PROGRAM Tuesday, 31 October 2017 7:30-9:30 Registration 9:00-9:30 Opening remarks 9:30-10:30 Keynote Session Global perspectives on health and security 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00-12:30 1 - Current developments in non-proliferation instruments and global security initiatives Trevor Smith, Deputy Director Biological & Chemical Security, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Canada Keep the momentum going: 1 st OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction Tianna Brand, Head Programmes Biological Threat Reduction and Operational Partnerships, OIE, Paris, France The Contribution of the Biological Weapons Convention to Global Biosecurity Daniel Feakes, Chief, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, Geneva, Switzerland Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 bridging needs with assistance 1540 Committee (tbc) Engaging the animal and public health sectors for the UN Secretary General Mechanism Fiona M.A. Simpson, Political Affairs Officer, Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch, Office for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, New York Investigating alleged deliberate use stories from the field tbc 12:30-13:30 LUNCH/POSTER SESSION Espionage, Epizootics, and Economics: Safeguarding Global Animal Health Kathleen Giles & Stephen Goldsmith, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington DC, USA 13:30-15:30 2 - Current developments in non-proliferation instruments and global security initiatives biological threat reduction in practice Daniel Feakes, Chief, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, Geneva, Switzerland Strengthening Global Biological Security through collaborations Trevor Smith, Deputy Director Biological & Chemical Security, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Canada Global Partnership (GP) project on Rift Valley Fever in Egypt Martin Groschup, Head of the Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-
Loeffler-Institute, Insel Riems, Germany Global Partnership Project to Strengthen Biosecurity in Mali Djibril Sangare, Mali Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity & Mounirou Baby, Ministry of Health, Mali (tbc) The OIE Veterinary Legislation Support Programme: Addressing the legal framework for biological threat reduction in the veterinary domain David Sherman, Chargé de mission, OIE, Paris, France Veterinary Legislation and Biothreat Reduction, Experience of the Dominican Republic Nimia Lissette Gómez Rodríguez, National Delegate of the OIE, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00-18:00 3 - Global Conversations on the use of technologies Melissa Berquist, Associate Director, Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, College Station TX, USA Biochemical security in a technologically evolving world: converging sciences, challenges and opportunities Jonathan E. Forman, Science Policy Adviser and Secretary to the Scientific Advisory Board, Office of Strategy and Policy, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, Netherlands Genome editing Ellen Jorgenson, Biotechwithoutborders.org Promotion and enforcement of biosafety and biosecurity in a multinational community: the igem example Piers Millet, Director of Safety and Security,iGEM Foundation Using synthetic biology to develop better viral therapeutics Ryan Noyce, University of Albert, Canada Genome Editing and Ethics tbc 18:00 POSTER AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Wednesday, 1 November 2017 9:00-10:45 4 - Global Conversations on the use of technologies Education and creating a culture of accountability Zalini Yunus, Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE), Kajang, Malaysia Biorisk Education and Professional Competency Maureen Ellis, International Federation of Biosafety Associations, Ottawa, Canada Biorisk education from a university perspective Keith Hamilton, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA Sharing education among peers Branden Nettles, International Veterinary Students Association Biorisk Management : Train the trainers experience Abdalla Abdelkarim Osman, Director of Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Khartoum, Sudan Legal implications Cédric Apercé VERTIC, London, United Kingdom Panel Discussion 10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK 11:15-13:00 5 - Global Conversations on the use of technologies laboratory sustainability and diagnostic preparedness Sébastien Cognat, Health Emergencies Program, WHO, Lyon, France Biological Laboratory systems from the African perspective Patrick Bastiaensen, OIE Sub-regional Office, Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya Biological Laboratory systems from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) perspective Sacha Wallace-Sankarsingh CARICOM, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Building sustainable labs / sustaining labs David Harper, Deputy Head, Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House & Ken Ugwu, Senior Biocontainment Specialist, Global Affairs Canada High containment laboratory networks in preparedness the BSL4Znet Primal Silva, Chief Science Operating Officer, Science Branch, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual Revision Update Kazunobu Kojima, IHR Assessment, Development & Maintenance, Global Capacities, Alert and Response, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland 13:00-14:00 LUNCH/POSTER SESSION
Enhancing preparedness through simulated exercises and capacity building Melissa Berquist, Mike Gibler & Jason Moats, Texas A&M University 14:00-15:30 6 Assessing systems, investing in collaborations to foster preparedness Prediction and information management Anthony Fooks, Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom Big data analytics and visualization to help decision-makers Kamran Khan, BlueDot, Toronto, Canada Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) Philippe Barboza, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland OIE`s new World Animal Health Information System, WAHIS+, an innovative tool for information management and early disease detection Neo Mapitse, World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department, OIE, Paris, France 15:000-15:30 COFFEE BREAK/POSTER SESSION 15:30-18:00 7 - Assessing systems, investing in collaborations to foster preparedness intersectoral cooperation Chadia Wannous, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland Taking benefit from regulatory frameworks to strengthen countries capacities at the interface between human and animal health Stephane de la Rocque, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland Advancing Emergency Management Essentials for Biological Threats Lee Myers, FAO, Rome, Italy Inter-ministerial cooperation including the role of the military in preparedness and biological threat reduction Zalini Yunus, Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE), Kajang, Malaysia Effective Inter-Agency Interoperability and Coordinated Communication in Case of Chemical and/or Biological Attacks Steven Siqueira, Deputy Director of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA Re-energizing Health Diplomacy to Prepare for the Next Disease Outbreak Gabrielle Fitzgerald, CEO Panorama Global Health Security Initiative GHSI tbc 19:30 RECEPTION HOSTED BY CANADA
Thursday, 2 November 2017 9:00-10:45 8 - Assessing systems, investing in collaborations to foster preparedness maintaining the momentum on global strategies Lee Myers, FAO, Rome, Italy Disaster Risk Management Implementing the Sendai Framework Chadia Wannous, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland Rinderpest eradication and post-eradication Junaidu Maina, FAO-OIE rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee, Abuja, Nigeria From GHSA to JEE Alliance - where are we today? Simo Nikkari, Centres for Biothreat Preparedness and Military Medicine, Helsinki, Finland Strengthening global mechanisms and capabilities for responding to deliberate use of disease Valeria Santori, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, Geneva, Switzerland 10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK 11:15-13:00 9 - Future of Biological Threat Reduction William Karesh, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, USA Identifying viral threats before they happen - Global Virome Project Dennis Carroll, Director, Global Health Security and Development Unit, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Investing in technologies for host resilience Matt Hepburn, Defense Advance Research Project Agency DARPA, Arlington VA, USA The role of vaccines in biological threat reduction CEPI, tbc Reducing Biorisk Posed by Advances in Technology Elisabeth Cameron, Senior Director for Global Biological Policy and Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington DC, USA PGA s Campaign to Promote Universality and Implementation of the BTWC Peter Barcroft, Peace & Democracy Program, Parliamentarians for Global Action, New York, USA 13:00-14:00 LUNCH/POSTER SESSION BUILDING INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AT THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS FOR BTR THROUGH SIMULATION (TABLE-TOP) EXERCISES Alexander Hamilton UNICRI, Mariano Ramos OIE, Alessandro Ripani OIE, David Sherman OIE 14:00-15:00 Conclusions & adoption of recommendations 15:00 Closing Remarks