Draft CBS 2012 Program
2012 Canadian Biosafety Symposium Draft Program
June 4-7, 2012
Vancouver, British Colombia
Monday, June 4th
9:00 – 4:00 Pre-Symposium Course
Laboratory Biosecurity – Assessing the Risks and Developing a Plan to Address These
Public Health Agency of Canada
Tuesday, June 5th
9:00 – 12:00 Pre-Symposium Course
Investigating the root cause of incidents: Human Factors
David Bryant, The Health Protection Agency
12:30 – 3:00 – Optional Off-Site Tour of Containment Facility
2:00 – 5:00 – Exhibitor Set up
3:00 – 5:30 – 2012 CABS Biosafety Officer’s Meeting
6:30 – 8:30 – Opening Reception
June 6, 2012
7:00-8:00 – Continental Breakfast, Registration8:00-8:05 – Welcome, Master of Ceremonies
8:05-8:15 – Opening Address (Neil Chin, Public Health Lead, Biosafety, Biosecurity & Biohazard Containment, BCCDC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory)
8:15-9:10 – Keynote Speaker (To Be Confirmed)
Session 1
9:10-10:10 – Panel Discussion on Ethical Consideration in Science and Regulations10:10-10:30 – Exhibit and Coffee Break
Session 2
10:30-11:30 - Facilitated discussion that touches on the conference theme. The purpose of this session is to allow for maximum delegate participation in exploring and developing knowledge amongst people who share ideas, challenges and opportunities. Each of the speakers from the previous panel will participate in framing the discussion with a succinct introduction, facilitate the discussion to ensure broad participation, and summarize the key points at the close of the session. Participants will be provided discussion questions for consideration before the Symposium. – Facilitated by Renee Carriere, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Biosafety Training Partnership11:30-1:30 - Exhibitor Time, Lunch, Poster Presentations
1:00-1:30 – Poster Presentation (presenters must be present)
Session 3
Death Investigation | Biosafety Considerations |
| 1:30-1:50 – Biosafety in Death Investigation, Adam Denmark, SmithGroupJJR | Case Study: How to accommodate multi private users in BSL1 and BSL2 facility?, Jean Phillippe Chenel, Innovation et Developpement Economique Trois-Rivieres |
| 1:50-2:10 – Reducing Biohazard Exposure Through The Use of Anatomy Downdraft Dissection Tables When Working With Unfixed Cadavers in Academic Environments, John Featherstone, Diamond Schmitt Architects | Establishing a web-based training and laboratory information management system at the University of British Columbia Facility for Infectious Disease and Epidemic Research (FINDER), Haiyan Yang, University of British Columbia, FINDER |
| 2:10-2:30 – Containment Level 3 Autopsy Suite Logistics and Design, Kevin Humeniuk, Smith Carter Architects & Engineers | The Auditors are Coming, The Auditors are Coming!, Jennifer Stanley, University of Western Ontario |
| 2:30-2:40 – Question and Answers | Question and Answers |
| 2:40-3:00 – Exhibit and Break | |
| 3:00-3:20 - Tissue Digesters – Effluent, Efficacy and Costs, Gary Schmidt, PRI-Bio | The Challenges with Biosafety Processes when Dealing with Rabies Suspects at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Andrea Smida, University of Saskatchewan |
| 3:20-3:40 – Study of the differences between BSL 1,2,3 and 4 for biowastge rooms and liquid treatment systems, Carlyle conn | Facilities, Flows and Primary Containment Considerations in Rabies Diagnostic Laboratories, Mark Fitzgerald, HDR Inc. |
| 3:40-4:00 – Question and Answers | Question and Answers |
June 7, 2012
7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast
Session 4
8:00-8:40 Practical, sustainable ideas for improving biosafety in low-resource environments, Robert Heckert, The Elizabeth R. Griffin Foundation8:40-9:40 International Panel
9:40-10:00 – Exhibit and Break
Session 5
10:00-10:30 - Biosecurity Risk Assessment for the infectious diseases research center of a large pharmaceutical company, Mireille Cartier, Boerhringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.10:30-11:00 – Biological Non-Proliferation in Canada – The Consequences of the Biological and toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference, C. Andrew Haliday, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
11:00-11:30 Proposed Regulatory Amendments to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms): Meeting the Proposed Exemption Criteria and Reporting Requirements, Arash Shahsavarani, Environment Canada
11:30-12:00 Update on the Development of the Canadian Biosafety Standards and Guidelines (CBSG), Marnie Fiebig, Public Health Agency of Canada
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Session 6
1:00-1:30 - Developing Emergency Response Plans with Multiple Stakeholders, Susan Fern-MacDougall, University of Toronto1:30-2:00 – Mock Emergency Extrication Drills from Containment Level 3 Laboratories at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Julie Russo Introito, Public Health Agency of Canada
2:00-2:30 – The Importance of Human Factors and Health Reliability in Reducing Adverse Incidents in Laboratories, David Bryant, The Health Protection Agency
2:30-2:50 – Exhibit and Break
Session 7
2:50-3:20 - Déjà vu, are we returning to the 1970’s: Does new technology revive old concerns?, Lois Sowden-Plunkett, University of Ottawa3:20-3:50 – 3:20-3:40 - Implementation of an Integrated Design, Commissioning and Validation Process for High Containment Facilities: Lessons Learned at the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, UK, Steven Copping, Institute for Animal Health, UK
3:50-4:00 - Closing
