National Security and Homeland Defense: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century (2002)
Chapter: Appendix C: Workshop Agenda
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Workshop Agenda
CHALLENGES FOR THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES IN THE 21 ST CENTURY
WORKSHOP ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND HOMELAND DEFENSE
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering 100 Academy, Irvine, CA
Monday-Wednesday, January 14-16, 2002
AGENDA
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Monday, January 14, 2002 |
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7:30 |
BREAKFAST |
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SESSION I. CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW |
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8:00 |
Introductory remarks by organizers. Background of project. |
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8:00 |
DOUGLAS J. RABER, National Research Council |
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8:05 |
RONALD BRESLOW AND MATTHEW V. TIRRELL, Co-Chairs, Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century |
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8:20 |
JOHN I. BRAUMAN, Co-Chair, Organizing Committee for the Workshop on National Security and Homeland Defense |
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8:30 |
DAVID R. FRANZ, Southern Research Institute Current Thought on Bioterrorism: The Threat, Preparedness, and Response |
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9:05 |
DISCUSSION |
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9:25 |
SCOTT D. CUNNINGHAM, DuPont What Can the Industrial Chemical Community Contribute to the Nation's Security? |
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10:00 |
DISCUSSION |
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10:20 |
BREAK |
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10:50 |
RICHARD L. GARWIN, IBM and Council on Foreign Relations, New York Thoughts and Questions on Countering the Terrorist Threat |
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11:25 |
DISCUSSION |
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11:45 |
LUNCH |
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SESSION II. ANTICIPATION, DETECTION, AND RESPONSE |
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1:00 |
ROLF I. DEININGER, The University of Michigan Vulnerability of Public Water Supplies |
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1:30 |
DISCUSSION |
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1:50 |
ANDREA W. CHOW, Caliper Technologies Corp. Microfluidics: Development, Applications, and Future Challenges |
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2:20 |
DISCUSSION |
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2:40 |
BREAKOUT SESSION: DISCOVERY What advances or breakthroughs in the chemical sciences—related to national security and homeland defense—have been made in the past several decades? |
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3:45 |
BREAK |
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4:00 |
Reports from breakout sessions and discussion |
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5:00 |
RECEPTION |
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6:00 |
BANQUET Speaker—RALPH J. CICERONE, University of California, Irvine After September 11: An Expanded Agenda for Science and Scientists |
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002 |
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7:30 |
BREAKFAST |
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SESSION III. REAL-TIME DETECTION |
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8:00 |
DONALD H. STEDMAN, University of Denver A Skeptical Analysis of Chemical and Biological Weapons Detection Schemes |
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8:30 |
DISCUSSION |
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8:50 |
KIMBERLY A. PRATHER, University of California, San Diego Overview of Real-Time Single Particle Mass Spectrometry Methods |
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9:20 |
DISCUSSION |
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9:40 |
BREAKOUT SESSION: CHALLENGES What are the grand challenges in the chemical sciences for which solutions would assist the nation's interests in national security and homeland defense? |
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10:45 |
BREAK |
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11:00 |
Reports from breakout sessions and discussion |
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12:00 |
LUNCH |
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SESSION IV. CLEANUP AND VERIFICATION |
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1:00 |
MARK D. TUCKER, Sandia National Laboratories New Approaches to Decontamination at DOE |
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1:30 |
DISCUSSION |
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1:50 |
STEPHEN R. QUAKE, California Institute of Technology How Integration Will Make Microfluidics Useful |
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2:20 |
DISCUSSION |
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2:40 |
BREAKOUT SESSION: TECHNICAL BARRIERS What are the technical impediments to solving the grand challenges? |
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3:45 |
BREAK |
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4:00 |
Reports from breakout sessions and discussion |
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5:00 |
ADJOURN FOR DAY |
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002 |
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7:30 |
BREAKFAST |
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SESSION V. PRE-RESPONSE ACTIVITIES |
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8:00 |
C. RICHARD HUTCHINSON, Kosan Biosciences Biosynthetic Engineering of Polyketide Natural Products |
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8:30 |
DISCUSSION |
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8:50 |
MAURICIO FUTRAN, Bristol-Myers Squibb Challenges in Rapid Scale-up of Synthetic Pharmaceutical Processes |
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9:00 |
DISCUSSION |
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9:40 |
BREAKOUT SESSION: RESEARCH NEEDS What areas of fundamental research must be pursued to overcome the barriers? |
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10:45 |
BREAK |
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11:00 |
Reports from breakout sessions and discussion |
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12:00 |
Wrap-up and closing remarks JOHN L. ANDERSON, Co-Chair, Organizing Committee for the Workshop on National Security and Homeland Defense |
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12:15 |
ADJOURN |
