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22 - 25 August 2017

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Lotte Hotel Legend Saigon, Vietnam

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Introduction Conference Highlight Who Should Attend Poster Submission Pre-Conference Program Featured Speakers Hotel Venue & Accommodation Sponsorship & Exhibition IFBA Certification Exam Enquiry & Contact A-PBA Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2018

Biosecurity & Biosafety – New Challenges of Bio Threat in a Rapidly Changing World of Science & Technology. 12th APBA Biosafety Conference.

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Introduction

This regional conference aims at generating a forum exchange on the various current Biosafety and biosecurity issues of concern at the global, regional, national and technical level.

Topics of discussion range from biorisk, bio-preparedness to sharing of scientific knowledge and technical issues of concern in the region. Special features include current hottest debate on Harnessing Sciences VS Bio Threat of multidiscipline, updates on new innovative biotechnology, duel use etc.

International biosafety experts and professionals from around the world will be speaking and sharing their knowledge and experiences. This conference will be a valuable opportunity for networking and be updated with the current development on biosafety and biosecurity uniquely to the Asia-Pacific region.

Conference Highlight

Biosecurity & Biosafety – New Challenges of Bio Threat in a Rapidly Changing World of Science & Technology

Co-organiser: National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), Hanoi, Vietnam

2 days Pre-Conference Workshops & 2 days Conference highlights:

  • Bioterrorism in Reality – What You Should Know
  • Leadership in Biorisk Management – The Need for Empowerment
  • New Challenges of Biothreat in Rapidly Changing World of Science & Technology
  • Livestock, Food, Water & GMOs – Biorisk of Agricultural Concerns & Agro-terrorism
  • Emergency Response in Biosafety vs Biosecurity – Essentials that You Should Know
  • Biocontainment Facilities – Addressing Biosecurity Issues in Design & Engineering
  • Bio-Preparedness in the Next Pandemic – Strategy for Natural Occurrence or a Deliberate Release
  • Opportunity for networking – Experience sharing and networking with international biosafety safety experts
  • Opportunity for exhibition & sponsorship – Exhibits showcasing the latest in laboratory biosafety and biosecurity products and services
Other conference activities:
  • IFBA Biosafety Professional Certification Course & Examination
  • NSF49 BSC Certification Course for Accreditation of Field Certifiers
  • A-PBA AGM on 24 August 2017

Who Should Sponsor?

Anyone who supplies, manufactures, provides services or products correlated to biomedical research or biological safety.

Who Should Attend

  • Biosafety Professionals and practitioners
  • Researchers and laboratory workers
  • Biosafety Managers & Consultants
  • Engineers and Architects
  • Suppliers and Vendors
  • Professionals interested in updates of biosafety and biosecurity
  • Senior Administrations, Directors and Managers from healthcare industry, educational institutes, veterinary and other industry cluster

Poster Submission

Call for Oral / Call for Poster Presentation

We are inviting biosafety practitioners and professionals who wish to share their experiences and expertise to submit the abstract for poster presentation at the conference.

The A-PBA Organizing Committee invites submission for oral / poster presentation at the 12th A-PBA Annual Conference that will be held from 22nd Aug to 25th Aug 2017 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The theme of the conference is: “Biosecurity & Biosafety – New Challenges of Bio Threat in a Rapidly Changing World of Science & Technology”
The following broad topics are the focus for the A-PBA Conference however, papers on other appropriate topics that relate to the goals of the conference will be considered

  • Biosafety / Laboratory Biosafety /Biosecurity / Laboratory Biosecurity
  • Regulatory initiatives impacting biosafety and biosecurity
  • Containment facility design, commissioning, maintenance and operation
  • Biorisk applications related to Infectious diseases affecting humans or animals
  • Containment/laboratory equipment
  • Biological risk assessment / mitigations and communication
  • Applied research and innovations impacting biosafety and biosecurity

Guidelines for Submission of Abstract for Oral/Poster Presentation

Each registrant may submit one abstract of his or her presentation during the conference.

Please take note that all abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee. All registrants will be advised accordingly by 30th July 2017.

Selected abstracts will ONLY be accepted upon receipt of registration and payment for the conference fee.

Abstracts

  • All abstracts must be in ENGLISH, the combined length of the abstract title, list of authors, and body should not exceed 300 words. Please be sure to carefully check your abstract for content errors, spelling, names, etc. before submitting. A-PBA does not proofread for correct spelling, typographical, grammatical, or scientific errors, nor can changes be made once the abstract is submitted.
  • Title should be brief, in bold capital letters at the top of the abstract.
  • Author(s) should be listed by surname (underline) and initials, with the presenting author’s name underlined. The designation and organization should immediately follow the authors’ names. (Organization/Institute, department, city, state, country of author).
  • Text must be typed single-spaced, font 12 Arial with only the left margin justified.
  • Leave one line between the title/author/institution and the body of the abstract.
  • Each abstract should contain: (a) an introductory sentence indicating the objective of the abstract (b) main content, including methods and results if relevant and (c) conclusions. It is expected that the abstract will include the summary of the original presentation.
  • Graphs, tables and illustration cannot be included in the abstract.
  • The abstract document MUST BE in WORD.doc format. Any other file type WILL NOT be accepted.
  • Abstracts must be submitted by email to secretariat@a-pba.org as Microsoft Word attachment.
*Note to All Presenters

**The Organizing Committee reserves the right to amend or change any part of the submission guidelines without prior notice.

Pre-Conference Program

Day 1: Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Time / Workshop No.ProgramSpeakers
09.00 – 17.00

WS 1

Room 1		Biorisk Assessment – Principle and Methodology

  • Risk identification and evaluation
  • Risk control and performance assessment
  • Extension of Biorisk assessment to CBRN Preparedness
Ms Chook Mee Lan

Dr Se Thoe Su Yun
09.00 – 17.00

WS 2

Room 2		A Preparatory Course for IFBA Professional Certification Examination. Biorisk Management

  • The essential elements of CWA 15793
  • Core competencies of a biosafety professional Internal certification exam: Syllabus Outline & preparation
Prof Lim Yang Mooi

Dr Tan Cheng Siang

Day 2: Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Time / Workshop No.ProgramSpeakers
09.00 – 17.00

WS 3

Room 1		Biocontainment Design and Engineering for Biosecurity.

  • Design & Engineering Principles of Biocontainment Facility – concept for both BSL3 & ABSL3
  • Integrating Function, Form & Budget – Get it right the first time
  • Design consideration – Energy saving & sustainability, Commissioning & certification consideration
  • Maintenance Considerations & development of Facility SOP
Dr Antony Della-Porta

Dr Chua Teck Mean
09.00 – 12.00

WS 4

Room 2		Leadership and Empowerment in Biorisk Management

  • Managing Human Factors in Biorisk (Attitudes and behavior )
  • Leadership and Personal Accountability etc
Dr Jim Welch
14.00 – 17.00

WS 5

Room 2		Responding To Biorisk Emergency – Theory & Scenario Table Top Exercise

  • First Aid (heart attack, injury, etc)
  • Chemical
  • Biological
  • Transportation
Prof Lim Yang Mooi
09.00 – 17.00

WS 6

Room 3		Laboratory Biorisk – Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Developing a National Biorisk Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
  • Laboratory Auditing – Principal and Methodology
  • Table top exercise
Mr David Lam

Mrs T.S. Saraswathy

Conference Program

Biosecurity & Biosafety – New Challenges of Bio Threat in a Rapidly Changing World of Science & Technology

Day 1: Thursday, 24 August 2017

Time/Workshop No.ProgramSpeakers
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
Welcome & Opening
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr Chua Teck Mean, President A-PBA
09.10 – 09.20 Opening Address by Guest of Honor MOH Vietnam
09.20 – 09.35 Culture Dances
09.35 – 09.45 Group Photo
09.45 – 10.15 Keynote Speaker Interpol’s Bioterrorism Prevent Unit’s activity to Strengthen Global Biosecurity Dr Dennis Adriao Counter Terrorism Directorate, INTERPOL
10.15 – 10.40 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 1

Bioterrorism in Reality – What You Should Know

Chairperson: Dr. Lee Hei Chan
10.40 – 11.00 WHO updates – revision of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual Dr Kazunobu Kojima , WHO
11.00 – 11.20 OIE’s Biological Threat Reduction Strategy Dr Christine Uhlenhaut, OIE
11.20 – 11.40 Working Together Makes a Defference – Implementing GHSA and JEE Alliance in Partnership with Biosafety Associations Mrs Maureen Ellis, IFBA
11.40 – 12.00 The Contribution of The Biological Weapons Convention to Global Biosecurity Dr Daniel Feakes BWC
12.00 – 13.10 Lunch Break
Session 2

Leadership in Biorisk Management – The Need for Empowerment

Chairperson: Dr. Edith Tria
13.10 – 13.30 Biorisk Business: Smart Investments Ms Amal Haq, BEP USA
13.30 – 13.50 Lessons from 2015 MERS Outbreak in Korea Prof Nam Taek Lee, Korea University, Korea
13.50 – 14.10 Strategy of Laboratory Biosafety Management in Taiwan Dr Shu-Hui, Tseng, Taiwan
14.10 – 14.30 Global Health Ethics: Toward Common Principles and their Practical Application to Health Research, Clinical Care and Systems Management Dr Irene Anne Jillson, Georgetown University
14.30 – 14.50 Current Situation and Plan on Strengthening Biosafety and Biosecurity in Vietnam Ms Nguyen Minh Hang

General Department of Preventive Medicine, MOH, Vietnam
14.50 – 15.10 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 3

National Bio-Preparedness in the Next Pandemic

Chairperson: Dr. Nguyen Thanh Thuy
15.10 – 15.30 Identifying Critical Points in Biosecurity Management towards Biopreparedness Dr Joy P Calayo, PhBBA, Philippines
15.30 – 15.50 Capacity building in biorisk management in Southeast Asia – EU CBRN CoE46 Dr Philippe Stroot, Xibios, Belgium
15.50 – 16.10 National Preparedness – Harnessing Science Over Fear of Biological Threat Dr Asadulghani, Bangladesh
16.10 – 16.30 Role of CBRN in National Bio-Preparedness Dr Harro Wittermans

UNICRI – United Nations
16.30 – 16.50 Strengthening Capacity Building of Global Health Security in Considering Threats of Biologival Agents in Indonesia Col. Dr Yuli Subiakto, Indonesia
16.50 – 18.00
18.00 – 18.45		 A-PBA AGM Meeting of A-PBA, IFBA, PhBBA and all National Biosafety Associations/Working Groups in the Asia-Pacific

Day 2: Thursday, 25 August 2017

Time / Workshop No.ProgramSpeakers
Session 4

Challenges of Biothreat in Rapid Changing World of Science & Technology

Chairperson: Dr. Lim Yang Mooi
09.00 – 09.20 Biorisk Challenges in Synthetic Biology that Every Scientist Should know Dr Piers Millet, IGEM
09.20 – 09.40 Biosecurity Challenges for Biosafety Practitioners Mr David Lam
09.40 – 10.00 Staphyphage : Biorisk Reduction in Mrsa Reseach Dr Tan Cheng Siang
10.00 – 10.20 Impact of Technology on Biosecurity and Biosafety – Transportation of Hazardous sample Dr Pharm Quang Thai Epidemiology Dept NIHE
10.20 – 10.50 Coffee / Tea Break
Session 5

Ethics, Sciences & Biorisk

Chairperson: Dr. Hsing Ming Chen
10.50 – 11.10 Essential Leadership in Bioethics Dr Jim Welch
11.10 – 11.30 Human Factors and System Safety how does it translate to real life? Dr Viji Vijayan
11.30 – 11.50 Confronting the Dual Use Dilemma and the International Network on Biotechnology Prof Irma Macalinao
11.50 – 12.10 Bioethics, Biosafety and Biosecurity Issues in Stem Cell Research Mrs T.S. Saraswathy
12.10 – 13.30 Lunch Break
Session 6

Laboratory Biorisk in Asia Pacific

Chairperson: Dr. Ni Ketut Susilarini
13.30 – 13.50 Biocontainment Facilities – Addressing Biosecurity Issues in Design & Engineering Dr Antony Dela-Porta, Bio2ic
13.50 – 14.10 Biosafety Level 3 Facility : Biosafety Versus Operation Cost Dr Nguyen Thanh Thuy, NIHE Vietnam
14.10 – 14.30 Ways Forward for Biosafety and Biosecurity Program in Cambodia Dr Sau Sokunna, Cambodia
14.30 – 14.50 Biosafety Practice and Training in Western Africa during the 2014 – 2016 Ebola epidemic : supports from China CDC Dr William J. Liu, CDC, China
14.50 – 15.10 Laboratory Biorisk and Beyond – Challenges of Developing Countries Dr Darouny Phoneko, Laos
15.10 – 15.40 Coffee / Tea Break
Session 7

Livestock, Food, Water & GMOs – Biorisk of Agricultural Concerns & Agro-terrorism

Chairperson: Dr. Asadulgani
15.40 – 16.00 NSF Accreditation of Biosafety Cabinet Field Certifiers Ms Maren Roush, NSF International, USA
16.00 – 16.20 CRISPR-Cas9: Promises and Challenges Prof Lim Yang Mooi, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
16.20 – 16.40 German – Sudanese Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security Strengthening Biosafety & Biosecurity Dr Adil Ismil
16.40 – 17.00 Closing Remark A-PBA President

Note: Program and speakers will be subjected to change without notice

Hotel Venue & Accommodation

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Lotte Hotel Legend Saigon

2A-4A Tôn Đức Thắng,

Bến Nghé, Quận 1,

Hồ Chí Minh

Vietnam

Accommodation & Room Reservation:

Download room reservation form here to enjoy special room rate for conference delegates.

Sponsorship & Exhibition

2 days of exhibition booth space on conference days (24 – 25 August 2017) Advertisement space in the program booklet, sponsorship of luncheon, coffee break and many more options to fit your expectation.


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IFBA Certification Exam

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IFBA Certification Exam

The IFBA is pleased to collaborate with the A-PBA in the delivery of the IFBA’s Professional Certifications during their upcoming12th Biosafety Conference. The exam session will be held at 2pm on August 23rd in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

In addition to offering the Professional Certification in Biorisk Management, we will also be offering the new IFBA Professional Certifications in Biosecurity, Biocontainment Facilities, Biosafety Cabinets and Biological Waste Management. Only those individuals who have successfully completed the pre-requisite Biorisk Management certification are eligible for these new certifications. For information on the exam content, study materials and sample questions, click here.

All applications must be processed through the on-line Certifior system at https://ifba.certifior.com . These instructions will guide individuals through the application process. For further details and enquiries on this session please contact the IFBA Secretariat by email at secretariat@internationalbiosafety.org.

Enquiry & Contact

General Enquiry for Registration and Payment for conference, workshop, & Booth Exhibition etc:

Accommodation & Room Reservation:

Exhibition Booth Logistic Matter:

Other Inquiry:

Please scan copy of your passport and email to Ms. Chi Mai from NIHE (email: ndcm@nihe.org.vn) for assistance

  • Scan copy of your passport.
  • A-PBA registration /invitation letter
  • Flight /accommodation itinerary (arrival and departure date etc)

For oversea matter

For local matter

For VISA application to Vietnam

Please scan the following documents and email to Ms. Chi Mai from NIHE (email: ndcm@nihe.org.vn) for assistance.

  • Scan copy of your passport.
  • A-PBA registration /invitation letter
  • Flight /accommodation itinerary (arrival and departure date etc)

A-PBA Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2018

This is to announce that A-PBA Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017 will be held in conjunction with the A-PBA 12th Biosafety Conference in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam:

Date: 24 Aug 2017
Venue: Lotte Legend Hotel Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Time: 5.00pm local time

Proposed Agenda of AGM:

  1. Adoption of the minutes of AGM 2016
  2. Annual report from A-PBA EXCO April 2016 – 2017
  3. Presentation of Financial Year (FY) 2016 Report
  4. Motion from EXCO – Nomination of 5 Country Representative in A-PBA Executive Council.
  5. Members’ motions
  6. Other matter & updates

A special members’ motion may be requested (by no less than 7 voting members) to be included in the agenda of the AGM, by writing to the Secretary no later than 10 Aug 2017.

Note: Only active voting members (non-expiring individual membership) are allowed to vote at the AGM.

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