Past events & courses

ABSA is co-sponsoring the Workshop on Advancing Containment Practices in Animal Research, taking place March 18–19, 2026 in Atlanta, GA. This in-person workshop presented by the Eagleson Institute and AALAS brings together professionals from across animal research, biosafety, veterinary medicine, occupational health, and facility operations for case-based, cross-disciplinary discussion focused on real-world containment challenges. Registration is open on the Workshop website: www.eagleson.org/aalas

Webinar by Julianne L. Baron Increasing reliance on the internet and technology in research and biomedical laboratories has opened these organizations up to increased focus for cyberattacks. 

Hyatt Regency, St. Julians, MaltaAfter successfully completing this course, you will receive a BRMI training certificate acknowledging your competency to lead a team of auditors assessing conformity with ISO35001:2019 for laboratories.  Exemplar Global has certified this course and offers additional certification and credits for all successful participants. By learning the unique aspects of the ISO 35001 biorisk management system, you will also be able to assist in the successful implementation of this management system standard in your own organization and perform internal audits.

In this session, we’ll explore the impact of heat-generating equipment inside a BSC and uncover what the science truly says about airflow, contamination risk, and user protection. Hosted by Baker

Instructor Matthias Bittner The course explains why the standard for microbiological safety cabinets (BSCs) EN12469:2000 needed updating. How the European standards group came into being for the review. How such an international group operates. The renewed European standard EN12469:2025 is presented, along with its main features and published parts. It details the changes to performance criteria, their testing and the servicing of the devices. It also explains what to look out for when purchasing, installing and routinely maintaining BSCs.

Chișinău, Republic of Moldova

The symposium will present a highly relevant and interesting program exploring the theme of cultivating bio-Innovation for a sustainable future. This symposium will feature scientific exchange between the world’s leading experts on diverse sustainable bio-innovation, biotechnology and biosafety topics through a comprehensive program of plenary, parallel, workshop and poster sessions.  

Location: Raleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh Convention Center, US

In spring 2024, the International Organization for Standardization, ISO, published the technical specification ISO/TS5441:2024 Competence Requirements for Biorisk Management Advisors (BMA). ISO/TS5441 compiles all information on required knowledge, skills and experience a biorisk management advisor should have to provide competent advice to an organization under a given context, that is, based on the types of activities with biological material and their risk. ISO/TS5441 helps you to demonstrate and update your competence and it supports organization on how to define their competence need and how to choose a BMA. ISO/TS5441 has been designed by biosafety experts from different countries around the globe based on consensus, thus being a truly international specification. The course will inform BMA of all degree of expertise and fields of activities on how ISO/TS5441 supports biorisk management advice activities. ISO/TS5441 can be purchased from national standardization organisations.  The document cannot be shared as proprietary. However, this is not a prerequisite for attending the course.