The American Society for Microbiology’s ASM Biothreats 2018 meeting will be held February 12-14, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. ASM Biothreats includes tracks on high consequence pathogen research, biological threat reduction, product development, and policy. Thought leaders in academia, industry and government will gather to present and discuss the latest developments in this emerging field. Highlighted
The 4th Annual Biodefense World Summit will be held June 27-29, 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland. The event brings together stakeholders from government, academia, and industry for compelling discussions and networking opportunities. Conference programs include: Biothreat and Pathogen Detection Point-of-Care Biodefense Biosurveillance Integration Rapid Detection for Food Safety Sample Prep Technologies Bio Recovery Highlighted presentations include:
DARPA program manager Col. Matthew Hepburn will discuss and demonstrate several novel technologies for responding to pandemics during a seminar event at Georgetown University on November 16, 2018. For sixty years, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the Department of Defense has held to a singular and enduring mission: to make pivotal investments
The 2018 Virginia Ebola & Highly Infectious Disease Summit will be held Nov. 19, 2018 in Winchester, Virginia. Highlighted presentations include: From Ebola to Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Focus on the Frontlines Ebola PUI: Laboratory Testing and Biosafety Perspective Center for Domestic Preparedness Highly Infectious Disease Training Valley Health System-Wide Exercise Panel Discussion Eastern Virginia
Join EcoHealth Alliance and a team of leading experts on December 12, 2018 as they talk about the work they're doing to stop Rift Valley fever outbreaks. Massive losses in livestock. Hemorrhagic disease in people. Spread by mosquitoes. Weaponizable. Rift Valley fever is a nasty disease capable of destroying livelihoods, crippling industries, and dramatically reducing food
The National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (NICBR) will host a symposium on novel therapeutics for infectious diseases, cancer and autoimmunity on January 24, 2019 in Frederick, Maryland. NICBR is a consortium of eight agencies working in synergy to achieve a healthier and more secure nation. It serves as a framework for facilitating and encouraging
The American Society for Microbiology's 2019 ASM Biothreats meeting will be held January 29–31, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia. This leading annual event, formerly known as the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting, is a forum for the discussion of new data from the research of microbiological sciences related to biodefense and bioterrorism, the latest information
Cambridge Healthtech Institute's (CHI) 5th Annual Biodefense World Summit 2019 is a dynamic conference for the entire biodefense community: technology providers to policy makers at industry, government and academic institutions. The event will be held on June 17-19, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD. Conferences: Biodetection Technologies: Biothreat and Pathogen Detection Biodetection Technologies:
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
