Programme - Day 4
Friday - 11th December 2009

Time Activity     Venue: Raffles Ballroom
Session 7 CBRE Medical Countermeasures
Moderators: Dr Horst Thiermann & Dr Loke Weng Keong
0800 hrs Plenary Lecture on “Medical Countermeasures and Other Therapeutic Strategies for Sulphur Mustard Toxicity”
by Dr R. Vijayaraghavan
Director, Defence Research and Development Establishment, India
0830 hrs Diagnosis and Treatment of Polonium Poisoning
Dr Robert D. Jefferson, UK
0850 hrs Development of nerve agent antidotes-from the laboratory to therapeutic strategies
Dr Horst Thiermann, Germany
0910 hrs A CNS Therapeutic Oxime-Pro-2-Pralidoxime-For Organophosphate Inhibited Brain Cholinestrases and Status Epilepticus
Dr Richard K. Gordon, USA
0930 hrs A Unique Treatment for Chemical Defense, Penetrating and Blast Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuropathic Pain
Dr Madhusoodana Nambiar, USA
0950 hrs Method Development of ELISA and GCMS for the Simultaneous Detection of Ricin and its Surrogate Marker, Ricinine in Biofluids of Crude Ricin-intoxicated Rats
Ms Doris Ho Mer Lin, Singapore
1010 hrs Tea Break
1030 hrs Plenary Lecture on “Biodefence Medical Countermeasures for the 21st Century: Faster, User Friendly, Generic and Single Shot Protection”
by Prof Les Baillie
Professor of Microbiology, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, UK
1100 hrs The G. Eliava Institute and Bacteriophage - The History and Role in Today's Fight against Emerging Pathogens
Dr Revaz Adamia, Georgia
1120 hrs The Use of Anthrax and Orthopox Therapeutic Antibodies from Human Origin in Biodefense,
Dr Stef Stienstra, The Netherlands
1140 hrs The Production and Evaluation of Antibodies to Treat Intoxication
Ms Sarah Joanne Christine Poole, UK
1200 hrs Electron Microscopy Abilities for Diagnostics of Unknown and Danger Viral Infections
Prof Elena Ryabchikova, Russia
1220 hrs Closing Summary of Session 7
1230 hrs Lunch at Stamford Ballroom
Session 8 CBRE Operations
Moderator: COL Lee Heok Chye
1320 hrs Plenary Lecture on “The Truth behind the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack”
by MAJ GEN Masaaki Iwaki
Commandant, Chemical School, JGSDF Japan
1350 hrs CBRN Intelligence Fusion and Reach Back Concept
COL Henry Neumann, Germany
1420 hrs Innovations in Border Security with Science and Technology
Superintendent Koh Wee Sing and Ms Ong Bee Leng, Singapore
1440 hrs Medical Biodefence Capabilities in the Era of Emerging and Re-emerging Threats
MAJ (Dr) Vernon Lee, Singapore
1510 hrs The Future Concept of CBRNE Operations
COL Lee Heok Chye, Singapore
1540 hrs Closing Summary of session 8
1550 hrs

Closing Ceremony

Closing Address by
Mr Quek Tong Boon, Chief Defence Scientist and Chief Research and Technology Officer, Singapore

1600 hrs Closing Reception
1700 hrs End of Symposium