We are delighted to announce our forthcoming side event on 9 December 2025 at the Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland called: Implementing Biosecurity Education: The development of a pilot IBSEN up to the 2027 Review Conference.
Featuring international speakers from Brazil and Japan, as well as BSRC Staff, Professor Lijun Shang (Director), Ms. Olivia Ibbotson (PhD Candidate) and Ms Kathryn Millett (Research Associate), the side event will summarise the IBSEN project achievements to date and highlight the rapid transition of biosecurity education from broad concepts into a dynamic and diverse field of practice encompassing the development of biosecurity education materials and innovative means of implementation. The side event will also present several exciting case studies to showcase the activities embedded within the different stages of the IBSEN project. Finally, we will explore how this IBSEN pilot project could support biosecurity education on the strengthening of the BWC and stimulate discussion informing further development of an official International Biological Security Education Network with all stakeholders.
Participation is in person only from 09:00-09:45 in Palais des Nations Building A, Room V.