Norsk Forening for Mikrobiologi

Høstmøte

Bioterrrorisme

Torsdag den 10. oktober 2002 kl. 10-18

i  Store auditorium, Rikshospitalet

Program

Kaffe og registrering kl. 9⁰⁰-10⁰⁰

10⁰⁰      Tim Brooks, CAMR, Porton Down, UK: The global threat of bioterrorism; micro-organisms and toxins, risk evaluation - an overview

10⁴⁵      Erik Heegaard, Statens Serum Institut, København, Denmark: Bioterrorism from a European view

11³⁰-12⁰⁰         Kaffe

12⁰⁰      Åke Forsberg, Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, Umeå, Sweden: Important bacterial agents

12⁴⁵     Riccardo Witek, University of Lausanne, Switzerland: Smallpox eradication 

13³⁰ – 14³⁰       Lunch  

14³⁰      Stig Jeansson, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo: Ebola-virus and viral hemorrhagic fever

15⁰⁰       Lars Haaheim, University of Bergen: Influenza virus - a global threat

15³⁰       Espen Rimstad, Norwegian Veterinary College, Oslo: Foot and mouth disease and hog cholera: threats for European husbandry 

16⁰⁰-16³⁰            Kaffe 

16³⁰       Reidar Hjetland, Sentralsjukehuset i Sogn og Fjordane, Førde: Biological weapons in Iraq

17⁰⁰      Preben Aavitsland, Folkehelseinstituttet, Oslo: Public health preparedness against bioterrorism in Norway

17⁴⁵      Geir Sverre Braut, assistant health director, Oslo: Concluding remarks - Challenges on security and preparedness in society under the threat of bioterrorism