Programme
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Location: Exhibition Hall
Location: Melati Room
OPENING REMARKS![]() Founder and Managing Director, IB Consultancy ![]() Former Dep. Ass. Sec. Gen. for WMD Policy, NATO ![]() Director of Marketing and Sales – Land Systems Saab Asia Pacific |
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WELCOME REMARKS![]() Chairman, 8th SISPAT, DSO National Laboratories |
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GUEST-OF-HONOUR KEYNOTE SPEECH![]() For full biography, click here Chief Defence Scientist, Singapore Ministry Of Defence |
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KEYNOTE![]() For full biography, click here Director General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Chemical Weapons Convention: A global line of defence against chemical weapons |
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KEYNOTE![]() For full biography, click here Chief Executive, Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
Location: Melati Room
11:15 – 11:45 | PLENARY![]() Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland Chemical and Biological Weapons: Current and Future Challenges |
11:45 – 12:05 |
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden Open Source RN Intelligence Collection and Threat Prediction |
12:05 – 12:25 | ![]() S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore CBRN Threat from non-State and Terrorist Groups: How Real is the Threat? |
12:25 – 12:45 | ![]() Newcastle University, United Kingdom Review of developments in candidate chemical incapacitants and challenges posed to the Chemical Weapons Convention |
12:45 – 13:05 | ![]() SA Peaco was certified as a FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Coordinator in 2012 and is currently the FBI Los Angeles Division WMD Coordinator. He is responsible for WMD threat assessments, outreach and liaison programs that prevent and provide early detection against WMD terrorism, and preparedness for WMD terrorism and terrorism threats. SA Peaco also focuses on rapid threat assessments, interagency operations, and Radiological Nuclear Search Operations. He has also participated in several National Level Special Events and exercises and has provided WMD training to international partners in the Balkans, Africa and Asia. Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Developing a productive relationship between Law Enforcement and the Scientific Community |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
Location: Melati Room
14:15 – 14:45 | PLENARY![]() National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Japan Estimation of the atmospheric release of radionuclides during the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident |
14:45 – 15:05 | ![]() Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden Inverse dispersion modelling for urban environments |
15:05 – 15:25 | ![]() Defense Threat Reduction Agency, United States DTRA Research of Indoor Dispersion Methods – Key to Protection in Urban Subsystem Models |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
CBRN Threat Prediction and Analysis
CBRN Hazard Modelling and Simulation
CBRN Protection, Decontamination and Remediation
Afternoon refreshments from 16:00 – 16:30
Location: Melati Room
16:30 – 17:00 | PLENARY![]() Defense Threat Reduction Agency, United States Biothreat Agent Modeling: Principle and Practice |
17:00 – 17:20 | ![]() National University of Singapore, Singapore Statistics and modelling of infectious disease transmission in a military setting |
17:20 – 17:40 | ![]() DSO National Laboratories, Singapore Implications of winds uncertainty for dispersion modelling |
17:40 – 18:00 | ![]() Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Spatial Prediction of Hourly Averaged Wind Speed and Direction in the East Coast of Singapore |
Location: Ce La Vi @ Marina Bay Sands
Location: Melati Room
08:30 – 09:00 | PLENARY![]() Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden Detection of atmospheric radioxenon as a tool to monitor nuclear explosions and other activities involving nuclear fission |
09:00 – 09:20 | ![]() Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Analysis of enriched uranium by a quadrupole Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-Q-MS) without clean room facilities: How good is this? |
09:20 – 09:40 | ![]() Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, United Kingdom Source Attribution of Fentanyl through Impurity and Stable Isotope and Trace Element Profiling |
09:40 – 10:00 | ![]() After joining FOI in 2014 Dr. Hemström has worked on numerous projects but the main focus has been on High Resolution Mass Spectrometry-Liquid Chromatography for verification analysis of chemical warfare agents, related chemicals and their biomarkers. A recent interest is lipid analysis, much of his effort has been focused on implementation of nano-LC/HRMS and “lipidomic” work-flows for finding biomarkers of chlorine gas exposure, an area that has experienced large attention in the scientific area due to the ongoing conflict in Syria. Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden L-α-phosphatidylglycerol chlorohydrins as biomarkers for chlorine gas exposure |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
CBRN Verification and Forensics
Morning refreshments from 10:15 – 11:00
Location: Melati Room
11:00 – 11:30 | PLENARY![]() Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland Analytical Laboratories in Biological Investigations: How to Ensure Scientific and Political Acceptance? |
11:30 – 11:50 | ![]() Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), France Lessons learned from the experience of the French military EBOV laboratories |
11:50 – 12:10 | ![]() DSO National Laboratories, Singapore Development of a Workflow for Verification of Toxins in Food |
12:10 – 12:30 | ![]() Defence Science & Technology Group, Australia Studying the metabolome of Ricinus communis for attribution |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
Location: Melati Room
14:00 – 14:30 | PLENARY![]() Environmental Protection Agency, United States Current Perspectives on the Environmental Remediation and Recovery Following a Bioterrorism Incident |
14:30 – 14:50 | ![]() Environmental Protection Agency, United States Effective Decontamination Using Low Levels of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor for Bacillus anthracis Spore Inactivation |
14:50 – 15:10 | ![]() U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, United States Disinfection Efficacy of COTS against Ebola Virus and Possible Surrogate |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
CBRN Verification and Forensics
Afternoon refreshments from 15:45 – 16:15
Location: Orchid Junior Room
16:15 – 16:45 | PLENARY![]() Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan JAEA Activities for Environmental Restoration in Fukushima |
16:45 – 17:05 | ![]() U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, United States Making a Chemical Warfare Agent Reactive Fabric: NMR Studies with VX and 2-Chloroethyl Ethylsulfide |
17:05 – 17:25 | ![]() Bundeswehr Research Institute for Protective Technologies and NBC Protection (WIS), Germany Innovations for Individual Protective Equipment |
17:25 – 17:45 | ![]() French Defence Technology and Procurement Agency (DGA), France Towards standards in T&E to increase the confidence in CBRN testing of IPE |
Location: Melati Room
08:30 – 09:00 | PLENARY![]() Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, United States Use of biomarkers for assessing radiation injury and efficacy of countermeasures |
09:00 – 09:20 | ![]() He was involved in the management of victims of radiological accidents for different institution (IAEA, French Nuclear Safety Authority, REACTS…) and has performed tens of expertise on dose reconstruction or estimation for those cases. Over the last ten years, his research interests have focused on the developments on new techniques or approaches for accident dosimetry, especially for large-scale radiological accident. Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), France Capacity and Possibility of Accident Dosimetry Techniques for the Management of Large Scale Radiological or Nuclear Accidents |
09:20 – 09:40 | ![]() DxTerity Diagnostics Inc., United States Development and Performance of a Gene Expression based High Throughput Biodosimetry Test System |
09:40 – 10:00 | ![]() DSO National Laboratories, Singapore Scentmate Kit for Differentiating Asymptomatic Nerve Agent Casualties from Worried Well Masses |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
CBRN Diagnostic & Medical Countermeasures
Morning refreshments from 10:15 – 11:00
Location: Melati Room
11:00 – 11:30 | PLENARY![]() Robert Koch Institute, Germany Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis, a member of the B. cereus family causing severe anthrax in western and central Africa |
11:30 – 11:50 | ![]() COL(Dr) Chow is currently the Chief Naval Medical Officer (CNMO) and concurrent Commander Force Medical Protection Command (FMPC). As Commander FMPC, he oversees the operation of the SAF Biodefence Centre (BDFC). BDFC is in charge of developing and implementing the biodefence framework as well as providing comprehensive surveillance and response to infectious diseases in the SAF. Under his command also includes the Medical Response Force (MRF), which provides the medical response to CBRE threats. Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Singapore Armed Forces Model of Integrated Biosurveillance through Strategic Partnership |
11:50 – 12:10 | ![]() DSO National Laboratories, Singapore Simplifying the diagnostic workflow through direct qPCR |
12:10 – 12:30 | ![]() Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, United Kingdom Assessment of DSO immunoassay for direct detection of toxin in an in vivo ricin exposure model |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
Location: Melati Room
14:00 – 14:30 | PLENARY![]() New York University School of Medicine, United States Post-Exposure Rescue of Botulinum-intoxicated Mice by a Potent VHH Antibody Delivered via an Engineered Recombinant Vehicle |
14:30 – 14:50 | ![]() Masaryk University, Czech Republic Enzymes for Detection and Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents |
14:50 – 15:10 | ![]() Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Germany Catalytic bioscavengers against nerve agents: Golden bullet or dead end? |
Location: Exhibition Hall in Orchid Ballroom
CBRN Diagnostic & Medical Countermeasures
Afternoon refreshments from 15:45 – 16:15
Location: Melati Room
16:15 – 16:45 | PLENARY![]() National University of Singapore, Singapore Reprogramming biological functionalities for autonomous cell factories and therapeutics |
16:45 – 17:05 | ![]() DSO National Laboratories, Singapore iMab – Rapid therapeutic antibody for deployment during emerging bio-threat outbreaks |
17:05 – 17:25 | ![]() Dave has over 35 years of experience with infectious diseases and Bio Defense. He has authored several issued and pending patents on the use of Phage Associated Enzyme and is included in over 30 other patents and over 50 articles related to phage lytic enzymes. His current projects also include humanized MAB and phage therapies as well as novel biocontrol control methods. Dave attended the University of Wyoming, and earned his graduate degrees from St. John’s University in New York with further doctoral training at the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Poland. International Phage Research Center, China Use of Bacteriophage and lytic enzymes for the treatment and prevention of Anthrax and other bacterial infections |
Location: Melati Room
17:25 – 17:45 | JOINT CLOSING ADDRESS Dr. Loke Weng Keong & Drs. Ilja M. Bonsen |