Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S. Workshop (2007)
Chapter: Appendix A Workshop Agenda
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Workshop Agenda
Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism
An Indo-U.S. Workshop
Goa, India, January 12-14, 2004
Agenda
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2004
Opening Session
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9:15 – 9:25 |
Welcome Roddam Narasimha and Kumar Patel |
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9:25 – 9:35 |
Committee on International Security and Arms Control’s Role in Workshop John P. Holdren |
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9:35 – 9:45 |
Background on the Workshop, Objectives Roddam Narasimha |
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9:45 – 10:15 |
Workshop Program and Expectations Kumar Patel |
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation Y.P. Kumar |
Session I: Survey of Terrorist Threats in the United States and India and Relevant Science and Technology
Chair: M.K. Narayanan
Discussion Moderators: B. Raman and Harry Barnes
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Science, Technology, and Countering Terrorism: The Search for a Sustainable Strategy Lewis M. Branscomb |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Tea Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Terrorist Threats in India Major General (Retired) Afsir Karim |
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12:15 – 13:30 |
Discussion of Terrorist Threats in the United States and India and Relevant Science and Technology |
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13:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
Session II: Information Technology and Communications Security
Chair: Roddam Narasimha
Discussion Moderators: Raja Menon and Kumar Patel
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14:30 – 15:15 |
Information Technology and Communications Security in India N. Balakrishnan |
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15:15 – 16:00 |
Cyberterrorism and Security Measures S.E. Goodman |
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16:00 – 16:15 |
Tea Break |
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16:15 – 17:30 |
Discussion of Information Technology and Communications Security |
Plenary Session
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18:30 – 19:00 |
All Participants are Seated |
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19:00 – 19:05 |
Arrival of the President of India, National Anthem |
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19:05 – 19:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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Roddam Narasimha, Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies |
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Kumar Patel, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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19:15 – 20:15 |
Official Addresses, Greetings, and Thanks |
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Bruce Alberts, President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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V S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology |
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John P. Holdren, Chairman, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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His Excellency Shri Kidarnath Sahani, Governor of Goa |
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Robert O. Blake, Charge d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy, India |
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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, The President of India |
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S. Rajagopal, Homi Bhabha Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies |
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National Anthem |
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20:15 |
Dinner |
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2004
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9:30 – 9:45 |
Recap of Deliberations of the Previous Day Roddam Narasimha, Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies |
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9:45 – 9:50 |
Announcements Patricia Wrightson, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Session III: Protecting Nuclear-energy Facilities
Chair: V.S. Ramamurthy
Discussion Moderators: G.R. Srinivasan and Rose Gottemoeller
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9:50 – 10:35 |
Threat to Civil Nuclear-energy Facilities John P. Holdren |
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10:35 – 11:20 |
Threats to Nuclear Facilities: Framing the Problem P. Rama Rao |
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11:20 – 11:35 |
Tea Break |
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11:35 – 12:50 |
Discussion of Protecting Nuclear-energy Facilities |
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12:50 – 14:00 |
Luncheon Speaker Jonathan Pollack, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Session IV: Terrorist Threats to Infrastructure and Relevant Science and Technology Responses
Chair: S.E. Goodman
Discussion Moderators: M.K. Narayanan and Richard L. Garwin
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Local Realities of Terrorist Threats Julio Ribeiro |
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14:45 – 15:30 |
Securing Against Infrastructure Terrorism Lawrence T. Papay |
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15:30 – 15:45 |
Tea Break |
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15:45 – 17:00 |
Discussion of Terrorist Threats to Infrastructure and Relevant Science and Technology Responses |
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2006
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9:30 – 9:45 |
Recap of Deliberations of the Previous Day Kumar Patel, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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9:45 – 9:50 |
Announcements Patricia Wrightson, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Session V: Biological and Agricultural Terrorism Threats
Chair: John P. Holdren
Discussion Moderators: S. Gopal and Jonathan Pollack
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9:50 – 10:35 |
Twentieth-Century Legacy: The Biological Threats to Twenty-first Century Science and Society Christopher J. Davis |
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10:35 – 11:20 |
India and Agricultural Bioterrorism Kalyan Banerjee |
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11:20 – 11:35 |
Tea Break |
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11:35 – 12:50 |
Discussion of Biological and Agricultural Terrorism Threats |
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12:50 – 14:00 |
Luncheon Speaker M.K. Rasgotra |
Session VI: Indo-U.S. Cooperation
Chair: Lewis M. Branscomb
Discussion Moderators: T.G.K. Murthy and John P. Holdren
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Why Should India and the United States Cooperate? K. Santhanam |
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14:45 – 15:30 |
Can Science and Technology Help to Counter Terrorism? Richard L. Garwin |
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15:30 – 15:45 |
Tea Break |
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15:45 – 16:15 |
What Have We Learned? Kumar Patel and Roddam Narasimha |
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16:15 – 17:30 |
Discussion of Indo-U.S. Cooperation |
