EBSA Conference 2025 and Preconference courses - Program

EBSA Conference 2025 and Preconference courses

Schedule of EBSA Conference 2025 and Preconference courses

Day 1, Tuesday, May 13
9:00 - 17:00 Pre conference courses day 1
17:45 - 19:30 Social programme
Day 2, Wednesday, May 14
8:00 - 16:00 Pre conference courses day 2
  14:00-18:30 - International Biosecurity Symposium
18:30 - 20:30 Opening reception conference and exhibition
Day 3, Thursday, May 15
8:00 - 8:45 Registration - Coffee - Exhibition
8:45 - 9:00 Opening of the Conference
9:00 - 9:40 Session 1 One Health and Biosafety - Title TBC - Marion Koopmans
9:40 - 10:00 Session 1 One Health and Biosafety - title TBC - Carlos Gonçalo das Neves
10:10 - 10:30 Session 1 One Health and Biosafety - Pioneering the Future: Advances, Applications, and Safety of Genetically Modified Phages - Pascale Van Rooij
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break - Exhibition
11:00 - 12:20 Session 2 Poster pitches
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break - exhibition
13:30 - 14:00 Commercial presentation Actini
  Commercial presentation Suncombe
14:00 - 14:30 Commercial presentation Baker
  Commercial presentation PRIBio
14:30 - 15:30 Chris Collins lecture - TitleTBC - Piers Millet
15:30 - 16:00 Networking Break - Exhibition
16:00 - 16:20 Session 3 - Sustainability Biosafety - TBC
16:20 - 16:40 Session 3 Sustainability Biosafety - TBC
16:40 - 17:00 Sustainability Biosafety - Turning Biohazards into Ashes: keeping the path to incineration safe. - Patrick Rüdelsheim
17:00 - 17:20 Session 3 - Sustainability Biosafety - Biosafety and Sustainability : Two sides of the same coin or not? - Partha Krisnan
19:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner @Rebelle - Maastricht
Day 4, Friday, May 16
8:30 - 9:00 Networking - welcome coffee - Exhibition
9:00 - 9:30 Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - How to support lifelong learning of biosafety professionals in a world of change? - Simon Beausaert
9:30 - 9:50 Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - Enhancing Biosafety and Biosecurity in High-Containment Laboratories: A Psychological Approach to Training Laboratory Personnel - Balazs Somogyi
9:50 - 10:10 Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - Marsh v Baxter Ten Years On: Learning from the Regulation of the Coexistence of GM and Non-GM Crops in Australia - Michael Ivanov
10:10 - 10:30 Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - Good Friday or Black Friday? - Marcel van Bergen
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break - Exhibition
11:00 - 11:40 Break-out 1.1 - Transport tilte TBC - Mario Vaerewijck and René Custers
  Break-out 2.1 - Challenges in large scale production sites (biosafety in GMP area) - Jolanda Van Beusichem - Van Der Laan, Frank Vervoort, Kelly ann Bradley
  Break-out 3.1 - Biosecurity Escape Room - Iris Vennis, Mirjam Schaap, Mirjam Schuijff, Ngoc Hoa Chung
  Break-out 4.1 - Working with plant pathogens in contained facilities - Pieter Boonen and Barbara De Coninck
  Break-out 5.1 - Lab Design and Workflow – Getting It Right Every Time! - Aurel Tamburri and Ryan Gregory
  Break-out 6.1 - Late Breaker
11:40 - 11:50 Switch time between break-outs
11:50 - 12:30 Break-out 1.1 - Transport tilte TBC - Mario Vaerewijck and René Custers
  Break-out 2.2 - Challenges in large scale production sites (biosafety in GMP area) - Jolanda Van Beusichem - Van Der Laan, Frank Vervoort, Kelly ann Bradley
  Break-out 3.2 - Biosecurity Escape Room - Iris Vennis, Mirjam Schaap, Mirjam Schuijff, Ngoc Hoa Chung
  Break-out 4.1 - Working with plant pathogens in contained facilities - Pieter Boonen and Barbara De Coninck
  Break-out 5.1 - Lab Design and Workflow – Getting It Right Every Time! - Aurel Tamburri and Ryan Gregory
  Break-out 6.1 - Late Breaker
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break - exhibition
13:30 - 13:50 Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - TBC
13:50 - 14:10 Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - Comprehensive Approach to Large Scale High-Containment Laboratory Decontamination - Aurel Tamburri
14:10 - 14:30 Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - Development of a New Inhalation Model for Occupational Hygiene: Assessing Exposure to Bioaerosols - Carlota Alejandro Colomo
14:30 - 14:50 Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - Containment or Catastrophe: Embracing Process Safety in Biorisk Management - Cheh Peng Lim
14:50 - 15:30 Farewell coffee
  1. From 8:00 to 16:00

    14:00-18:30 - International Biosecurity Symposium

    Organised by the Dutch Biosecurity Office

    Free attendance, check the box during the registration for the EBSA conference or the preconference courses.

  2. From 9:00 to 9:40

    Session 1 One Health and Biosafety - Title TBC - Marion Koopmans

    Marion Koopmans, Head of the Erasmus MC department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

  3. From 9:40 to 10:00

    Session 1 One Health and Biosafety - title TBC - Carlos Gonçalo das Neves

    Carlos Gonçalo das Neves, Chief Scientist, EFC

  4. From 10:10 to 10:30

    Session 1 One Health and Biosafety - Pioneering the Future: Advances, Applications, and Safety of Genetically Modified Phages - Pascale Van Rooij

    Pascale Van Rooij, Biosafety specialist, Perseus a 3Bio company, Belgium

  5. From 14:30 to 15:30

    Chris Collins lecture - TitleTBC - Piers Millet

    Piers MIllett, Executive Director,
    International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science

  6. From 16:40 to 17:00

    Sustainability Biosafety - Turning Biohazards into Ashes: keeping the path to incineration safe. - Patrick Rüdelsheim

    Patrick Rüdelsheim, Director, Chief Regulatory Officer, Perseus a 3Bio company

  7. From 17:00 to 17:20

    Session 3 - Sustainability Biosafety - Biosafety and Sustainability : Two sides of the same coin or not? - Partha Krisnan

    Partha Krishnan, Workplace Health and Safety Change Agent | Lab Sustainability Catalyst, Sanofi, United States

  8. From 9:00 to 9:30

    Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - How to support lifelong learning of biosafety professionals in a world of change? - Simon Beausaert

    Simon Beausaert, professor Learning and Development in Organisations, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

  9. From 9:30 to 9:50

    Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - Enhancing Biosafety and Biosecurity in High-Containment Laboratories: A Psychological Approach to Training Laboratory Personnel - Balazs Somogyi

    Balazs Somogyi, University of Pécs, National Laboratory of Virology, Hungary

  10. From 9:50 to 10:10

    Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - Marsh v Baxter Ten Years On: Learning from the Regulation of the Coexistence of GM and Non-GM Crops in Australia - Michael Ivanov

    Michael Ivanov, The University of Adelaide, Australia

  11. From 10:10 to 10:30

    Session 4 Biosafety behaviour and Bio-ethics - Good Friday or Black Friday? - Marcel van Bergen

    Marcel van Bergen, BioRiskManager, Radboudumc and Radboud University, The Netherlands

  12. From 11:00 to 11:40

    Break-out 1.1 - Transport tilte TBC - Mario Vaerewijck and René Custers

    Maro Vaerewijck, Biosafety coordinator, UGent, Belgium
    René Custers, Regulatory & Responsible Research manager, VIB, Belgium

  13. From 11:00 to 11:40

    Break-out 2.1 - Challenges in large scale production sites (biosafety in GMP area) - Jolanda Van Beusichem - Van Der Laan, Frank Vervoort, Kelly ann Bradley

    Jolanda Van Beusichem - Van Der Laan, Scientist QC New Product Introduction, The Janssen Pharmaceutical, The Netherland
    Frank Vervoort, Upstream Lead Pollux, Janssen Vaccines & Prevention, The Netherlands
    Kelly ann Bradley

  14. From 11:00 to 11:40

    Break-out 3.1 - Biosecurity Escape Room - Iris Vennis, Mirjam Schaap, Mirjam Schuijff, Ngoc Hoa Chung

    Iris Vennis, Global Health Security Scientist, RIVM, The Netherlands
    Mirjam Schaap, Scientist, RIVM, The Netherlands
    Mirjam Schuijff, Policy Officer, RIVM, The Netherlands
    Ngoc Hoa Chung, Policy Officer , RIVM, The Netherlands

  15. From 11:00 to 11:40

    Break-out 4.1 - Working with plant pathogens in contained facilities - Pieter Boonen and Barbara De Coninck

    Pieter Boonen, Global Biosafety and Stewardship manager, BASF Vegetable Seeds, The Netherlands
    Barbara De Coninck, Associate Professor, KU Leuven division Crop Biotechnics, Belgium

  16. From 11:00 to 11:40

    Break-out 5.1 - Lab Design and Workflow – Getting It Right Every Time! - Aurel Tamburri and Ryan Gregory

    Aurel Tamburri, Senior Scientist, Laboratory Operations, Merrick & Co, Canada
    Ryan Gregory, Senior Engineer, Merrick, Canada

  17. From 13:50 to 14:10

    Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - Comprehensive Approach to Large Scale High-Containment Laboratory Decontamination - Aurel Tamburri

    Aurel Tamburri, Senior Scientist, Laboratory Operations, Merrick & Co, Canada

  18. From 14:10 to 14:30

    Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - Development of a New Inhalation Model for Occupational Hygiene: Assessing Exposure to Bioaerosols - Carlota Alejandro Colomo

    Carlota Alejandro Colomo, Health and Safety - Occupational hygienist, Cosanta B.V. - Stoffenmanager, The Netherlands

  19. From 14:30 to 14:50

    Session 5 Developments in Applied Biosafety - Containment or Catastrophe: Embracing Process Safety in Biorisk Management - Cheh Peng Lim

    Cheh Peng Lim, Senior Associate Director, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Prices

Ticket type Price
Member conference ticket 2025 + conference dinner + printed conference book early bird € 605.00
Member conference ticket 2025 + conference dinner early bird € 575.00
Member conference ticket 2025 + printed conference book early bird € 535.00
Member conference ticket 2025 early bird € 505.00
Non-Member conference ticket 2025 early bird € 605.00
Non-member conference ticket 2025 + conference dinner + printed conference book early bird € 705.00
Non-member conference ticket 2025 + conference dinner early bird € 675.00
Non-member conference ticket 2025 + printed conference book early bird € 635.00

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February 15th 2025
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Conference ticket             |            440 €    |     570 €
Printed conference book  |              25 €    |       25 €
Conference dinner           |              65 €    |       65 €


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Conference ticket             |            505 €    |     605 €
Printed conference book  |              30 €    |       30 €
Conference dinner           |              70 €    |       70 €

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March 1st 2025 onwards
Conference ticket             |            605 €    |     710 €
Printed conference book  |              30 €    |       30 €
Conference dinner           |              70 €    |       70 €

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