NBC 2006

Sunday 18th June, 2006
15:00 – 19:00	Registration, Coffee, TTT Theatre
19:00 – 22:00	Get-together party
Monday 19th June, 2006
08:00 – 08:50	Registration
09:00 – 09:10	The opening of the symposium – Head of Government Security Jukka Sonninen, Prime Minister's Office
Session I. CBRN threat & counter-terrorism Chairs: Prof Jiri Matousek and Prof Kari Nieminen
09:10 – 09:40	The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and its radionuclide verification component – Dr Lars-Erik De Geer, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
09:40 – 10:00	IMPACT: A CBRN-related project in the EU PASR program – Dr Nieuwenhuizen Maarten, TNO Defence Security and Safety, the Netherlands
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee
Chairs: Prof Veikko Komppa and Prof Sisko Salomaa
10:30 – 10:50	The OPCW's contribution to global anti-terrorism efforts – Mr Irakli Beridze, OPCW
10:50 – 11:10	Possible consequences of a radiological terrorist attack with a dirty bomb – Dr Emmanuel Egger, Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland
11:10 – 11:30	Radionuclide source finding using a mobile laboratory for supporting counter terrorism actions – Dr Harri Toivonen, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland
11:30 – 13:00	Lunch
Session II. Civil defence & crisis management Chairs: Col Esa Lappalainen and Doc Nils Meinander
13:00 – 13:30	Plenary lecture: Preventive actions against criminal CBRN threats in Finland – Mr Markus Heiskanen and Ms Laura Aalberg, CTU/CBRN-Team, Finland
13:30 – 13:50	NBC-Defence preparations of Vienna emergency medical service – Dr Andreas Ziegler, Ambulance Service City of Vienna, Austria
13:50 – 14:10	Handling CBRN incidents in the Netherlands – Dr Sally Hoffer, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
14:10 – 14:30	Process for establishment of CBRN counter terrorism center as a state level multi-disciplinary preparedness task force – Mr Asaf Ashkenazi, ROTEMSHARVIT, Israel
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee
Chairs: Mr Pertti Tolonen and Ms Taina Rautio
15:00 – 15:20	Risk assessment method for rescue services – Ms Riitta Molarius, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
15:20 – 15:40	The way of implementing the concept of education in the field of crisis management – Mr Otakar Mika, Industrial Safety Assessment Technicians, Ltd, Czech Republic
*Short communications:*
15:40 – 15:50	The optimization of CBRN detection training – Mr Saunders John, Argon Electronics LLP, United Kingdom
15:50 – 16:00	Network Enabled CBRN Defence – Mr Erik Ellinghaus, Bruhn NewTech A/S Denmark
16:00 – 16:10	AIRSECURE – Risk-based detection and protective filtration system for airports against airborne chemical, biological or radiological hazards – Dr Minna Väkevä, Lifa Air, Finland
16:10 – 16:20	Triosyn technology for defense against chemical warfare agents – Dr David Ohayon, Triosyn Corp, USA
16:20 – 18:30	Poster session
19:30 – 21:00	Reception at Tampere City Hall
Tuesday 20th June, 2006
Session III. Disarmament & non-proliferation of CBRN weapons Chairs: Ms Laura Kansikas-Debraise and Doc Markku Mesilaakso
08:30 – 09:00	Plenary lecture – The Biological Weapons Convection: Old Regrets, New Directions – Dr Richard Lennane, United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
09:00 – 09:20	Impact of the scientific and technological development on the chemical weapons convention – Emer Prof Jiri Matousek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
09:20 – 09:40	New nuclear weapons – various threats – Academician Jorma K Miettinen, Finland's Academy, Finland
09:40 – 10:00	Chemical Disarmament in Udmurtia in 2006. Prospects and Problems – Dr Vadim G Petrov, Institute of Applied Mechanics UrB of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee
Session IV. Detection, identification and analysis Chairs: Dr Rolf Hernberg and Doc Tarmo Humppi
10:30 – 11:00	Plenary lecture – Recent developments in chemical detection – Dr Walter Aue, Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland
11:00 – 11:20	Evaluation of commercial co-site chemical detection equipment and development of new detection technology – Mr Yasuo Seto, National Research Institute of Police Science, Japan
11:20 – 11:40	Smart testing of chemical detectors – Dr Walter Aue, Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland
*Short communications*
11:40 – 11:50	A new real-time generic biological agent detection system – Mr Steve Evans, BIRAL, United Kingdom
11.50 – 12:00	Portable bio-agent analyzer based on ultra-sensitive 3D-immuno-assay – Dr Hubertus Haan, Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH, Germany
12:00 – 12.10	Radioactive sources: the holy grain for ionization in IMS? – Dr Norbert Klöpper, Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Germany
12:10 – 13:30	Lunch
Chairs: Dr Walter Aue and Dr Paula Maatela
13:30 – 13:50	Automatic NBC surveillance system, – CATSS – Dr Hans-Christian Gran, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway
13:50 – 14:10	Set-up to measure fluorescence excitation spectra from individual biological particles – Mr Matti Putkiranta, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
14:10 – 14:30	Fieldable biodetection system using MALDI-ATOFMS – Dr Olaf Kievit/Dr Maarten Nieuwenhuizen, TNO Defence, Security and Safety, The Netherlands
14:30 – 14:50	Deployable NBC analytical laboratory – Mr Lars Nilsson, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, Sweden
14:50 – 15:10	Procedures for screening of C-agents in the field laboratory – Dr Paula Vanninen, VERIFIN, University of Helsinki, Finland
*Short communications:*
15:10 – 15:20	Detection of chemical and biological warfare using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) – Mr Stephane Morel, Thales Security Systems, France
15:20 – 15:30	Early Warning of Biological Aerosol Attacks – Dr Scott Maurer, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Unites States
15:30 – 15:40	The development of an integrated sensor management system, Mr Tony Rowe, Serco Assurance, United Kingdom
15:40 – 15:50	Next gen EnviScreen CBRN system – Mr Tommi Kainulainen, Environics Oy, Finland
15:50 – 16:20	Coffee
16:00 – 18:00	Outdoor exhibition of CBRN equipment – Finnish Engineering and NBC Defence School et. al., Finland
20:00 – 23:00	Symposium dinner
Wednesday, 21st June, 2006
Session III. Disarmament & non-proliferation of CBRN weapons continuing Chairs: Ms Laura Kansikas-Debraise and Doc Markku Mesilaakso
08:30 – 09:00	Green Cross Role in Russian Chemical Demilitarization – Prof Sergei Baranovski, Green Cross Russia
Session V: Protection & decontamination Chairs: Dr Björn-Arne Johnsen and Mr Matti Puutio
09:00 – 09:30	Plenary lecture: The NATO Soldier Modernisation Plan (SMP) – Brig Richard Mountford, Individual Fighting Systems Ltd, UK
09:30 – 09:50	Sorption of sulphur mustard simulant in respirator material – Dr Egil Bakken, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway
09:50 – 10:10	Performing medical procedures in NBC protective ensembles in warm and cold environments – Dr Sirkka Rissanen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
10:10 – 10:40	Coffee
Chairs: Dr Ola Claesson and Mr Heikki Seulanto
10:40 – 11:00	Evaluation and management of the consequences of a radiological dispersion on health and environment – Mr Vincenzo Mauro, Italian Army, Logistic Command, Italy
*Short communications:*
11:00 – 11:10	Cost-effective bio-monitoring for building protection – Mr Ezra Merrill, MesoSystems Technology Inc, Unites States
11:10 – 11:20	CRISTANINI's systems for the CBRNE detoxification and decontamination – Mr David Butler, Christanini S.p.A., Italy
11:20 – 11:30	Development of a new family of NBC decontaminants – Mr Hans-Joachim Töpfer, Kärcher Futuretech GmbH, Germany
11:30 – 11:40	Closing of Poster session
11:40 – 13:00	Lunch
Session VI. Medical preparedness for CBRN threats Chairs: Prof Pauli Ylitalo and Dr Tiina Santonen
13:00 – 13:30	Plenary lecture: Diseases caused by agents with potential application by bio-terrorists: zoonotic infections in North-Western Russia – Dr Nikolay Tokarevich, St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Russia
13:30 – 13:50	Finnish Biological Defence – Doc Simo Nikkari, Centre for Biothreat Preparedness and Centre of Military Medicine, Finland
13:50 – 14:10	A study of kinetics of virus-cell interaction with Dynamic Flow Cytometry – Ms Dina Goloshchapova, State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology 'Vector', Russia
14:10 – 14:30	Evaluation of efficacy of antibiotics and probiotics combined use in animals infected with the vaccine strain of anthrax agent – Prof Eugene Vorobeychikov, Institute of highly pure biopreparations, Russia
14:30 – 14:50	Danger of toxic carbamates as threat agents – Prof Valerii D Tonkopii, Russian Academi of Sciences, Russia
14:50 – 15:20	Coffee
15:20 – 15:40	Cyanide Antagonism by Alpha-ketoglutarate: Biochemical and Physiological Studies in Rats – Dr Rahul Bhattacharya, Defence Research and Development Establishment, India
15:40 – 16:00	Studies of reactivators of cholinesterase synthesized in Bulgaria. – Dr Christophor Dishovrsky – Military Medical Academy, Bulgaria
16:00 – 16:20	Gene expression profiles of human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cell lines exposed to a single and repeated low-dose of nerve-agent sarin. – Prof Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone, National University of Singapore, Singapore
16:20 – 16:40	Vascular endothelial growth factor in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in sulfur mustard exposed lung patients: a pilot study – Dr Ali Karami, Research Centre of Molecular Biology, Iran
16:40	Closing of the symposium