EBSA Events
14th Annual Conference of the European Biosafety Association |
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| Estoril/Portugal |
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| Workshops: 13 April 2011 Conference: 14 - 15 April 2011 |
Seminar on biosecurity and European bio-preparedness
The European Commission organized a two day seminar on biosecurity and European bio-preparedness on 24 - 25 July, 2006. EBSA’s point of view is that biosecurity is a part of biosafety, and that a good biosafety program addresses most of the biosecurity issues. EBSA’s presentation stressed the need to have programs based on management systems and biosafety professionals that have the support from management, have well defined tasks and appropriate skills.
General plenary session - opening
(Note: Only representatives of national authorities will be participating on 24 July.)
Chaired: Mr. Andrzej RYS (Director for Public Health), European Commission
Discussion Paper: General Premises
Opening address
Mr. Andrzej RYS (Director for Public Health), European Commission
Other presentations and discussions:
Break: 12:00 (1 x 10 min)
Workshop 1: Bio-safety, bio-security and personnel security in Europe
(Key issues: risk, threat, vulnerability; most dangerous substances vs. general bio-preparedness; safety and security standards of laboratories; personnel security; 'import' control; spreading sensitive knowledge; students).
Discussion Paper.
Co-chaired:
Mr. Magnus OVILIUS, European Commission
Mr. Stefan SCHRECK, European Commission
- Biosafety, biosecurity and personnel issues: Mr. Guy COLLYER, UK
- Interpol perspective on bio-preparedness: Mr. Adrian BACIU, INTERPOL
- Aspects of bio-security: Mr. Albrecht WERNER, European Commission
- Protection against exposure to biological agents at the workplace: Mr. Jorge COSTA-DAVID, European Commission
- FP6 Programme: Biosafety - Europe: Mr. Bernd HAAS, EBSA
- Debate
Workshop 2: European capacity to respond to bio-threat
(Key issues: detection and traceability of bio-substances; vaccines; therapeutic and prophylactic agents; laboratory capacity and the role for the ECDC; consequence management - law enforcement + epidemiological communities).
Discussion Paper.
Co-chaired:
Mr. Jorge BENTO SILVA, European Commission
Mr. Helmut WALERIUS, European Commission
- Report from the EU wet-lab exercise to test preparedness to health threats: Mr. Nigel LIGHTFOOT, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
- Report from the EU field exercise on incident response and environmental sampling: Mr. Helmut WALERIUS, European Commission
- Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies: Mr. Frank VAN LOOCK, European Commission
- Civil protection mechanism: Mr Yves DUSSART, European Commission
- Passenger tracing in case of an epidemic situation and transportation of bio-hazardous materials:
Mr. Kyriacos KTENAS, European Commission - Advice and support during terrorist induced epidemics: Mr. Denis COULOMBIER, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- Epidemic modelling as a tool for public health decision making: Mr. Nikolaos STILIANAKIS, European Commission
- Forensic investigation of bio- terrorism: EUROPOL (to be confirmed)
- Detection technology and bio-threats: Mr. Pieter DE SMET, European Commission
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Debate
General plenary session
- Summary of the debate from the Workshops (each 15-20 min) by the Co-chairpersons
- Debate
- General conclusions
Tuesday, 25 July 2006
General plenary session - opening
(Note: The private sector and other external actors will be involved during the whole day.)
Chaired: Ms. Isabelle BONOLIEL, Principal Advisor to the Director General for Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
Opening address
Ms. Isabelle BENOLIEL, Principal Advisor to the Director General for Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
Other presentations and discussions:
- Bio-preparedness: Mr. Magnus OVILIUS, European Commission
- Bio-risk and threat to Europe: Europol
- External threats to the European Union: Mr. John MATTIUSSI, European Commission
- Bio-preparedness in public health: Mr. Albrecht WERNER, European Commission
- Research possibilities: Mr. Pieter DE SMET, European Commission
- OECD and its activities: Mr. Jack RADISCH, OECD
- Standardisation and bio-preparedness: Mr. Andre PIRLET, CEN
- EBSA views: Ms. Esmeralda PRAT, EBSA President
- Europabio views: EUROPABIO
- Expectations from the process: Mr. Jorge BENTO SILVA, European Commission
Break: 11:30 (1 x 10 min)
Workshop 1: Bio-safety, bio-security and personnel security in Europe
(Key issues: risk, threat, vulnerability; most dangerous substances vs. general bio-preparedness; safety and security standards of laboratories; personnel security; 'import' control; spreading sensitive knowledge; students).
Discussion Paper.
Co-chaired:
Mr Magnus OVILIUS, European Commission
Mr Stefan SCHRECK, European Commission
- SIPRI report on seminar: Measures to prevent illicit transfer and use of biological agents - towards an EU strategy on bio-security: Mr. Ian ANTHONY, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Biosafety, biosecurity and personnel issues: Mr. Guy COLLYER, UK
- Aspects of bio-security: Mr. Albrecht WERNER, European Commission
- Protection against exposure to biological agents at the workplace: Mr. Jorge COSTA-DAVID, European Commission
- FP6 Programme: Biosafety - Europe: Mr. Bernd HAAS, EBSA
- Debate
Workshop 2: European capacity to respond to bio-threat
(Key issues: detection and traceability of bio-substances; vaccines; therapeutic and prophylactic agents; laboratory capacity and the role for the ECDC; consequence management - law enforcement + epidemiological communities).
Discussion Paper.
Co-chaired:
Mr Jorge BENTO SILVA, European Commission
Mr Helmut WALERIUS, European Commission
- Report from the EU wet-lab exercise to test preparedness to health threats: Mr. Nigel LIGHTFOOT, Health Protection Agency (HPA), UK
- Report from the EU field exercise on incident response and environmental sampling: Mr. Helmut WALERIUS, European Commission
- Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies: Mr. Frank VAN LOOCK, European Commission
- Civil protection mechanism: Mr. Yves DUSSART, European Commission
- Forensic investigation of bio- terrorism: EUROPOL (to be confirmed)
Private sector
- Detection: European capacity to respond to bio-threat: Mr. Catherine MILLS, SMITHS DETECTION
- X-Ray high energies container scanning for detection of chemical/biological substances: Ms. Kim PHAM, THALES
- "Personnel and environmental secured ways for analysis of a bioterror weapon in a mobile laboratory": Mr. Didier MEYER, LACALHENE
- Decontamination - Enzymes: Mr. Steffen DANIELSEN, NOVOZYMES A/S
- "Safe vaccines - An offensive strategy": Ms. Annette ARNBERG, BAVARIAN NORDIC
- Debate
General plenary session - closing
Closing remarks: Jean-Louis DE BROUWER (Director DG Justice, Freedom and Security)
- Summary of the debate from the Workshops (each 15-20 min) by the Co-chairpersons
- Debate
- General conclusions