Meet Decision Makers in the Biodefense Vaccines and Therapeutics Community

[Guest guest]

It makes me sick.

this is so all-pervasive..............how will we ever turn this

around, except for working with individuals one by one to wake them

up to refuse. But then if the future holds the possibility of

inability to refuse.....................

discouraged sometimes

Sheri

 

>Our tax dollars at work - how special...Dawn

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>Amy Tam [lewisc]

>Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:41 PM

>prove

>Meet Decision Makers in the Biodefense Vaccines and Therapeutics

>Community

>

>8th Biodefense Vaccines & Therapeutics -- June 14 - 17, 2010 -- Almas Temple

>Club -- Washington, DC

>Website: http://www.infocastinc.com/biodef10

>

>JOIN over 60 of the nation's leading biodefense experts from BARDA, NIAID,

>DHS, DHHS, CDC, FDA, DOD, and other industry leaders in the CBRN community

>as they explore strategies for furthering the development of needed

>biodefense medical countermeasures.

>

>Supported by the Alliance for Biosecurity, American Public Health

>Association, BIO, Center for Innovative Technology, the Hampton Roads

>Technology Council, MichBio, Research!America, Tech Council of Maryland, and

>the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the 8th annual Biodfense

>Vaccines & Therapeutics conference is the ideal venue for researchers in the

>CBRN community to interact face-to-face with high-level government

>representatives, explore strategies for dealing with various challenges like

>funding, share perspectives on dealing with uncertainty, and establish

>fruitful collaboration to further the development of needed medical

>countermeasures.

>

>JOIN.

>Featured Speakers

>Steve Adams, MPH, Deputy Director, DSNS, OPHPR, CDC

>Diane Berry, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, OHA, DHS

>Paula Bryant, Ph.D., Senior S & T Manager, CBTD, JSTO, DTRA

>Edward Clayson, Ph.D., Deputy Joint Project Manager, CBMS, JPEO-CBD, DOD

>Mark Dertzbaugh, Ph.D., Chief, Business Plans & Programs, USAMRIID

>Bruce Gellin, M.D., MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director,

>NVPO, DHHS

>Konrad Hayashi, M.D., MPH & TM, Chief Medical Officer, ESRB, DBPR, NCPDCID,

>CCID, CDC

>Erik Henchal, Ph.D., FAAM, Associate Director, OVRR, CBER, FDA

>Judith Hewitt, Ph.D., Chief, Biodefense Research Resources Section, OBRA,

>DMID, NIAID, NIH

>Randall Kincaid, Ph.D., Scientific Director, DTRA

>Gerald Kovacs, Ph.D., Director, Division of CBRN Countermeasures, BARDA,

>ASPR, DHHS

>Michael Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Office of BioDefense Research

>Affairs, and Associate Director for BioDefense Product Development, DMID,

>NIAID, NIH

>CAPT Kenneth Cole, Ph.D., Deputy and Medical Director, ODATSD (CBD/CD), ATSD

>(NCB)), DOD

>Carol Linden, Ph.D., Principal Deputy Director, BARDA, ASPR, DHHS

>Bert Maidment, Ph.D., Associate Director for Product Development, NIAID, NIH

>

>Monique Mansoura, Ph.D., Director for Medical Countermeasure Policy,

>Planning and Requirements, BARDA, ASPR, DHHS

>Jason Paragas, Ph.D., Associate Director for Science, OCS, DCR, NIAID, NIH

>Rosemary Roberts, M.D., Director, Office of Counter-Terrorism and Emergency

>Coordination, CDER, FDA

>Robin Robinson, Ph.D., Director, BARDA, ASPR, DHHS

>Louise M. Pitt, Ph.D., Director, Center for Aerobiological Sciences,

>USAMRIID

>

>Don't miss the special Animal Model Forum, June 15, where leading

>researchers will identify challenges to developing animal models to test the

>efficacy of medical countermeasures for CBRN threats, and explore strategies

>for dealing with challenges such as funding, technical development and

>regulatory hurdles.

>

>Also, don't miss the pre-conference Developments in Biodefense Technology

>Platforms Symposium, June 14. Chaired by Dr. Michael Callahan of DARPA and

>Dr. Michael Kurilla of NIAID, leading researchers will provide a detailed

>briefing on the latest platforms being developed in biodefense and how these

>innovations are/can be used to address threats from emerging infectious

>diseases.

>

>The Networking Fair

>A key part of the conference, the Networking Fair provide representatives

>from government, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, research

>institutions and universities ample opportunities to explore partnerships

>and collaboration. Government agencies holding Help Desks at the Fair

>include CBMS/DOD, NIH and USAMRMC.

>

>To REGISTER and obtain full event details, visit

>www.infocastinc.com/biodef10 or call (818) 888-4444.

>

>Gold Sponsors:

>Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

>PRTM Management Consultants, LLC

>Tiber Creek Partners

>

>Silver Sponsors:

>

>Advanced BioHealing, Inc.

>Advanced Life Sciences Inc.

>Bavarian Nordic, Inc.

>Chimerix, Inc.

>Dynport Vaccine Company LLC

>Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

>Mapp Biopharmaceutical, inc.

>United Therapeutics

>

>Bronze Sponsor:

>Accelovance

>Trellis Bioscience

>

>Media Partners:

>Anti-Infective Drug News, BioPharm, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, BioWorld

>Today, DNAvaccine.com, DomesticPreparedness.com, Drug Delivery Insight,

>Expert Reviews, HSToday, Human Vaccines, SecurityStockWatch.com

>

>Regards,

>Amy Tam

>Conference Manager

>Infocast