Team Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is hosting the APG Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry (APBI) on April 20-21, 2021 via virtual format. The goal of the APG APBI is to describe for industry potential future contracting opportunities for mission areas that focus on: Chemical and Biological Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ABSA's 1st Biosecurity Symposium has been rescheduled and will now take place 20-23 April 2020 in Minneapolis, MN. ABSA International’s 1st Biosecurity Symposium will galvanize and bring together biosecurity professionals from a wide range of disciplines with varying expertise to share their experiences and knowledge, and to learn from each other.
A virtual presentation on “Reporting Science to Public & How 'Science' Adapts to the Pandemic” will be held on May 4, 2021 as part of the 2021 Demystifying Medicine Series. The 2021 Demystifying Medicine Series, which is jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, will begin January 12 and includes the presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis
The National Academies’ Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation will host a virtual public workshop on May 11, 2021 as part of a web series forum of events to discuss critical policy for advancement of biopharmaceutical innovation nationally and globally. This virtual public workshop will provide a venue for stakeholders to consider a transformed
The International e-Conference on CBRNE Research & Innovation will take place May 18, 2021. Highlighted topics include: Recycling protective garments processes and techniques used for decontaminating and removing unwanted organic substances Online tools for assessment of factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, and evaluation of new prophylactic and therapeutic drug regimens against COVID-19 Discovery tools in
Join Dr. Tom Frieden and the Prevent Epidemics team of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, to discuss lessons from past outbreaks, preparedness successes, and the need to invest and prioritize funding to fight the next pandemic. The event will call on political and public health leaders to increase global collaboration and
The Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Security will convene for a webcast event on "U.S. Leadership for a Pandemic-Free Future: Technologies to End Biological Threats" on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. This webinar will explore how the federal government can prioritize investments in available and future technologies to ensure nothing like the
The International Gender Champions Disarmament Impact Group and the BWC Implementation Support Unit welcome you to an interactive discussion on 27 May on the relevance of gender perspectives to the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention. The discussion will address recent initiatives to improve women’s meaningful participation in the BWC, as well as research on
Join Dr. Filippa Lentzos and Dr. Gregory D. Koblentz for a briefing on 27 May 2021 on a new resource on global BSL4 labs and biorisk management policies. This public webinar, held on the side lines of the seventy-fourth World Health Assembly meeting, will launch globalbiolabs.org, an interactive web-based map of global Biosafety Level-4 facilities
