February 2026

Next week is an important one for our EBSA community

and you won’t want to miss what’s coming up!

Join us for the EBSA Thursday on February 19th “Cyberbiosecurity: A Unique Marriage of Biosecurity and Information Systems” with Julianne Baron. 

This timely and forward-looking session will explore the critical intersection between biosecurity and information systems — a topic that is rapidly shaping the future of our field.

👉 EBSA members can still register for free, so be sure to secure your spot!

Wednesday, February 18

Last Chance for Super Early Bird Rates

This is your final opportunity to register for the EBSA Conference and Preconference Courses in June in Bruges, Belgium at Super Early Bird prices.

  • Course tickets are limited
  • Over 50% of places are already sold
  • Prices will increase after February 18
  • Remaining spots are filling quickly
  • Don’t wait until it’s too late — once these rates and seats are gone, they’re gone!
EBSA Conference 2026 and Pre conference courses

2 days of EBSA pre conference courses on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 June 2026

2 days of EBSA conference on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 June 2026.

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2 day courses
Pre conference course B - Applied Biosafety in One Health Surveillance: From Animal Field Sampling to Mobile Laboratory Diagnostics of Highly Pathogenic Viruses

Instructors: Karin Darpel (DE) and Sophie Duraffour (DE)

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Pre conference course D - Biosafety in Action: theory and best practices on safety equipment, with lab demonstration and exercises

Instructors: Suzanne Loret (BE) and Filippo De Franceschi (CH)

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1 day courses
Pre conference course A - Practical Implementation of Biosecurity

Instructors: Jane Shallcross (UK) and Rik Bleijs (NL)

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Pre conference course C - Fundamentals of Process Safety in Laboratories

Instructor: Jaspreet Chana (UK) and Dan Thomson (UK)

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Pre conference course E - BSL-3 Facilities: From Planning to Performance Verification

Instructors: Felix Gmünder (CH) and Timo Kehl (De)

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Pre conference course F - The Biocontainment Challenge: BSL2 to BSL3 Upgrade Simulation Game

Instructors: Vips Halkjaer-Knudsen (DK) and Faye Litherland (UK)

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Pre conference course G - BSO Hard Skills: How do you know what you need to know?

Instructors: Wendy Shell (AUT) and Chris Pirson (UK) 

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Pre conference course H - Evaluating and Embedding Biosafety Skills: From Compliance towards Competence.

Instructors: Adam Stevenson (UK) and Heidi Auerswald (IT)

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