DOD CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ADVANCE PLANNING BRIEFING FOR INDUSTRY (APBI) An APBI covering the DoD Chemical/Biological (CB) program will be conducted on 25-26 March 1997 at the Kossiakoff Center, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. It will be hosted by the U.S. Army Chemcial and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM), but will also include briefings from other services and commands. The keynote speakers will be Dr. Theodore Prociv, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy)(CB Matters) and MG George E. Friel, Commander of CBDCOM. Briefings will address chemical demilitarization (including stockpile and non-stockpile materiel disposal) and chemical and biological defense items for detection and identification of CB agents and protection against the effects of CB agents. The APBI is designed to provide management, marketing, and technical representatives from industry with acqusition requirements and strategies and specific contracting opportunities over the next five years. For information or a symposium brochure, contact the American DefensePreparedness Association, 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel. (703) 522-1820 or FAX (703) 522-1885. Refer to Meeting #737.

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