Counter proliferation of biological threat agents [WP928]
- Date
- Friday 26 - Sunday 28 September, 2008
- Venue
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Wiston House
Wilton Park
Wiston House, Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3DZ
+44 (0) 1903 815 020For more information see Your stay at Wilton Park
- Event no.
- WP928
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This conference discussed the following points:
- How do developments in the Life Sciences impact on chemical and biological weapons proliferation?
- What are the challenges posed by developments such as synthetic biology and nantechnology, and how can they best be addressed?
- How can government, NGOs, public health entities stay ahead of the potential threat?
- How can work at universities etc be squared with non-proliferation and security obligations?
- What are the implications of the blurring boundary between chemical and biological weapons?