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We are inviting abstracts around all following topics:

• Session 1: Interwoven Expertise — Strengthening Biorisk Management Through Collaborative Networks
  
  
  • Rationale

    This session explores how collaboration, shared frameworks, and cross-border partnerships contribute to stronger and more coherent Biorisk Management systems. It builds on themes from previous conferences - such as “global village” and “One Health,” and highlights how human and digital connections shape the future of biorisk management.

  • Focus Areas

    • Regional and global networks

    • Cross-sector partnerships

    • Digital platforms for knowledge exchange

    • Harmonizing risk assessments

    • A unified Biorisk Management framework

    • Competency standards

    • Biosecurity across sectors

    • Integration into workplace safety

  • Integrated Session Content
    Contributions may address transnational governance of biosafety, biosecurity or synthetic biology, demonstrating how networks create alignment across regions or disciplines. Abstracts on EU–non-EU collaboration, association-led harmonization, or global visions for threat reduction are highly suitable. Work highlighting digital platforms that streamline knowledge exchange, practical efforts to implement shared frameworks, or initiatives to strengthen workplace safety is equally relevant. Contributions on developing competency standards for Biorisk Management Advisors is also welcome.

• Session 2: Heritage and Horizons — Learning from the Past to Shape Future Biorisk Management

  • Rationale

    This session examines how historical milestones, cultural context, and institutional memory influence today’s Biorisk Management systems and inspire future development. Heritage becomes a foundation for innovation.

  • Focus Areas

    • Historical and cultural roots

    • Institutional memory

    • Influence of pathogens on human history

    • Enduring systems

    • Evidence-based approaches

    • Transformative events and narratives

    • Good practices in education

    • Regulatory frameworks

    • AI: potential and limitations

  • Integrated Session Content
    
    Possible contributions include analyses of how established practices influence modern regulations or how historical events continue to shape today´s risk management structures. Reflections on impactful past incidents or “faits divers” that triggered systemic change —such as training new Biorisk Management Advisors, integrating Biorisk Management into higher education, ensuring responsible use of AI, or preventing zoonotic spillover— are encouraged when they clearly build on lessons learned from heritage or long-standing systems.

• Session 3: Innovating Responsibly — Ethics, Behaviour, and Sustainability in Biorisk Management

  • Rationale
    
    This session focuses on the intersection of innovation, ethics, and human behaviour. It examines how emerging technologies can enhance Biorisk Management while maintaining accountability, trust, and sustainability.

  • Focus Areas

    • AI applications

    • Robotics

    • Ethics in biotechnology

    • Behaviour-based training

    • Novel risk assessment approaches

    • Digital tools and automation

    • Biorisk Management culture

    • Climate-aware planning

    • Sustainable infrastructure

    • Waste reduction

    • Responsible use of new technologies

    • New BSC standards

    • Gaps in ethics committee processes

  • Integrated Session Content
    
    Contributions may address responsible innovation, the limits of bioengineering, or the ethical dimensions of technologies such as gene drives, gene therapy and gene vaccines. Work on climate-conscious planning, green lab operations, sustainability strategies, and robotics for safe material handling is highly relevant. Contributions on digital automation, AI-enabled risk assessment, and the need to strengthen ethics committee oversight fit naturally within this session. Topics that help build or reinforce a robust Biorisk Management culture are strongly encouraged.

• Session 4: Biorisk Management in Practice — Techniques, Tools, and Translational Approaches

  • Rationale
    
    This session highlights practical experiences and adaptable strategies developed during recent outbreaks and in diverse operational environments. It emphasizes flexibility, integration, and operational readiness.

  • Focus Areas

    • Dynamic risk assessment

    • Outbreak preparedness

    • Incident management

    • Viral vector systems

    • Fieldwork

    • Validation of autoclaves and biocides

  • Integrated Session Content
    
    Contributions can draw on lessons learned from incidents, laboratory accidents, or public health emergencies. Fieldwork case studies, improvements in transport and handling of high-risk materials, and validation workflows all align well with this session. Forward-looking contributions on genome editing technologies, antibiotic-free plasmids, or insights from mosquito-release programmes for vector control are also welcome. Practical guidance for applied Biorisk Management—whether in laboratories, schools, clinics, or field settings—is particularly relevant.

• Session 5: More Biorisk Management! — Open Contributions

  • Rationale
    
    This open session offers space for any Biorisk Management topic that does not fit naturally into the other four sessions. If it matters to the EBSA community, it belongs here.

  • Focus Areas

    • Any Biorisk Management-related theme

  • Integrated Session Content

    Innovations, operational insights, case studies, emerging challenges, or research directions are welcome in this session.