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Sunday, August 20
5:00-6:00pm Early Registration
Monday, August 21
7:45am Registration and Morning Coffee
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KEYNOTE
PRESENTATIONS
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8:30 Chairperson’s Remarks
John C. Carrano, Ph.D., Executive Director, Research and Development, Luminex Corporation |
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8:40
A Veterinary Voice from the
Trenches
Martin E. Hugh-Jones, Vet. M.B., M.P.H., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies Department, Louisiana State University, and Deputy Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Public Health |
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9:15
Systems Engineering Approach to Biodefense
Major General Stephen Reeves, Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical and Biological Defense
The JPEO-CBD organization and mission, our medical programs & capabilities and efforts in transformational medical technology initiatives will be highlighted.
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9:45 Chemical & Biological Defense Program
Joseph M. Palma, MD, MPH, Colonel, USAF, MC, SFS, Deputy and Medical Director, Office of the Special Assistant, Chemical and Biological Defense and Chemical Demilitarization
This briefing will focus on the Chemical and Biological Defense Progra¬¬m and on how the Department is integrating the National Military Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review decisions into the program and funding strategies. |
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11:00 Project BioShield
Dr. Carol Linden, Program Manager, Department of Homeland
Security
The presentation will provide an in depth description of the history and goals of Project BioShield. In addition, there will be a discussion of the acquisition processes involved in developing the portfolio of products that are being acquired for the Strategic National Stockpile. |
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11:30 Weaving Biodefense Fabric
Bernard C. Courtney, Ph.D., Scientific Director, National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
This presentation will provide a brief overview of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), its role in national biodefense and its place within the fabric of the Homeland Security Complex (department-wide) and the National Interagency Biodefense Campus at Fort Detrick. NBACC is the integration of three Homeland Security (DHS) centers: the National Bioforensics Analysis Center (NBFAC) and Biological Threat Characterization Center (BTCC) co-located with the NBACC in Frederick, MD, and the Biodefense Knowledge Center in Livermore, CA. Together the NBACC determines the relative risk of biological terror threats, knowledge and technical gaps, characterizes biological threat, analyzes evidence from biocrime/bioterror events to attribute to a perpetrator, and develops actionable technical information for the intelligence, security and law enforcement communities. |
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12:00pm Lunch on Your Own or Technology Workshop
(Sponsorship Available)
DETECT TO TREAT
1:30 Chairperson’s Remarks
Sydney J. Ulvick, Ph.D., In-Q-Tel, Inc.
1:45 Broad Spectrum CBRNE Solutions Through Technology Integration
David W. Cullin, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Technology Transition, ICx Technologies
ICx technologies is a developer and producer of a broad spectrum of technologies to provide security solutions to the Military and in protection of the Homeland. This talk will first provide an overview of products and developmental activity at ICx Technologies. The discussion will also focus on areas where ICx is providing integrated solutions to provide broad spectrum CBRNE capability.
2:15 TBA
2:45 Lab-in-a-Tube Platform: Overcoming the Challenge of System Integration
Shuqi Chen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Office, IQuum, Inc.
Highly sensitive and specific molecular testing is ideally suited for bio-defense applications. Yet, the integration of sample preparation, amplification, and detection into a portable, rapid, and easy-to-use system remains challenging. IQuum’s proprietary lab-in-a-tube
(Liat™) platform has the potential to overcome this challenge. Liat systems will enable the minimally-trained war fighter or first responder to conduct sophisticated molecular tests from raw biological or environmental samples in the field or the laboratory in 30 minutes to 1 hour. In this presentation, we will describe the innovative lab-in-a-tube technology, as well as overview the Liat systems for bio-defense and clinical applications.
3:15 Refreshment Break, Poster & Exhibit Viewing
4:00 Autonomous Pathogen Detection Systems (APDS)
John M. Dzenitis, Ph.D., Principle Investigator and Project Leader, Chem/Bio National Security, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed the Autonomous Pathogen Detection System (APDS) as an automated, podium-sized system that monitors the air for all types of biological threat agents (bacteria, viruses, and toxins). The system performs continuous aerosol collection, sample preparation, and multiplexed molecular biology tests of two types: immunoassay (protein-based) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR, DNA-based). The results are reported in real time to remote control consoles and pagers. The system has been field-tested in airports and subways, collecting over 12,000 hourly samples (for over 75,000 biological tests).
4:30 Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor (HISS)
Christopher Cooney, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, ChemBio Explosive
Defensive Systems, Northrup Grumman
The objective of the DARPA HISSS program is to develop an inexpensive handheld system that can detect bacteria, viruses, and protein toxins at the 100 organism or 10 ng level. The system consists of a reusable reader and a consumable capable of detecting several threats simultaneously. Two isothermal nucleic acid analyses and several advanced sample preparation techniques under development on the HISSS program will be described.
5:00 Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall
6:00 Close of Day One
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