Agenda

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Conference Agenda

 

 

Day One 7th November

8:30 to 9:00

Arrival and accreditation of Participants.

9:00 to 9:20

Welcome and opening of the Conference Sessions - Gen. Jose L. Ceballos - Underdirector for International Relations - Spain MoD

 

Opening remarks by Ms Mary Ungar (The International Institute)

9:20

Administrative remarks

Panel 1: IED Detection based on Laser Spectroscopy

9:30

Introduction by the Panel Chair :

Dr. Javier Laserna (Málaga University) Spain

9:40-10:00

Dr. Gerhard Holl (WIWEB) Germany

Trace Detection of Explosives with LIBS

10:00-10:20

Mr. Carlos de Miguel (INDRA Systems) Spain

Standoff Trace Detection with LIBS

10:20-10:50

Coffee Break in the Exhibition Room

10:50-11:10

Dr. Wolfgang Schade (Technische Universitat Clausthal) Germany

Fibre coupled LIBS Sensor

11:10-11:30

Mr. George Coyle (Northop Grumman Corporation) United States

Infra - Red Spectroscopy

11:30-11:50

Discussion

12:00

Lunch

13:15

Opening of Exhibition

Panel 2: IED Detection Based On Molecular Detection

14:00

Introduction by the Chair:

Dr. José Pedro Santos Blanco (RAMEM) Spain

14:10-14:30

Mr. Tim Corcoran (presenting for Andrei Miziolek/ARL) United States

ST-LIBS: A Promising New Tool for Trace Explosives & Other Hazards Detections at a Distance

14:30-14:50

Mark Carl Meyer (CEIA) Italy

Detection of Flammable Explosive Liquids Concealed in Commercial Liquid Containers

 

 

14:50-15:20

Coffee Break in the Exhibition Room

Panel 2: IED Detection Based On Molecular Detection (continued)

15:20-15:40

Mr. Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora (SEADM) Spain

Aroma: Serial DMA/AF Detector

15:40-16:00

Mr. Miguel Sanchez (RAMEM) Spain

NEDS New Explosive Detection System

16:00-16:20

Mr. Krister Liljegren (Environics OY) Finland

Detection of Peroxide Based Explosives and Their Precursors by Chemical Handheld Detector

16:20-16:50

Discussion

16:50 -17:10

Lt. Col Alexander Zolotukhin (Ministry of Defense) Russia

Russian Experience of IEDs

End of first day

 

 


 

Day Two 8th November

Panel 3: Detection of Concealed IEDs

9:00 - 9:10

Introduction by the Panel Chair:

Mr. Ian Raitt (Delt Fort Halstead) United States

9:10-9:30

Mr. Roger Appleby (QinetiQ) United Kingdom

Detecting IEDs Under Clothing

9:30-9:50

Mr. Michael Kemp (Iconal Technology, Ltd) United Kingdom

High Frequency Inspection

9:50-10:10

Mr. Lucas van Ewijk (TNO Defense, Security & Safety) The Netherlands

Concealed Weapon Detection

10:10-10:30

Dr. Jonathan James (Thruvision, Ltd.) United Kingdom

Deployable Standoff Screening

10:30-10:50

Dr. Arnold Schoolderman (TNO Defense, Security & Safety) The Netherlands
Polarised Light Cameras : A tool to detect IEDs

10:50-11:10

Discussion

11:10-11:30

Coffee Break in the Exhibition Room

11:30-11:50

Mr. V Patrick Adrounie (Lockheed Martin Corporation) United States

Integrated IED Detection Architecture

11:50-12:10

Alexey Rezney & Anatoly Perederiy (Federal Security Service of Russian Federation) Russia
New Russian Devices for Explosive Detection

12:15-13:30

LUNCH AND VISIT TO EXHIBITION

Panel 4: Detection of Non-Explosive Components of IEDS

13:30 - 13:40

Introduction by the Panel Chair:

Mr. Vladimir Tkach (EMC -1) Russia

13:40-14:00

Mr Renald Ilyushenko (EMC -1) Russia

The Use of Non-Linear Junction Detector for Detection of IED

14:00-14:20

M. Benoit Lefebvre (Bahia -21) France

Non-Linear Junction Detection

14:20-14:40

Discussion

14:40-15:00

Coffee Break in the Exhibition Room

 


 

Panel 5: Intelligent Scene Analysis and Detection of IED Delivery

15:00

Introduction by the Panel Chair:

Dr. Andrea Cavallaro (University of London) United Kingdom

15:20-15:40

Mr. Dave Humphrey - (Virage Security & Surveillance) United Kingdom
Enhancing Effectiveness of CCTV in Detection of IEDs

15:40-16:00

Mr. Fernando de La Torre (Carnegie Mellon University) United States

Computer Vision & Scene Analysis

16:00-16:20

Mr. Kevin Kearney (Geospatial Systems Inc.) United States

Persistent Surveillance for IED Detection & Defeat

16:20-16:40

Mr. Peter Tu (GE Research) United States

Intelligent Video Scene Analysis

16:40 - 17:00

Discussion

17:00-17:10

Closure of Conferences Sessions by Gen. Antonio Cieza González.

Under director for Research & Technology - Spain MoD

18:00

End of exhibition

 

 


Exhibitions

 

1. Miguel Sanchez Mart n

RAMEM - Spain

DMA

Differential Mobility Analyzer and Ionization methods for material classification at security check points.

 

 

2. Wolfgang Schade

Clausthal University of Technology - Germany

Laser technology, Laser spectroscopy & Fibre technology.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) coupled with Fibre sensors for mine detection.

 

3. Krister Liljegren

Environics OY - Finland

Chemical Warfare Agent / Toxic Industrial Chemicals detection.

ChemPro100 TATP + CBRN Handheld Detector for detecting Peroxide based explosives.

 

4. Mark Karl Meyer

CEIA - Italy

Liquid explosives detection.

The CEIA EMA-2 is a commercial Electromagnetic analyzer for the detection of flammable and explosive liquids concealed in a commercial container.

 

5. Peter Benwell& Penny While

Allen-Vanguard - UK

Bomb Disposal Equipment.

BombTec Defender D2 ROV for the removal of Improvised Explosive Devices.

 


 

6. James McDonough

Paul Ralph Shelley

Bernard Vincent Brower

Geospatial Systems / ITT - USA

Aerial Video Surveillance.

Air based video surveillance system for the persistent surveillance of a wide area with real time dissemination of surveillance data.

 

7. Richard Barfield/Hans Stadler

Thruvision - UK

Terahertz Person Scanner.

Passive terahertz imaging of concealed objects including narcotics, contraband, plastics, liquids etc. ThruVision technology and products images concealed objects in real-time on walking people at a distance.

 

8. Vance Briggs

Dave Humphrey

Virage Security and Surveillance - UK

Integrated Video System for Security Surveillance.

Integrated security surveillance system which recognizes object characteristics such as size and colour and tracks object movement through crowded scenes.

 

 

10. Tim Schofield

ImageBase Technology - UK

Secure Transmission of Video Data.

Photophone is a software platform for the secure transmission of image and video data over a variety of media. BOMBIC is a secure database system which interfaces with Photophone and is used for IED Incident Reporting.

 


Demonstrations

 

1. Carlos de Miguel

INDRA­ - Spain

LIBS

Demonstration of the Ability to Detect Traces of Explosive Material Over Surfaces at Distances Above 30 Meters by Means of a Standoff LIBS Setup.

 

2. Timur Bagcaz

Institute of Mechanical and Chemical Industry - Turkey

Water Jet Disruptor

A demonstration of water jet techniques for IED Defeat.

 

3. Wolfgang Schade

Clausthal University of Technology - Germany

LIBS

Prototype of fibre coupled LIBS sensor will demonstrate the ability to detect mine casings and explosives at a distance.

 

 

5. Mark Karl Meyer

CEIA - Italy

Chemical Detection

The EMA-2 Analyser unit will be demonstrated using samples of commercial bottles filled with both innocuous and flammable liquids.

 

 

6. Miguel Sanchez

RAMEM - Spain

DMA

Sniffer detection of volatiles compounds and vapours.