Office fédéral de la protection de la population, LABORATOIRE SPIEZ
Visits 2007
(Visitors from previous years can be found in the corresponding Annual Reports)
Once again the SPIEZ LABORATORY received many visitors over the course of 2007. Besides visits from our Swiss partner organisations, we were also delighted to welcome experts, dignitaries and decision-makers from abroad. These visits provided a valuable opportunity for us and our visitors to share experiences, and in some instances to share knowledge and expertise. Below are some of the visits we received in 2007. Please note that the list is not exhaustive.
| Date | Visitors |
|---|---|
| 22.01.07 | Delegation from the Belgian Defence Laboratories and the Belgian Royal Military Academy |
| 08.02.07 | Belgian NRBC Defence Corps delegation, invited by the NBC Competence Centre of the Swiss Armed Forces |
| 01.03.07 | Representatives from the German and Austrian authorities |
| 05.03.07 | Dr. Joan Armour, Deputy Head of Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence R&D Suffield Canada und Adrian Ghita-Duminica, Directorate of Arms and Proliferation Control Policy, National Defence Headquarters, Canada |
| 19.03.07 | List 1 mock inspection, part of a training course for prospective OPCW inspectors |
| 23.03.07 | Delegation from the German Bundeswehr Verification Centre, led by Brig Gen Mertens |
| 28.03.07 | Delegation of field officers from the Royal Saudi Air Defence Forces, attending a training course given by Oerlikon Contraves AG |
| 07.05.07 | Representatives from EU embassies in Switzerland, led by Ambassador Eberhard von Schubert from the German Embassy in Bern |
| 31.05.07 | Representatives from the Avian Influenza Research Unit, Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis (IVI), Mittelhäusern |
| 25.06.07 | Ambassador Kalimi Mworia (Kenya), Director International Cooperation and Assistance Division, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), und Mr. Gennadi Lutay (Russia), Head Assistance and Protection Branch, OPCW |
| 26.06.07 | Delegation of Pakistani laboratory experts, sent by the Pakistani Government |
| 02.07.07 | Rudolf Kuhnke, Second Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Defence, Procurement Department |
| 13.07.07 | Dr. Nikolai Sokov, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA, USA |
| 31.07.07 | Ambassador Dominik Alder and Mr. Martin Strub, Permanent Representation of the Swiss Confederation to the OPCW, The Hague |
| 08.08.07 | Colonel Hentrich, deputy commanding officer of the NBC Defence School Sonthofen, Germany, as part of a visit to the NBC Competence Centre of the Swiss Armed Forces |
| 14.08.07 | Delegation of Chinese experts accompanied by WHO representatives |
| 17.08.07 | Diploma and Bachelor students from the Military Academy, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (MILAK), led by the director of diploma studies, retired Colonel Peter Lüthi |
| 21.08.07 | Members of the Swiss Biotech Association, led by Ms. Cathy Kroll |
| 24.08.07 | Staff from the DDPS General Secretariat, led by General Secretary Dr. Markus Seiler |
| 01.09.07 | Members of the FP6 project Biosafety Europe |
| 07.09.07 | Participants from the «NBC issues and major events» workshop, organised by Dräger (Switzerland) AG |
| 11.09.07 | Dr. Gary Mallard, Head OPCW Laboratory, and Dr. Maciej Sliwakowski, Senior Analytical Chemist, OPCW, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 14.09.07 | Delegates from the technical conference of the Swiss Fire Service Association |
| 14.09.07 | Members of the Spiez municipal government and administration |
| 25.09.07 | Members of the First Planning Meeting of the CBMTS VII International Science Review Committee, led by Col. Richard Price, USA |
| 04.10.07 | Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid, Head of the DDPS, and Dr. Martin Meyer, Minister for Home Affairs Liechtenstein, accompanied by his support team |
| 08.10.07 | Participants from the Foreign Field Experience Program of Russian and American Universities, led by Prof. Lee Peddicord, Texas, USA |
| 15.10.07 | Dr. Hans Gelderblom, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, including a presentation on the use of electron microscopy to detect pathogens in emergency situations |
| 22.10.07 | Delegates at the international meeting «Securing the Future through an Integrated Nuclear Non-proliferation Strategy» |
| 09.11.07 | S.E. Monsieur Abdelmalek Guenaïzia, Algerian Defence Minister, accompanied by his support team and representatives from the Algerian Embassy in Bern |