CBW Protection Symposium 2016

The 12th International Symposium on Protection Against Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents will be held June 8-10, 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The symposium gathers those engaged within the field of chemical and biological protection for equipment exhibits and presentations on topics including:

• State and non-state actors with CBW ambitions
• CBRN modeling and simulation
• First response in CBRN incidents
• CBRN crisis management at national and international levels
• Education and training for CBRN environments
• Lessons learned from multinational operations
• Detection technology and systems
• Mobile laboratories
• Identification and forensics of biological agents and toxins
• Analysis of forensics of chemical agents
• Environmental and health threats of military interest
• Medical management, triage and early diagnostics
• Novel targets for medical countermeasures
• Long-term health impacts of CBRN exposure
• Filter capacity and respiratory protection
• Disarmament and non-proliferation
• Decontamination

This year’s keynote speaker is Colonel Vratislav Osvald, Director for Training, Exercises and Education Department, NATO’s Joint Centre of Excellence (COE).

The Symposium is organized jointly by a number of Sweden’s agencies invested in CBRN defense and emergency preparedness, including: Swedish Defence Research Agency, Swedish Armed Forces, National Defence College, and the National Police Board.

Please visit FOI’s CBW Protection Symposium website for more information and to register.