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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191007
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SUMMARY:IDWeek 2019
DESCRIPTION:IDWeek 2019\, the combined annual meeting of IDSA\, SHEA\, HIVMA\, and PIDS\, will be held 2-6 October 2019 in Washington\, DC. \nIDWeek is geared toward healthcare professionals in infectious diseases and healthcare epidemiology and prevention\, including researchers\, clinicians\, quality and patient safety practitioners\, epidemiologists\, and public health officials. \nAgenda topics of interest highlighted by the Global Biodefense staff include: \n\nOutbreak Response in the Genomic and Information Age\nHow Genomics is Revolutionizing Biomedicine Across Disciplines\, Across Continents\nUS Measles Outbreak: Summary of US Epi Data in General and Specific NYC Outbreak\nChallenging Cases in Pediatric Infectious Diseases\nThe Next Generation of ID Host Response Biomarkers\nFDA Perspective on Metagenomic Sequencing in Infectious Diseases\nProcalcitonin and Common Febrile Illnesses: Hype or Help?\nWhat’s New in the Field of Clinical and Epidemiological Sciences\nLatent TB in the US\nDisplaced: Infectious Disease Impacts on Refugee and Migrant Populations\nThe Ideal Infection Prevention Hospital: Air Handling\nUpdates on Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Performance\nCyclospora: Epidemiology\, Diagnosis and Treatment\nAuthophagy and Autophagy-Related Pathways in Host Defense\nInnate Lymphocytes and Trained Immunity\nInfluenza Vaccines: Are We Ready for Different Vaccines for Different Populations?\nThe Rationale for Using Phages as Therapeutic Weapons\nPhage Lysins Effectively Target MDR ESKAPE Pathogens\nTargeting Contact Precautions: It’s About the Pathogen\nRapid Diagnostics and Resistance: Accelerate\, BacterioScan\, Klaris\, LifeScale\, Roche\, Selux\, Specific Diagnostics\nAntenatal Zika Virus Exposure\nAcute Flaccid Myelitis – National Perspective\n\nPlease visit the IDWeek 2019 website to register.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/idweek-2019/
LOCATION:Walter E. Washington Convention Center\,  801 Mt Vernon Pl NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Continuing Education
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191016
DTSTAMP:20191011T180518Z
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SUMMARY:National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
DESCRIPTION:National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day\, October 15\, is observed each year to focus on the continuing and disproportionate impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. \nThe Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA)\, the Hispanic Federation  and other organizations organize this day to build capacity for non-profit organizations and health departments to reach Latino/Hispanic communities\, promote HIV testing\, and provide HIV prevention information and access to care. \nIn 2017\, 26% of newly diagnosed HIV infections occurred in Hispanics/Latinos. Seventy-five percent of these newly diagnosed HIV infections in Hispanics/Latinos were in men who have sex with men (MSM)\, and an additional 3% were in MSM who inject drugs[1]. \nAn analysis of the behaviors of Hispanic/Latino MSM included in CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system found that nearly 75% reported having had condomless anal sex during 2017 [2]. However\, because some of these MSM reported using preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP)\, fewer than 60% of those who were non–U.S.-born and fewer than 50% of those who were U.S.-born were having unprotected anal sex[2]. \nNational Latinx AIDS Awareness Day is an opportunity to encourage increased HIV prevention efforts among Hispanics/Latinos. CDC supports testing\, linkage to and engagement in care and treatment\, and other efforts to reduce the risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV infection. \nMore information is available at HIV and Hispanics/Latinos and HIV and Hispanic/Latino Gay and Bisexual Men. \nReferences\n\nCDC. Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States and dependent areas\, 2017. HIV surveillance report\, vol. 29. Atlanta\, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services\, CDC; 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hivsurveillance-report-2017-vol-29.pdfpdf icon\nTrujillo L\, Chapin-Bardales J\, German EJ\, Kanny D\, Wejnert C; National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group. Trends in sexual risk behaviors among Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men—19 urban areas\, 2011–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:873–9.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day/
LOCATION:United States\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awareness Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191017
DTSTAMP:20190914T001844Z
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SUMMARY:BARDA Industry Day 2019
DESCRIPTION:The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) annual Industry Day 2019 conference on U.S. government medical countermeasures is planned for 15-16 October 2019 in Washington\, D.C. \nA component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)\, BARDA will brief on program priorities and network with public and private sector colleagues on developing medical countermeasure or platform technology to combat chemical\, biological\, radiological\, or nuclear (CBRN) threats\, pandemic influenza or other emerging infectious diseases. \nThe Industry Day event will be held at Grand Hyatt and Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington\, DC. \nBARDA Industry Day brings together over >1\,000 participants to exchange information about the government’s public health needs\, and industry’s technologies\, capabilities\, and products that can fill those requirements. \nLightning Talks to showcase innovative discoveries and promote networking growth at the conference will be featured on the morning of October 16th. \nLightning Talks are intentionally designed to be brief\, energetic\, and full of information to pique the curiosity of industry and government colleagues and prospective partners. If you are interested in submitting a topic to present on behalf of yourself or your company\, please enter your information as requested and provide a brief (maximum 500 word) summary of your proposed presentation\, with optional 1 slide. \nLightning Talk applications must be received by 11:59 PM ET September 13\, 2019. BARDA will notify those that have been accepted for Lightning Talks the week of September 22\, 2019. Learn more here. \nPlease visit MedicalCountermeasures.gov or http://bit.ly/BARDA2019 for official updates in the BID 2019 event.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/barda-industry-day-2019/
LOCATION:Washington DC Area\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Industry Day
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SUMMARY:Congressional Briefing: Preventing Outbreaks: Working Together to Increase Vaccine Confidence
DESCRIPTION:A congressional briefing co-sponsored by The American Academy of Pediatrics\, Adult Vaccine Access Coalition\, BIO\, NACCHO\, Trust for America’s Health\, and Vaccinate Your Family will take place on 16 Oct 2019 at 12:30 p.m. \nScheduled Speakers: \n\nJ. Nadine Gracia\, MD\, Executive Vice President and COO\, Trust for America’s Health\nJeffrey Duchin\, MD\, Health Office\, Public Health-Seattle and King County\nRiki Graves\, MHA\, The Immunization PartnershipAmy Pisani\, MS\, Executive Director\, Vaccinate Your Family\nDr. Nancy Messonnier\, MD\, Director\, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \nWith remarks by The Honorable Michael C. Burgess\, M.D. (R-TX) and the Honorable Kim Schrier (D-WA).\n\nRSVP to participate here.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/congressional-briefing-preventing-outbreaks-working-together-to-increase-vaccine-confidence/
LOCATION:Rayburn House Office Building\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Policy-Legislative
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191023
DTSTAMP:20190907T222955Z
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SUMMARY:ASM Agar Art Contest Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:ASM’s 5th Agar Art Contest celebrates the beautiful and diverse world of microbes. Submit your bioart masterpiece no later than October 22\, 2019. \n \nThere are different competition categories for professionals\, amateur enthusiasts and for kids (with adult supervision). Pieces must be created safely in the appropriate Bio Safety Level environment for the organisms used. For more information\, please consult ASM’s Guidelines for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories. \nLearn more
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/asm-agar-art-contest/
LOCATION:Global Biodefense Calendar
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T123000
DTSTAMP:20191022T201546Z
CREATED:20191010T200908Z
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SUMMARY:FBI Biosecurity Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The FBI WMD Directorate will host a 4-Hour Biosecurity Workshop on 23 Oct 2019 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs\, NY. \nThe event is designed to improve cooperation among law enforcement agencies and research institutions to mitigate potential biosecurity issues that may affect public health and safety. \nThe objectives are to: \n1) Identify biosecurity roles and responsibilities of law enforcement agencies\n2) Identify biosecurity roles and responsibilities of research institutions\n3) Identify benefits and potential obstacles to improve cooperation among law enforcement agencies and research institutions regarding biosecurity\n4) Identify methods of improving communications among biosecurity stakeholders \nBiosecurity includes a range of topics that require the collaboration and coordination of a diverse set of stakeholders. The range of topics discussed in this workshop includes international and domestic terrorism\, cyber security\, protection of intellectual property/proprietary information\, dual-use research\, workplace violence\, security challenges with the rapid advances in research and technology innovations\, and insider-threat mitigation. \nRelationships between the scientific and security communities must be built on trust and understanding in order to develop effective\, sensible mitigation strategies\, communication pathways\, and policies to meet these challenges. \nThe audience for this course includes VP of Research (Institution Official)\, Responsible Officials\, Biosafety Officials\, Environmental health and safety officials\, Primary Investigators/research directors\, Laboratory Supervisors/ managers\, Campus Police Department\, State and Local Police Departments\, Emergency Fire responders (to include HazMat)\, State/Local public health\, Office of Emergency Management\, Institution Human Resources Department\, Institution Cyber/IT Department\, Institution Office of General Counsel (Legal Department)\, and Public Information Officials. \nYou must be a US citizen or have prior approval to take this course. The FBI reserves the right to determine eligibility for this course. The scope\, concept\, and content of this course were developed by the FBI. \nTo register for this Workshop\, please contact FBI Operational Support Specialist (OST) Vincent Soldani directly at vsoldaniiii@fbi.gov \nPoint of Contact regarding this training is Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator\, Thomas Stewart: \nThomas Stewart\nWMD Coordinator\nFBI\, Albany Division\n200 McCarty Ave\nAlbany\, NY 12209\ntstewart2@fbi.gov\n(518) 281-2239
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/fbi-biosecurity-workshop/
LOCATION:Skidmore College\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, 12866\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T123000
DTSTAMP:20191020T221335Z
CREATED:20191020T221258Z
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SUMMARY:October Bagels and Bio/Chem Defense
DESCRIPTION:Another session of Bagels and Bio/Chem Defense will be held on Friday\, October 25th at the National Academies Keck Center (500 Fifth Street NW\, Washington DC). \nThis month will be an expanded session (from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) focused on qualitative frameworks that could provide the basis for structured expert discussions of the potential security concerns posed by emerging technologies in the life sciences. \nIn August the National Academies and the InterAcademy Partnership organized a one-day workshop during the BWC Meeting of Experts to give a small international group of people attending the sessions the opportunity to pilot test how two such frameworks might be applied to BWC-relevant case examples. This month’s session will feature a scaled-down version of the exercise. \nParticipants will have the opportunity to work in small groups to apply either the framework from the 2018 National Academies report\, Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology or the technology assessment portion of the framework from Jonathan Tucker’s 2012 project on Innovation\, Dual Use\, and Security. \nThis event is part of the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine’s discussion series on biological and chemical defense and security issues. It is free and open to the public\, but you must register in advance. Bagels and beverages will be provided to attendees.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/october-bagels-and-bio-chem-defense/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191029
DTSTAMP:20191020T223743Z
CREATED:20191020T223743Z
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UID:31050-1572220800-1572307199@globalbiodefense.com
SUMMARY:DARPA Proposers Day: Nucleic Acids On-Demand Worldwide (NOW)
DESCRIPTION:The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a Proposers’ Day on October 28\, 2019 in Arlington\, Virginia. \nThe event will gather the planned proposer community in support of the Nucleic Acids On-Demand Worldwide (NOW) program\, which aims to develop a mobile medical countermeasure (MCM) manufacturing platform for use in stabilization and humanitarian operations to rapidly produce\, formulate\, and package hundreds of doses of nucleic acid therapeutics (DNA and/or RNA). \nThe Proposers Day will include brief overview presentations by government personnel\, an\ninformation session to respond to questions from participants\, “lightning” talks (three minutes\,\none PowerPoint slide)\, posters for potential proposers to highlight technical capabilities or to\npromote teaming\, and private sidebar meetings between the DARPA government team and\npotential proposer teams. \nParticipant presentations and sidebar meetings must be scheduled via the registration website. Lightning talk presentations will be made accessible to the proposer community on the NOW program website after presentation at the Proposers day. It is expected that NOW will require strong teaming efforts to successfully innovate and integrate critical technologies necessary to meet the metrics of the NOW program. \nAttendance at this event is not a requirement for submission of a proposal or selection for\nfunding. Information relayed during the Proposers Day will be made available on the BTO\nsection of the DARPA Opportunities page. \nAttendance is open to individuals who are U.S. Citizens\, U.S. Permanent Residents\, and Foreign Nationals. Upon entry to the physical meeting\, all attendees will be required to present valid\, Government-issued photo identification. \nREGISTER HERE. Registration for physical participation will close on October 23\, 2019 at 12:00 PM ET (updated from original date of October 21\, 2019 at 12:00 PM ET) or when capacity is reached and webinar participation will close on October 25\, 2019 at 12:00 PM ET or when webinar capacity is reached\, whichever comes first.Registration is limited by the venue capacity\, and early registration is strongly recommended. There will be no on-site registration. \nGlobal Biodefense is a publisher providing visibility on this important development program. For all attendance or logistics information\, please contact the event sponsor.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/darpa-proposers-day-nucleic-acids-on-demand-worldwide-now/
LOCATION:Executive Conference Center (ECC)\, 4075 Wilson Boulevard\, Arlington\, VA\, 22203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Industry Day,Webinar-Webcast
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