PARTICIPATE 14TH A-PBA
CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND WORKSHOP

• The essential elements of CWA 15793
• Internal certification exam: Syllabus outline & preparation
• The essential elements of CWA 15793
• Core competencies of a biosafety professional

University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia

University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

• Containment labs
• Working with high risk pathogens: SOPs and PPE
• Biocontainment designs and engineering
• Operational sustainable solutions for developing country budgets

World BioHazTec Inc.,
Singapore

• Types of Biological Safety Cabinet and its purposes
• Performance and function of BSC
• Safety and proper use of BSC
• Maintenance and operation
• Process & critical elements
• Certification and validation

Global Technical Support Manager ESCO GLOBAL
Singapore

• Biosafety and biosecurity issues in Biological Sciences
• Institutional Biosafety Committee
• Roles and responsibilities of IBC, members, chair and the Biosafety Officer
• What does it take to be a Biosafety Officer?
• Leadership Tools for Today's Biosafety Officer

Biosafety Consultant, Malaysia and President, Asia Pacific Biosafety Association

• Biosecurity and bioterrorism
• Biopreparedness tasksCase studies in biothreats
• Case studies in biothreats
• Personnel reliability
• Securing agents

Scientist, WMD, Directorate, Federal Buru of Investigation (FBI), Washington, USA

• Disease Surveillance, control & prevention
• Epidemiological investigation of disease outbreaks
• Natural and deliberate bio threat
• Public health Preparedness, control and communication
• Risk Management at all levels: Biosafety and Biosecurity
• Case scenario: Nipah outbreak

Director, Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Head Biosafety and BSL3, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

• What is an audit
• Characteristics of audit
• Safety Audit Team and Why to conduct an audit
• Audit process
• Scenarios

Senior Manager Biosafety, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

• Understand what is risk communication and why should we care
• Understand theories and ways for effective communication
• Communicating under high concern situations
• Practice risk communication skills: develop messages that are believable, convincing, clear and positive

International Program Lead, CSELS/DLS/QSSB, CDC Atlanta

Branch Chief Quality and Safety Systems Branch, DLS, OD, CSELS, CDC, Atlanta, GA

• Good lab design to optimize lab procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• BL vs. ABL vs. ACL (Biosafety Level vs. Animal Biosafety
  Level vs. Arthropod Containment Level)
• Animal facility planning and design considerations: ABL-2 and ABL-3
• Insect facility planning and design considerations: ACL-2 and ACL-3

Senior Architect and Chief of the Standards and Policy Branch, Office of research Facilities, National Institute of Health, USA

• Type of biological waste
• Segregation, Packaging, Transportation, Treatment and Disposal of Biological Waste
• Reuse, reduce and recycling of waste
• Biological waste management guidelines

General Manager and Principal Expert at XIBIOS Biosafety Consulting, Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium