ADVANCE PLANNING BRIEFING FOR INDUSTRY (APBI) American Defense Preparedness Association (703) 522-1820. An advance planning briefing for industry (APBI) covering the dodchemical/biological (CB) program will be conducted on 29-30 March 1995 at the Kossiakoff Center, Johns Hopkins applied physics laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. It will be hosted by the U.S. Chemical and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM), but will also include briefings from other services. The keynote speakers will be Dr. Harold Smith, Assistant Secretary of Defense (atomic energy) (CB matters) and MG George E. Friel, Commander of CBDCOM. Briefings will address the CB defense programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. CB defense includes detection and identification of CB agents, protection against the effects of CB agents. Other topics to be discussed are smoke/obscuration systems, chemical warfare treaty verification, chemical demilitarization and environmental remediation. The APBI is designed to provide management, marketing and technical representatives from industry with acquisition requirements and strategies and specific contracting opportunities over the next five years. For information or a symposium brochure, contact the American Defense Preparedness Association, 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel. (703) 522-1820 or Fax (703) 522-1885.

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