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Aug 7-9, 2017 | 13th Annual MABioN Biosafety Symposium
7 August, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 9 August, 2017 @ 1:00 pm EDT
$25 – $145Hosted by
Iowa City, IA
August 7-9, 2017
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SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION
What is the Biosafety Symposium?
The Symposium is a two day conference for biosafety professionals and others involved in biosafety. The Symposium opens at 1pm on Monday and concludes after lunch on Wed. Presentations on various topics related to biosafety are planned for Monday afternoon, all day Tuesday and Wed. morning. Come and network with biosafety professionals in the Midwest area and learn and share information about biosafety.
Symposium registration includes:
- Breaks on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday
- Dinner Reception on Tues. Night.
- Parking for one car on campus during the symposium
Dietary Restrictions: When entering attendee information you can indicate any dietary restrictions/requirements you may have.
Symposium registration prices will increase by $40 on July 11th July 17. Register early to get the best price.
Meeting Location:
Iowa Memorial Union, meeting room TBD
125 N Madison St,
Iowa City, IA 52245
- Blocks from Iowa City’s downtown historical district, Pedestrian Mall, Old Capitol Museum, Natural History Museum, shopping and restaurants.
Registration:
- Registration will be open from 7-8am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Parking:
- Complementary parking and access to the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.
Tuesday Dinner Reception
Dinner social
Location: University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame
https://hawkeyespaces.uiowa.edu/u-i-athletics-hall-fame
Details: The event will include dinner and drinks.
One ticket is included in the symposium registration fee.
Extra tickets can be purchased using the link below.
Aug 7, 2017 | Monday Pre-conference course | |
| 7:00-8:00 am | Continental Breakfast at Iowa House Hotel | |
| 7:30-8:00 am | Registration – Iowa Memorial Union, Nebraska Room | |
| 8:00-8:30 am | Pre-conference course: Emergency Response in High Containment Laboratories | |
| David Harbourt, PhD, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM), Biosafety Officer, USAMRIID | ||
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break – Penn State Room | |
| 10:30-12:00 pm | Pre-conference course cont. | |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch – Penn State Room* for preconference attendee only* | |
Aug 7, 2017 | Monday Symposium open | |
| 12:30-1:00 pm | Registration – Iowa Memorial Union, Nebraska Room | |
| 1:00-1:30 pm | Welcome | |
| Carol McGhan, MPH, CBSP, Director, Environmental Health & Safety, University of Iowa | ||
| Heather Gipson, J.D., MA, CIM, Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance, University of Iowa | ||
| 1:30-2:00 pm | ABSA President | |
| Patrick Condreay, PhD , RBP | ||
| 2:00-2:30 pm | Connecting Biotech Boundaries—Academia to Industry | |
| Sridhar Gopishetty, PhD, Technical Director, Center for Biocatalysis and BioProcessing, University of Iowa | ||
| 2:30-3:00 pm | Safety Transmutation – From Specialist to Generalist | |
| Diane Rodi, PhD, OHST, FSSM(IL), Health, Safety and Environment, Argonne National Laboratory | ||
| 3:00-3:30 pm | Break – Penn State Room | |
| 3:30-5:00 pm | Roundtable: Increasing Biosafety Culture at your Institution | |
| Improving Safety Culture by Engaging Leadership | ||
| Bridget Carruthers, PhD, The Ohio State University | ||
| From Compliance Based to a Collaborative Safety Program | ||
| Timothy Mulliger, Research Lab Safety Assessment Specialist, University of Louisville | ||
| Rachel Cary, Research Lab Safety Training Specialist, University of Louisville | ||
| TBD | ||
| Brandy Nelson, CBSP, Biosafety Officer, University of Kentucky | ||
| 5:00-5:30 pm | MABioN Business meeting | |
Aug 8, 2017 | Tuesday agenda | |
| 7:00-8:00 am | Continental Breakfast at Iowa House Hotel | |
| 8:00-8:30 am | Summary of Verified and Validated Viral Inactivation Methods | |
| David Harbourt, PhD, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM), Biosafety Officer, USAMRIID | ||
| 8:30-10:00 am | Roundtable: Select Agent Program – challenges/trends | |
| Select Agent Drills from the Nightly News | ||
| Matthew Anderson, PhD, RBP, Biosafety Officer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
| TBD | ||
| Torsten Hopp, PhD, RBP, Biosafety Officer, University of Louisville | ||
| Select Agent Oversight at MU | ||
| Travis McCarthy, PhD, RBP, Biosafety Officer, MU Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research | ||
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break – Penn State Room | |
| 10:30-11:30 am | Manipulation of phagocyte function by Francisella tularensis | |
| Lee-Ann Allen, Ph.D., Professor, The University of Iowa | ||
| 11:30-12:00 pm | Duke Infectious Disease Response Training – Worker Training Program (DIDRT WTP) | |
| Hsiang-Ming (Anthony) Wang, PhD, MBA, SM(NRCM), Biosafety Officer, University of Chicago | ||
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch – Penn State Room | |
| 1:00-2:00 pm | “RUh ROh” – Rule In/Rule Out of Isolates at The State Hygeinic Laboratory | |
| Wade Aldous, Ph.D., Clinical Lab Director – State Hygienic Laboratory at The University of Iowa | ||
| 2:00-3:00 pm | A Series of Unfortunate Events: Brucella melitensis exposure in a clinical laboratory | |
| Drew Fayram, MS., Biosafety Officer – State Hygienic Laboratory at The University of Iowa | ||
| 3:00-3:30 pm | Break – Penn State Room | |
| 3:30-4:00 pm | Clinical Trials and Tribulations: Practical Considerations for IBC Registration of Clinical Trials | |
| Holley Trucks, MT(AAB), RBP, Assistant Biosafety Officer, University of Kentucky | ||
| 4:00-5:00 pm | TBD | |
| William So, Policy Program Specialist, FBI | ||
Aug 9, 2017 | Wednesday agenda | |
| 7:00-8:00 am | Continental Breakfast at Iowa House Hotel | |
| 8:00-8:30 | Animal Facility Design – Biosafety/Biosecurity considerations | |
| Jim Sheets, DVM, MPH, DACLAM, DACVPM, Attending Veterinarian and Director of Animal Resources, University of Iowa | ||
| 8:30-9:00 am | Safe Generation of Aerosols during Inhalational Challenges | |
| Paul Anderson, PhD, Assoc. Director, University of Missouri Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research | ||
| 9:00-10:00 am | Biosafety and Animal Use: Operational Issues | |
| David M. White, D.V.M., Ph.D., RBP, DACVM, Safety & Security Unit Leader, National Centers for Animal Health | ||
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break – Penn State Room | |
| 10:30-12:00 pm | Roundtable: Laboratory audits and Corrective Actions | |
| Joseph Hawk, Radiation Safety Specialist, University of Iowa | ||
| Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Biosafety Officer, Kansas State University | ||
| Matthew Anderson, PhD, RBP, Biosafety Officer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
| 12:00 PM | Box lunches provided | |
| Conference ends | ||
David Harbourt, PhD, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM), Biosafety Officer, USAMRIID
It is important that biosafety professionals understand how to respond to emergency response situations that could affect operations in containment laboratories. Emergency situations can affect a wide range of facility operations (electrical failures, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), etc.) and often occur with little or no warning to the biosafety professionals, scientific staff or support staff. Biosafety professionals need to be able to thoroughly understand how their facility and personnel function during normal operations to aid in preparation for significant events. In addition to understanding their facility and personnel, it is also vital for biosafety professionals to know who the key decision makers are in their facility for situations that could potentially result in short term and/or long term disruptions to operations. By understanding how their facility is intended to function, who the key decision makers are and the critical information that is needed for the key decision makers during emergency scenarios, biosafety professionals can help ensure that they are prepared when situations arise in the future.
This course is intended to cover some basic information of emergency response situations along with the key features of a containment laboratory that may be affected during an emergency situation. This course will go over the key aspects of an HVAC, building electrical design, and plumbing systems. This will not be an engineering course; it is intended to be a brief overview so biosafety professionals understand the right questions to ask during emergency situations.
The course will be separated into five sections, basics of emergency response, HVAC, plumbing, electrical failures, and potential occupational exposures. Each section will cover the critical information that biosafety professionals must understand in each area followed by a series of case studies based on real world emergency response situations in biocontainment laboratories.
Key Objectives:
Understand the basics of emergency response and how they relate to biocontainment laboratory operations
Understand the decision making process during an emergency response situation.
Understand who the key decision makers are in your facility and who can authorize decisions that will impact mission operations.
Identify lessons learned from case studies and apply them to their own incident response plan if applicable.
