Speaker's Profile

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Ioannis [John] Galatas
Brig. General (ret.),MD, MA(Terr), MC(Army)

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Resilience Strategies

Short Profile: 

Ex military physician with +35 years industry experience specialized in:

(1) Medicine - Allergy & Clinical Immunology consultant (with more than 20yrs hospital experience as Head of the Department of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at Army General Hospital of Athens, Greece (the only military hospital providing allergy services to ground forces, their families and first degree relatives)

Main interests and expertise

  • Allergy clinic (inpatient & outpatient)
  • Allergy School (patients & families; GPs)
  • Allergy Awareness Campaigns

(2) CBRNE - CBRNE officer and planner with more than 10 yrs of experience; trained in many countries abroad; active hands-on participation in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as Commandant of Olympic Hospital CBRN Response Unit - PhD candidate (Athens' Medical School, Department of Forensics & Toxicology - CBRNE-related topic; as of 2012-); Editor-in-Chief of online "CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter"

Main interests and expertise

  • Medical/Hospital CBRNE defense & preparedness;
  • CBRNE hardening of soft targets (airports, hotels & resorts, shopping malls);
  • Maritime security & CBRNE defense;
  • CBRNE training – from theory to praxis (methodology, drills, equipment selection, operational adaptation, recovery and mitigation);
  • Gap analysis and threat assessment; war games;
  • Populace CBRNE preparedness & public health issues;
  • CBRNE preparedness during mega-events;
  • Architectural design of CBRNE-proof buildings and critical infrastructure

(3) Intel Analysis - Senior intelligence analyst; last post as Head of the Department of Asymmetric Threats at Joint Military Intelligence Service, Hellenic National Defense General Staff - holds MA degree on "Terrorism, Organized Crime & Gobla Security" from Coventry University, UK (2010); Vice Chairman, Greek Intelligence Studies Association (GISA).

Main interests and expertise

  • Risk & gap analysis
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Mitigation