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8.45 9.00


9.30 10.00 Plenary: TBC


Stream A Regional 11.30 – Public Safety Considerations in Special Event Staffing • Indianapolis hosts NFL, NBA, Big 10 football, basketball and major events at IMS • No matter what size the event is, plan each one the same • Pre event bomb and rad sweeps with bomb techs, canine and rad specialists • Plan to surround the event with HIT Teams and RND response teams Lt. Ron Humbert, Bomb Squad Commander, Indianapolis Metro PD


11.50 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway Event Security Management • IMS Historical Prospective • Event planning and management • Indianapolis 500 – USDHS SEAR 2 designation – mitigation, challenges & strategies • Local, State and Federal cooperation & support • IMS facility security enhancements – Non Event Mike Bates, Director, Indianapolis Motor Speedway


12.10 – John Ball, Bankers Life Stadium


12.30 – TBC TBC


12.50 – Panel Q&A 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch


Stream C Training 14.00 – Development of a person-portable GC-MS system for Civilian and Military response • Sample all phases of matter (solid, liquid, vapor) • Analyze unknowns using NIST library and automatically confirm chemical identity • Operate touchscreen while wearing full PPE in the hot zone • Go downrange (self-contained batteries, vacuum system, and carrier gas) Phil Tackett, Flir Detection


14.45 – Brad Geeslin, Program Manager, WMD Directorate Training Unit, FBI


Stream D Decontamination 14.00 – Mass Casualty Decontamination: Shorter, faster, drier • Review of the new UK and US incident response procedures for chemically contaminated casualties


• Overview of supporting evidence • Practices to be avoided • Decision-aiding model for first responders Dr Robert Chilcott, Head of Toxicology, University of Hertfordshire


14.45 – Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Emergency Preparedness and CBRNE Operations • AI will lead us into a new era of emergency response and operations • Decision making and autonomous detection • Enabling commanders to strategically manage emergencies better than before • Inserting new technologies into existing emergency response at low cost Dr Paul Lilly, VP Business Development and Capture, Engility


15.30 Coffee


Stream E Forensics 16.00 – Battelle’s Integrated Approach to Biological Forensics • Traditional bioforensics • Value-added genomics-based bioforensics • Battelle’s integrated approach to bioforensics • Future state of technology Michael Dickens, Business Manager Applied Genomics, Battelle


16.45 – Investigating Clandestine Labs: Drug and Explosive Overlaps • Clan labs that produce illicit drugs as well as improvised explosives exist • Clan lab recognition is critical for safety of responders • Some precursors or reagents in drug clan labs are useful in explosives labs • Field screening strategies are critical to a successful response Dr Jarrad Wagner, Director, OSU Centre for Health Sciences, Oklahoma State Uni


17.30 – Advances in Immunoassay and Handheld biothreat Detection systems David Fraser, BBI Detection


Stream F EOD 16.00 – TBC


16.45 – The Evolving CBRNE Threat and Emerging Technologies • The evolving threat (Chemical Warfare Agents, Drugs, Homemade Explosives, Chemical Suicides, Ebola, etc.) • Recognizing and understanding the threat and the risk that it poses • Operational response protocols and technology solutions Dr Christina Baxter, CEO Emergency Response TIPS, US


17.30 – High Mobility Decontamination Systems • Cristanini’s modular CBR-D systems are multifunction and integrated • Bulky vehicles are replaced with 4x4 Light Vehicles • One system to decontaminate personnel, vehicles, and equipment • Quick and efficient decontamination of sensitive equipment, such as optics Bill Gulielmo, ITL


18.00 Drinks Reception


convergence


DAY ONE November 7 8.00


Registration and Coffee Chairs Welcome


Plenary: Robert Jones, Assistant Director, WMD Directorate, FBI* Plenary: TBC


Conference Programme


Updates to the programme can be viewed at www.cbrneworld.com/convergence2017


10.30 Plenary: Present and Future of CBRN Defence - The German Concept


• German View on CBRN Threat Assessment • Realignment of CBRN Defence Force and Operations Planning • Required CBRN Defence Capabilities to counter CBRN Threats • International Cooperation - Challenges and Benefits Col. Henry Neumann,


Commander CBRN Defence Command, Bundeswehr, Germany 11.00 Coffee


Stream B North of the Border 11.30 – Current Trends and Render Safe Procedures • A brief history of Toronto’s CBRNE Team • Trends in Toronto including Fentanyl and Carfentanyl risks to First Responders •Training and mitigation for suicide bombers and attackers with CBRNE/IED devices Sgt Stephen Tweddle, CBRNE Response Team, Toronto PD


11.50 – Martin Davey, CBRNE Technician, City of Ottawa Fire Service


12.10 – Sgt Alain Hudon, Counter Terrorism and Emergency Measures Section, Montreal PD


12.30 – The RCMP Contribution to CBRNE Response in Canada • Municipal and Provincial Response • CBRNE Training and development • National CBRNE Response Team and Whole of Government Approach Sgt Rob Wilson, National CBRNE Response Team Coordinator, RCMP


12.50 – Panel Q&A


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