2021 meeting (NBN14)

The NBN meeting was arranged as a Teams webinar on 30 November 2021. It was organised by THL, Helsinki, Finland.

Table. Teams webinar, Tuesday 30th November 2021
Central European timeHelsinki timeTopicSpeaker/s
9.00 – 9.10 10.00 – 10.10 Welcome Susanna Sissonen Tuija Koivula
9.10 – 9.35 10.10 – 10.35 Update of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual Åsa Szekely Björndal (Public Health Agency of Sweden, Sweden)
9.35 – 10.05 10.35 – 11.05 ISO 5001 Standard Ulrika Allard Bengtsson (National Veterinary Institute, Sweden)
10.05 – 10.35 11.05 – 11.35 Implementation of CWA 15793/ ISO 35001 Standard in the Nordic Countries TBC, 5-10 min per each country Ulrika Allard Bengtson (National Veterinary Institute, Sweden); Susanna Sissonen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland), Denmark, Iceland
10.35 – 11.25 11.35 – 12.25 Lunch break
11.25 – 11.55 12.25 – 12.55 Climate change and emerging biothreats Olli Vapalahti (University of Helsinki, Finland)
11.55 – 12.25 12.55 – 13.25 Zoonotic antimicrobial resistance Annamari Heikinheimo (Finnish Food Authority)
12.25 – 12.55 13.25 – 13.55 Zoonotic risks of rescue dogs Heidi Rossow (Finnish Food Authority)
12.55 – 13.25 13.55 – 14.25 Coffee break
13.25 – 14.25 14.25 – 15.25 Experiences from laboratory biorisk management during the COVID-19 pandemic Each country / discussion Joakim Wistedt (Public Health Agency of Sweden); Tone Johansen (Norwegian Institute of Public Health); Carita Savolainen-Kopra (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Denmark, Iceland
14.25 – 14.30 15.25 – 15.30 Closing words