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Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

Strategies for Effective Biological Detection Systems: A Workshop
September 18-19, 2017

AGENDA

Location: National Academy of Sciences Building
Fred Kavli Auditorium
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

To explore alternative and effective biodetection systems for aerosolized agents that meet technical and operational requirements for the Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch program.

To focus on the integration of improvements and new technologies into the existing biological detection architecture.

To focus on systems or strategies that could:

be deployed by 2027,
enable indoor surveillance, and
benefit day-to-day environmental surveillance by the public health and medical communities.

DAY ONE—Monday, September 18, 2017

8:30 am	SESSION I: INTRODUCTION AND BIOWATCH OVERVIEW Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Objectives Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair Professor in Molecular Biology and Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University
8:40 am	Welcome from BioWatch Program Michael V. Walter, BioWatch Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security

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8:55 am	Panel Discussion 1: Scope of the Workshop Moderator: Adel A.F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair John D. Clements, Professor and Chair of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine Bruce Budowle, Director, Center for Human Identification, University of North Texas Health Science Center Tom Slezak, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Lawrence Livermore National Lab Colin Stimmler, Senior Director for the Bureau of Agency Preparedness & Response (BAPR), New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) David W. Cullin, Vice President Research, Development and Programs, FLIR Systems Grace Kubin, Director Laboratory Services Section, Texas Department of State Health Services Norman Kahn, President, Counter-Bio LLC Fred M. Rosa, Jr., Senior Advisor for Homeland Security, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
9:40 am	Full Workshop Question and Answer (Q&A)
10:00 am	BioWatch Overview: Summary of Invited Paper Paul Biedrzycki, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Milwaukee City Health Department (retired)
10:30 am	BREAK
10:45 am	SESSION II: ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PERFORMANCE Assessment of Current Performance: Summaries of Invited Papers Current Quality Assurance (QA) Approach Molly Isbell, Director of Quality Assurance (QA) and Data Science, Signature Science
10:45 am	Use of Dispersion Modeling Tools in Optimizing Biological Detection Architectures David Brown, Research Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
11:25 am	Panel Discussion 2: How Improvements Might Impact Current Operations and the QA Process Moderator: John Clements, Planning Committee Member Molly Isbell, Signature Science David Brown, ANL Jennifer Rakeman-Cagno, Assistant Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
11:25 am	Full Workshop Q&A
12:40 pm	LUNCH

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1:40 pm	SESSION III: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE BIOLOGICAL DETECTION SYSTEMS Technology-Focused Outlook for Future Biological Detection Systems: Summary of Invited Paper Authors: Duncan MacCannell, Chief Science Officer, Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Toby Merlin, Director of the Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, CDC Presenter: Toby Merlin, CDC
2:10 pm	PANEL DISCUSSION 3A: Enhancements to Existing Systems Moderator: Bruce Budowle, Planning Committee Member Capture and Extraction Dana Kadavy, Director of Biological Sciences, Signature Science Improvements to PCR Henry Erlich, Senior Scientist, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) Enhancing Informatics, Data Flow, and Connectivity C. Titus Brown, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
3:25 pm	BREAK
3:40 pm	PANEL DISCUSSION 3B: Novel Technologies to Expand Capabilities Moderator: Tom Slezak, Planning Committee Member Mass spectrometry Wayne Bryden, President, Zeteo Tech Point-of-need multiplex PCR Lyle L. Probst, CEO, Excite PCR Corporation Rapid targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Sam Reed, President, DNA Electronics
4:55 pm	RECAP AND REVIEW Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair
5:25 pm	ADJOURN DAY 1

DAY TWO—Tuesday, September 19, 2017

8:30 am	WELCOME AND RECAP OF DAY ONE Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair
8:45 am	SESSION III: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE BIOLOGICAL DETECTION SYSTEMS (CONT.)
8:45 am	PANEL DISCUSSION 3C: Indoor Survellience Requirements Moderator: Colin Stimmler, Planning Committee Member Modeling James C. Liljegren, Research Scientist, ANL Transit security

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	Chuck Burrus, Deputy Chief, Department of Security, MTA [Metropolitan Transportation Authority]/New York City Transit Operations Suzet McKinney, Executive Director, Illinois Medical District Commission
	Full Workshop Q&A
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am	SESSION IV: COMPATIBILITY OF BIOWATCH IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN EXISTING BIOLOGICAL DETECTION ARCHITECTURE BioWatch Improvements Within Existing Biological Detection Architecture: Summary of Invited Paper George Dizikes, Director, Knoxville Regional Laboratory, Tennessee Department of Health
10:45 am	PANEL DISCUSSION 4A: Perspectives from the Response Network on Improvements and Current Gaps Moderator: David Cullin, Planning Committee Member David Silcott, President, S3I Maureen (Moe) Sullivan, Emergency Preparedness and Response Laboratory Supervisor, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Department of Health Mark Buttner, Associate Laboratory Director, Nevada State Public Health Laboratory, UNLV Branch Toby Merlin, CDC
10:45 am	Full Workshop Q&A
12:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00 pm	PANEL DISCUSSION 4B: Operational Considerations of Novel Technologies and New Modalities Moderator: Grace Kubin, Planning Committee Member Dee Pettit, Assistant Director, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health M. Allen Northrup, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MIODx Toby Merlin, CDC
1:00 pm	Full Workshop Q&A
2:15 pm	BREAK

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2:30 pm	FINAL SESSION: OVERVIEW OF THE WORKSHOP Scoping of the Final Session Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair
2:30 pm	Major Topics of the Workshop Within the Context of United States Biodefense Efforts Asha M. George, Co-Director, Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
3:05 pm	FINAL PANEL DISCUSSION Moderator: Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair Panel: Planning Committee Members John D. Clements Bruce Budowle Tom Slezak Colin Stimmler Grace Kubin Norman Kahn Fred M. Rosa, Jr.
3:55 pm	Full Workshop Q&A and Comments Moderator: Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair
4:45 pm	WRAP UP Adel A. F. Mahmoud, Planning Committee Chair
5:00 pm	ADJOURN