PROGRAM
ALL PRECONFERENCE COURSES
Conference Program
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:05 am Welcome Master of Ceremonies: TBD
Session XIII (concurrent)
Facilities and Equipment
Moderator: TBD
8:05 am A BSL-3 Pilot Plan for Food Processing: A Case Study
Margaret Juergensmeyer, PhD, RBP, Institute for
Food Safety and Health, Bedford Park, IL
8:25 am Fluorescein Analysis of an Aerosol Exposure
Chamber
Thomas Cremer, PhD, National Biosafety and
Biocontainment Training Program, Bethesda, MD
8:45 am Trends and Challenges of Large-scale Vaccine
Production in High-containment Environments
Karin Wassard, NNE Pharmaplan A/S, Gentofte,
Denmark
9:05 am A Risk-based Approach to Biocontainment Facilities:
Practical, Sustainable, and Cost-effective Solutions
Paul Langevin, PEng, Merrick and Company,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
9:25 am Right Sizing Containment Facilities
Vibeke Halkjaer-Knudsen, PhD, Sandia National
Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Session XIII (concurrent)
Program Management
Moderator: TBD
8:05 am Initiation of ABSL-3 Influenza Work Based on the
Biorisk Management System (CWA 15793:2008)
Kalpana Rengarajan, PhD, RBP, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA
8:25 am Logistic and Technical Challenges in Designing and
Constructing a High-containment Facility in the
Middle East
Les Gartner, AIA LEED GA, Smith Carter Architects
and Engineers, Atlanta, GA
8:45 am The IFBA Certification Program: Ensuring Quality
Biorisk Management Through Certification of
Professionals
Reynolds M. Salerno, PhD, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
9:05 am Integrating Safety in Science—How to Get Scientists
to Buy-in
Viji Vijayan, MD, RBP, Duke—NUS Graduate Medical
School, Singapore
9:25 am Evaluating and Improving Biosafety in Uganda and
Rwanda
Jonathan Y. Richmond, PhD, RBP, Jonathan
Richmond and Associates, Southport, NC
9:45 - 10:15 am Coffee Break
Session XIV (concurrent)
Risk Management
Moderator: TBD
10:15 am NBACC Biosafety and Biosecurity Risk Assessments:
Process and Product
Sherry Bohn, PhD, SM(NRCM), National Biodefense
Analysis Countermeasures Center, Frederick, MD
10:35 am Introduction of Live Virus to U.S. Vaccine
Manufacturing
Janice Flesher, SM(NRCM), CBSP, GlaxoSmithKline
Biologicals, Marietta, PA
10:55 am Re-aerosolization of Bacillus atropheaus from
Flooring Materials
Susan Macken, PhD, Health Protection Agency,
Salisbury, UK
11:15 am Survey of Biorisk Management in Clinical
Laboratories in Karachi, Pakistan
Shamsul Arfin Qasmi, RBP, KESC Medical Center,
Karachi, Pakistan
Session XIV (concurrent)
Health & Safety/Emergency Response
Moderator: TBD
10:15 am Liquid Nitrogen: Learning Lessons the Hard Way
Anton de Paiva, PhD, Imperial College London,
London, UK
10:35 am Description of an Accident Due to Increasing
Pressure in an Air-tight Room—Lessons Learned
and Implementation of Technical Safety Measures
Daniel Kuemin, PhD, Spiez Laboratory, Spiez,
Switzerland
10:55 am Reducing Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures Among
Clinical Participants
Scott Finkernagel, CBSP, Weill Cornell Medical
College, New York, NY
11:15 am The Dark Side of Biosafety: Trauma Scene Clean-up
Patricia Cox, PhD, RBP, Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS
11:35 am - 1:30 pm Honor Awards and Special Recognition Luncheon
Presenter: LouAnn Burnett, MS, CBSP, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award
Everett J. Hanel, Jr. Award Presentation
John H. Richardson Special Recognition Award
International and National Poster Awards
Recognition of Certified Biosafety Professionals and Registered Biosafety Professionals
Presenters: Betty Kupskay, MS, RBP, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Krista Murray, RBP, CBSP, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Session XV: Knudsen Award & Lecture
1:30 - 2:30 pm Moderator: Judy LaDuc, RBP, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Title: TBD
Speaker: TBD
2:30 - 3:00 pm Coffee Break
Session XVI: Mock IBC
Moderator: TBD
3:00 - 3:30 pm Protocol 1
3:30 - 4:00 pm Protocol 2
4:00 - 4:30 pm Protocol 3
4:30 pm Close of Conference
Master of Ceremonies