| | | Dear ##firstname##,
May 17th is approaching rapidly, so we are in the final stages of preparing the preconference courses and the conference in Ghent.
Below you will find extra information and some extra information requests you need to fill out so we can make sure you can enjoy this event to the fullest. | | | | Social event on Tuesday evening | | | | For everyone who is already in Ghent on Tuesday we have a guided city tour planned in the historical center of Ghent.
If you are not attending a preconference course on that day, the meeting point is "Sint Anna square" at 17:30, for those who are following a course a bus transfer from the preconference course location to this meeting point has been arranged. | | | | During the preconference courses and the conference we serve lunch and many of you also registered for the conference dinner.
If you have any allergies, diet restrictions, remarks, please let us know so we can make sure that you can still enjoy the catering. | | | | At the moment you are not registered to attend any of the preconference courses organised in Ghent on May 17 and 18.
If you still want to register, please do it as fast as possible as we only have some seats left in courses:
| | | | You are registered to follow one or more preconference courses, see the details per course below.
As the courses are split up over several locations in the city of Ghent we have organised the following:
On Tuesday 17/05 and Wednesday 18/05 in the morning (07:30 - 08:30) we will have EBSA representatives present on the central location "Korenmarkt" in the city center of Ghent.
There we will guide you to the public transport that will bring you to the central registration desk at our offices in Gentbrugge (Kerkstraat 108). We will have tickets for public transport available for you. | | | | 
At our central registration desk in De Punt, Gentbrugge there will also be coffee, tea and small breakfast pastry and fruit available. As a general rule all courses start at 09:00 am and end at 17:00, breaks and lunch are provided. Course G starts at 01:00 pm on Tuesday and a full day on Wednesday and course C starts at 1:00 pm on Wednesday .
Courses that do not take place at that location (course A, B, C and G) will have a tranfer from this central location to the course. Please make sure you arrive in time as busses need to leave at 08:40 from De Punt in order to arrive on time at the course location. | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course A. Auditing: a comprehensive and practical introduction
This course will take place at the following location on Tuesday May 17th and Wednesday May 18th. | | | | | HOGENT
Campus Schoonmeersen
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1
9000 GENT | | | | | Transfer to this location has been arranged leaving at 08:40 from De Punt in Gentbrugge on both days after registration. If however you work at that location/study at that location and you want to go directly to that location, please send the secretariat a message so we do not hold the bus for you and register you on site. | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course B. Fundamentals for (re)design of a safe and compliant BSL3 facility
This course will take place at the following location on Tuesday May 17th and Wednesday May 18th.
VIB FSVM-II building
Technologiepark 75
Zwijnaarde
Transfer to this location has been arranged leaving at 08:40 from De Punt in Gentbrugge on both days after registration. If however you work at that location/study at that location and you want to go directly to that location, please send the secretariat a message so we do not hold the bus for you and register you on site. | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course C. Working Safely in the Biosafety Cabinet
This course will take place at the following location on Wednesday May 18th as of 1 PM. | | | | | Odisee - University of Applied Sciences
Gebroeders De Smetstraat 1
9000 GHENT | | | | | As this course is taking place in the afternoon you are welcome to work at our offices in the morning, we have enough places available. You are also invited to join us for the lunch as of 12:00.
Transfer to this location has been arranged leaving at 12:40 from De Punt in Gentbrugge after registration. If however you work at that location/study at that location and you want to go directly to that location, please send the secretariat a message so we do not hold the transfer for you and register you on site. | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course D. Personal protection equipment (PPE) – making optimal choices
This course will take place at the following location on Tuesday May 17th
De Punt (EBSA office)
Kerkstraat 108
9050 Gentbrugge | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course E. How to convince and influence for biosafety and security
This course will take place at the following location on Wednesday May 18th
De Punt (EBSA office)
Kerkstraat 108
9050 Gentbrugge | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course F. Biorisk assessment and management: basic principles and how to get it right
This course will take place at the following location on Tuesday May 17th
De Punt (EBSA office)
Kerkstraat 108
9050 Gentbrugge | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course G. (Bio)containment of GM plants - from Green Houses to Field Trials
This course will take place at the following location on Tuesday May 17th starting at 01:00 pm and Wednesday May 18th starting at 09:00 am
As this course is taking place in the afternoon of the first course day you are welcome to work at our offices in the morning, we have enough places available. You are also invited to join us for the lunch as of 12:00.
VIB FSVM-I building
Technologiepark 71
9052 Zwijnaarde
Transfer to this location has been arranged leaving at 12:40 from De Punt in Gentbrugge after registration on Tuesday and at 08:40 on Wednesday. If however you work at that location/study at that location and you want to go directly to that location, please send the secretariat a message so we do not hold the bus for you and register you on site. | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course H. Biological Waste handling (validation, technical aspects)
This course will take place at the following location on Tuesday May 17th and Wednesday May 18th
De Punt (EBSA office)
Kerkstraat 108
9050 Gentbrugge | | | | You are registered for Pre conference course I. Moving on without leaving a trace - decommissioning in practice
This course will take place at the following location on Wednesday May 18th
De Punt (EBSA office)
Kerkstraat 108
9050 Gentbrugge | | | | On Wednesday evening around 17:45 we will have the opening reception of the exhibition at the conference location (see below).
Everybody is welcome to join!
Preconference course attendees will have a transfer from the preconference course location to the opening reception.
You will also be able to collect your conference badge during the reception. | | | | | The conference is taking place at Odisee - University of Applied Sciences
Gebroeders De Smetstraat 1
9000 GHENT
| | | | | Easiest way to get there is by public transport:
Technology Campus Ghent is easy to reach by public transport. If you are coming by train, get off at Gent Sint-Pieters or Gent-Dampoort.
From St Peter's Station or the city center, take tram 1 (Rabot stop) or tram 4 (Rabot or Brugsepoort stop). From Gent-Dampoort take bus nr. 3
| | | | On Friday we have 6 break-out sessions.
At the moment of your registration it is most likely that not all break out information was available.
- Biocides product regulation – challenges in biosafety
Paul Odinot and Dimiter Prodanov
- Biosafety linked legislation
Marcel van Bergen and Delphine Beeckman
- Game On For Safety
Luca Nelli, Kyra Delsing and Doris Boschma
- Dual use / Misuse
Mirjam Schaap and Rik Bleijs
- Import, export and transport
René Custers and Pascale Van Rooij
- Where do Industrial/Occupational hygiene and Biosafety meet?
Emmanuelle Boilan
All 6 break-outs are run 2 times in order to give everyone the opportunity to follow 2 different topics.
Please check out all topics and indicate your 3 prefered break-out sessions. | | | | You registered for the conference dinner on May 19th.
This conference dinner is taking place just outside the city of Ghent.
Transfer to the conference dinner location from the conference location and the return from the conference dinner location to the city center of Ghent is provided.
For locals who prefer to travel by car this is the address
Nederzwijnaarde 2,
9052 Gent
| | | | You are not registered for the conference dinner on Thursday evening May 19th.
A mistake on our part? You still want to join ? Please send us a message at ebsa-office@ebsaweb.eu | | | | | |
