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Balancing Research Capability, Oversight, and Communication Post
the H5N1 Controversy, Applied Biosafety, in Volume 17.1



31 March 2012

Journal Editorial by Barbara Johnson from Biosafety Biosecurity International, Herndon, Virginia, US

Applied Biosafety, the journal of the American Biological Safety Association has provided the following pre-publication release of an editorial addressing the H5N1 publication controversy, with recommendations for strengthening biosafety and biosecurity at the institutional level. 


H5N1 Editorial (pdf, 82KB)

Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

 

6 December 2011
Geneva, Switzerland

Statement by Prof. Graham S. Pearson of the University of Bradford, United Kingdom

 

7th RC_Statement_G.S.Pearson (pdf, 21KB)

Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

 

6 December 2011
Geneva, Switzerland

Statement by Dr. Masamichi Minehata on behalf of the National Defense Medical College, Japan and the University of Bradford, United Kingdom

 

7th RC_Statement_Masa (pdf, 155KB)

Side Event to the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention on Dual-Use Issues and the Role of Life Scientists

 

12 December 2011
Geneva, Switzerland

Presentation by Dr. Masamichi Minehata: Awareness Raising and Education Beyond the Seventh Review Conference: Can State Afford Ambitious Realism?

 

 

7th RC_Presentation_Masa (pdf, 637KB)

Side Event to the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

 

7 December 2011
Geneva, Switzerland

Presentation by Prof. Malcolm Dando, Dr. Judi Sture, Dr. Simon Whitby and Dr. Masamichi Minehata: Bradford Awareness Raising and Education: Past, Present and Future.

 

7th RC_Presentation_BDRC (pdf, 621KB)

33rd Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions

 

3-4 December 2011
Geneva, Switzerland

Presentation by Prof. Malcolm Dando and Dr. Masamichi Minehata: Awareness Raising and Education on Biosecurity/Dual-Use: Can State Afford Ambitious Realism?

 

Pugwash Presentation (pdf, 700kb)

 

An International Workshop on: Education, Awareness to Biosafety and to dual use : State and Promotion in the Moroccan Universities

 

Friday October 14th, 2011
Faculty of Sciences -Rabat, Morocco

Presentation by Prof. Malcolm Dando: Une approche compréhensive au problème de la déficience en matière de conscientisation et d’éducation au double usage

 

Presentation (3.63MB, ppt)

Programme (93.2kb)

Certificate (284kb)

Wilton Park Conference on Security of Sensitive Nuclear Information


5-7 September,
East Sussex, London, United Kingdom

Presentation by Dr. Masamichi Minehata: CBRN Dual-Use Education: Implications from Biosecurity Security of Sensitive Nuclear Information

 

CBRN Dual-Use Education (3.34 MB)

Science Council of Japan

 

29 August 2011
Japan

Presentation: A Comprehensive Approach to Solving the Dual-Use Awareness and Education Deficiency: Emerging Risks Posed by the Development of Life Sciences and Role of Scientists

Solving the Dual-Use Awareness and Education Deficiency (2.06 MB)

EMbaRC Project
Workshop on Biosecurity


1-2 September 2011
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Presentation by Cathy Bollaert:


Codes of Conduct: Education and Awareness Raising (ppt, 2.73 MB) 

Workshop on Biosecurity Report (.dox, 14kb)

European Union Joint Action in Support of the Biological Weapons Convention

Regional Workshop on National Implementation

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
22-24 June 2011

Presentation by Tatyana Novossiolova:


Dual-Use Education and Oversight of Science and Technology (ppt, 1.98MB)

Institute for Science Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester

Global Health, Global Goods, and International Community

 

Public Lecture and Two-Day Conference
1-3 June 2011

Presentation by Prof. Malcolm Dando:


iSEI Global Health Conference Presentation (196kb, ppt)

iSEI Global Health Conference Flyer (154kb)

iSEI Global Health Conference Agenda (42kb, dox)

 

International Studies Association


March 2010
Montreal, March 2010

Presentation by Prof. Malcolm Dando

 

Neuroethics and the Chemical and Biological (CBW) Web of Prevention (113kb)

British Pugwash Group


2010 Science, Ethics and Politics Competition:
Voice Your Vision: What advice would you give the next British Government on a key science or technology topic?

Winners: University of Bradford's Dr Masamichi Minehata and Dr James Revill

Essay Title: Preventing the development and use of Biological Weapons in the 21st Century: Ethics, Life Scientists and the Role of Next British Government

Rotblat Prize Essay (499kb)

IFBA International Conference

Global Biosafety and Biosecurity: Taking Action

 

15-17 February 2011
Bangkok, Thailand

 

Conference Presentation: Cathy Bollaert and Larbi BassiiConference Presentation: Cathy Bollaert and Larbi Bassii

 

See our Facebook page for photos of the conference

 

Video Conference Presentations: Workshop on Synthetic Biology and its Dual-Use


3-5 February 2011
Islamabad, Pakistan

Organized by:OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), Islamabad

National Video Conference Programme, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

 

1. Dual-Use Education: Simon Whitby and Cathy Bollaert (See Recording: Synthetic Biology Workshop COMSTECH Day1 Part3)

2. Life Scientists and the BTWC 7th Review Conference: Malcolm Dando (See Recording: Synthetic Biology Workshop COMSTECH Day2 Part2)

Science and International Security: Addressing the Challenges of WMD Proliferation and Terrorsim

Organised by: Instituto De Fusion Nuclear and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Paper: Global Awareness and Education for Biosecurity

Presented by: Prof Malcolm Dando

15 December 2010
Madrid, Spain

Dando Madrid Conference (pdf, 165 kb)

 

See: Dando's article on Senator Lugar's global cooperative threat reduction programme ideas. 

 

For photos of the Madrid Conference Presentation please see our Facebook Page

 

OECD Workshop on Open Innovation and Biosecurity: Achieving a Virtuous Balance and Dual Benefit


10 December 2010
Paris, France

Presentation by Cathy Bollaert: Codes of Conduct: Promoting Biosecurity Education

 

OECD Presentation Dec 2010 (pdf 653 kb)

BWC Meeting of States Parties


5-10 December, 2010
Geneva, Switzerland

Presentation by Dr. Masamichi Minehata and Dr. Judi Sture: Towards the 7th Review Conference: Education as a BTWC National Implementation Bradford Seminar Report

 

Education as a BTWC National Implementation(pdf. 429kb)

31st Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions:  Getting Ready for the Seventh BWC Review Conference in 2011


Geneva, Switzerland,
Saturday-Sunday 4-5 December 2010

Presentation by Dr. Simon Whitby:


 

Pugwash Dec 2010 presentation (pdf. 2kb)

University of Princeton Biosecurity Seminar Series


December 03: Dr Malcolm Dando: How the 7th Review Conference of the 2011 BWC can improve life scientists' understanding of biosecurity and the dual use dilemma'.

December 10:  Dr. Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack: Chief, Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch, Office of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations.

December 17:  Kristine A. Beardsley: Director of Biological Counterterrorism and Domestic Security Policy, National Security Staff, Executive Office of the President.

 

 

Life Scientists and the BTWC_Dando (pdf. 3.16MB)

 

Link to Lecture Recording

 

Click on this link for more information on the Biosecurity Seminar Series

 

The second annual Biosafety Association for Central Asian and the Caucasus (BACAC) Conference


10-12 November 2010
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Presentation by Dr. Masamichi Minehata:

The Conference website

  1. Dual-UseBioethicsBiosecurityTraining (pdf, 1,577kb)

Preparing for Social Responsibility: Teaching Ethics, Peace and Sustainability to Students in Science and Engineering


13-15 October 2010,
Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

Presentation by Dr. Masamichi Minehata and Dr. Judi Sture:


The Conference website

  1. Looking_at_the_Formulation_of_NationalEducationPlans (pdf, 64kb)

 

University of Bath and UNIDIR, "The Global Challenge of Biological Controls"

 


8-9 April, 2010.
Geneva, Switzerland

Dando, Malcolm R. (2010) "Advances in Neuroscience and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention", Biotechnology Reseach International http://www.sage-hindawi.com/journals/btri/aip.973851.html

 

At the Meeting of Experts to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in Genenva in August 2010, a number of project experts presented posters including the following:

Preventing the Misuse of Dual-Use Science through Education Applied Dual-Use Biosecurity Education: Online Distance Learning Train-the-Trainer Module  

 train the train poster (14kb BMP)

Biosecurity, Education, and Life Sciences: Towards a Plan of Action 2011  

 

Exeter Poster (14 kb BMP)
Dual-Use Biosecurity Education Module Resource (EMR) Design, Development and Future Utilization   BDRC poster  

Latest Activities

H5N1 Image

Seventh Review Conference Image

Japan Visit image Aug 2011

President designate logo (32kb, jpeg)

ORI RH bar (9kb)

G8 statement logo (4.16kb)

 

Pugwash prize (10.6kb)

 


 

Exeter Poster (14 kb BMP)Exeter Poster (14 kb BMP)

Exeter Poster (14 kb BMP)

Latest Event

Conference Flyer Image (BMP, 51 Kb)

ESRC-JSPS
Collaborative Seminar:
Dual-Use Education for
Life Scientists.

 

Latest Publication

Chemical Synthetic Biology Book Cover

Audio-Visual Material on
Dual-Use Bioethics:

Michael Youtube Thumb (Bmp, 36 kbs)

 

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