4th Meeting of the
International Biosafety Working Group
Seacliff A, Hyatt Hotel
San Francisco, CA
Sunday, October 20, 2002

Draft Agenda

1:30

Welcome and Introduction

    M. Best, President, ABSA
    Minutes of Previous Meeting
    Goals/Objectives 4th Meeting

1:45

Updates from Associations, Working Groups

    JBSA, ABSACanada, EBSA, ANBio, VetBiosafety, Level 4 Users, WHO BAG, Russia, Singapore
    (3-5 minutes each)

2:15

Update from Previous Business

    International Compendium (J. Batencourt)
    Risk Group / Biosafety Level Comparisons (B. Hawley)
    Core Biosafety Course Curriculum (S. Wagener)

3:00

Bioterrorism Impacts on Biosafety

    Proliferation of BSL-4 Laboratories
    Global High Security Action Group BSL-4 Meeting (S. Wagener)

3:30

Break

4:00

Shipping and Transportation

    Regulatory Update (P. Holeman, N. Previsani)

4:30

Other Issues and Next Steps

    Next Meeting: May 2003 EBSA, Lyon
    Sept. 2003, ANBio, Brazil

5:00

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