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International Conference on Biosafety and Laboratory

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8. International Conference on Biosafety and Laboratory on December 1st to 3rd 2025 in Freising near Munich, Germany

 

Venue: Stadtcafe Freising / https://maps.app.goo.gl/dmPLQHZuYYR3oLoo7

 

The simultaneous translation from English to German to English allows you to follow all talks in English and German. 

 

Our 8. International Conference on Biosafety and Laboratory invites you to two comprehensive days focused on the planning, realization, testing and operation of biosafety laboratories and animal research facilities with biosafety requirements.

 

If you have any questions or need further information, the event team is at your disposal via blaha.f@labconcert.de as well as +49 172 1050538.


Conference Program

Monday, December 1st 2025
18:00    Get together and dinner
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025
08:30   Registration and coffee
09:00   Welcome address
09:00 Claus Schweinheim / HT Lab Tec / Germany Challenges in the realization of a BSL-4 laboratory, as well as normative backgrounds for design and implementation
09:45 Dr Kathrin Summermatter / Universität Bern / Switzerland Challenges in the planning of a BSL-3 laboratory using the example of the project BB07
10:30   Coffee break
11:00 Dr Jürgen Mertsching / Mertsching Biosafety Consulting / Germany Risk assessments for BSL-3 laboratories in construction projects
11:45

Evelien Kampert / High-Risk Biosafety / Netherlands

 

Rajka Fritsch / German LabConCert / Germany

Biosafety vs. GMP and how to Combine: design and qualification practices
12:30   Lunch break
13:30 - Room B

Gary Schmidt / PRI Bio / USA

 

Benjamin Bartram-Sitzius / Paul-Ehrlich-Institut / Germany

Workshop: Understanding and verifying thermal treatment systems for better biosafety
13:30 - Room A

Volker Luh / EnviroDTS / Germany

Waste water disinfection in BSL-3 laboratories - technical requirements
14:00 - Room A

Walter Ritz / TÜV Süd / Germany

Global certification mark to certify assemblies, devices and systems worldwide according to various international regulations for BLS-3 and BSL-4 laboratories
14:30 - Room A

Fabio Blaha / German LabConCert / Germany

 

Rajka Fritsch / German LabConCert / Germany

Workshop: Creating an operation and incident matrix for a BSL-3 laboratory
19:00   Conference dinner
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025
09:00 Luis Alberto Ochoa Carrera / Michigan State University / USA Sustainable diagnostic laboratories in LMICs
09:45 Mayur Sant / AUM Technologies / India Further development of BSL-3/4 laboratories in India, as well as the continuous improvement process through the use of modular construction in high-security facilities on the subcontinent
10:30   Coffee break
11:00 Prof Dr Friederike Ebner Requirements for pig keeping for experimental purposes: project report using the example of the new BSL-2 modular building at the TU Munich
11:30 Prof Dr Benjamin Schusser / TU München / Germany Requirements for conducting animal experiments with chicken in biosafety facilities
12:00 Dr Andreas Kurth / Robert Koch-Institut / Germany Maintaining of Effluent Decontamination Systems (EDS) - Exchange of exhaust air filter elements in high-containment laboratories
12:30   Lunch break
13:30 Dr Willy Tonui / Environmental Health and Safety / Kenia Environmental risk assessments for gene drive technologies
14:00 Larbi Baassi / National Institute of Hygiene / Morocco Beyond infrastructure: Building Culture of Biosafety and Biosecurity in African Laboratories
14:30 Fabio Blaha / German LabConCert / Germany Successfull collaboration in building projects: trades, building contractors, subcontractors, consultants, clients, authorities

Simultaneous Translation

With the exception of the Workshop on "Understanding and verifying thermal treatment systems for better biosafety", which is held in English, the presentations at the conference are subject to simultaneous translation from English to German and from German to English. 

Journey and Accommodation

The event location is in Freising near Munich. Please make sure to book any hotels well in advance.

 

Freising is 15 minutes from Munich Airport via public transport and 30 minutes from Munich Main station. From Freising Main Station, the event location is 750 m by foot.

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