Biosafety and Biosecurity Symposium - Deepen Your Knowledge

We warmly invite you to attend the Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA) Symposium—an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of biosafety and biosecurity and connect with professionals in the field.

📅 Date: June 4, 2025
📍 Location: The Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, MD
💻 Attend In-Person or Virtually

🔗 Register for the Symposium

Keynote Presentations

🔬 Alvin Smith, NASA
Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Planetary Protection Center for Excellence & JPL Backward Planetary Protection Lead for Mars Sample Return
📌 Topic: Containment Measures Related to Planetary Protection during Mars Missions

♿ Joey Ramp-Adams, Founder, Empower Ability Consulting, Inc.
📌 Topic: Mobility Issues and Accommodations in Biological Laboratories

Panel Discussion: Laboratory Sustainability

💡 Panelists:

• Elizabeth Main, Director, University of Maryland, Sustainability & Special Projects, Office of Facilities & Operations
• Juan Osorio, Senior Biocontainment Engineer, World BioHazTec
• Sean Sharp, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, Hood College

Technical Presentations

🌱 From Labs to Fields: Building an Integrated Regional Framework for Agricultural Biorisk Management
📍 Ken Shenge, USDA

🔄 Protecting the Sacred Timeline: The Joys and Frustrations of Functional Exercises
📍 Matt Fischer, University of Maryland Baltimore

🧪 Best Laid Plans: Overcoming Challenges to Biodecontamination
📍 Elizabeth Massoth, CURIS System

🏥 Strategies for Designing and Implementing a Culture of Safety
📍 Meghan Seltzer, The MITRE Corporation

⚡ Energy Recovery in Liquid Decontamination Systems
📍 Jacob Moran, PRI Systems

🦠 Applications of Phage Therapy
📍 Dan Eisenmann, Advarra

Thank you all for your continued support of ChABSA and the greater biosafety community. We look forward to seeing you in person or online!

Best regards,
ChABSA Council