More than 100 Leading Organizations from Around the World to Convene in Washington, DC for Detection Technologies 2009

Online, November 3, 2009 (Newswire.com) - BOSTON, MA - The Knowledge Foundation announced today that more than 100 organizations from around the world will participate in the 15th Detection Technologies conference to be held in Washington, DC from November 5-6, 2009.

Detection Technologies is an internationally recognized event for experts in detection and identification of pathogens, biological threats and infectious diseases and will explore the latest developments as well as ready-to-market systems for major biothreat detection, identification, and analysis both in the field and at the point-of-care.

The opening keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Nels Olson from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and will explore the next generation biological detection program.

Other Program topics include:
- Point-of-care threat biodetection
- Next generation of sensors and detectors
- Biological and chemical agent sample preparation
- PCR and non-PCR based detection techniques
- Reagent and reagentless detection systems

Participating organizations include: Adaptive Methods, Agdia, Inc., American Elements, A-STAR, ATCC, Atlas Genetics Limited, BAE Systems, Battelle, Becton Dickinson Technologies, BEI Resources, Bertin Technologies, BioHelix Corporation, bioMerieux, Biosearch Technologies, Biotami Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton , Boston College, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Carrano Consulting, CBRNIAC, Central Food Technological Research Institute, CSIRO Livestock Industries, CUBRC, DomesticPreparedness.com, Draper Laboratory, DSO National Lab, DTU / National Food Institute, EIC Laboratories, Inc., Environics USA, Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, GenArraytion Inc., Georgia Tech University, Hamamatsu, Harvard University, Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Honeywell FM&T, ICx Biosystems, ICx Technologies, Idaho Technology Inc., IMCOT, Indiana Wesleyan University, Innovative Biosensors, Institute for Defense Analyses, Integrated Nano-Technologies, Invetech, Invitrogen, Iowa State University, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Johns Hopkins University, Knowledge Press, Life Technologies Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Lonza, Luminex Corporation, Lynntech, mBio Diagnostics, Michigan State University, MicroFab Technologies, Inc., microPEP, Mitre, NABsys, Nanyang Technological University, National Research Council of Canada, National University of Ireland, National University of Singapore, Naval Health Research Center, Northrop Grumman, NSG, NSG America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ocean Nano Tech, Oregon State University, Pall Corporation, Parallel Synthesis Technologies, Inc., Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Platypus Technologies, LLC, Precision Photonics Corporation, PriTest Inc., PRTM, Roche, SAIC, Sigma-Aldrich, Smiths Detection, Tetracore, The A to Z of Nano, The A to Z of Optics, The AEgis Technologies Group , The Knowledge Foundation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TIRF Technologies, Toshiba, Tsinghua University, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, UCLA, University College Galway, University of British Columbia, University of Houston, University of Minnesota, USAMRIID, and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.