The 2010 International Conference on Biocontainment Facilities
March 25-26, 2010
St. Petersburg, Florida
BSL-2 * BSL-3 * ABSL-3 * BSL-3Ag
Planning * Design * Construction * Operations * Maintenance
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Imminent changes in the biosafety and biosecurity world are driving new plans for more standardized, safer, and higher-security solutions for human and animal pathogen research, vaccine development, and clinical environments. This involves decision-making on technical options, cost models, maintainability issues, construction quality assurance, operating risks, and the outlook for research futures.
In the coming months, you’ll need to deliver on new projects that comply with these changes (including projects funded by NIH-C06 & G20 grants) involving ABSL/BSL space conversions and upgrades, new buildings with containment space, and new operating initiatives for existing facilities.
1. More BSL & ABSL-rated research activity for world-wide human and animal health challenges.
This means there will be more ABSL/BSL space and more biosafety workers in your near future – either via space upgrades, conversions, or new construction. This has significant capital project and operating implications, and it raises major staffing and training issues.
2. More regulatory oversight and compliance enforcement. This means you need to get on top of the new facility design and construction standards, and the operating and reporting requirements that will have facilities planning implications.
3. Growth in the number of smaller, imbedded BSL-rated facilities. This means you’ll be lookingto insert and integrate new or expanded biocontainment suites and security measures into existing buildings or into building plans now on the drawing boards – with major capital spend, building system,and personnel circulation implications.
4. Higher levels of high-containment will be required – moving from BSL2 to BSL3/ABSL3 and 3E. This means you’ll be ratcheting up to a new level of cost, protocol, and system requirements, and you’ll be tasked to successfully deliver newer, higher levels of design and construction detail with greater complexity of project management and execution.
5. Better cost models for what BSL-rated space really costs to operate. This means you should now be using the growing body of real cost numbers for the operations and maintenance of BSL-3, 3E, ABSL-3, and BSL3-Ag facilities to inform your facilities decisions, targets for cost-reduction, and charge-back formulas.
At this conference you’ll get details from international industry leaders on the latest solutions and planning details you'll need to respond to these coming changes:
> Successful commissioning, validation, and startup strategies
> Proactive plans for increased regulatory oversight of safety & security
> Economical operations with animals (rodents, NHPs, farm, and more) – Level 2, 3 and 4
> Sustainability and energy-use-reduction initiatives
> The right solutions for renovations and space upgrades
> The latest plans for HVAC, controls, and mechanical systems
> Effective staffing, training, and retention programs
> New models of facility operations and maintenance
Make sure your institution is represented at this conference to stay on top of the new standards, policies,
and procedures for the construction, retrofitting, and safe operation of biocontainment facilities.
Plus! ALL DAY, PRE-CONFERENCE COURSE:
“Fundamentals of Biocontainment Lab Design and Project Management” (with a focus on BSL-3, ABSL-3 & BSL3Ag). This pre-conference course is designed for biosafety professionals, EH&S, researchers, scientists, architects, engineers, construction engineers, facility planners, lab managers with who have minimal experience in planning, design, or operation of biocontainment laboratories.
Plus! NIH WORKSHOP:
New NIH Design Requirements for Biomedical & Animal Research Facilities
Presented by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(New construction funded with NIH grant money must
conform to requirements set out in these guidelines.)
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If you have further questions, please email: Bio2010@TradelineInc.com or call (925) 254-1744.
This conference is the annual industry meeting for private sector, academic, and government leaders who are concerned with the construction, operations, safety, and cost-control of biocontainment operations to benchmark their plans and programs, and build on the latest successes and innovations.
•Capital Project Teams
•Engineering Managers
•Operations Directors
•Facility Directors
•Research Program Administrators
•Pathologists, Virologists, and Microbiologists
•cGMP Facility Directors
•Biological Safety/ EH&S Officers
•Animal Facility Managers
•Institutional Financial Officers
A limited number of contracted architects, engineers, builders, and consultants may apply for registration if they are attending with an owner's management team. (Please contact Tradeline to receive a special application for your attendance - Phone: (925) 254-1744 x12 or email registrar@tradelineinc.com).
