Call for Papers

The 2010 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology (CBD S&T) Conference will consist largely of platform and poster presentations of basic and applied research conducted in specific chemical and biological areas. The opportunity to give presentations will be awarded based on the quality and content of the abstracts received. The Conference is particularly interested in any relevant innovations or developments that have not yet been introduced to the defense community. The Conference welcomes submissions in the following scientific areas (click the topic to view its description):

• Preparing for Technology Transition - Advanced Development and Demonstration of CB Defense Technologies
• Host-Directed Therapeutics and Immunomodulation
• Medical Countermeasure Approval Process
• Medical Countermeasure Manufacture
• Novel Modeling & Simulation Techniques to Support CBRND Needs:
  • Applications of Game Theory, Artificial Intelligence, and Rules-based Decision Engines
  • Agent-Based Modeling and Disease Propagation
  • Socio-cultural and Swarm Behavior Modeling
  • Cognition and Machine Learning
  • CBRN Virtual Environments
  • Incorporating CB Effects into US Government Models/Applications
• Fundamental Mechanisms of Molecular and Cellular Injury Following Exposure Chemical Warfare Agents
• Pathogen Characterization, Identification and Evaluation: Linking Phenotype to Genotype
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Chemical and Biological Agent Characterization
• Biologically Inspired Materials for CB Defense
• Assessing Dermal Exposure Hazards
• Chemical and Biological Agent/ Substrate Interactions
• Novel Sensing Science for Chemical and Biological Agents
• Novel Materials Science for CB Defense Applications
• Pathogen-Directed Therapeutics
• Agent-Host-Medical-Counter-Measure Interaction Prediction
• Data Link and Extrapolation Across Animal Species Including Human
• Novel Vaccine Technologies
• Medical Chemical Countermeasure Development
• Medical Radiological Countermeasure Development
• Human Performance in a CBRN Environment
• Air Purification
• Novel Materials for CB Protection
• Hazard Mitigation and Contamination Control
• Biological Detection: Alternatives to Antibodies
• Chemical Detection: Novel Sensors for Point Detection
• Standoff Detection: Detection of Surface Contamination

The deadline for submitting abstracts is 1200 EDT on 2 July 2010. The abstract should be 250-500 words long and include the following:

• Background (purpose/objective/rationale of the research, relationship to other areas if any)
• Methods
• Preliminary results
• Preliminary conclusion
• Potential impact to mission/warfighter (if known)

A panel of subject matter experts will review each submission. Notifications will be sent by 19 August 2010.