EBSA Events
15th Annual Conference of the European Biosafety Association |
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| Manchester/UK |
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| Workshops: 11 June 2012 Conference: 12 - 13 June 2012 |
Scientific Programme
as of 1 April 2011
The organisers convey their sincere thanks for financial support to |
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Welcome Reception, 13th April 2011, 17.30The conference will start with a welcome reception for all participants on 13 April 2011 from 17.30 - 19.00 in the exhibition area at the Centro de Congressos do Estoril. |
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Thursday, 14th April 2011 |
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| 09.00 |
Opening EBSA President 2010-2011 M. Kuster, Novartis International AG, Basel/CH |
| 09.30 | An overview of biosafety in Portugal M.S. Núncio, Portuguese National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon/P |
| Session 1 Evolving biosafety and biosecurity frameworks: Biosecurity |
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| 10.00 |
Dutch preparedness and resilience to biological incidents S. Banus, R. Bleijs, C. de Hoog, P. Sijnesael, National Institut for Public Health and the Environment, Bithoven/NL |
| 10.30 |
Coffee break |
| 11.00 |
The Dutch Biosecurity Regime, a users perspective G. van Willigen, F. van Dam, Leiden University Medical Center/NL |
| 11.30 |
Danish Biosecurity Regulation - a users perspective V. Halkjaer-Knudsen, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen/DK |
| 12.00 |
Lunch at the Centro de Congressos do Estoril |
| Session 2 Break-out discussions groups |
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| 13.00 | A. Lessons learnt from existing biosafety initiatives |
| B. Engineeering controls vs human factors |
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| C. Biosecurity - how much regulation is needed? |
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| D. Management of containment facilities in countries where national standards are lacking |
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| E. Developing procedures for working with infected animals |
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| F. Laboratory Networks and Biosafety Communities. How to make Biosafety pan-European |
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| 14.00 |
Posters and coffee break |
| Session 3 Evolving biosafety and biosecurity frameworks: Biosafety |
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| 15.00 |
European research infrastructure on highly pathogenic agents H. Raoul, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Lyon/F |
| 15.30 |
New technologies: the GMO definition revisited P. Rüdelsheim, PERSEUS BVBA, Zwijnaarde/B |
| 16.00 |
Biosafety and biosecurity on synthetic biology, DIY bio and biohackers L. Pei, M. Schmidt, International Dialogue and Conflict Management, Vienna/A; W. Wei, Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing/PRC |
| 16.30 |
Production and application of nano-bio-particles - the crossroad of nano-bio risk assessment U. Jenal, Jenal & Partners Biosafety Consulting, Rheinfelden/CH |
| 17.00 |
AGM |
Friday, 15th April 2011 |
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| Session 4 Practical issues in biosafety management |
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| 08.30 |
Communicating biosafety R. Custers, VIB, Ghent/B |
| 09.00 |
Creating a behaviour based safety culture: from system to culture A. Pardon, IMEC, Heverlee/B |
| 09.30 |
CWA 15793 "Laboratory Biorisk Management": contradiction to existing laws or a structured way to improve biosafety culture? R. Knorr, S. Gerstel, J. Mertsching, Hanover Medical School/D |
| 10.00 |
Implementation of the Laboratory Biorisk Management Standard CWA 15793:2008 in the EDI laboratory of the central sanitary epidemiological station of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine N. Vydayko, L. Nekrasova, Central Sanitary Epidemiological Station, Ministry of Health, Kiev/UA; S. Wagener, Office of Biorisk Management, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg/CDN; V. Pashynska, Science and Technology Center in Ukraine, Kiev/UA |
| 10.30 |
Coffee break |
| Session 5 Applied biosafety |
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| 11.00 |
Laboratory accident leading to an infection with Staphylococcus aureus K. Summermatter, U. Pauli, Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis, Mittelhaeusern/CH |
| 11.30 |
Handling viral vectors: viral shedding by infected cells and hotspots for contaminations C. Bagutti, M. Alt, M. Schmidlin, State Laboratory Basel-City/CH; G. Vogel, Mabritec AG, Riehen/CH; U. Vögeli, P. Brodmann, State Laboratory Basel-City/CH |
| 12.00 |
Assessment of gaseous decontamination technologies for use on spacecraft T. Pottage, J. Walker, A. Bennett, Health Protection Agency, Salisbury/UK; T. Rohr, European Space Agency, Noordwijk/NL; C. Fowler, M. Wilson, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot/UK |
| 12.30 |
Lunch at the Centro de Congressos do Estoril |
| Session 6 |
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| 13.30 |
Report on break outs |
| Session 7 Celebrating the year of biosafety |
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| 14.00 |
Building global biosafety: the importance of staying ahead of the research curve J. Welch, Elizabeth R Griffin Research Foundation, Kingsport, TN/USA |
| 14.15 |
EBSA involvement in international biosafety initiatives T. De Kesel, Bayer CropScience, Gent/B |
| Session 8 Chris Collins lecture |
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| 14.30 |
Aerosols to all that! From Pasteur to PCR, an alternative history of biosafety A. Bennett, Health Protection Agency, Salisbury/UK |
| 15.30 |
Closing remarks President 2011-2012 |
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