Canadian Biosafety Symposium
Join us for our virtual symposium October 26 to 28, 2021
Symposium Description
Symposium Highlights
When
October 26-28, 2021
Program (Subject To Change)
2021 Virtual Canadian Biosafety Symposium Program More Details
Where
Virtual Platform
Benefits
Communication and networking opportunities with other biosafety professionals
Forum for advancing professional development in lab biosafety and biosecurity
Presentations related to advanced concepts in areas of biosafety and biosecurity
Biosafety training opportunities in current concepts and issues in the field of biosafety and biosecurity
Cost
CABS Member: $200
Non Member: $250
Registration
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The Canadian Association for Biological Safety/L’Association Canadienne pour la Sécurité Biologique (CABS-ACSB) is happy to present the 2021 Canadian Biosafety Virtual Symposium! Join us online from October 26-28, 2021 for Canada’s annual event for biosafety professionals and personnel involved in biosafety and/or biocontainment facilities.
Each day will include a half day of sessions, broken into individual topics and presentations. The CABS-ACSB 2021 Annual General Meeting will also take place on October 27, 2021.
The Canadian Biosafety Symposium is Canada's premier source of new knowledge and opportunity for dialogue across the biosafety community. It is the forum for advancing professional development and for building capacity for new solutions to be applied to the emerging challenges in laboratory biosafety and biosecurity.
The symposium will consist of virtual presentations scheduled strategically, and will feature presentations on an array of biosafety topics that may include:
- Virtual audits and inspections;
- Biosafety culture;
- Biosecurity;
- Infection control and public health;
- Lab design and ventilation;
- Regulations and compliance;
- Biosafety and public health;
- Emerging and re-emerging diseases
- Laboratory acquired infections;
- Biowaste management and disinfection
- Lab sustainability; and
- And much more!
It will also be a unique opportunity for the biosafety community to learn and share knowledge with colleagues from across Canada and other countries.
The Canadian Biosafety Symposium brings together participants working across the biosafety field in universities, government, and the private sector, such as:
- Laboratory managers and administrators;
- Academic and government laboratory researchers;
- Government regulators;
- Biocontainment professionals;
- Equipment and facilities providers;
- Containment facility design and operation specialists;
- Risk assessment and safety specialists;
Certificates of Attendance will be provided to all attendees.
The event will feature prominent containment and biosafety specialists and will involve presentations by the Canadian and international biosafety community selected from abstracts and papers that are currently being welcomed from all sources. All topics related to biological safety are welcome. For further information, contact us at cabsacsb@gmail.com.
Venue and Accommodations
This year’s symposium will be held virtually.
Sponsorship Information
Please click on the link below if you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2021 Virtual Canadian Biosafety Symposium.
2021 Canadian Biosafety Symposium Sponsor Information.pdf
Registration
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Program
2021 Virtual Canadian Biosafety Symposium Program More Details
Call for Papers
CABS-ACSB is accepting presentations for the next Biosafety Symposium!
The symposium will consist of presentations related to advanced concepts in the areas of biosafety and biosecurity in Canadas. The theme of the symposium series will reflect current biosafety and biosecurity issues as well as regulatory initiatives.
The program committee is soliciting abstracts for presentations for this symposium, which are broadly based on the theme of Biosafety. Abstract submission for presentations is open to Canadian and international participants.
The following broad categories are the focus for the Canadian Biosafety Symposium, however, papers on other appropriate topics that relate to the goals of the symposium will be considered. Example of past topics include:
- Biosafety
- Biosecurity
- Regulatory initiatives impacting biosafety
- Containment facility design, commissioning, maintenance and operation
- Infectious diseases affecting humans and/or animals
- Containment/laboratory equipment
- Microbiological techniques (e.g. disinfection and decontamination)
- Biological risk assessment and communication
- Applied biosafety research
- Lab acquired infections, incidents, exposures, and lessons learned
- Other biosafety related subjects
All submissions must reflect original work and must adequately document any overlap with previously published or simultaneously submitted papers
from any of the authors. If authors have any doubts regarding whether such overlap exists, they should contact CABS-ACSB prior to submission.
All submissions will be handled electronically through CABS-ACSB.
Abstracts must include the objective, methods, results and conclusion of the study.
CABS-ACSB will evaluate all submissions based on quality and relevance. All submissions are held in confidence prior to publication in the symposium proceedings.
Where employer, client, or government authorization is needed, it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain such authorization prior to
submitting the final materials.
Accepted presentations will be notified by CABS-ACSB and will be presented by their author(s), which will be published in the symposium program, along with Author Biographies.
Submissions of abstracts for oral or poster presentations can be submitted to: cabsacsb@gmail.com
Symposium Presentation 2019
Symposium Presentation 2018