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International Conference on Biosafety and Laboratory
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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