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Appendix C
Workshop Agenda and Participants
AGENDA
Sunday, October 31
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, U.K. Global Partnership Programme
— Christopher Park, U.S. Department of State
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Monday, November 1
9:00 AM Plenary Session 1: Introduction to the Themes, Goals, and
Context of the Workshop
Chair: Andrzej Gorski, 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, Pozna—University of Life Sciences, Poland
2. Transgenic Plants and Recombinant Pharmaceuticals—
Julian Ma, St. Georges University of London, UK
3. Neuroscience Developments—James Eberwine,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
4. 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
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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” (video-
teleconference). Organized by NIH/NSABB and the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with the IAP,
IUMS, IUBMB, and NAS.
Tuesday, November 2
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 Cris dos Remedios
Board on Life Sciences International Union for Pure &
The U.S. National Academies Applied Biophysics
University of Sydney
Göran Bucht
Swedish Defense Research James Eberwine
Establishment Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania School
Hernan Chaimovich of Medicine
Fundação Butantan
University of São Paulo Gerald Epstein
Center for Science, Technology,
Teck-Mean Chua and Security Policy
Asia Pacific Biosafety Association American Association for the
Advancement of Science
Nancy Connell
Department of Medicine Meg Flanagan
University of Medicine and U.S. Defense Threat Reduction
Dentistry of New Jersey Agency
Neil Davison Rod Flower
Security and Diplomacy St. Barts and The London School
The Royal Society of Medicine
Queen Mary University of London
Etienne De Villiers
International Livestock Research David R. Franz
Institute Midwest Research Institute
Pawan Dhar David Friedman
Centre for Systems and Synthetic Institute for National Security
Biology Studies
University of Kerala Tel-Aviv University
Gang Dong Katsuhisa Furukawa
Chinese Academy of Military Japan Science and Technology
Medical Sciences Agency
Qi Dong Andrzej Gorski
Division of International Polish Academy of Sciences
Organization Bureau of
International Cooperation
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Anfeng Guo Stephen Lerner
Visiting Fellow, Princeton International Union of
University Microbiological Societies
Beijing Science Technology and Wayne State University School of
Security Center Medicine
Li Huang Ming Li
Institute of Microbiology Beijing Institutes of Biological
Chinese Academy of Sciences Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kathryn Hughes
Board on Chemical Sciences and Zhenjun Li
Technology Department of Science & Education
The U.S. National Academies National Institute for
Communicable Disease
Jo L. Husbands Control and Prevention
Board on Life Sciences China CDC
The U.S. National Academies
Raymond Lin
Saied Jaradat National Public Health Laboratory
Princess Haya Biotechnology Ministry of Health
Center
Shu Liu
Michael J. Jeger Chinese Academy of Military
Imperial College London Medical Sciences
Serhiy Komisarenko Yidong Liu
National Biosafety and Biosecurity Institute for the History of Natural
Commission Science
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack Julian Ma
Weapons of Mass Destruction St. George’s Hospital Medical
Branch School University of London
Office for Disarmament Affairs
Irma Makalinao
Ilya Kurochkin Department of Pharmacology and
Chemical Department Toxicology, College of Medicine
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University of the Philippines Manila
University
Robert Mathews
Valdas Laurinavicius NBC Arms Control Unit
Institute of Biochemistry Defence Science and Technology
Vilnius University Organisation
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James Meadway Graham Pearson
The Royal Society Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford
Sue Meek
Lei Pei
Australian Academy of Science
Organisation for International
Lorna Miller Dialogue & Conflict
Defence Science and Technology Management
Laboratory
Andrew Pitt
Piers Millett University of Glasgow
BWC Implementation Support Unit
Yerlan Ramankulov
United Nations
National Center for Biotechnology
Randall Murch of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
I. Gary Resnick
State University
Bioscience Division
Anwar Nasim Los Alamos National Laboratory
OIC Standing Committee on
James Revill
Scientific and Technological
Science and Technology Policy
Cooperation (COMSTECH)
Research
Kathryn Nixdorff University of Sussex
Darmstadt University of
Chad Roy
Technology
Tulane National Primate Research
Godwin Haruna Ogbadu Center
Sheda Science and Technology Tulane University School of
Complex Medicine
Maxwell Otim Onapa Benjamin Rusek
Uganda National Council for Committee on International
Science and Technology Security and Arms Control
The U.S. National Academies
Christopher Park
Bureau of International Security Nariyoshi Shinomiya
and Nonproliferation Department of Integrative
U.S. Department of State Physiology and Bio-Nano
Medicine
M. Iqbal Parker National Defense Medical College
International Centre for of Japan
Genetic Engineering and
Aleksandr Simonian
Biotechnology
Biosensing/CBET
University of Cape Town
National Science Foundation
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Ryszard Slomski Lei Wang
Department of Biochemistry and Chinese Academy of Military
Biotechnology Medical Sciences
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Li Wang
James Stack Chinese Academy of Military
Kansas State University Medical Sciences
Great Plains Diagnostic Network
Lloyd Whitman
Colonel Ben Steyn Center for Nanoscale Science and
Chemical and Biological Defence Technology
Advisor National Institute of Standards
South African Military Health and Technology (NIST)
Service
Angela Woodward
Herawati Sudoyo Verification Research, Training and
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Information Centre (VERTIC)
Biology
Jackie Ying
Leiv Sydnes Institute of Bioengineering and
Department of Chemistry Nanotechnology
University of Bergen
Zhiming Yuan
Marlena Szalata Wuhan Institute of Virology
Department of Biochemistry and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Biotechnology
Poznan University of Life Lei Zhang
Sciences Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Terence Taylor
International Council for the Life Xiushan Zhang
Sciences Chinese Academy of Military
Medical Sciences
Ralf Trapp
Consultant, CBW Arms Control Lianhui Zhu
and Disarmament Chinese Academy of Military
Medical Sciences
Jinglin Wang
Institute of Microbiology and Enlin Zhu
Epidemiology Plant Protection and Plant
Chinese Academy of Military Quarantine Division
Medical Sciences Ministry of Agriculture
