The Canadian Association for Biological Safety/L’Association Canadienne pour la Sécurité Biologique (CABS-ACSB) is happy to present the Canadian Biosafety Symposium! Join us in Saskatoon from September 17-19, 2024 for Canada’s annual event for biosafety professionals and personnel involved in biosafety and/or biocontainment facilities.
The Canadian Biosafety Symposium will feature presentations on an array of biosafety topics, including emergency management for labs, building a biosafety culture, biosafety and public health, emerging and re-emerging diseases, laboratory acquired infections, ergonomics and safety, biowaste management and disinfection, regulations, airflow, ventilation, design and biosafety, animal issues, audits and inspections, occupational health and surveillance. It will be a unique opportunity for the biosafety community to learn and share knowledge with colleagues from across Canada and other countries.
The Canadian Biosafety Symposium brings together participants working across the biosafety field in universities, government and the private sector, such as:
- Laboratory managers and administrators
- Academic and government laboratory researchers
- Government regulators
- Biocontainment professionals
- Equipment and facilities providers
- Containment facility design and operation specialists
- Risk assessment and safety specialists
The event will feature prominent containment and biosafety specialists, and will involve presentations by the Canadian and international biosafety community selected from abstracts and papers that are currently being welcomed from all sources. All topics related to biological safety are welcome.
