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Bio-Preparedness WORKSHOP
February 13th, 2008, Brussels, BELGIUM

Agenda / Programme

8.30   Welcome Coffee

8.50 - 9. 10   STACCATO Presentation  FP6 / PASR Projects related to Bio-Preparedness

9.10 – 9.20    IMPACT – Innovative Measures for the Protection against CBNRE Terrorism

9.20 – 9.30    BODE – Biological Optical Detection Experiment

9.30 – 9.40    AEROBATICS – Assessment of the quantity, identity, viability, origin and dispersion of airborne micro-organisms for application in crisis management tools
 
9.40 – 9.50
    BIO3R – Bioterrorism Resilience, Research, Reaction

10.00 – 10.10    WATERSAFE On-line monitoring of drinking water for public security from deliberate or accidental contamination

10.10 – 10.40    Coffee Break / Poster Session

10.40 – 10.50    ASSRBCVUL – Assessment of the vulnerabilities of modern societies to terrorist acts employing radiological, biological or chemical agents with the view to assist in developing preventive and suppressive crisis

10.50 – 11.00    BIOSAFE – BIOlogical agents: Strengthening the Adequate response to deliberate releases by the establishment of a Framework European-wide

11.00 – 11.10    BIOSAFETY-EUROPE – Co-ordination, harmonization and exchange of
Biosafety and Biosecurity practices within a pan-European network

11.10 – 11.20    CORPS – Cross-Sector Observations of Threat Perceptions and Research Priorities for Biological Homeland Security in Europe

11.20 – 11.30    CROPBIOTERROR - Crop and Food Bio-security, and Provision of the Means to Anticipate and Tackle Crop Bio-terrorism

11.30 – 11.40    INFTRANS – Transmission modeling and risk assessment for released or newly emergent infectious disease agents

11.40 – 11.50    VHF/VARIOLA-PCR – Development and commercial production of standardized PCR-assays for the detection of viral hemorrhagic fever viruses and variola virus and their implementation in the diagnostic service of EU P4 laboratories

11.50 – 12.00    RiVi Gene – Genomic inventory, forensic markers and assessment of potential therapeutic and vaccine targets for viruses relevant in biological crime and terrorism“

12.00 – 12.10    Anthrax EuroNet - Anthrax and Beyond - European research networking activities to develop safe products and policies to protect our citizens from the threat of anthrax attacks and other agents of bioterrorism

12.10 – 13.00    Lunch break / Poster Session

13.00 Discussion – All

1. Identification of problems across the supply chain
2. Regulatory environment at the EU and national level and its impact on future and existing technologies
3. Opportunities for common market (identifications of common needs and opportunities for common market, mechanisms to bring technologies to market (innovation), standardization for procurement, procurement models, regulatory aspects, policies and networks of agencies, common acquisitions, etc…)
4. Information related on national, regional, international and EU programmes

16.00    Green Paper on Bio-Preparedness European Commission DG JLS / DG Sanco / ECDC

16.00 – 16.10    DG JLS – Justice, Freedom & Security
Magnus Ovilius, Lukas Holub, Jorge Manuel Bento Silva

16.20 – 16.40    DG SANCO – Health & Consumer Protection
Jan-Peter Paul, Helmut Walerius, Benjamin Desurmont

16.40 – 17.00    ECDC – European Center for Disease Prevention & Control
Amanda Ozin, Denis Coulombier

17.00    Recommendations & Next Steps
- Green Paper on Bio-Preparedness – Next Steps
- ESRIF European Security Research & Innovation Forum
- FP7 Bio Projects: ESRP-European Security Research Programme (2007-2013)

17.30    Cocktail – Networking & Poster Sessions


 
 
 
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