17. Export Compliance for the Biosafety Professional

A distance learning opportunity
June 14, 2024
12:00 – 2:30pm (CDT)

Registration for the live webinar must be completed 1 business day prior to the start of the training.
Registrations received after will receive access to the recording only.

Export Compliance for the Biosafety Professional is designed to help biosafety officers and other professionals understand how U.S. export control laws and regulations intersect with the roles and responsibilities of a biosafety administrator. The webinar will discuss the regulatory framework governing exports from the United States, how to navigate export compliance challenges in academic and medical research environments, and best practices for handling biological exports while maintaining safety and security. 

Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Paraphrase the general framework of U.S. Export Controls regulations
• Recognize overlapping areas of expertise and responsibility between biosafety officers and export control officers
• Identify export-controlled material common to academic and medical research
• Develop strategies to address future compliance challenges
• Incorporate appropriate export compliance messages that will resonate with the target audience when providing training

The webinar will be presented by the following subject matter experts:
Jessica Buchanan, PhD, Research Security and Export Compliance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Quinton Johnson, JD, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Wesley Johnson, PhD, Microbiologist, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

• Biosafety professionals in academic and other research institutions.
• Anyone who regularly communicates about biosafety with the public or non-biosafety professionals

This course has been approved for 0.25 CM points toward RBP/CBSP recertification. ABSA International is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.^® Program. This course is approved for 3.00 P.A.C.E.^® contact hours. The links to the various invitations for the course will be unique to the user and cannot be shared. The links are for single, individual use only. If more than one occurrence of an individual’s name is on the attendee list for the webinar through Zoom platform, all instances of that person’s name will be removed from the webinar with no refund. The webinar and its associated links are for single, individual use only.