Best Practice (BP) meetings provide individuals the opportunity to identify, share and discuss best practices that are used to satisfying compliance responsibilities associated with an organization biosafety programs. During BP meetings, individuals representing programs from across the country present materials and facilitate discussions on best practices used by their organizations to satisfy the regulatory requirements.

Additional meeting details:  https://ibcadministrators.com/meetings

Proposed Meeting Agenda*

*   Registrants will be individually contacted and ask for suggestions on agenda topics.  The objective is to ensure we are discussing topics according to the needs of our meeting participants.  Current potential agenda topics:

1. An overview of the NIH Guidelines;
2. Bio-Therapeutics case study discussion;
3. Understanding the NIH rDNA Risk Groups;
4. Harmonizing IBC and IACUC activities;
5. IBC oversight of animal containment facilities;
6. the protocol review process;
7. CRISPR-Cas9 technology;
8. Dual Use;
9. Biohazards in a teaching lab;
10. Synthetic biology oversight;
11. The use of hazardous agents in animals; and
12. any other ideas offered by meeting attendees.

Meeting Logistics

When:                        November 28-29, 2018

Where:                       Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel

                                    3549 Chestnut St.

                                    Philadelphia, PA 19104

                                    Phone:  215-387-8000

Lodging:

A limited number of rooms at a conference rate of $169 has been reserved to accommodate those attending the IBC Administrators Best Practice Meeting.  To secure, the room rate guests should make hotel reservations no later than October 27, 2018 by accessing the following site:  IBC Administrators Meeting (OR copy and paste the following link into a web browser) https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/IBCADMIN
 

** Please book your hotel through the meeting portal https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/IBCADMIN

** If you must call the hotel refer to the group as “IBC Administrators Meeting”

Registration Fees:

• IBC Association Members Rates:  $235   
• Non-members:  $335 (Until September 1, 2018) and $385 (Late registration)

*Save on registration fees by securing a membership in the IBC Administrator (https://ibcadministrators.com)!

* $250 is the membership fee for the IBC Administrators Association; we encourage you to complete the membership application and sign-up to attend our meeting as a Biosafety Administrators Associate Member.

The BSAA will not be responsible for any losses incurred by registrants including, but not limited to, airline cancellation charges or hotel deposits. The program agenda is subject to change without notice.

For questions related to program contents:  Contact Bill Greer at wggreer@umich.edu