Program & Speakers   Pre-Conference Workshops (3- 4 May 2011) (Day 1) 3 May 2011 Time Topic Speakers 9am - 5pm Workshop 1: Aerobiology – Principles & Application Deborah E. Wilson Div. of Occupational Health and Safety, ORS, National Institutes of Health, USA 9am - 5pm Workshop 2: Biocontainment Engineering for the Asia-Pacific Region James Sandy Ellis Merrick Canada ULC, Canada Gilles Tremblay Merrick Canada ULC, Canada   (Day 2) 4 May 2011 Time Topic Speakers 9am - 12 noon Workshop 3: Biosafety in the Care and Use of Non-Human Primates Julia K. Hilliard Georgia State University, USA Bryan Emmett Ogden SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre, Singapore 9am - 12 noon Workshop 4: IBC Training & Workshop – Structure, Role and Responsibility of IBC for a Sustainable Biosafety Management Program Debra Hunt Duke University/ Duke University Health System, USA 9am - 12 noon Workshop 5: Biosafety Cabinet – Your 1st line of defense; What you should know about selection, certification, operations and maintenance Joe Masella Germfree Laboratories, USA Chua Teck Mean Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore 2pm - 5pm Workshop 6: Development of a Biorisk Management Program – What you need to know Debra L. Hunt Duke University/ Duke University Health System, USA 2pm - 5pm Workshop 7: Animal Facility Design – Biosafety Issues and Challenges Posed by Different Animal Models James Sandy Ellis Merrick Canada ULC, Canada Bryan Emmett Ogden SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre, Singapore 2pm - 5pm Workshop 8: Disinfection & Decontamination – What you need to know to do it right. Jay Krishnan Public Health Agency of Canada Catherine Robertson Public Health Agency of Canada   Conference (5- 6 May 2011) (Day 3) 5 May 2011 Time Topic Speakers   OPENING   9am - 10.10am Welcome Message by A-PBA President Chua Teck Mean Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore   Welcome Message by BAS President Ling Ai Ee / Lynette Oon Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Keynote Speech by Founding President of A-PBA and BAS Ling Ai Ee SingHealth & Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Global Biosafety     Building International Biosafety Communities Maureen Ellis MCE Consulting, Canada   One Health Approach to Global Biosafety Pawin Padungtod FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand Andrew Davis OIE Sub-Regional Representation for South East Asia, Thailand 10.10am - 10.30am Tea Break   10.30am - 12.30 noon Practical Biosafety in A Pandemic Objective: To discuss situations that the clinicians/ ID Physicians, Pathologists, Diagnosticians, Microbiologists and Technologists on the ground, forensic pathologists and legislators have encountered, which have biosafety challenges. Presenters will draw on their experiences in previous pandemics such as the 2003 SARS epidemic and the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic, which will illustrate the problems and their solutions to what they faced. The panel will focus on laboratory issues and one presenter will also discuss how a working risk assessment of the organism is done, prior to complete information being available at the time. Each speaker will give a short presentation and this will be followed by a round table discussion. Moderator: Ling Ai Ee SingHealth & Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Clinician/ ID Physician’s Perspective Paul Ananth Tambyah National University Hospital, Singapore   Diagnostician/ Microbiologist/ Researcher’s Perspective Ooi Eng Eong DSO National Laboratories & Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore   Forensic Pathologist’s Perspective Paul Chui Health Sciences Authority, Singapore   Animal Pathologist’s Perspective Ralph M. Bunte Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore   Microbiologist to Discuss “Risk Assessment on The Fly” Lynette Oon Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Legislator’s Perspective Se Thoe Su Yun Biosafety Legislative Branch, Ministry of Health, Singapore   Round Table Discussion and Q & A All Session (2) Speakers 12.30 noon - 1.30pm Lunch   1.30pm - 3.30pm Tuberculosis (Round Table Discussion) Objective: Biosafety challenges faced by those working with tuberculosis in the laboratory. Moderator: Timothy Barkham Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore   Laboratory Acquired Tuberculosis Infections Sng Li-Hwei Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Aerobiology as It Pertains to Tuberculosis Deborah E. Wilson Div. of Occupational Health and Safety, ORS, National Institutes of Health, USA   Masks and Other PPE : How Much Protection Do We Get From Them Julian WT Tang National University Hospital, Singapore   Animals in Research and Tuberculosis Bryan Emmett Ogden SingHealth & Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Establishing a TB Lab Network Based on A Risk Assessment Maureen Ellis MCE Consulting, Canada   Medical Surveillance Gregory Chan Work Health & Safety INC, Singapore   Round Table Discussion and Q & A All Session (3) Speakers 3.30pm - 4pm Tea Break   4pm - 4.40pm Biosafety Cabinets in Asia-Pacific : Issues and Challenges Ahead Objective: To address the issues of thousands of biosafety cabinets in the Asia-Pacific Region that need urgent attention in its use, maintenance and certification Moderator: Chua Teck Mean Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore   Current Issues of Biosafety Cabinets in Public and Animal Health Laboratory Pawin Padungtod FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand Robert Heckert Robert Heckert Consulting, LLC, USA   Is Your Biosafety Cabinet Safe? Understanding criteria in BSC Certification Robert Heckert Robert Heckert Consulting, LLC, USA Pawin Padungtod FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand   Round Table Discussion and Q & A All Session (4) Speakers 4.40pm - 5pm Adjourn to A-PBA Annual General Meeting (AGM)   5pm - 6.30pm A-PBA AGM   6.30pm End of day 1           (Day 4) 6 May 2011 Time Topic Speakers 9am - 11am High Containment Lab : What is Practical for Developing Countries? Moderator: Barbara Johnson Barbara Johnson and Associates, LLC, USA   Local Biosafety and Engineering Capacity Building: BSL-3 projects in Myanmar and Thailand Felix Gmuender Basler & Hofmann Pte Ltd, Singapore   Korea’s Experience Hee Il, Lee Korea CDC   NIHRD, Indonesia’s Experience Pretty Sasono National Institute of Health Research and Development, MOH, Republic of Indonesia   Bangladesh’s Experience Asadulghani ICDDR, Bangladesh   Philippines’ Experience TBD   The FAO-APBA Experience : Practical Approach in High Containment for Developing Countries Pawin Padungtod FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand Robert Heckert Robert Heckert Consulting, LLC, USA Chua Teck Mean Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore 11am - 11.30am Tea Break   11.30am - 1pm Biosafety Practitioners Competence Moderator: Maureen Ellis MCE Consulting, Canada   CEN WS 53 Biosafety Professional Esmeralda Prat Bayer CropScience, Belgium   IFBA International Recognition Program for Biosafety Professionals Michelle McKinney Sandia National Laboratories, USA   Japanese Certification System for Biosafety Specialists Tsutomu Miki Kurosawa Osaka University Medical School, Japan   Expansion of The Biosafety Training Network Deborah E. Wilson Div. of Occupational Health and Safety, ORS, National Institutes of Health, USA Murray Cohen Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation, USA 1pm -2pm Lunch   2pm - 3pm Animal Biosafety : Necropsy and Post-mortem Issues Moderator: Viji Vijayan Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore   Safe Practices for Animal Necropsies Bryan Emmett Ogden SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre, Singapore Ralph M. Bunte Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore   Considerations for Challenges in Developing Countries (Vietnam) Tung Nguyen National Centre for Veterinary Diagnostics, Vietnam   Considerations for Challenges in Developing Countries (Thailand) Stuart D. Blacksell Mahidol University, Thailand 3pm - 3.30pm Tea Break   3.30pm - 4.40pm IBC : The Growing Importance and Role of IBC (Round Table Discussion) Moderator: Lynette Oon Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   Importance and Role of IBC in USA and Globally Debra Hunt Duke University/ Duke University Health System, USA   Development of SingHealth IBC Singapore Ling Ai Ee SingHealth & Singapore General Hospital, Singapore   The Role and Activities of GMAC and Collaboration with Local IBCs Prakash Kumar National University of Singapore, Singapore   Challenges faced by IBC in a University setting in Singapore Gan Yunn Hwen National University of Singapore, Singapore 4.40pm - 4.50pm Round Table Discussion and Q & A All Session (8) Speakers 4.50pm - 5pm Closing Ceremony   5pm End of day 2     * Program and speakers maybe subjected to changes without prior notice
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