Main Conference Day One: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:30 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

8:45 Opening Session: CBRN Defense And The Role Of National Laboratories Laboratory Directed Research And Development (LDRD) In Cutting Edge CBRN Technology

  • Opportunities for partnerships with DoD and industry
  • New developments and innovations in CBRN defense within the national labs

Major General (R) John Doesburg
Director, Oak Ridge Partnership Office
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

9:25 Keynote: OSD Challenges Of Countering Nuclear Threats

  • Overview of the US nuclear weapons program and how it affects the industry and the public
  • Identification of specific issues regarding nuclear threats
  • Initiatives and goals to counter nuclear threats

S. Steve Henry, SES
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Nuclear Matters (DATSD/NM)

10:05 Networking Break

10:45 Advancing Chemical And Biological Medical Systems Collaboration With The S&T Base

  • FDA regulatory process
  • Improved logistics and survivability for the Warfighter

COL Dave Williams, USA
Joint Project Manager, Chemical Biological Medical Systems (CBMS)
JPEO-CBD

11:25 EPA’s Regulation Of Bio-Decontamination Chemicals

Jeff Kempter
Senior Advisor, Antimicrobials Division, Office of the Pesticide Programs
Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Jeffrey Golden
Co-Founder & Managing Member
CET

12:10 Lunch

1:25 The Role Of Medicine In The CBRN Response

  • The ideal response to a CBRN incident from the medical perspective
  • Where we are now in the AMEDD
  • Ideal response capability
  • Solutions designed to improve capabilities

LTC Kenneth S. Shaw, USA, OD, MS
Physician Representative for Emergency Management
DDEAMC, US Army

2:05 CBRN Medical Preparedness And Response

  • HHS roles and responsibilities in CBRN medical preparedness and response
  • BARDA CBRN medical countermeasures programs
  • The Integrated National Bio-defense CBRN medical countermeasures portfolio

Dr. Carol Linden
Principal Deputy Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

2:45 Networking Break

3:25 Meeting The CBRN Challenge: Air Mobility In A Contaminated Environment

  • Unique CBRN contamination challenges in global air mobility operations of large-frame aircraft
  • Limitations in today's decontamination technologies and methods
  • Ensuring timely force projection, sustainment, and deployment support to the warfighter
  • Air Mobility Command applications of non-material and material solutions
  • Providing greater capability for air mobility operations in a contaminated environment

Gary Phipps
Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Program Manager Directorate of Air
Space and Information Operations

4:05 JPEO-CBD Support In Achieving CBRN Platform Survivability

  • JPM ColPro overview and JPEOCBD support to major defense acquisition programs
  • Capabilities and requirements of DODI 3150.09
  • Delivering CBR Capability Sets to MDAPS
  • Potential Dual use of JPEO CBD equipments

Mike Abaie
Joint Project Manager for Chemical and Biological Defense
Collective Protection Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense

4:45 A Crisis Within A Crisis: Incident Management

  • A core set of concepts and Principle
  • Involvement of multiple types of responders
  • Ownership of a crisis situation
  • A consistent nationwide approach

Kyle Blackman
Chief, Resource Planning and Coordination Branch
Incident Management Systems Integration Division

5:25 End Of Main Conference Day One

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