All past events

Digital symosium, free for all BBP and EBSA members.

The WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (LBM) serves as a de facto global standard that presents best practices and sets trends in biosafety. The recent publication of the fourth edition expands the thorough, evidence-based and transparent assessment of the risks, allowing safety measures to be balanced with the actual risk of working with biological agents on a case-by-case basis. 

A challenging shift from routines based on levels? An opportunity to allow optimizing risk management, in particular in less resourced envrionments? Join us and discuss with two of the LBM4 contributors, active EBSA members, providing their insights on the (r)evolution this version marks and how biosafety professionals can use it in their daily practice.

February 18, 2021 12:00 - 1:30 pm (CST)

Biosafety and the COVID-19 Vaccines is intended to provide an overview of the clinical trial development and biosafety considerations of the currently approved COVID-19 vaccines. 

ONLINE CONFERENCE

With the current situation in mind, we provide the possibility to participate online. For further information, please see the attached flyer.

Online event

online webinar by RIVM, The Netherlands

2 half day online webinar

Online event

SBNet Cancels 2020 Annual Meeting

postponed to spring 2021​

POSTPONED NEW DATE WILL BE ADDED LATER

CANCELLED

A half-day workshop focusing on risk assessment. Not only will you be introduced to the ins and outs of risk assessment, there will also be plenty of opportunity to practice in risk assessment by yourself by means of case studies and an interactive discussion. Also, we will take the opportunity to highlight the recent accomplishments and future plans of the BBP Task Forces and Working Groups. The ideal opportunity to find out what BBP has done and hopes to do for you in the future to support you as a biosafety professional. Moreover, you may be challenged to join in one of the Task Forces or Working Groups yourself!

EBSA22 Conference - Bucharest

Organized by the Belgian Biosafety Professionals (BBP) and the Dutch Association for Biosafety Officers (BVFp)

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Working with hazardous biological material or providing the necessary support to have people working safely with the hazardous material is our day-to-day job. For that, we are experienced in assessing the risk of contained use activities, to train our coworkers and to watch over a culture of biosafety.

The conference on April 19 and 20 2018 took place at the Maersk Tower of  the  Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences of the University of Copenhagen.

Geo-Instituut 200E, Celestijnenlaan 200e – Heverlee (Leuven)

Are you finding your way in the biocide legislation? Or are you struggling, as many colleagues, with questions like:

• Can I still use particular products (e.g. Virkon®) and, if so, for how long?
• If not, what are suitable alternative products?
• Do we need to change our decontamination procedures?  
• What are the consequences of the biocide legislation on my organization?

We hope to offer clarity during the BBP workshop 

FOD WASO Brussel, Zaal Storck

EBSA20 Conference - Madrid

IMEC, Leuven, Belgium

Ablynx, BioAccelerator Building, Technologiepark 21, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

Hotel Serwir, Sint Niklaas, Belgium

EBSA18 Conference - Vienna

l’Arsenal, Namur

EBSA18 Conference - Vienna

UNamur, Auditorium B07, Rue de Bruxelles 65, BE-5000 Namur

Registration in mandatory

KU Leuven, Departement of Biosystems, Room SEG 01.19, W. de Croylaan 42, BE-3001 Heverlee

Registration is mandatory

EBSA17 Conference - Ghent

UNamur Auditorium B07 Rue de Bruxelles, 65 BE-5000 Namur

Open to BBP members and upon invitation. Participation is free.

LAMOT Congress- en Erfgoedcentrum - Mechelen

EBSA16 Conference - Basel

HEC management school* 14 Rue Louvrex BE-4000 Liège

The workshop is only open to BBP members.

Poldervlietweg 5 Haven 550 2030 ANTWERPEN 3

Participation is free. Registration deadline: 18 February 2013

EBSA15 Conference - Manchester

Conclusions only available for members.

The 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.
Drinks and snacks will be served by invitation of the organiser.

The 13th EBSA Conference took place 21-23 June in Ljubljana, Slovenia. 218 delegates from 34 countries attended despite the fact that the conference had been postponed due to volcano ash. Seven pre-conference workshops were highly appreciated by 118 participants. Conference presentations on GMMs, ´green´ and sustainable laboratories and new approaches to regulatory frameworks on the national level were of particular interest. Apparently participants enjoyed networking and the social programme in the lovely city of Ljubljana.

The Stockholm Conference, EBSA 2009, came off successfully in June. A total of 290 participants from 29 countries in all continents came together in a cordial atmosphere. The scientific programme and pre-conference workshops were well recieved. Together with company exhibitions it was demonstrated that the EBSA Conference has developed into a major event for the European biosafety community. There was also time to enjoy the white nights and the rain eventually gave way to brilliant sunshine. The EBSA Conference Program Workgroup is now preparing the EBSA 2010 conference, which will be held in April 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

EBSA11 Conference - Florence

EBSA09 Conference - The Netherlands

EBSA09 Conference - The Netherlands

EBSA08 Conference - Barcelona

Biosafety risk assessment, containment and safe disposal

The Architecture of Biosafety: Design, Construction, Operations and Management of Level 2 and Level 3 Facilities

“National and Global Disease Outbreaks / Living with Bioterrorism”VIENNA, AUSTRIA

‘Biological Hazards Management: Fact and Fiction’

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

„Biosafety: An Emerging profession“

SHERATON BRUSSELS AIRPORT HOTEL, BELGIUM

"Biosafety: Emerging Technologies, Emerging Solutions"

HARLOW, ESSEX , UNITED KINGDOM