Biological Weapons Convention – Eighth Review Conference
Side events
Side Events
Provisional Summary Sheet of Sides Events -- last updated 09/11/2016
Monday 7 November:
Germany: The Wiesbaden Process - Enhancing the Role of Industry in Combatting the Proliferation of WMD -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV
Disarmament Dynamics: Civil Society Briefing: Understanding the BWC Eighth Review Conference -- 13.00 -15.00 Room XXV
Tuesday 8 November:
Germany: Confidence in Compliance - Peer Review Visits as a Useful Tool for Increased Transparency -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV
King's College London, UK Ministry of Defence and UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Film Screening of "Inside Porton Down" -- 18.00-20.00 Room XXIV
Wednesday 9 November:
UPMC Center for Health Security: Safety and Security of Synthetic Biology -- 9.00-10.00 Room XXV
Hamburg Research Group for Biological Weapons Arms Control: Open Source Information for Transparency Building - Launch of an Online Information Tool -- 9.00-10.00 Room XXIV
International Office for Innovation in Reducing Crime (IOIRC): The OPBW- Is it Time? -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXI
Russian Federation: Operationalizing mobile biomedical units to deliver protection against biological weapons, investigate their alleged use and contribute to the suppression of epidemics of various origin: Presentation of draft decision -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV
King’s College London, University College London, Sussex University and Switzerland: "Book launch of ‘Biological Threats in the 21st Century’ -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXV
Thursday 10 November:
Switzerland: Update on Two Workshops at Spiez Laboratory: Building a Network of Analytical Biological Laboratories and Examining Science and Technological Developments in the Area of the Convergence of Biology and Chemistry -- 9.00-10.00 Room XXIV
- UNSGM Designated Laboratories Workshop Report, Spiez, Switzerland, 22 – 24 June 2016
- Spiez CONVERGENCE, Report on the second workshop, 5–8 September 2016
Canada: Global Health Security Agenda Biosafety and Biosecurity Action Package: Lessons learned and next steps for the implementation of the Action Package -- 9.00-10.00 Room XXV
- Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Denmark: International Activities
- Global Health Security Agenda: Introducing an Analytical Approach to Strengthen Global Capacity for Pathogen Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Biosecurity: A Corner Stone
- GHSA in Broader Context: Linkages to the Global Partnership, BWC and UNSCR 1540
UNICRI: Identifying Needs and Providing Tailored Solutions: The Experience of the National CBRN Action Plan -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXI
- CBRN National Action Plan of Montenegro
- Present and future bio-risks : Highlights from the National Action Plans
- Lessons Learned from Project 53 on Bio-safety and Bio-security in Central Asian Countries
GCSP, GET, VERTIC and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Addressing the Biosecurity Governance Challenges Posed by the Ebola Epidemic -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV
- GCSP - Global Biosecurity
- VERTIC - Regulatory Framework in Ebola affected Countries
OPCW: Science Advice at the OPCW -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXV
- The Hague Ethical Guidelines: Applying the norms of the practice of chemistry to support the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity, Emergency Response and Medical Countermeasures
- The Role of Designated Laboratories
- OPCW Scientific Advisory Board
- Science Advice and Policy-Maker Engagement in Support of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Friday 11 November:
WHO and USA: The New Health Emergencies Program and Emergency Medical Teams Initiative -- 9.00-10.00 Room XXIV
EU: EU Council Decision 2016/51/CFSP in Support of the BWC Implemented by UNODA: State of Play -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV
Monday 14 November:
UNIDIR, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France: Implementing Article VII of the BWC: Challenges and Opportunities. Lessons Learned from a Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on the Implementation of Article VII of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXV
- Implementing Article VII of the BTWC: Challenges and Opportunities
- Article VII of the BTWC: Some Issues for Further Consideration
Tuesday 15 November:
EBRF and Denmark: Immaterial Technology with Dual-Use Potential -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV
- Immaterial technology with dual-use potential
- Working paper: Securing immaterial technology with dual-use potential
UNICRI and FBI: Understanding and Mitigating Emerging and Future Risks in the Life Sciences: The International Network on Biotechnology -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXV
- Biotech scenarios : A framework for thinking about emerging and future risks in biotechnology
- The XXI Century Biotech Renaissance : Learning from and innovating the EU CBRN CoE project 18
- International Network on Biotechnology : How it will look.
- Emerging risks related to Biotechnology : A case study of current and future challenges to cybersecurity, the economy, and health.
US National Academy of Sciences: Science Advising Relevant to the BWC: Initiatives from the InterAcademy Partnership and its Members -- 13.00- 15.00 Room XI
- Assessing Trends in Science and Technology
- Science Advice and the BWC: Initiatives from the InterAcademy Partnership and its Members
Tuesday 22 November:
VERTIC: BWC Implementing Legislation Analysis and Online Legislative Assistance Tool -- 13.00-15.00 Room XXIV