This conference discussed the following points:
- How prepared is Europe for a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack against one or more European targets?
- What are the threats/likelihoods of an attack?
- What would be the likely impacts in terms of casualties, health impact and wider economic consequences?
- In the event of even a moderate CBRN attack in one European country how will co-operation in response across Europe be orchestrated?
- How can mutual aid between countries be further developed to support both the response and recovery phases?
- What are the barriers to effective integration of an emergency response across Europe?
- What role for the European Commission within its member states, or in relation to EU’s neighbours?
- What role for NATO?
- What lessons on macro-scale coordination can be derived from the response to recent terrorist incidents, natural disasters and industrial accidents?
- Does CBRN terrorism pose different challenges to CBRN accidents?
- Are separate response plans needed for consequence managers?
