Themes
1. Dual-Use Chemicals, Fertilizers & Secure Supply Chains
Focus on strengthening regulatory oversight, end-use verification, licensing, storage security, and supply-chain monitoring to prevent diversion of industrial and agricultural chemicals for terrorist misuse.
2. Responsible Science, KYC/KYR & Technology Trust
Promoting ethical collaboration, secure partnerships and KYC/KYR systems in academia and industry to prevent exploitation of scientific exchange, technology transfer and research collaborations.
3. Human Reliability, Insider Threats & Personnel Vetting
Understanding behavioural vulnerabilities in laboratories, industries and transport systems; developing robust vetting, monitoring and prevention frameworks essential for CBRNE security.
4. Transport, Fire & Critical Infrastructure Protection
Ensuring secure movement of hazardous materials across ports, airports, highways and rail networks while integrating fire safety, emergency response and SCADA/industrial automation security.
5. Explosives, ANFO/TATP Lessons & Counter-IED Preparedness
Addressing regulatory gaps, precursor controls, and operational insights from explosive-response experts; strengthening detection, neutralisation and safety systems against evolving explosive threats.
6. Cyber Threats, Online Chemical Marketplaces & AI Security Tools
Mitigating digital risks including darknet precursor procurement, hacking of industrial control systems and algorithmic misuse; leveraging AI for surveillance, threat modelling and anomaly detection.
7. National Disaster Response, Relief & Emergency Coordination
Frameworks for multi-agency response, crisis communication, mass-casualty management, and capacity-building for rapid, coordinated CBRNE emergency operations.
8. Environmental Governance & Hazardous Waste Regulation
Role of environmental agencies in hazardous waste management, pollution monitoring and resilience planning to mitigate accidental or deliberate chemical releases impacting communities and ecosystems.
9. Environmental, Oceanic & Geological Security (MoES)
Assessing CBRNE impacts on ecosystems, water bodies and marine environments, along with vulnerabilities in coastal operations and risks intensified by natural disasters affecting hazardous facilities.
10. Integrated CBRN Security, CWC Compliance & National Policy
A unified approach to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risk mitigation through detection technologies, biosurveillance, regulatory enforcement, CWC compliance and long-term national policy development.