4.6.2018 - Welcome to Rovaniemi
Liisa Ansala (Chair of City Board) welcomes you to Rovaniemi !
Get‐together & Exhibition Opening, 17:00-21:00
5.6.2018 - Opening of NBC2018
Mayor Esko Lotvonen's Opening speech
Rovaniemi City Reception at City Hall, 19:00-...
Monday 4th June
| 10:00 – 15:00 | Exhibitors Move-in |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Registration to NBC-2018 Symposium |
| 18:00 – 21:00 | Get-together |
Tuesday 5th June
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM |
| 09:00 – 09:05 | Welcome remarks, NBC2018 Organising Committee (Finland) |
| 09:05 – 09:20 | OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM, Ambassador Jari Luoto, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (Finland) |
| 09:20 – 09:30 | Welcome remarks, Heikki Autto [Chairman of the city council of the city of Rovaniemi] (Finland) |
| 09:30 – 09:35 | Music |
| 09:35 – 10:15 | Keynote Presentation 1 – Emerging threats, Chris Hassell (USA) |
| 10:15 - 10:20 | Surprise (children from the local dance school dancing with stick reindeers) |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Coffee/tea break |
| 10:50 – 12:30 | SESSION I |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Model for threat assessment based total CBRN-defence planning, Susanne Börjegren (Sweden) |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Operational CBRN dispersion modelling and the Khan Shaykhun attack, Niklas Brännström (Sweden) |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Radiation in Lapland: short film "Radiating Samis" |
| 12:10 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | SESSION II |
| 13:30 – 14:10 | Keynote Presentation 2 – Nuclear non-proliferation - past, present and future, Olli Heinonen (USA) |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Science-based approach for the detection of CBRN-agents in mixed samples, Saskia Rutjes (Netherlands) |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Photochromic synthetic hackmanites as easy and wearable radiation detectors, Mika Lastusaari (Finland) |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Presentation of the SPT ry prize in recognition of outstanding work for the benefit of protection, rescue, security and safety to Prof. Simo Nikkari, SPT ry (Finland) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Biological Threat Reduction by Increasing Global Health Security, Simo Nikkari (Finland) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee/tea break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | SESSION III |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | PANDHUB - Prevention and management of high threat pathogen incidents in transport hubs, Ilpo Kulmala (Finland) |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | International CBRN Situations and Countermeasures, Zhiqiang Xia (China) |
| 16:40 – 16:50 | Temet NBC protective hardened shelters, Esa Ojala (Finland) |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Joint multifunctional decon unit, Stefano Miorotti (Italy) |
| 19:00 – 20:30 | Rovaniemi City Reception at City Hall |
Wednesday 6th June
| 08:30 – 09:10 | SESSION IV |
| 08:30 – 08:50 | Bridging Gaps between Academia, Industry, Government and First Responders In Light of Changing Landscape in CBRN Defense Technologies and Needs, Yuval Kimhi, Esther Krasner (Israel) |
| 08:50 – 09:10 | eCall also for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs)and dangerous goods transport?, Anna Schirokoff [Chief Adviser, Trafi / Finnish Transport Safety Agency] (Finland) |
| 09:10 – 10:30 | Poster session and Coffee/tea break |
| 10:30 – 16:00 | SESSION V (lectures and outdoors) |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Overview of the Nordic RECCEX 17 CBRN exercise, practice and observations, Captain Kari Pailamo (Finland) |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Moving to outdoor Rescue exercise place |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Rescue exercise (Outdoors) |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Returning to Symposium |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Coffee/tea break |
| 14:15 – 15:00 | CBRNE – Training and Capabilities of the Finnish Defence Forces, Captain Kari Pailamo (Finland) |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | CBRNE protection and equipment demonstration (Outdoors) |
| 18:30 | Departure to the Symposium Dinner (3 buses from Hotel Santa Claus) |
| 19:00 – 23:00 | Symposium Dinner at SantaPark |
| 23:00 | Departure from the Symposium Dinner (3 buses) |
| 23:30 – 24:00 | Midnight Sun Drinks on Ounasvaara hill |
Thursday 7th June
| 09:00 – 10:40 | SESSION VI |
| 09:00 – 09:40 | Keynote Presentation 3 – The threat of manufactured disease, Filippa Lentzos (UK) |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Development of a Novel Aerosol Process for Indoor Room Disinfection, Helena Horn (Germany) |
| 10:00 - 10:40 | Keynote Presentation 4 - CBRNE in a totaldefence perspective - the Norwegian CBRNE strategy, Janet-Martha Blatny (Norway) |
| 10:40 – 11:20 | Coffee/tea break |
| 11:20 – 12:40 | SESSION VII |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Biological toxins: Good, bad and the nasty, Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone (Singapore) |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Using past radiological incidents to counter radiological terrorism, Carlos Rojas Palma (Belgium) |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Experiencing IPC work during Ebola outbreak, Johanna Törmä (Finland) |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | DEC’POL® (new emergency decontamination mitt): Decontamination and neutralization performance overview on real agents, Marc Decoster (Belgium) |
| 12:40 – 13:40 | Lunch |
| 13:40 – 15:50 | SESSION VIII |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | ENCIRCLE is a four-year coordination and support project for the Horizon 2020 security topic: “Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear cluster”, Toni Leikas (Finland) |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | From Air Defense to Gas Defense to Civil Defense: Evolution of Air Defense Shelter Ventilation, Pekka Kyrenius (Finland) |
| 14:20 – 14:50 | Enhancing situational awareness by combining multiple point and standoff sensors technologies, Sylvie Buteau (Canada) |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | CLOSING OF THE SYMPOSIUM |
| - | Closing remarks |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Coffee/tea |
| 15:00 – 20:00 | Exhibitors Move-out |
| 17:00 – 19:00 | Post-symposium tour to Arcticum Discounted price for NBC participants 8€ (normal price 13€). The price will be paid directly to Arkticum. |
| 18:30 | Post-symposium tour sauna evening This tour includes transportation, sauna for four hours, towels, a light meal (two different types of sandwiches (one each), green salad, potato salad, cheeses and jam) and two light beers or non-alcoholic drinks. Price 75€ / Minimum number of participants 20 people |
| 18:30 | Post-symposium tour reindeer farm visit + sauna This tour includes transportation, visit to a reindeer farm, sauna for three hours (possibility to swim in the lake), towels and shampoo/soap, a light meal (salad, sausage, bread) and two light beers or non-alcoholic drinks. Price 123€ / Minimum number of participants 20 people |
POST SYMPOSIUM TOUR PROGRAMME June 8-10
| The price includes; bus transportation, guide, 2 nights accommodation with breakfast, 2x lunch, 2x dinner, 1x bread and coffee/tea, entrance tickets and guided tours. Detailed description of the tour (PDF). |
| Minimum number of participants 30 people. |
| Cost 575 € / person in double room. Cost 660 € / person in single room. |
| Note: The Airport is only 3 km away from the Arctic Circle, so the participants of the tour will be able to catch the 17:40 flight to Helsinki. |