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Suggested Citation:"Appendix." National Research Council. 2011. Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Summary of an International Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13113.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix." National Research Council. 2011. Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Summary of an International Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13113.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix." National Research Council. 2011. Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Summary of an International Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13113.
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WORKSHOP AGENDA

Sunday, 31 October

6:00 PM

Reception and Welcome Remarks from Sponsoring Organizations

 

  • Rod Flower, chair, Committee on Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention: An International Workshop

  • Lei Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Andrzej Górski, chair, IAP Biosecurity Working Group

  • Iqbal Parker, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  • Stephen Lerner, International Union of Microbiological Societies

  • Meg Flanagan, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

  • Lorna Miller, UK Global Partnership Programme

  • Christopher Park, US Department of State

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

 

Welcome Address: Tao Xu, Director-General, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

  1. Aims and Objectives of the Meeting – Roderick Flower, Queen Mary University of London, UK

  2. The Biological Weapons Convention: A Brief Overview – Piers Millet, BWC Implementation Support Unit, United Nations, Switzerland

  3. Introduction to framework for evaluating new science and technology – Ralf Trapp, CBW Consultant, France

  4. Perspective from the Chinese Academy of Sciences – Li Huang, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  5. Discussion

10:45 AM

Plenary Session 2: Developments in Design, Fabrication, and Production (A)

Chair: Iqbal Parker, University of Cape Town, South Africa

 

  1. Bioinformatics and Computational Tools – Etienne de Villiers, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya

  2. Systems Biology: Relevance to the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention – Andrew Pitt, University of Glasgow, UK

  3. Emerging Trends in Synthetic Biology – Pawan Dhar, University of Kerala, India

  4. Discussion

1:15 PM

Plenary Session 3: Developments in Design, Fabrication, and Production (B) Chair: Andrew Pitt, University of Glasgow, UK

 

  1. Bioreactors and Transgenic Animals – Ryszard Słomski, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

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  1. Transgenic Plants and Recombinant Pharmaceuticals – Julian Ma, St. Georges University of London, UK

  2. Neuroscience Developments – James Eberwine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

  3. Discussion

3:00 PM

Plenary Session 4: Dispersal and Delivery

Chair: Ralf Trapp, CBW Consultant, France

 

  1. Aerosols and Aerobiology – Chad Roy, Tulane National Primate Research Center, USA

  2. Nanostructured Delivery Systems for Drugs, Proteins and Cells – Jackie Ying, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore

  3. Commentary: Implications Stemming From Advances in Dual-Use Targeted Delivery Systems – Kathryn Nixdorff, Darmstadt University of Science and Technology, Germany

  4. Discussion

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

 

  1. Presentations from Rapporteurs of Day 1 Breakout Sessions

  2. Discussion

9:30 AM

Plenary Session 6: Detection, Identification, and Monitoring

Chair: Lloyd Whitman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

 

  1. Postgenomic Technologies – Andrew Pitt, University of Glasgow, UK

  2. Exploring an International Microbial Forensics Capability to Support Attribution and Advance Global Biosecurity – Randall Murch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

  3. Biosensors Overview – Gary Resnick, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

  4. Biosensor Development – Ilya Kurochkin, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

  5. Remarks: Brief Summary of the Science used by the FBI in the Anthrax Attacks Case of 2001 - Nancy Connell, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA

  6. Discussion

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11:15 AM

Plenary Session 7: Defense and Countermeasures

Chair: Anwar Nasim, COMSTECH, Pakistan

 

  1. Vaccines and Medical Countermeasures – Nancy Connell, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA

  2. Monitoring and Molecular Diagnosis of Emerging Infectious Diseases – Raymond Lin, National Public Health Laboratory, Singapore

  3. Agricultural Biosecurity: Threats to Crop Production – Michael Jeger, Imperial College London, UK

  4. Discussion

1:45 PM

Breakout Discussion Sessions

4:15 PM

Plenary Session 8: Communication

Chair: Hernan Chaimovich, Fundação Butantan, Brazil

 

  1. How the Internet has Changed Scientific Interchanges – James Meadway, The Royal Society, UK

  2. Influence of Technology on Scientific Collaboration: Indonesia Experience – Herawati Sudoyo, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Indonesia

  3. Biological Risks – Future Trends: Conveying the Concept of Risk – Terence Taylor, International Council for the Life Sciences, USA

  4. Discussion

Wednesday, November 3

9:00 AM

Plenary session 9: Summary from Day 2

Chair: Li Huang, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

  1. Presentations from Rapporteurs of Day 2 Breakout Sessions

  2. Discussion of Days 1 and 2

10:30 AM

Plenary session 10: Workshop Conclusions

Chair: Roderick Flower, Queen Mary University of London, UK

 

  1. Facilitated Discussion: Improving Scientific Input into the BWC

  2. Discussion of Workshop Findings and Conclusions

  3. Next Steps

12:00 PM

Meeting Adjournment

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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

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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

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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

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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

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This report offers a summary of the substantive presentations during an international workshop, Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, held October 31 - November 3, 2010 at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is meant to provide scientists and other technical experts with factual information about the range and variety of topics discussed at the workshop, which may be of interest to national governments and non-governmental organizations as they begin to prepare for the 7th Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2011.

The Beijing workshop reflected the continuing engagement by national academies international scientific organizations, and individual scientists and engineers in considering the biosecurity implications of developments in the life sciences and assessing trends in science and technology (S&T) relevant to nonproliferation. The workshop provided an opportunity for the scientific community to discuss the implications of relevant developments in S&T for multiple aspects of the BWC.

Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention follows the structure of the plenary sessions at the workshop. It begins with introductory material about the BWC and current examples of the types and modes of science advice available to the BWC and other international nonproliferation and disarmament agreements, in particular the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This report includes only a very brief description of the some of the post-presentation discussions held during the plenary sessions - and does not include an account of the small breakout groups - since these were intended to inform the committee's finding and conclusions and will be reflected in the final report.

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