FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
Keck Center of the National Academies
Washington, DC 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
| 9:15 am | Welcome, Chair Opening Remarks |
| Terry McElwain, Committee Chair | |
| Opening Remarks from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | |
| Tara O’Toole, DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology | |
| Committee Member Introductions | |
| Terry McElwain, Committee Chair | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Statement of Task and Expectations from the NRC Study |
| James Johnson, Director, Office of National Labs, DHS S&T | |
| Background & Threat Environment | |
| James Johnson, Director, Office of National Labs, DHS S&T | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:10 a.m. | Programs at PIADC and Program Planned for NBAF |
| Steve Kappes, Deputy Administrator, Animal Production & | |
| Protection, USDA-ARS |
| Elizabeth Lautner, Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratory, USDA-APHIS | |
| Michelle Colby, Chief, Agricultural Defense Branch, DHS Larry Barrett, Director, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA | |
| Current State of PIADC | |
| James Johnson, Director, Office of National Labs, DHS S&T | |
| NBAF Site Plan, Laboratory Design, Construction, Schedule | |
| James Johnson, Director, Office of National Labs, DHS S&T | |
| 11:30 am | Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Capacity and Capabilities (Via Videoconference) |
| Thomas Mettenleiter, President, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Island of Riems, Greifswald, Germany | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Additional Program Information |
| James Johnson, Director, Office of National Labs, DHS S&T | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Canadian National Centre for Animal Disease |
| Capacity and Capabilities (Via Audioconference) | |
| Soren Alexandersen, Director, The National Centre for Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Canada | |
| 2:00 p.m. | CDC BSL-4 Laboratory and Microbial Threats |
| Pierre Rollin, Team Leader, Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| 2:30 p.m. | The KSU BSL-3 Biosecurity Research Institute |
| Capacity and Capabilities, Future Plans for Additional Work | |
| Stephen Higgs, Director, Biosecurity Research Institute, Kansas State University | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Q & A with all Speakers |
| 4:00 p.m. | Australian Animal Health Laboratory Capacity and Capabilities (Via Audioconference) |
| Martyn Jeggo, Director, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, | |
| The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Victoria, Australia | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Open Microphone for Public Comments |
| Each speaker has a maximum time of 5 minutes. | |
| 5:00 p.m | Adjourn Open Session |
TELECONFERENCES
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
| 3:00 p.m. | Opening remarks, committee introductions |
| Terry McElwain, Committee Chair | |
| 3:05 p.m. | Information about the Department of Homeland Security National BioDefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) |
| Patrick Fitch, NBACC Laboratory Director | |
| Jim Swearengen, NBACC Director of Comparative Medicine | |
| 4:00 p.m | Adjourn phone call |
Thursday, May 3, 2012
| 2:00 p.m. | Opening remarks, committee introductions |
| Terry McElwain, Committee Chair | |
| 2:05 p.m. | Information about the United States Army Medical |
| Research Institute for Infectious Disease (USMRIID) | |
| Neal Woollen, USAMRIID Director of Safety, Security, and Biosurety | |
| Leonard Smith, USAMRIID Senior Research Scientist for Medical Countermeasures Technology | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Adjourn phone call |
Friday, May 4, 2012
| 2:00 p.m. | Opening remarks, committee introductions |
| Terry McElwain, Committee Chair | |
| 2:05 p.m. | Information about the Rocky Mountain Laboratories |
| Kathryn Zoon, NIAID Director of the Division of Intramural Research | |
| 3:00 p.m | Adjourn phone call |