Programme - Day 1
Tuesday - 8th December 2009

Time Activity     Venue: Raffles Ballroom
0800 hrs Registration *    (0800 to 0850 hrs)
  Opening Session
0915 hrs

Opening Ceremony

Welcome Address by
Mr Quek Gim Pew
Chief Executive Officer, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore

Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour
Mr Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Singapore

0940 hrs Opening of Poster & Exhibition
Tea Break
1015 hrs Keynote Address 1
Nuclear Forensics: A Key Tool in Countering Nuclear Threats

Prof Dr Thomas Fanghänel
Director of the Institute for Transuranium Elements, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
1045 hrs Keynote Address 2
Building Great CBRN Warriors
BG Leslie C. Smith
Chief of Chemical and Commandant of the United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School
1115 hrs Keynote Address 3
Discovery, Invention and Innovation in Combating Chemical & Biological Threats

Dr Cary F. Chabalowski
Acting Director for Research and Laboratory Management
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research & Technology/Chief Scientist, US Army
1145 hrs

Presentation of Token of Appreciation by Chief Engineer Officer, Singapore Armed Forces

End of Opening Ceremony

1150 hrs Group Photo Taking
1200 hrs Lunch at Stamford Ballroom
Session 1 Chemical and Biological Agents (including toxins), Radioactive and Explosive (CBRE) Threat Assessment
Moderator: MAJ Eric Chua
1300 hrs Plenary Lecture on “Ideology and Capabilities of Extremist Groups in S.E. Asia”
by Prof Rohan Gunaratna
Head, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), Singapore
1330 hrs Global Terrorists’ Profiles and CBRE Threats
Dr Peter Leitner, USA
1400 hrs Methodology Development for The Protection of Critical Iinfrastructure
Mr Rutger Gaasbeek, The Netherlands
1420 hrs Biological Slurry Spray Characterization
Mr Timothy Bauer, USA
1440 hrs

IPACT Implementatino Program Against CBRNe Proliferation & Terrorism
Mr Ilja Bonsen, The Netherlands

1500 hrs Closing Summary of Session 1
1510 hrs Tea Break
Session 2 CBRE Verification & Forensics
Moderator: Ms Sng Mui Tiang
1540 hrs Dispersive Derivatization Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Degradation Products/Precursors of Mustards and V-agents from Aqueous Samples
Dr Meehir Palit, The Netherlands
1600 hrs Methods for Bioanalytical Verification of Exposure to Toxic Scheduled Chemicals Using Biomedical samples
Mr Yeo Thong Hiang, Singapore
1620 hrs Metabolomic Investigations of Ricinus Communis for Cultivar and Provenance Determination
Ms Eloise Pigott, Australia
1640 hrs Challenges in the Quantitation and Verification of Ricin Samples
Ms Yeo Mui Huang Veronica, Singapore
1710 hrs Closing Summary of Session 2
1720 hrs End of Day Session
1900 hrs Joint 6th SISPAT and 2nd ICOC Welcome Cocktail Reception at Stamford Ballroom

* Registration is also available at the Main Foyer on 7th December 2009 from 1700 to 1900 hrs. All delegates are encouraged to register and obtain their Conference Pass and Collaterals on 7th December 2009.