The Special Pathogens symposium will provide education regarding hospital preparedness for high-consequence infectious diseases to healthcare professionals in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region IX frontline, assessment and treatment facilities. Specific objectives include assessing current global events related to low-incidence, high-consequence infectious pathogens; explaining key elements of the regional concept of operations (ConOps); identifying critical

The 2025 Preparedness Summit will be held this year from April 29 - May 2 in San Antonio, Texas. Join more than 2,500 attendees—who work in all levels of the government (federal, state, and local), emergency management, volunteer organizations, healthcare coalitions, and academia—to share best practices, build partnerships, advance your skillset, and take away innovative

The UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will host an innovation conference 30 April - 1 May 2025 in Leeds. The conference aims to bring together the bioscience community to showcase bioscience innovation and enable meaningful connections and collaboration opportunities through a series of dedicated panel discussions, presentations and networking opportunities. Bringing together

This Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will convene a meeting on May 8, 2025 to discuss Astrobiodefense: Biological Threats and the Next Frontier. The focus of this meeting will be to provide the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense with a better understanding of how to strengthen international astrobiodefense and planetary protection efforts through: Current government astrobiodefense efforts

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene a meeting of experts on 22023 May 2025 to explore potential avenues, challenges, and opportunities to assess the effectiveness and progress of current U.S. Federal government research security efforts in higher education, as well as potential new efforts The primary focus is research security and