PLENARY SESSION 1 - HOW OLD AND NEW DANGERS CAN THREATEN THE WORLD: DISCUSSIONS AND PROPOSALS TO REDUCE RISKS

11.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.

Room "Giorgio Mazzini" (Aula Magna)

Building B - Floor 3

KEYNOTE OPENING

On. Guido CROSETTO

MINISTER OF DEFENCE

Italian Ministry of Defence

(ITALY) 

WELCOME ADDRESSES

 Pref. Laura LEGA

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS, PUBLIC RESCUE AND CIVIL DEFENCE

Italian Ministry of Interior

(ITALY) 

Ing. Carlo DALL'OPPIO

HEAD OF THE NATIONAL CORP OF THE ITALIAN FIREFIGHTERS

Italian Ministry of Interior

(ITALY) 

Prof. Nathan LEVIALDI GHIRON

RECTOR

University of Rome Tor Vergata

(ITALY) 

Gen. Alberto MANENTI

Former Director Italian External Intelligence Agency (AISE)

President of the National Scientific Committee of 

SICC Series - CBRNe Conference 2023

(ITALY) 

Brigadier Salem Abdulah BIN BARRAK AL DHAHERI

GENERAL DIRECTOR

Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority

(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

Chairperson PLENARY SESSION 1

Prof. Guglielmo MANENTI

Department of Biomedicine and Prevention

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome

(ITALY)

ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS

1.PL1. HESAR for CBRNe safety and security.

Dr. Alba IANNOTTI

1. President of HESAR - Health Safety Environmental Research Association Rome, Italy

2. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

It is been just 7 years from the foundation of HESAR – Health Safety Environmental Research Association Rome and we already achieved many goals such as an official cooperation agreement with the International Master courses in Protection against CBRNe events of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, NGO member of Chemical weapons convention (CWC)  program under the coordination of the Organisation for the prohibition of the chemical weapons (OPCW), the participation in a number of international and national research programs for CBRNe safety and security, the organization of full scale, functional and tabletop exercises for universities (Tor Vergata, Pisa, and Yale), the OPCW, the Abu Dhabi National authority. All these are just a part of our mission which is completed by the organization of national and international events like the SICC Series, CBRNe conference 2023.

2.PL1. CBRNe education: 15 years of “International Master Courses in Protection Against CBRNe events – Prof Carlo Bellecci “ at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Dr. Colomba RUSSO

1. Deputy President of HESAR - Health Safety Environmental Research Association Rome, Italy

2. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

The educational project called “International Master Courses in Protection Against CBRNe events – Prof. Carlo Bellecci” started in 2008 with the cooperation between Italian Army (Corpo degli Ingegneri dell’Esercito) and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Over the years this project became International with National, International and Supranational cooperation all over the world. The CBRNe staff of the University of Rome Tor Vergata group composed by Engineers, Physicists, Biologists, Jurists, and Political Scientists has pursued, over the years, the Vision of the beloved Prof. Carlo Bellecci, funding father of the MasterCBRNe:  “Let CBRNe became an academic discipline”.

3.PL1. LECTIO MAGISTRALIS

Security Research at German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Prof.Dr. Thomas DEKORSY

DIRECTOR

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics, Stuttgart, Germany

President of the International Scientific Committee of the SICC Series - CBRNe Conference 2023

The German Aerospace Center is one of German largest research organizations with more than 10,000 co-workers distributed over 55 institutes and 33 locations. Beside aviation, space, energy, and transportation research, research on security is a core competence of DLR which horizontally connects all research areas. Typically, security research is pursued in interdisciplinary projects involving several DLR institutes as well as in projects with national and international partners. The Institute of Technical Physics is a DLR Institute located in Stuttgart and Lampoldshausen with one focus in the field of CBE stand-off detection using laser spectroscopy and the development of new detection schemes for explosives in personal controls. The talk will highlight activities in DLR security research and research topics of the Institute of Technical Physics. 

4.PL1. An overview of the main activities I have done to face different emergencies in Italy and abroad.

Dr. Guido BERTOLASO

Councillor for Welfare of the Lombardy Region, Lombardy Region, Italy

The emergencies have been part of my working activities since day 1. I have been involved in the coordination of major emergencies like earthquake, floods, and I have been involved (both at National and International Level) to face the COVID-19 pandemic event. In this talk I will present the main activities I have done to face the emergencies and contribute to the recovery of normality.

5.PL1. On the Ground 9/11.

Prof. Richard FONTANA

City of New Haven CT, Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Emergency Operations Center, New Haven, CT, United States of America

On September 11, 2001, a morning filled with sunshine, the vibrant area surrounding the World Trade Center as workers made their way, some with coffee in their hand ascending the beautiful Twin Towers. Across the street at the Hilton Millennium Hotel, breakfast sat on most tables as the day was just beginning. Our world changed on Tuesday morning at 8:46 AM EST when terror struck America, as the first plane struck the north tower of the WTC. Seventeen minutes later the second plane hit the south tower at WTC.  In one of the most horrific attacks in American history, our world has changed forever, the word terrorism is now etched in our minds. Our world is much different today It would be the last day that 343 FDNY heroes would not go home after their shift, it would be the last   day the 72 Law Enforcement Officers would go home after their shift. Although 2,977 perished, it would prove to be the greatest American Rescue in History. Firefighters from all over the country would make their way to New York City in the days, weeks and months ahead to try to lend a hand. Although many did not make it to “Ground Zero”, they had to go, they had to know in their hearts and minds they needed to support the brotherhood and sisterhood in their profession of firefighting. Fifteen firefighters from the West Haven CT, USA, Fire Department arrived at Ground Zero on 9/14, while the debris was still burning. It was less that 2 hours including the drive, that we were working in pile in search of recovering anything that could provide dignity to those who perished. Years after the attack and recovery at Ground Zero, the medical evaluations, the anguish, the frustration, and the dauntless task of NEVER FORGETTING 9/11. The fight against global terrorism remains today throughout our world, the women and men in the armed forces defending each and every one of us, and protecting our constitution. In America, the Patriot Act was passed in just 45 days after 9/11. The change in the expansion of authority and laws to allow surveillance in phone, email communications and bank records to combat terrorism. Foreign and domestic surveillance to protect against possible attacks. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) now has a workforce of 60,000 to keep the American transportation systems and the travelling public Safe. With a budget of 9.7 Billion (FY2023) keeping foreign and domestic terrorists is expensive, but required to keep the transportation system strong and safe to prevent another 9/11 from occurring.

6.PL1. SICC Series CBRNe Conference: an initiative of the University of Rome Tor Vergata in cooperation with HESAR.

Prof. Andrea MALIZIA

Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

The CBRNe activities started in 2008 with the Master CBRNe. We have started with 1 day conference back in 2009 at the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology back in 2009 and we have organized since then 1 conference per year. Back in 2017 we have organized the first conference of 3 days and we have named the conference Scientific International Conference in CBRNe. During this talk I will show the growth of the SICC Series CBRNe Conference over the years and the main differences with other CBRNe symposiums, conferences or workshops organized worldwide.

7.PL1. Keynote Remarks of the United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

Amb. Bonnie Denise JENKINS

United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, United States of America