SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Check-in Desk Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | GRC Co-Chair Introductions and Conference Expectations |
7:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Bulk Detection Approaches |
| Discussion Leader: Helmut Strecker (Morpho Detection) |
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Alessandro Olivo (University College London)
"A New Generation of Baggage Scanning Systems Based on X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Peter Rothschild (AS&E)
"Scatter Attenuation Tomography" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Jean-Louis Amans (CEA - Leti)
"Identification of Explosive Materials with a Novel X-ray Backscattering Technique Using CdZnTe Spectrometric Detectors" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Novel Trace Techniques |
| Discussion Leader: Stephan Lukow (US Department of Homeland Security) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Ken Suslick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"A Colorimetric Sensor Array for TATP and TICS" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Ray von Wandruska (University of Idaho)
"Detection of Airborne Explosives by Fluorescence Quenching" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:05 am | Juan Fernandez de la Mora (Yale University)
"API-MS Detection of Low Volatility Explosive Species in the Gas Phase for Cargo Screening" |
11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion Period |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Intersection of Policy, Technology, and Privacy |
| Discussion Leader: Deeph Chana (Cascade Technologies) |
5:45 pm - 6:05 pm | Darren Handley (UK Department for Transport)
"Is the Technology Fit for Purpose?" |
6:05 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm | Ken Mann (Rapiscan Systems)
"Privacy and Security - a Developer's Perspective" |
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm | Discussion |
6:55 pm - 7:15 pm | Matt Pedler (Infrastructure Australia) |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | One Minute Poster Presentation Overviews |
9:15 am - 12:30 pm | Infrared Based Detection Techniques |
| Discussion Leader: Tim Rayner (Rapiscan) |
9:15 am - 9:45 am | Paul Loeffen (Cobalt Light Systems)
"Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy for Screening of Liquids and Gels in Containers" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Anadi Mukherjee (Infrasign)
"A New Image-based Standoff Detection Technique of Hazardous Materials Using Mid-IR Technology" |
10:55 am - 11:05 am | Discussion |
11:05 am - 11:30 am | Sandro Mengali (CREO-Centro Ricerche Elettro-Ottiche)
"Hollow-fiber-based Infrared Sensors for the Detection of Illicit Drugs and Toxic Agents" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:05 pm | Miles J. Weida (Daylight Solutions)
"Progress Towards Field-Deployable Mid-IR Chemical Imagers for Narcotics and Explosives Detection" |
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Algorithms for Threat Recognition |
| Discussion Leader: Homer Pien (Massachusetts General Hospital / HST) |
5:45 pm - 6:10 pm | Cameron Allen (Tufts University)
"Anomaly Detection in X-ray Backscatter Leg Images Using Training Data" |
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
6:20 pm - 6:45 pm | Charles Bouman (Purdue University)
"Beyond Bizarrely Simplistic Prior Models for Threat Detection" |
6:45 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Panel Discussion Period |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Sampling and Preconcentration Materials and Methods |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Houser (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Brian Musselman (IonSense)
"Open Air Desorption Ionization: Searching Surfaces for the Hidden Agenda" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | R. Shane Addleman (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Enhancing Collection and Detection of Explosives with Tailored Surface Chemistries and Advanced Structures" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am - 11:10 am | Govindanunny Thekkadath (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority)
"Sample Matrix Effects on IMS Response Using Direct-IMS Trace Detection Systems - Some Problems and Solutions" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion Period |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance for Explosives Detection |
| Discussion Leader: Andreas Jackobsson (Lund University) |
5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Alan Gregorovič (Institut Jožef Stefan)
"Spin-lock WURST-QCPMG and 14N Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance" |
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm | George Mozzhukhin
"Application of Two Frequency and Double Resonance Methods for Explosives Detection" |
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 7:15 pm | Hideo Itozaki (Osaka University)
"Explosives or Drugs Concealed in the Body by NQR" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:25 am | Standoff Device Detection |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Kemp (Iconal Technology) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Arttu Luukanen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
"Stand-off Explosives Detection in the Submillimetre-wave Band" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Chris Mann (ThruVision)
"A Multi Frequency Passive Imager for the Upper Millimetre and Submillimetre Waveband" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:05 am | Ken Cooper (NASA Jet Propulsion Lab)
"A Terahertz Imaging Radar for Concealed Object Detection at Long Standoff Ranges" |
11:05 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 12:30 pm | Presentations from Selected Posters Demonstrating Innovative Research in Explosives and Illicit Substance Detection |
| Discussion Leader: C. Jaap de Ruiter (TNO Defence, Security and Safety) |
11:25 am - 11:45 am | TBA (speaker to be selected at meeting from posters) |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:15 pm | TBA (speaker to be selected at meeting from posters) |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Free Time |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Narcotics Detection |
| Discussion Leader: Gaston Bongaerts (Dutch Customs Laboratory) |
5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Felicia Green (UK National Physical Laboratory)
"Novel Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Specific, Rapid Detection of Illicit Drugs" |
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm | Fay Thomas (Mass Spec Analytical)
"Tracking the Drug Distribution Pyramid" |
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 7:15 pm | Sheila Hardwick (Home Office Scientific Development Branch)
"The Identification of Vapours from Illicit Cocaine Samples Using Static Head-Space-Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (HS-GC-MS)" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |