2011 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, executing the Joint Science and Technology Office function within the Chemical and Biological Defense Program, invites you to join us at the 2011 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference, November 14-18 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 2011 CBD S&T Conference will offer attendees the opportunity to examine the best, new, dynamic developments in basic and applied research within the chemical and biological defense landscape. Attendees will be able to interact and collaborate with other researchers concerning the medical and physical sciences related to chemical and biological defense. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet DTRA science and technology managers and other members of the chem-bio technologies team.

Through keynote, oral, and poster presentations, the conference will address key areas of foundational research, including:

• Novel Threat and Disruptive Chemical and Biological Discovery;
• Dynamic Functional Materials;
• Applied Mathematics and Innovative Computational Tools;
• Flexible Design, Synthesis and Manufacturing; and
• Systems Biology and Engineering;

and areas of increased focus, including:

• Disease Surveillance, Characterization and Point of Need Diagnostics;
• Adaptive Medical Therapeutics and Technologies;
• Rapid Response and Recovery Science and Technology; and
• Threat Activity Sensing and Reporting