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2009

Building International consensus on biosecurity - the experience of OECD
Date: May 8, 2009
Location: Princeton, NJ, USA
Participant(s): Dr. Michael Oborne and the Princeton Program on Science and Global Security
Description: This presentation is part of the, "Biosecurity Seminar Series," at Princeton University. Top

 

Meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)
Date: April 29, 2009
Location : Bethesda , MD , USA
Participant(s): NSABB
Description: The meeting agenda, presentations, and report are available on the website. Top

 

Meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)
Date: April 3, 2009
Location : Bethesda , MD , USA
Participant(s): NSABB
Description: The meeting agenda, presentations, and report are available on the website. Top

 

7th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting
Date: February 22-25, 2009
Location : Baltimore , MD , USA
Participant(s): American Society for Microbiology
Description: The purpose of this meeting is to bring together individuals who are carrying out research to defend against the growing threat of bioterrorism and decision makers shaping the future biodefense research agenda, recognizing that emerging infectious diseases serve as a paradigm for handling the public threat of bioterrorism. Top

 

2008

The Risks of Safety
Date: December 12, 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ, USA
Participant(s): Edward Tenner and the Princeton Program on Science and Global Security
Description: This presentation is part of the, "Biosecurity Seminar Series," at Princeton University. Top

 

Meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)
Date: December 10, 2008
Location : Bethesda , MD , USA
Participant(s): NSABB
Description: The meeting agenda, presentations, and report are available on the website. Top

 

The CAS/IAP/OECD Joint Workshop on Biosecurity
Date: December 7-9, 2008
Location: Beijing, China
Participant(s): The OECD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Inter Academy Panel, and invited guests
Description: The workshop’s objectives are to discuss and assess the misuse potential of new developments in life science research, understand how the risks of dual use research of concern are perceived in developed and developing countries, discuss oversight mechanisms for dual use research and how they can be balanced with the need to promote life science research, exchange views on managing dual use research through promoting the culture of responsibility, and learn what can be done to unite various nations in a global effort to promote biosecurity. Top

 

Meeting of States Parties to Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Date: 1 - 5 December, 2008
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Participant(s): State Parties to the BWC
Description: This inter review conference meeting is part of a four-year programme mandated by the Sixth Review Conference aimed at, “strengthening the implementation of the Convention and improving its effectiveness as a practical barrier against the development or use of biological weapons.” Top

 

Crime in a Wheat Field: Forensic Plant Pathology, a New Discipline to Meet National Needs
Date: December 5, 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ, USA
Participant(s): Jacqueline Flethcher and the Princeton Program on Science and Global Security
Description: This presentation is part of the, "Biosecurity Seminar Series," at Princeton University. Top

 

Frontiers in Synthetic Biology: Engineering Genes, Genomes & Cells for Drug Discovery
Date: December 1-2, 2008
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Participant(s): GeneExpression Systems and guests
Description: The workshop will discuss the use of synthetic biology in drug discovery. Top

 

Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: A Global Health and Security Crisis Being Addressed via Lilly Public/Private Partnerships
Date: November 21, 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ, USA
Participant(s): Gail Cassell and the Princeton Program on Science and Global Security
Description: This presentation is part of the, "Biosecurity Seminar Series," at Princeton University. Top

 

Bioterrorism, Counterterrorism, Science and Foreign Policy: Challenges at the Intersection with National Security
Date: November 14, 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ, USA
Participant(s): Marc L. Ostfield and the Princeton Program on Science and Global Security
Description: This presentation is part of the, "Biosecurity Seminar Series," at Princeton University. Top

 

Confronting Biological Threats: Biosecurity, Biological Weapons Nonproliferation, and Regional Cooperative Mechanisms
Date: October 27-29, 2008
Location : Amman, Jordan
Participant(s): Arab Institute for Security Studies
Description: This International forum on biosecurity brings together academic experts and practitioners from governments, inter-governmental organizations, academic institutions, civil society and the private sector. Top