The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
46th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition

According to the event organizers: "We fully expect this year’s meeting in New Orleans to break records and be one of our most attended and highest-rated meetings ever, with more than 20,000 attendees and over 200 exhibitors.

The educational activities at The Midyear are developed to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of pharmacists and associated personnel in health systems. A dynamic venue for instruction on important issues relevant to contemporary pharmacy practice, the meeting’s five full days of continuing education sessions and networking opportunities are unmatched anywhere.

With new programming, more interactive sessions, and many notable speakers, The Midyear has something to offer everyone."

Further information about the event is available on this website.

MORE ABOUT ASHP:
According the organization: ASHP is a 35,000-member national professional association that represents pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of health care systems. ASHP is the only national organization of hospital and health-system pharmacists and has a long history of improving medication use and enhancing patient safety.

ASHP believes that the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medications.

The mission of ASHP is to advance and support the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals and health systems and serve as their collective voice on issues related to medication use and public health.

4th Annual CBRNe World Conference and Exhibition
November 1-3, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

According to the event organizers:  "The conference will bring together expert speakers from around the world, all chosen by the Editor of CBRNe World, Gwyn Winfield, they represent some of the most knowledgeable people in the field. Topics will span some of the well established areas, such as decontamination and detection, but also some of the latest challenges in the field - the convergence between hazmat and CBRN, narcotics and explosives etc."

CBRNe World further describes the features and benefits of the conference as including the following: "Expert speakers chosen from Europe, North America, South America, SE Asia, and the Middle East, chosen for their insight and threat analysis: allowing you shortcuts to best practice; delegates from over 30 countries, hear from the best civil and military organisations about how their recent attacks, exercises and research is improving their CBRN defence capability; Understand how you can bring civil and military forces together in such fields as CBRN, EOD and hazmat, to better prepare for the challenge,CBRNE exhibition of over 50 companies.Equip your organisation with some of the leading technology available."

Further information about the event is available on this website.

American Biological Safety Association
ABSA - 54th Annual Biological Safety Conference
October 27 - November 2, 2011,  Anaheim, California, USA

The Preconference Courses will cover a wide range of topics for biosafety professionals. This year's topics include:
Implementing a Laboratory Biorisk Management System
Animal Biosafety BSL-3 Facilities
Introduction to Biological Risk Assessment
BSL-3 Operations and Maintenance
Engineering for the Biosafety Professional
Aerobiology in Infectious Disease Research: Fundamental and Applied Concepts
Working Safely in a Biosafety Cabinet
The Physics Behind Biocontainment
Basic Building Blocks of Biosafety

MORE ABOUT ABSA:

According to ABSA, "The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was founded in 1984 to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world. Its goals are to provide a professional association that represents the interests and needs of practitioners of biological safety, and to provide a forum for the continued and timely exchange of biosafety information.

Affiliates of ABSA have been formed in various locations across the U.S. to stimulate ongoing training and networking opportunities at local and regional levels. ABSA is an international association representing biosafety professionals in over 20 countries. International affiliates of ABSA have been formed in Canada, Japan, Brazil and other countries abroad.
ABSA is committed to its members in four broad areas:

•Developing and maintaining professional standards for the field of biological safety
•Advancing biological safety as a scientific discipline through education and research
•Providing members sustained opportunities for biosafety communication, education and participation in the development of biological safety standards, guidelines and regulations
•Expanding biosafety awareness and promoting the development of work practices, equipment and facilities to reduce the potential for occupational illness and adverse environmental impact from infectious agents or biologically-derived materials."

Please visit the ABSA website for more information about the organization and biological safety training and conferences.

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health
October 26-30, 2011, Lille, France
According to the organizers of the event:  "The conference will highlight the vital importance of collaboration in our common efforts to address the conditions affecting lung health and HIV/AIDS...The Union World Conference on Lung Health is an enriching forum for delegates from more than 120 countries, who gather to discuss, debate and network with colleagues; strengthen anew their commitment to global health; and find health solutions for the poor and under-served".

The Conference will include:
The Stop TB Symposium organised by the World Health Organization, workshops and post-graduate courses, symposia, plenary sessions, sessions based on abstracts, and Meet- the-Expert sessions; scientific section, region and business meetings.

The theme of the event is: "Partnerships for scaling-up and care".

Further information about the conference is available on the event website.

Association of Biosafety for Australia & New Zealand (ABSANZ) Inaugural Annual Conference
Melbourne, Australia, October 10-13, 2011
Focus: Design, Maintenance and Construction for Biocontainment Facilities

The Association of Biosafety for Australia & New Zealand (ABSANZ) is a not-for-profit organisation that was founded in February 2011. The primary aim of the organization is to strengthen biosafety linkages and collaborations within Australia & New Zealand.
Further information is available on the ABSANZ website.

62nd AALAS National Meeting, October 2-6, 2011
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA

According to the organization: AALAS advances responsible laboratory animal care and use to benefit people and animals.

The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership association, is the premier forum for the exchange of information and expertise in the care and use of laboratory animals. Since 1950, we've been dedicated to the humane care and treatment of laboratory animals and the quality research that leads to scientific gains that benefit people and animals. Below is a sampling of the programs, products, and services we provide our members and the laboratory animal science community.

AALAS National Meeting. Over 200 educational presentations are made each year at our National Meeting. These seminars, platform sessions, special lectures, workshops, and round-table discussions cover a wide range of topics of interest to AALAS members and other lab animal professionals.

VII Brazilian Biosafety Congress and First Latin American Conference on Biosafety and Biosecurity - BBIC LA

September 19 to 23, 2011, in Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brazil

The core issue of this year's meeting will be: Developments on Synthetic Biology and Challenges to Biosafety.

More about ANBio from the organiazation's website: The National Biosafety Association-ANBio was created in 1999 by a group of scientists concerned with disseminating information about the advances of modern biotechnology and its control mechanisms, which are fundamental for technological incorporation and simultaneous preservation of our biological diversity. Attentive to the risks arising from laboratory and industrial activities, transport and release to the environment and other activities involving the health and agricultural sectors, target issues of ANBio, biosafety is coming up in Brazil as a multidisciplinary scientific field. Professionals from the most different areas, among others biology, biomedicine, agronomy, food science, pharmacy, chemistry, medicine, nursing, nutrition, architecture and law are brought together in this young discipline.

ANBio has cooperation agreements with different national and international public and private institutions such as FAPERJ (Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro), CNPq (National Research Council), CAPES (Coordination for
post-graduate studies), FINEP (Federal financing agency for studies and projects), FIOCRUZ (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), UNIVERCIDADE (one of the greatest private universities of Rio de Janeiro), UNEP, ABSA and ISAAA, with the aim to
train professionals in the field of biosafety and related sciences. During the same period, ANBio organized two national congresses and two Latin American symposia, which gathered about 1000 professionals from Brazil, Latin America, Europe, the United States, Canada and Asia. The events had great repercussion in the national and international press and caused widespread opinion building
impact in the field of modern biotechnology. During the II Brazilian Biosafety Congress (photo 1), ANBio offered a scholarship for a training period at the biggest biosafety research center of the world, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention-CDC, Atlanta, USA, to a Brazilian professional.

Further information is available on the event website.

VMA  5th Annual  Manufacturers EXPO - 2011
September 22nd, 2011
Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida

Further information is available on the VMA website.

SEBSA -Southeastern Biological Safety Association - August 15th 2011
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona Orlando, Florida, USA

According the the event organizers this will be the "inaugural biosafety event in the Sunshine State. We are meeting in beautiful Orlando to discuss the formation/ re-invigoration of a biosafety chapter in the Southeast." The event will have a full agenda including:
• UF Director Genetics Dr. Ken Berns discussing viral vectors
• ABSA Representatives
• Biosafety Professionals from private, public, and government
• NIH/OBA, USDA.

The event will also provide networking opportunities for Florida and Georgia biosafety professionals.

The contact for this event is Chris Jenkins, Biological Safety Officer, Scripps Florida.

Biosafety, Biosecurity & Biodefence International Congress & Exhibition
July 18-20, 2011
Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur

According to the organizers of the congress, the objectives of the event are to provide:

•A forum for researchers from government agencies, higher learning institutions, industry and private sectors to discuss recent developments on the practices, challenges, and strategies in biosafety, biosecurity, and biodefence in the Asia Pacific region
• A platform to discuss effective strategies to prevent biocrime through implementation of biosafety, biosecurity, and biodefence measures
• Identify and address gaps in Asia Pacific biosafety, biosecurity, and biodefence
• Networking with experts to exchange the latest scientific findings and experiences"

Topics Include:
• Strengthening Regional Collaboration
• Biorisk management principles
• Biocontainment
• Regional and International Strategies for BioSecurity
• Biosecurity: The Immediate Challenges & Proven Threats
• BioSafety in Health care, Agriculture and Defence
• Synthetic Biology
• Public Health and Security: A Global & Regional Challenge
• Agriculture and Food Safety
• Detection Methods and Instruments
• Modelling of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
• Emergency response and Crisis Management

Further information is available on this website.