Programme and Speakers

• Welcome by Dr Ryszard Scigala, Mayor of Tarnow Address (22 KB)
• Introduction to the meeting by Mr Krzysztof Paturej, Chairperson of the meeting, Director of Special Projects, OPCW
• Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the OPCW Address (26 KB)
• Director Adam Bugajski, Director of the Department of Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland; Poland’s active support for global cooperation against misuse of chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological (CBRN) materials and technologies (57 KB)
• Mr Nico Frandi, Political Officer, European External Action Service, EEAS: The European Union support for enhancing global chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological /CBRN/ safety and security, and the work of the OPCW (76 KB)
• Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programmes, Bureau of International Security and Non-proliferation, US State Department: The Role of Chemical Safety and Security in International Global Security Engagement Efforts (98 KB)
• Mr Nicolas Kasprzyk, UN 1540 Committee Expert: Resolution 1540 and the prevention of the proliferation of WMD to non-State actors: implications for chemical security (99 KB)
• Mr Zeeshan Amin, Special Political Adviser, UN Counter Terrorism Task Force: United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) support for the CBRN safety and security; a new project to prevent attacks against chemical installations and promoting chemical security culture (79 KB)
• Prof. Sergey Baranovsky, President Green Cross Russia: Facilitating and Mediating Dangerous and Contentious Projects with Local, Regional, National, and International Stakeholders (3.4 MB)

• Chair and Moderator: Prof. William W. Keller, Director, Centre for International Trade & Security, University of Georgia: Toward a Chemical Security Summit: The Advent of CBRN Security Culture
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• Mr Lukasz Blacha, Municipality of Tarnow: Tarnow Centre for Chemical Safety and Security: Concept, partners and plans (84 KB)
• Prof. Leiv Sydnes, Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway; IUPAC - Serving Mankind through Chemistry (2.0 MB)
• Prof. Shaukat Ali Abdulrazak, Secretary/CEO Kenyan National Council for Science and Technology: Developing and sustaining programme on chemical safety and security in chemical activities in Kenya(809 KB)
• Mr. Michael Thornton, CBRN CoE Project Coordinator, Joint Research Centre, European Commission: The CBRN Centers of Excellence. A comprehensive approach towards CBRN risk mitigation (4.5 MB)
• Ms Kathryn Hughes, Program Officer, US National Academies of Science, National and International Security Activities at the US National Academy of Sciences (1.1 MB)
• Dr Lech Starostin: The Tarnow declaration on the development of the international cooperation to enhance chemical safety and security and the promotion of the global chemical security culture (3.1 MB)

Chair and Moderator: Mr W. Wielezynski, President of Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry/PIPC: Multi-stakeholders cooperation in promoting chemical safety and security in all areas of chemicals (63 KB)

National experiences

• Mr Fedor Meerts, Dutch National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism: Strengthening the security of chemicals sales: Creating Public Private Partnership
• Prof. Valery Kukhar, Director, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine: Strengthening chemical safety and security in the area of chemical activities in Ukraine (84 KB)
• Mr Todd Klessman, U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Overview of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (753 KB)
• Mr William DelBagno. FBI, US: FBI Chemical Countermeasure Unit: Strengthening the Partnership between Chemical Industry and Law Enforcement

• Mr Maarten Nieuwenhuisen, TNO Netherlands, EU FP 7 SPIRIT project concerning infrastructure protection (1.2 MB)

International and chemical industry experiences

• Dr Huang Jiefang, Senior Legal Officer, ICAO: Beijing Convention and Transport of Weapons of Mass Destruction (900 KB)
• Mr Wicher Mintjes, Associate Director Emergency Services & Security, Dow Chemical. Responsible Care Security Code (709 KB)
• Dr Frank Huess Hedlund, COWI: Do provisions to advance chemical facility safety also advance security objectives? An analysis of possible synergies (566 KB)
• Mr Björn McClintock, Interpol: Interpol CBRNE Terrorism Prevention Programme (1.8 MB)
• Mr Jadallah Hammal, WINS: WINS' experience in promoting nuclear security (2.3 MB)
• Dr Stefano Miorotti, Cristanini S.p.A. Protective Equipment Industry in support of CBRN Security: Proven solution for a safe decontamination against CWA and TICs (1.6 MB)
  

Chair and Moderator: Dr Irma Makalinao, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines: Building Bridges form Chemical Safety to Chemical Security at the National and Regional Level (4.6 MB)

National and industry experiences in implementing chemical safety

• Prof. Jonathan Okonkwo, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa: Green Chemistry: Equipping and Strengthening Chemical Sciences for Sustainable Development (730 KB)
• Prof. Sam M. Mannan, Director Process Safety Center Chemical Engineering Department Texas A&M University System, USA: Lessons from process and chemical incidents and accidents (589 KB)
• Prof. Adam S. Markowski, Department of Safety Engineeering, Technical University of Lodz, Poland: Safety and Risk Management Aspects for Major Accident Industry in Poland (1.9 MB)
• Mr Yagya Saxena, Indian Chemical Council, Introducing and Managing Chemical Safety and Security Practice in India (658 KB)
• Mr Ir Mohtar Musri, Deputy Director General, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia, Chemical Safety and Security: The Legal Framework for Malysia (1.5 MB)
  

• Mr Hadi Farajvand, Secretariat of the National Authority for CWC, MFA, Iran, CWC Regional Assistance and Protection Centres (RAPC) (2.0 MB)
• Major Marek Poterek, Central School of the State Fire Service, Czestochowa,Poland: The tasks of the State Fire Service in the field of chemical and environmental emergency response within the National Firefighting and Rescue System
  

International experiences and assistance in sound management of chemicals.

• Mr Jonathan Krueger, UN Institute for Training and Research /UNITAR/, Geneva, Switzerland: Introducing the IOMC (Inter-Organisation Programme for the Sound Management of Chemical) and relevant activities of UNITAR (900 KB)
• Mr Sjoerd Looijs, Responsible Care Manager, European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic): Responsible Care in a global context, options for joint outreach (285 KB)
• Ms Katarina Magulova, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention, UNEP: Chemicals management under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
• Mr John Hart, SIPRI: Defining a Beneficial Space for NGO-UN System Organization Interaction on Chemical Safety and Security: a Framework Analysis
  
  

• Mr Krzysztof Paturej, Chair and Moderator,
• Reports by the Chair Persons.
• Discussion of key findings from the three working sessions and identification of future actions
• Ambassador Jan Borkowski, Permanent Representative of Poland to the OPCW, Development of the OPCW engagement in Chemical Safety and Security – Perspective from Poland (148 KB)
• Mr Przemyslaw Stangierski, Vice President and Partner, A.T. Kearney; Chemical Safety and Security: Cost or Investment? (643 KB)
• Prof. Sławomir Neffe, Military University of Technology, Warsaw: The Advisory Board for the International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security – building the academic and expert advice on chemical safety and security (718 KB)