid and Sensitive Methods for Detecting Biological Agents
• Detection of Francisella tularensis
COFFEE 1030-1200 DETECTION OF CB WARFARE AGENTS II
• Measures of Effectiveness for the Deployment of Biological Sensors
• Flame Photometry for Biological Detection
• Design of a Field Deployable Instrument for Real-Time Indication of
Biological Aerosols Based on Simultaneous Measurement of Aerodynamic Particle Size and Intrinsic Fluorescence
• Aerosol Fluorescence Spectrum Analyzer for Rapid Measurement of
Single Micrometer-sized Airborne Biological Particles
• Identification of BW Agent Simulants on Building Surfaces by Infrared
LUNCH 1330-1500 VERIFICATION OF CB WARFARE AGENTS
• Electrospray Mass Spectrometry - A Useful Analytical Tool for the CWC S K Rasa
• Structural Identification of O-Alkyl S-2-dialkylaminoethyl
alkylphosphonothiolates by GC/MS, NMR and GC/FTIR
• Verification of Chemical and Biological Munitions
• Procurement of Chemicals and Equipment for CW-programme
• The Continuous Resident Ongoing Monitoring and Verification (OMV) Cees Wolterbeek
of the Chemical Industrial Complex in Iraq
COFFEE 1530-1700 DETECTION OF CB WARFARE AGENTS III
• Passive Stand-off-chemical Detection: A Solution with a Thermal Imager Philippe Adam • The Research of Intelligent Multi-Sensors Chemical Agent Alarm
• Design and Performance of a Small Chemical Agent Detector
• CWA Detection Using Indigenous Ion Mobility Spectrometry Based on
• Water Monitoring for Protection Against Chemical Threat
Alternative program: 1300-1700 Excursion to a Fortification Plant for Demonstration of Collective Protection
1800 Reception at Stockholm City Hall Wednesday MAY 13 0830-1000 DETECTION OF CB WARFARE AGENTS VI
• The Use of a Low Speed Wind Tunnel for Evaluation of Bioaerosol
• Fluorometric-Affinity Biosensor (FABS), A Handheld, Self-contained
Field Device for Biodefense, Environmental Monitoring and Healthcare
• Detection and Identification of Biological Agents by Flow Cytometric
• Tiny-TOF Mass Spectrometer for Biodetection
• ChemScan(R) RDI: A Real Time and Ultra Sensitive Laser Scanning
Cytometer for Microbiology. Applications to Water, Air, Surface and Personnel Microbiological Monitoring
COFFEE 1030-1200 MEDICAL PROTECTION OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS
• Unconventional Pathogen Countermeasures
• A Shared Strategy for Virulence of Bacterial Pathogens
• Monitoring of Pathogens as an Effective Tool for Prognostication of
• Medical aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents used by Iraq Lotfali Haghighi
LUNCH 1330-1515 MEDICAL PROTECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS I
• A Preliminary Examination of the Effects of Sulfur Mustard on
Transcription in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes
• Effects of soman in animals pretreated with Nimodipine
• Diagnostic Validity of Different Biochemical Parameters Following
• Design and Construction of Esterase Mutants that have
Organophosphorus Acid Anhydride Hydrolase Activity
• Improvement of Cholinesterase's Properties by Immobilization
• A New View to the Mechanism of Protective Action of Reversible
COFFEE 1545-1715 MEDICAL PROTECTION AGAINST CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS II
• Adamantanes versus Carbamates as Prophylactic Agents in Soman
• Reactivation of Nerve Agent Inhibited AChE by Oximes in Vitro
• Effects in the Brain of HI-6 Treatment
• HI-6 and PAM-2 in Man: Comparative Efficacy in the Treatment of
Poisoning by Organophosphorous Insecticides
• Extraction and Analysis of Soman and its Degradation Products from
Alternative program: 1300-1700 Excursion to a Fortification Plant for Demonstration of Collective Protection
1930 Conference dinner at the VASA museum Thursday MAY 14 0830-1000 BODY PROTECTION I
• Development of Selectively Permeable Membranes for
• Effects of Physical Activities on Protective Clothings
• The Impact of a Ventilated Whole Body Suit on the Human Body
• Contribution to the Need of Thermal Assistance for Soldier in Hostile
• Decontamination of Protective Clothing
1030-1200 BODY PROTECTION II
• A Whole System Test for Assessing the Protection Afforded by NBC
Protective Clothing After a Liquid or Vapour Chemical Agent Challenge
• The Canadian NBC Vapour Protection Systems Test: A Novel
Methodology to Assess the Protection Capability of NBC Protective Ensembles
• Evaluation of Test Criteria for NBC-Protective Clothing
• System of Testing Means of Personal Protection Against CBW Agents
• Physiological Performance in a Low Burden Chemical, Biological
LUNCH 1330-1440 FILTERS AND FILTRATION
• Structure-Affinity Modelling of Activated Charcoal Filter Performance
• Protection Performance of the Swiss Army NBC-canister Against
• Protection by Military Respiratory Protective Equipment against Large
Scale Release of Toxic Industrial Chemicals
• Breakthrough Performance of Organic Vapor on Activated Carbon Bed
1445-1540 RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
• Improved Measurement of Respirator Protection Factor
COFFEE 1610-1740 DEMILITARIZATION I
• The Difficulties of Chemical Disarmament in Modern Russia
• Review of Russian CW Disposal Technologies
• Processing of Solutions, Formed at Destruction, Lewisite, with
• Catalytic Destruction of CW Simulants and Toxic Compounds
Alternative program: 1300-1700 Excursion to a Fortification Plant for Demonstration of Collective Protection Friday MAY 15 0830-1000 DECONTAMINATION I
• Enzyme-based Detection and Destruction of Neurotoxic Chemical
• Exploiting Immobilized Enzymes: Detoxification of Nerve Agents
• Biological Decontamination of Nerve Agent VX
• Dry Decontamination of CBW Agents Using an Atmospheric Pressure
1030-1215 DECONTAMINATION II
• Decontamination System for Sensitive Equipment
• New French System for Throrough Decontamination
• Decontamination of NBC-protective Garments by Laundering
• Problem of the Decontamination of Clothing on Man
• 31P MAS NMR and 31P NMR Study of the Degradation of Diethyl
• Catalytic Decontamination of Sulfur Mustard Gas
LUNCH 1330-1500 DEMILITARIZATION II
• Exploration of Microbial Sources for CW Agents Destruction
• A Hydrolytic Enzyme for Cyanide Destruction
• On the Destruction of Phosphorylated Chemical Agents: Surface Active Abdelfattah Badawi
• Destruction of World War II Chemical Ammunition: Cooperation MOI
• Medical Intern and Extern Contingency Plan for the Dismantling
Installation of Old Chemical Ammunition in Poelkapelle/Belgium
COFFEE 1530-1700 MISCELLANEOUS II
• Field Trials under Winter Conditions
• A Model for the Estimation of the Vapour Hazard from Semi Persistent
• Evaporation of CW Agents Droplets from Various Substrates; Wind
• From History of the USSR's Preparations to Bacteriological War
• DOE Program in Chemical and Biological Defense R&D: Urban
1700 CLOSING OF THE SYMPOSIUM
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