Tue 10.6.2025
- Welcome to Kokkola
Stina Mattila, Mayor, Kokkola City
Tue 10.6.2025
- Opening of NBC 2025
Timo Lukkarinen, Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Monday 9th June
| 15:00–17:00 | Exhibitor's Move-in |
| 17:00–19:00 | Registration to NBC 2025 Symposium, Kokkola City Hall |
| 18:00–21:00 | Get-together, Kokkola City Hall |
Tuesday 10th June
| 08:00–16:00 | Registration, Kokkola City Hall |
| 08:30-08:50 | OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM |
| Welcome remarks: Mr. Timo Lukkarinen, Chair, NBC 2025 Organizing Committee Mrs. Stina Mattila, Mayor, City of Kokkola |
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| 08:50–09:00 | Organisational remarks |
| 09:00–09:30 | Opening keynote presentation: The Resilience of the Finnish Society. Mr. Petteri Korvala, Secretary General of the Security Committee (FI) |
| 09:30–10:00 | Coffee & Tea / Exhibition / Posters. |
| 10:00–15:40 | SESSION I SECURITY OF SUPPLY, CIVIL DEFENCE, INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS |
| 10:00–10:30 | Keynote presentation: NESA’s Role in Developing Resilient Society. Mr. Janne Känkänen, CEO, National Emergency Supply Agency (FI). |
| 10:30–10:50 | EU Strategic CBRN Capacity Hosted by Finland Mr. Pertti Kelloniemi, Project Manager, Ministry of the Interior (FI). |
| 10:50–11:20 | Keynote presentation: MSB, CBRN and Civil Defence in Sweden Mr. Ola Folkesson, Fire and Rescue Section, Civil Protection Department, The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB, SE). |
| 11:20–11:40 | My Poster, Part I, posters 1-10, a' 2 min. |
| 11:40–12:40 | Lunch. |
| 12:40–13:10 | Keynote presentation: Building Resilience Through Healthy Population Dr. Mika Salminen, Director General, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI). |
| 13:10–13:30 | Treatment Principles of Prehospital and Hospital Care of Contaminated Patients. Dr. Vesa Lund, Satakunta Wellbeing Services County / Satasairaala (FI). |
| 13:30–13:50 | Protecting Chemical Threats in Advanced Technology Manufacturing Facilities Dr. Jenq-Renn Chen, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (TW). |
| 13:50–14:10 | Mrs. Mirva Ojala, Senior Advisor, Security, Chemical Industry Federation of Finland (FI). |
| 14:10-14:40 | Coffee & Tea / Exhibition / Posters. |
| 14:40–15:00 | Kokkola Industrial Park – Co-operation Creates Results Mrs. Kaisa Kaapo, Excecutive Director, Kokkola Industrial Park (FI). |
| 15:00-15:20 | Perspectives on Kokkola Industrial Park Safety and Security Mr. Jussi Lång, Safety Development Manager, Kokkola Industrial Park (FI). |
| 15:20–15:40 | Harbour Management in Safe and Secure Manner Mr. Tomas Mikkola, Kokkola Harbour Master (FI). |
| 15:40-16:40 | Bus Tour to Kokkola Industrial Park and Harbor. |
| 18:00-19:30 | City of Kokkola reception. |
Wednesday 11th June
| 09:00–17:30 | SESSION II PREVENTION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
| 09:00–09:30 | Keynote presentation: CBRN Challenges – the Norwegian Total Defence Perspective. Dr. Helene Thorsen Rønning, Research Manager at the Division of Total Defence, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI, NO). |
| 09:30-09:50 | Finland’s CBRNE Strategy 2024 – Comprehensive preparedness against broad-spectrum CBRNE threats. Mrs. Tiina Raijas, Ministerial Adviser, Defence Policy Department, Ministry of Defence (FI). |
| 09:50-10:20 | Topical Matters and Views to Near Future. Commodore, Dr (MilSc) Jukka Anteroinen, Chief of Plans & Policy, Defence Command (FI). |
| 10:20-10:40 | My Poster, Part II, posters 11-20, a’ 2 min . |
| 10:40-11:10 | Coffee / Exhibition / Posters. |
| 11:10–11:40 | Keynote presentation: Can CBRN Research Create Resilience? - A Swedish View on CBRN in Total Defence. Dr. Åsa Scott, Director of the Division of CBRNE Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI, SE). |
| 11:40–12:00 | The Role of the Finnish Defence Research Agency in Building Resilience for Society Dr. Katri Laatikainen, Finnish Defence Research Agency (FDRA, FI). |
| 12:00–13:00 | Lunch. |
| 13:00–13:30 | Keynote presentation: The Salisbury Incident Dr. Peter Blain, Emeritus Professor, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University (UK). |
| 13:30–13:50 | Psychosocial support in CBRNE incidents Dr. Riikka Vikström, Southern Finland Preparedness Centre, HUS (FI). |
| 13:50–14:10 | The Swedish preparedness towards a CBRNE-incident Dr. Per Lind, Swedish Research Defense Agency (SE). |
| 14:10–14:30 | Break. |
| 14:30-15:00 | Keynote presentation: Climate Change and Comprehensive Security Dr. Hannele Korhonen, Research Professor, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI, FI) |
| 15:00–15:20 | Strengthening societal resilience to chemical and biological terror attacks - Joint Action Terror Dr. Svenja Stöven, European CBRNE Centre, Umeå University (SE). |
| 15:20–16:30 | Exhibitors’ Presentations (1-14, a’ 5 min). |
| 16:30-17:30 | Coffee & Tea / Posters / Exhibition. |
| 19:00–22:00 | Symposium Dinner. Restaurant Mustakari |
Thursday 12th June
| 09:00–14:30 | SESSION III PROTECTION & RECOVERY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY II |
| 09:00–09:30 | Keynote presentation: Fear as a Weapon in Hybrid Influencing. Mr. Jouni Mölsä, Leading expert, Ellun Kanat (FI). |
| 09:30-09:50 | Nuclear Weapon Effects - Building the Nuclear-Weapon Resilient Society Dr. Martin Goliath, Research Scientist, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI, SE). |
| 09:50-10:50 | Coffee & Tea / Exhibition / Posters. |
| 10:50–11:10 | Recent Progress in HPLC Miniaturization and Adaptation of Advanced Optical Detection Dr. Jakub Vanek, National Institute for NBC Protection (CZ). |
| 11:10–11:30 | Integration of MALDI-TOF MS Technique with Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Detection of Biological Warfare Agents Yevgen Karpichev, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech, EE). |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch. |
| 12:30–13:30 | Panel discussion. "Are we safe - what are the current CBRNE threats?" |
| 13:30-13:50 | A New Approach to Reusable and Cleanable Face Masks Dr. Ilpo Kulmala, VTT (FI). |
| 13:50-14:10 | New Medical Countermeasure Against Percutaneous Intoxication by the Low Volatility (persistent) Organophosphorus Nerve Agents Dr. Eugenia Bloch-Shilderman, Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR, IL). |
| 14:10-14:30 | Becoming a key actor related to concept for comprehensive security by using Theoretical Modeling of Accompanying to Self-education Mrs. Iina Virnes (FI). |
| 14:30 – | CLOSING OF THE SYMPOSIUM |
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| No/Cat | POSTERS |
| 1/6 | Analysis of ASSER Institute´s Training on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of WMD Mrs. Jenna Järvenpää, VTT, Finland. |
| 6/5 | Prototype of the Mobile Aerosol Chamber Dr. Libor Tanzinger, National Institute for NBC Protection, Czech Republic. |
| 7/4 | Portable HPLC system for mobile laboratory – application for toxic compounds analysis Dr. Kamila Lunerová, National Institute for NBC Protection, Czech Republic. |
| 9/2 | Anthrax weaponization, the availability heuristic, and public health policy preparations Dr. Tristan Learoyd, Emergent, United Kingdom. |
| 10/4 | Field measurements and reachback in radiological and nuclear emergencies Dr. Maarit Muikku,STUK - Radiation and nuclear safety authority, Finland. |
| 11/4 | Development of Portable Systems for Radiological Monitoring in CBRN Emergencies Dr. Gabriele Zorloni, ELSE NUCLEAR s.r.l., Italy. |
| 19/5 | Evaluation of Solubility and Reactivation Efficacy of twelve HI-6 salts: Implication for Development of HI-6 Autoinjector for Nerve Agent Exposure Dr. Kamil Kuca, University of Hradec Kralove, Centre for Basic and Applied Research, Czech Republic. |
| 25/4 | Nanometa Live: A graphical user interface for real-time metagenomics data analysis of biological threats Dr. Edvin Karlsson, Swedish Defence Research Agency, CBRN defence and security, Umeå, Sweden. |
| 26/4 | Monitoring of radiation environment in the upper atmosphere with the radioactivity sounding system RAHAKRI Dr. Jussi Paatero, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland. |
| 27/2 | RESILIENCE FPA: European Strategic alliance for research, development and innovation on medical countermeasures against CBRN threats Dr. Yannick Saintigny, French Atomic and alternatives energies Commission, France. |
| 28/2 | The project “European agile network for medical COUNTERmeasures Against CBRN Threats” (COUNTERACT) Dr. Renaud Laffourcade, French atomic and alternatives energies commission, France. |
| 30/5 | Basic knowledge of the stability, biochemical, and toxicological properties of A-232 and its comparison with A-234, GB, and VX Dr. Daniel Jun, University of Defence, Military Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic. |
| 33/5 | BX24 - Immediate Decontamination Individual Kit Dr. Renato Bonora, Cristanini S.p.A., Italy. |
| 37/5 | Building operational capability in EU co-financed project "Improving equipment performance of CBRNE first responders, Southwest Finland Emergency Services" Mrs. Iina Virnes, The wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland, Southwest Finland Emergency Services, Finland. |