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CBD S&T Conference 2024 Wrap-up

Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department

Dec. 5, 2024 | 2:19

The 2024 CBD S&T Conference, hosted by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for the Chemical and Biological Defense Program, brought together more than 1,700 attendees from 39 countries to explore transformative, change-making concepts in the chem-bio defense landscape, attending more than 40 sessions addressing key focus areas of: approaches to characterize CB threats, innovations to make hard decisions easier, developing medical countermeasures against CB threats, mitigating CB hazards, envisioning the future of CB detection and diagnostics, and protecting the joint force from CB threats. Conference attendees heard from leading researchers, decision makers, and front-line users on current and emerging threats and the developing solutions to those threats.