NBC2025 symposium

Resilient Society is the theme of the NBC 2025 symposium. In case any chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threat or scenario would realize, be it times of peace, crisis or war, societies must be prepared to survive and to continue functioning as close to normalcy as possible. The armies and defense forces are prepared and able to continue their assigned tasks under CBRN conditions. In crisis it is general population and civil authorities who face most heavily the consequences.

In normal times politics, conventions, laws and deterrence prevent serious crises to take place. Although we strongly believe in these we continue building arrangements of different kinds and levels to protect the general population. When a society is prepared mentally and technically, there are best chances for recovery from the unwanted but possible realized threats. Resilient society is not granted. Even when we have a resilient society, we all, citizens, business enterprises, municipalities and government administration, have a role to build it even stronger.

The participants and presenters of the NBC 2025 are authorities and representatives from academia, government, and private sector. The NBC 2025 is a forum for discussions about CBRN threats and national strategies, civil protection, and civil-military collaboration, dispersion modelling, detection, identification, decontamination and medical countermeasures. There will also be stands for equipment and poster presentations.

NBC2025 is organized June 9–12 in Kokkola, which was founded in 1620 by the Swedish king Gustav Adolf II. Kokkola is located on the west coast of Finland and is nowadays an industrial and harbor town with largest concentration of inorganic chemical industry in the Nordic countries. Kokkola is a perfect place to follow and discuss impacts of industry on safety and protection of the general population and industry’s role as national supplier.

More information will be added later.

Welcome to join the NBC2025 symposium in Kokkola, Finland!

NBC2025 symposium in Kokkola June 9-12 2025