A FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL SEMINAR ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL THREATS TO BUILDINGS

Agenda

Thursday, December 20, 2001

7:30-8:45 a.m. Registration and Coffee

8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Mr. Tony Hinson, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Chair, Federal Facilities Council Physical Security and Hazard Mitigation Committee

9:00 a.m. Keynote Address – The Public Health Response to Bioterrorism
Dr. Eric Noji, Senior Medical Advisor to the Office of Homeland Security
Click here for Dr. Noji's presentation (in 3 files)

9:30 a.m. Chemical and Biological Weapons – Existing and Emerging Threats
Dr. Anthony Macintyre, Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University

10:00 a.m. Defense Against Chemical and Biological Weapons
Mr. John Barrett, Battelle Memorial Institute

10:30 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Methods and Issues in Testing Facilities for Contamination
Dr. Dennis Reutter, Chief, Forensic Analytical Laboratory, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

11:30 .am. Remediation of Contaminated Facilities
Dr. Raymond Mackay, Director, Research and Technology, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

12:00 p.m. Open Forum: Issues and Considerations for Federal Facilities
Moderator: Mr. Richard Little, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council

12:30 p.m. Adjourn