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Registration was officially opened on 28 February
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Social & Tour information was updated on 18 April
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Submission of paper abstracts is now closed, however the submission of poster abstracts will remain open until 30 June
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Organised by the International Society for Biosafety Research (ISBR)

In celebration of our 10th ISBGMO we are highlighting past achievements in biosafety research on GMOs and charting future directions. Established as a biennial event since 1990 to showcase environmental biosafety research, ISBGMO brings together scientific researchers, policy makers, regulators, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and industry representatives to foster productive dialogue and multidisciplinary approaches while embracing diverse perspectives from all parts of the globe.

The 10th ISBGMO includes eight plenary sessions, four evening workshops, and posters. Each plenary session will offer presentations from 2-4 keynote speakers as well as contributed talks selected from submitted abstracts (due April 30th, 2008). In addition, a special joint ISBR/OECD session will examine risk assessment practices and explore the challenges to formulating sound regulatory decision-making.

10th ISBGMO

Plenary Sessions:

  • Biosafety: Experience and results
  • Introgression, naturalisation, and invasion
  • Abiotic and biotic stress tolerance
  • GM animals
  • Impacts on soil ecosystems
  • ISBR/OECD Session: Risk assessment - state of the art
  • Biocontainment methods
  • Post market environmental monitoring

Workshops:

  • Designing field experiments for environmental risk assessment
  • Regulators' forum
  • Novel approaches to environmental risk assessment
  • Risk communication