7 August 2009 - 13:21Complete Program Released for 15th Detection Technologies Conference

The Knowledge Foundation has released the complete Program for the 15th Detection Technologies conference which will be held in Washington, DC from November 5-6, 2009.

Detection Technologies is an internationally recognized event for experts in detection and identification of biological and chemical threats and will explore the latest R&D developments as well as ready-to-market systems for major biothreat detection, identification, and analysis both in the field and at the point-of-care.  The opening keynote address from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will discuss the next generation biological detection program.

Other Program topics include:

• New generation of sensors and detectors
• Rapid, reliable, continuous, automated chemical and biodetection
• Chemical and biological agents sample preparation
• PCR and non-PCR based detection techniques
• Reagent and reagentless detection systems
• Point-of-care threat detection
• Field-ready devices: compatibility/reliability/scalability

The list of confirmed speakers include:

• Amy L. Altman, PhD, Luminex Corporation
• James P. Carney, PhD, U.S. Army
• John Clarkson, PhD, Atlas Genetics Limited
• Quitterie Desjonqueres, Bertin Technologies
• María Encarnación Lorenzo Abad, PhD, Universidad Autonóma de Madrid
• Shi Hanchang, PhD, Tsinghua University
• Donald J. Hayes, PhD, MicroFab Technologies, Inc.
• Huimin Kong, PhD, BioHelix Corporation
• Kurt Langenbach, PhD, BEI Resources/ATCC
• Michael J. Lochhead, PhD, mBio Diagnostics, Precision Photonics Corporation
• Scot MacGillivray, microPEP
• Steven Meikle, University of Brighton
• Pavel Neuzil, PhD, Nanyang Technological University
• Nels Olson, PhD, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Kimberly Orr, DVM, PhD, US Department of Commerce
• Chris V. Rathe, PriTest Inc.
• R. Paul Schaudies, PhD, GenArraytion Inc.
• Richard S. Schifreen, PhD, Platypus Technologies, LLC
• Timothy D. Stickler, ICx Technologies
• Susan Weininger, Biotami Corporation