Counter proliferation of biological threat agents [WP928]

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?