CBMTS Industry IV

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The Third World Congress on Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism
17-23 September 2005

Saturday 17 September 2005

CBMTS-Industry IV

The Workshop and Roundtable discussions on Non-Proliferation of WMD and Emergency Response/Crisis Management with Lessons Learned from the Tsunami

Sector I: Workshops, Round Table Discussions
Chair: Col. Zvonko Orehovec, CMOD (Croatia)
Co-Chair: Col. Richard Price, USAF (Ret), ASA (US)
Co-Chair: Col. Owen Ulmer, GANG, 4th WMD CST (US)

09:00-09:10 – Non-Proliferation of WMD Workshop Opening at the Conference hall of Hotel Excelsior

Introduction

  1. Col. Richard Price
  2. Col. Zvonko Orehovec

09:10-10:30 - Workshop 1: Nonproliferation A
Chair: Dr. John Hart, SIPRI (Sweden)
Co-Chair: Dr. Jan Cerveny, DOE (US)

  1. South Eastern Europe Countries Experiences in WMD Counterproliferation, Border Security and Counterterrorism (92), Slavko Bokan, Croatia
  2. Selected arms control and disarmament issues (93), John Hart, Sweden
  3. Counter-terrorism preparedness: The Urban Area Security Initiative (27), Murray Hamilton, US
  4. Roundtable Discussions

10:45 – 12:15 - Workshop 2: Nonproliferation B
Chair: Dr. Mohamed El-Zarka, MEA (Egypt)
Co-Chair: Dr. Irakli Beridze, OPCW (The Netherlands)

  1. The Rotterdam Convention and its Relation to the Use of Hazardous Chemicals in an Industrial Environment (16), Mohamed ELZarka, Egypt
  2. OPCW's contribution to the Global Anti-terrorism Efforts (05), Irakli Beridze, The Netherlands
  3. Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Romania (20), Mihai Franti, Romania
  4. Roundtable Discussions

14:00-15:30 - Workshop 3: Nonproliferation C
Chair: Dr. Slavko Bokan, CMOD (Croatia)
Co-Chair: Dr. Murray Hamilton, University of Denver (US)

  1. Impact of Proliferation of WMD on Security of the European Union (95), Zvonko Orehovec, Croatia
  2. Nonproliferation R&D (06), Jan Cerveny, US
  3. Roundtable Discussions

Sunday 18 September 2005

CBMTS-Industry IV

The Workshop and Roundtable discussions on Non-Proliferation of WMD and Emergency Response/Crisis Management with Lessons Learned from the Tsunami

09:00-10:30 - Workshop 4: Emergency Response and Crisis Management A
Chair: Dr. Lionel Lee, DMERI (Singapore)
Co-Chair: Dr. Richard Nolan, SNS (US)

  1. Civil-Military Disaster Assistance: Lessons from the Tsunami (30), CAPT Joe Hughart, USPHS, ATSDR, US
  2. Earthquake/Tsunami: Issues and Lessons Learned by CDC's Emergency Operations Units (06), Mike Daley, US
  3. Response lessons from the Asian Tsunami of 2004 (53), Richard Nolan, US
  4. Roundtable Discussions

10:45-12:15 - Workshop 5: Emergency Response and Crisis Management B
Chair: Dr. Mike Daley, SNS (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Duane Habeck (US)

  1. Deployment of a field diagnostic laboratory in a humanitarian mission (45), Lionel Lee, Singapore
  2. The Synchronization Matrix: Counterterrorism Planning Tool (25), Duane Habeck, US
  3. System for detection of nuclear material - pilot project Bregana (87), Ankica Cizmek, Croatia
  4. Roundtable Discussions

14:00 – 16:00 Presentation Training Session with Dr. Barbara Price, Battelle (US), CAPT Joe Maloney, ATSDR, (US) and Mr. Dick Nolan, SNS/CDC, (US)

18:30 - Meeting of Sector/Session Chairs/Co-Chairs – Main Auditorium

18:45 - Session Chairs/Co-Chairs meet with Session presenters

19:00-21:00 - Congress Welcome Reception (Jadran Restaurant, Old Town, Klapa "RAGUSA", local singers)

Monday 19 September 2005

The Chemical and Biological Medical Treatment Symposium - Industry IV

The Third World Congress on Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism

17-23 September 2005

Honorary Director: Mr. Igor Pokaz, Assistant Minister of Defense (Croatia)
Co-Director: Col. Richard Price (US)
Co-Director: Col. Zvonko Orehovec (Croatia)
Congress Chair: Dr. Barbara Price (US)
Congress Co-Chair: Dr. Slavko Bokan (Croatia)

Sectors and Sessions

Sector I
Workshops, Round Table Discussions, and Technical Demonstration
Sessions: Workshop Session 1, Workshop Session 2, Workshop Session 3, Workshop Session 4, Workshop Session 5, Session 8 The Congress Technical Demonstrations and Related Exhibition
Chair: Col. Zvonko Orehovec (Croatia)
Co-Chair: Col. Richard Price (US)
Co-Chair: Col. Owen Ulmer (US)

Sector II
Chemical
Sessions: 3, 4, 5, 9a, 9b, 11
Chair: Dr. David Moore (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Milos Stojiljkovic (Denmark)
Co-Chair: Dr. Zrinka Kovaric (Croatia)

Sector III
Biological
Sessions: 1, 2, 12, 13a, 13b
Chair: Dr. David Robinson (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Martin Schütz (Switzerland)
Co-Chair: Dr. Boris Zaitsev (Russia)

Sector IV
Radiological
Sessions: 6, 7, 10, 14, 15
Chair: Prof. dr. Jiri Bajgar (Czech Republic)
Co-Chair: Dr. Jan Cerveny (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Guilherme Santana (Brazil)

08:30-09:00 - World Congress Opens with Official Welcome and Introductions

  • Administrative Remarks and Introduction of Key Symposium Staff, Col. Richard Price, USAF (Ret), ASA, Congress Co-Director and Col. Zvonko Orehovec, MOD Croatia, Congress Co-Director.
  • Remarks by CBMTS Guest of Honor, His Excellency Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, The Director General, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – OPCW.
  • Remarks by Major General David Poythress, The Adjutant General for the State of Georgia, “The Continuing Progress and Importance of the CBMTS Series”.
  • Official World Congress Open - Mr. Igor Pokaz, Assistant Minister of Defense of the Republic of Croatia, Congress Honorary Director.

09:00-10:30 - Session 1: Bio Policy
Chair: Prof. John Woodall (Brazil)
Co-Chair: Dr. Robert DeBell (US)

  1. Global Agroterrorism (50), Lee Myers, the State Veterinarian Georgia, US
  2. Project BioShield (14), Jerry Donlon, US Department of Health and Human Services, US
  3. Brucellosis - Advanced Diagnostic Methods and Update on Epidemiology /Epizootology in the Balkan Region (78), Vaso Taleski, Macedonia
  4. Natural Toxins - Review, Recent Developments and Risks (24), P. Gopalakrishnakone, the University of Singapore, Singapore

11:00-12:30 - Session 2: Bio Agent - Viruses
Chair: Dr. Jerome Donlon (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Mzia Kutateladze (Georgia)

  1. Virus Infections as a Major Infectious Threat to the Public health in the XXIst Century (52), Sergey Netesov, VECTOR, Novosibirsk, Russia.
  2. The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (63), David Robinson, Battelle Memorial Institute, US.
  3. Fighting SARS Together – The Singaporean Way (43), Lionel Lee, Defense Medical and Environmental Research Institute, Singapore.
  4. Mechanisms of Poxvirus Dissemination within Organisms (64), Elena Ryabchikova, VECTOR, Novosibirsk, Russia

13:30-15:20 - Session 3: Chemical Agents - Mustard
Chair: Dr. Mahdi Balali-Mood (Iran)
Co-Chair: Prof. Pål Aas (Norway)

  1. Comparison of the Early and Late Toxic Effects of Sulfur Mustard in Iranian Veterans (4), Mahdi Balali-Mood, Iran
  2. Late Psychological Impacts of Wartime Low level Exposure to Sulfur Mustard on Civilian population of Direh (16 years after exposure) (19), Farahnaz Falahati, Iran
  3. War and Chemical Attack: Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Civilians of North-Western Iran (88), Farnoosh Hashemian, US
  4. Long Term Health Effects of Low-Level Exposure to Mustard gas (Evaluation of public health status of civilian population of "Direh"-western Iran- 17 years after exposure to mustard gas (37), Shahriar Khateri, Iran
  5. Medical Product Development of Antivesicant Medical Countermeasures (3), William Smith, US

15:50-18:00 - Session 4: Modeling and Emergency Preparedness
Chair: Dr. Robert Garrett (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Manana Juruli (Georgia)

  1. Enhancing Community Preparedness for Cyanide Terrorism (47), Paul Maniscalco, US
  2. Modeling the Consequences of Chemical Terrorism (49), Otakar Mika, Czech Republic
  3. Evaluating Possible Toxic Industrial Chemical Use by Terrorists: TICs and TIMs, Safety and Threat (57), Barbara Price, US
  4. Quantifying the Potential Airborne Hazard from Industrial Facilities (21), Robert M. Garrett, US
  5. Choice of Oximes in Organophosphate Poisonings (91), Milos Stojiljkovic, Denmark
  6. Dangerous Chemical Substances in Central Asia (CA) (26), Igor Hadjamberdiev, Kyrgyzstan

Tuesday 20 September 2005

08:00-10:00 - Session 5: Chemical Detection and Monitoring and Decontamination Technologies
Chair: Dr. Margaret Filbert (US)
Co-Chair Dr. Mohamed El-Zarka (Egypt)

  1. Evaluation of Exposure Levels in Buildings during CBR Accidents (75), Milena Jovasevic-Stojanovic, Serbia & Montenegro
  2. The Role of Biological Monitoring In Assessing Consequences of Chemical Incidents (32), Manana Juruli, Georgia
  3. A New Purified Cholinesterase for Separate Detection of Organophosphates and Carbamates (80), Valerii Tonkopii, Russia
  4. Context Libraries for Improving Reliability and Versatility of a Chemical Detector (81), Mikko Utriainen, Finland
  5. Technologies for Decontamination/Detoxification, Biosensing, and Cholinesterase Monitoring to Chemical Warfare Agents (13), B. P. Doctor, US
  6. Large-Scale Tests of Vaporous Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) and Modified Vaporous Hydrogen Peroxide (mVHP) for Chemical and Biological Weapons Decontamination (89), Jeffrey Hinte, US

10:30-12:00 - Session 6: Radiological
Chair: Dr. Mildred Donlon (US)
Co-Chair: Maj. Boris Illijas (Croatia)

  1. Nonproliferation R&D (9), Jan Cerveny, US
  2. Efforts of the International Community in Preventing Nuclear Terrorism (31), Boris Ilijas, Croatia
  3. Radiological/Nuclear Preparedness: Medical Countermeasures and Biodosimetry (55), Terry Pellmar, US
  4. Radiological Considerations for CBMTS IV Technical Demonstration (85) Team Leaders Croatia/US

12:00-13:00 - Session 7: (A Working Lunch) Editors of Journal of Medical Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense
Chair: Dr. Barbara Price (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. David Robinson (US)

14:30-17:30 - Session 8: The Congress Technical Demonstrations and Related Exhibitions
Chair: Maj. Tomica Sabolic, (Croatia)
Co-Chair: Maj. Jeffrey Allen (US)

Congress Technical Demonstration, Exhibition of equipment or sponsor equipment demonstrations and a picnic for all participants including accompanied personnel.

18:00-20:30 - MOD Dinner - picnic (Tito's Villa, Kupari)

Wednesday 21 September 2005

08:00-09:50 - Session 9a: Chemical Medical Treatment and Therapy
Chair: Dr. B. P. Doctor (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Elsa Reiner (Croatia)

  1. Pretreatment and Medical Therapy of Nerve-Agent Intoxication (1), Pål Aas, Norway
  2. Interaction of the Pyridinium Oximes K027, K033 and K048 with Native and Tabun-Inhibited Human Acetylcholinesterase (39), Zrinka Kovarik, Croatia
  3. Emerging Auto-Injector Technologies (62), Matthew Robben, US
  4. Use of Bioscavengers for Organophosphorus Compound Toxicity (66), Ashima Saxena, US
  5. The Importance of Reactivation Test in Experimental Intoxication with Nerve Agents (3), Jiri Bajgar, Czech Republic

10:20-11:00 - Session 9b: Chemical Medical Treatment and Therapy
Chair: Dr. B. P. Doctor (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Elsa Reiner (Croatia)

  1. Purification of water from dioxins and removing dioxins from human body (38), Rashid Khaydarov, Uzbekistan
  2. Fluoroacetate: New Therapy for Old Poison (58), Andrey Radilov, Russia

11:00-12:20 - Session 10: Poster Presentation (Podium Oral Overview for Posters)
Chair: Dr. Jiri Kassa (Czech Republic)
Co-Chair: Dr. Don Walsh (US)

  1. Field Decontamination of Ammunition Packagings under Controlled Environmental Conditions (17), Cornelis M Erasmus, South Africa
  2. Late Skin Complications Following Mustard Gas Exposure (29), Ali Reza Hosseini, Iran
  3. A Comparison of the Potency of Newly Developed Oximes (K027, K048) and Currently Available Oximes to Reactivate Tabun-Inhibited Ache and Eliminate Acute Toxic Effects of Tabun (34), Jirí Kassa, Czech Republic
  4. Risk of Health Effects Due to Probable Industrial Chemical Accidents in Georgia (35), Givi Katsitadze, Georgia
  5. Late Cutaneous Complications in Chemical Warfare Victims in Fars, Iran (36), Seyed Habibollah Kavari, Iran
  6. Searching for New Oximes for the Treatment of Cyclosarin Intoxications (40), Kamil Kuca, Czech Republic
  7. Deployment of a field diagnostic laboratory in a humanitarian mission (45), Lionel K. H. Lee, Singapore
  8. The Epizootological/Epidemiological Control of the Zoonotic Chlamydioses in the Ukraine (51), Z. N. Nekhoroshikh, Ukraine
  9. Mad Honey Disease – An Old Weapon (!) Case Report (54), G. Ozyurt, Turkey
  10. Pyridinium, Imidazolium and Quinuclidinium Compounds: Toxicity of and Antidotes against Tabun and Soman (59), Elsa Reiner, Croatia
  11. Time to Treatment of Cyanide Poisoning: Implications for Emergency Response and for Stockpiling (82), Don Walsh, US
  12. The ECBC Advanced CBRNE Training for the WMD Civil Support Teams (22), Robert Gross, US
  13. New Approaches in Decontaminating "Anthrax Letters" (86), Georgiana Ciofringeanu, Romania
  14. Can Mustard Gas Poisoning Result in Abortion in Human? (90), Morteza Rajai, Iran
  15. In Vitro and In Vivo Tests for Organophosphorous Compounds Induced Delayed Neurotoxicity Forecast (94), Natalia Kokshareva, Ukraine
  16. Dioxins - Supertoxins of XX1 Century (79), Vladimir F. Tkach, Ukraine

13:20-15:10 - Session 11: Chemical Medical Acquisition and Response
Chair: Dr. Jan Medema (Netherlands)
Co-Chair: Capt. Mark Stewart (US)

  1. Overview on New Therapeutic Agents for CBR Applications (42), Sol Langemann, US
  2. Mobile Laboratory Operations at a WMD Incident (72), Mark Stewart, US
  3. Battlefıeld Deployment of GATA Medıcal Rescue Team, Whıch is proposed as Good Model, During US – Iraq Conflıct and NATO Summit (33), Turan Karayilanoglu, Turkey
  4. Analysis of the threat to the skin from terrorist CBR incidents (48), Jan Medema, Netherlands
  5. Role of Decontamination in CBR Incidents (8), Pavel Castulik, Czech Republic

15:40-17:30 - Session 12: Bio Agents - Bacteria and Genetic Modification
Chair: Prof. dr. Sergey Netesov (Russia)
Co-Chair: Dr. Lee Myers (US)

  1. GM Technology Offers Opportunities for Possible Bioterrorism (28), Filiz Hincal, Turkey
  2. Antibiotic Resistance and Anthrax (10), Robert DeBell, US
  3. Development of Bacterial Ghost Vaccines for Bacillus anthracis using Genomics and Proteomics (12), Vito G. DelVecchio, US
  4. Rickettsia sp. as potential BW (61), Elizabeta Ristanovic, Serbia & Montenegro
  5. Model for Studying Biological Properties of the Pathogens and BPA-Diseases Immunopathogenesis (56), Lyudmila Pozdnyakova, Ukraine

19:00-21:30 - Symposium Dinner on the terrace of the famous KONAVOSKI DVORI Restaurant

Thursday 22 September 2005

08:00-09:30 - Session 13a: Biodetection and Diagnosis
Chair: Dr. Elena Ryabchikova (Russia)
Co-Chair: Dr. Vito DelVecchio (US)

  1. Bacteriophage preparations for diagnostic of infections caused by especially dangerous pathogens (41), Mzia Kutateladze, Georgia
  2. A Mobile Molecular Testing Laboratory for Onsite Identification of Weapons of Mass Destruction (11), Vito DelVecchio, US
  3. Laboratory Installation and Procedures for the safe Handling of Bioterror Samples (68), Martin Schütz, Switzerland
  4. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH Medical Diagnostics, Genomics and Advanced Technologies Initiatives (23), Maria Giovanni, US

10:00-11:50 - Session 13b: Biodetection and Diagnosis
Chair: Chair: Prof. Lionel K.H. Lee (Singapore)
Co-Chair: Dr. Maria Giovanni (US)

  1. Differential PCR Diagnostic of smallpox, monkeypox, and cowpox viruses pathogenic for humans (67), Sergei N. Shchelkunov, Russia
  2. Biochips for detection of infectious agents – from Invention to Product (44), Lionel K.H. Lee, Singapore
  3. Usage of antibodies for identification of a virus using by atomic force microscopy (84), Boris Zaitsev, Russia
  4. Considerations Regarding Bio-Aerosol Detection (46), Peter Lejeune, US
  5. Modeling of Biological Weapon Agents Dispersion in a Bioterrorism Incident (60), Vladimir P. Reshetin, Belarus

Friday 23 September 2005

08:00-09:40 - Session 14: Policy
Chair: Dr. Stef Stienstra (Netherlands)
Co-Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Poythress (US)

  1. The OPCW's contribution to the global anti-terrorist efforts (5), Irakli Beridze, OPCW, Netherlands
  2. The NBC Defense Evolution in Spain and NBC National Doctrine (70), Juan Irizar Sigüenza, Spain
  3. Indirect threat: The Awareness that Terrorists can Misuse the Transport and Storage of Hazardous Substances to Disrupt Society: The importance to make an inventory of critical locations and to secure these (73), Stef Stienstra, Netherlands
  4. A Method for Integrating CBR Vulnerability Assessment in Urban Planning (74), Bozidar Stojanovic, Serbia & Montenegro
  5. Agro-terrorism: A scenario based case study for Brazil (65), Guilherme Santana, Brazil

10:10-11:30 - Session 15: WMD Capabilities
Chair: Dr. Murray Hamilton (US)
Co-Chair: Dr. Pavel Castulik (Czech Republic)

  1. Counter-terrorism Preparedness: The Urban Area Security Initiative (27), Murray G. Hamilton, US
  2. The Synchronization Matrix: Counterterrorism Planning Tool (25), Duane Habeck, US
  3. Can Robotics Have an Impact on the WMD Mission? (76), Peter Stopa, US
  4. WMD and MWD (military working dogs and other canines) (15), Gary Eifried, US

11:30-12:20 - Session 16: Closing Session
Chair: Dr. Thomas A. Werk (US)
Co-Chair: Mr. Douglas Eaton (Canada)
Co-Chair: Mr. Boris Mesaric (Croatia)

11:30-12:10 Summary of Sessions by Sector Chairs

12:10-12:20 Future CBMTS Efforts and Closing