International Biosecurity Symposium On Wednesday 14 May 2025, Bureau Biosecurity will be organising the first international biosecurity symposium. Internationally renowned speakers will talk about biosecurity and dual-use.
Review Biosecurity Knowledge Day 2024 As in previous years, the Biosecurity Knowledge Day attracted many enthusiastic participants this year. The Knowledge Day focused a lot on Artificial Intelligence.
New: Biosecurity Escaperoom During the Biosecurity Knowledge Day, the Biosecurity Escaperoom was launched. In the escaperoom, participants take on the challenge of solving a biosecurity scenario.
Publications In the fall, several publications were published that are important for biosecurity. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI-bio) published a report on the management of risks of biodesign tools.
WHO Laboratory Biosecurity Guidance In June 2024, WHO has published the revised Laboratory biosecurity guidance.
ISO/TS 5441:2024 As of May 2024, CWA 16335:2011 Biosafety professional competence standard has been converted to ISO/TS 5441:2024 Competence requirements for biorisk management advisors.
ISO 35001:2019 As of November 2019, CWA 15793 Laboratory biorisk management standard has been converted to ISO 35001: 2019 Biorisk management for laboratories and other related organizations.
Seminar Export control and strategic goods Due to continued success, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will again organize a seminar on export control of strategic goods. Several sessions are held on the export of strategic goods and exports