APPENDIX
COMMITTEE ON TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELEVANT TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
RODERICK J. FLOWER (Chair), Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
HERNAN CHAIMOVICH, Superintendent General, Butantan Foundation, Professor of Biochemistry, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
NANCY D. CONNELL, Professor of Infectious Disease, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
ANDRZEJ GÓRSKI, Professor of Medicine and Immunology, The Medical University of Warsaw, Vice President, Polish Academy of Sciences
LI HUANG, Director-General, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
MAXWELL OTIM ONAPA, Deputy Executive Secretary, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
MOHAMED IQBAL PARKER, Professor in Medical Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town
ANDREW PITT, Reader and Director of the Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics Facility, University of Glasgow, Scotland
RALF TRAPP, Consultant, CBW Arms Control and Disarmament, France
LLOYD WHITMAN, Deputy Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology
WORKSHOP RAPPORTEURS
KATHERINE BOWMAN, Senior Program Officer, Board on Life Sciences, U.S. National Research Council
KATHRYN HUGHES, Program Officer, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, U.S. National Research Council
JO L. HUSBANDS, Scholar/Senior Project Director, Board on Life Sciences, U.S. National Research Council
JAMES REVILL, Research Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
BENJAMIN RUSEK, Program Officer, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Research Council
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Sunday, 31 October
6:00 PM |
Reception and Welcome Remarks from Sponsoring Organizations |
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Monday, 1 November
9:00 AM |
Plenary Session 1: Introduction to the Themes, Goals, and Context of the Workshop Chair: Andrzej Górski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
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Welcome Address: Tao Xu, Director-General, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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10:45 AM |
Plenary Session 2: Developments in Design, Fabrication, and Production (A) Chair: Iqbal Parker, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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1:15 PM |
Plenary Session 3: Developments in Design, Fabrication, and Production (B) Chair: Andrew Pitt, University of Glasgow, UK |
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3:00 PM |
Plenary Session 4: Dispersal and Delivery Chair: Ralf Trapp, CBW Consultant, France |
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4:15 PM |
Breakout Discussion Sessions |
7:30 PM |
Special Event: “Strengthening the culture of responsibility with respect to dual use research and biosecurity” (videoteleconference). Organized by NIH/NSABB and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with the IAP, IUMS, IUBMB, and NAS |
Tuesday, 2 November
9:00 AM |
Plenary Session 5: Summary from Day 1 Chair: Maxwell Otim Onapa, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Uganda |
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9:30 AM |
Plenary Session 6: Detection, Identification, and Monitoring Chair: Lloyd Whitman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA |
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11:15 AM |
Plenary Session 7: Defense and Countermeasures Chair: Anwar Nasim, COMSTECH, Pakistan |
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1:45 PM |
Breakout Discussion Sessions |
4:15 PM |
Plenary Session 8: Communication Chair: Hernan Chaimovich, Fundação Butantan, Brazil |
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Wednesday, November 3
9:00 AM |
Plenary session 9: Summary from Day 2 Chair: Li Huang, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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10:30 AM |
Plenary session 10: Workshop Conclusions Chair: Roderick Flower, Queen Mary University of London, UK |
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12:00 PM |
Meeting Adjournment |
PARTICIPANT LIST
Katherine Bowman
Board on Life Sciences
The U.S. National Academies
Göran Bucht
Swedish Defense Research Establishment
Hernan Chaimovich
Fundação Butantan
University of São Paulo
Teck-Mean Chua
Asia Pacific Biosafety Association
Nancy Connell
Department of Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Neil Davison
Security and Diplomacy
The Royal Society
Etienne De Villiers
International Livestock Research Institute
Pawan Dhar
Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology
University of Kerala
Gang Dong
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Qi Dong
Division of International Organization
Bureau of International Cooperation
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cris dos Remedios
International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics
University of Sydney
James Eberwine
Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Gerald Epstein
Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Meg Flanagan
U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Rod Flower
St. Barts and The London School of Medicine
Queen Mary University of London
David R. Franz
Midwest Research Institute
David Friedman
Institute for National Security Studies
Tel-Aviv University
Katsuhisa Furukawa
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Andrzej Gorski
Polish Academy of Sciences
Anfeng Guo
Visiting Fellow, Princeton University
Beijing Science Technology and Security Center
Li Huang
Institute of Microbiology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kathryn Hughes
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
The U.S. National Academies
Jo L.Husbands
Board on Life Sciences
The U.S. National Academies
Saied Jaradat
Princess Haya Biotechnology Center
Michael J. Jeger
Imperial College London
Serhiy Komisarenko
National Biosafety and Biosecurity Commission
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack
Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch
Office for Disarmament Affairs
Ilya Kurochkin
Chemical Department
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Valdas Laurinavicius
Institute of Biochemistry
Vilnius University
Stephen Lerner
International Union of Microbiological Societies
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Ming Li
Beijing Institutes of Biological Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenjun Li
Department of Science & Education
National Institute for Communicable
Disease Control and Prevention
China CDC
Raymond Lin
National Public Health Laboratory
Ministry of Health
Shu Liu
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Yidong Liu
Institute for the History of Natural Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Julian Ma
St George's Hospital Medical School
University of London
Irma Makalinao
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine
University of the Philippines Manila
Robert Mathews
NBC Arms Control Unit
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
James Meadway
The Royal Society
Sue Meek
Australian Academy of Science
Lorna Miller
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Piers Millett
BWC Implementation Support Unit
United Nations
Randall Murch
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Anwar Nasim
OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH)
Kathryn Nixdorff
Darmstadt University of Technology
Godwin Haruna Ogbadu
Sheda Science and Technology Complex
Maxwell Otim Onapa
Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
Christopher Park
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
U.S. Department of State
M. Iqbal Parker
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
University of Cape Town
Graham Pearson
Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford
Lei Pei
Organisation for International Dialogue & Conflict Management
Andrew Pitt
University of Glasgow
Yerlan Ramankulov
National Center for Biotechnology of the Republic of Kazakhstan
I. Gary Resnick
Bioscience Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
James Revill
Science and Technology Policy Research
University of Sussex
Chad Roy
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Tulane University School of Medicine
Benjamin Rusek
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
The U.S. National Academies
Nariyoshi Shinomiya
Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine
National Defense Medical College of Japan
Aleksandr Simonian
Biosensing/CBET
National Science Foundation
Ryszard Slomski
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Poznan University of Life Sciences
James Stack
Kansas State University
Great Plains Diagnostic Network
Colonel Ben Steyn
Chemical and Biological Defence Advisor
South African Military Health Service
Herawati Sudoyo
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
Leiv Sydnes
Department of Chemistry
University of Bergen
Marlena Szalata
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Terence Taylor
International Council for the Life Sciences
Ralf Trapp
Consultant, CBW Arms Control and Disarmament
Jinglin Wang
Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Lei Wang
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Li Wang
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Lloyd Whitman
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Angela Woodward
Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC)
Jackie Ying
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Zhiming Yuan
Wuhan Institute of Virology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lei Zhang
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiushan Zhang
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Lianhui Zhu
Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Enlin Zhu
Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine Division
Ministry of Agriculture