4th National Institutional Biosafety Committee Forum 7 - 8 June 2011

4th National Institutional Biosafety Committee Forum - Presentations

Program (PDF 128 KB)

Welcome and opening

Keynote address (PDF 4.7 MB) (Professor Peter Rathjen, Vice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania)

OGTR: Updates and achievements (PDF 336 KB) (Dr Joe Smith, Gene Technology Regulator)

Session 1 – Changes to the Gene Technology Regulations

Overview of amendments to the Gene Technology Regulations (PDF 207 KB) (Dr Kylie Tattersall, Regulatory Practice)

Gene Technology Amendment Regulations 2011: requirements for undertaking NLRDs (PDF 716 KB) (Alceo Turello, Legal Unit)

Changes to the Guidelines for Certification, Transport, Storage and Disposal (PDF 192 KB) (Andrew Keal, Applications and Licence Management)

Session 2 –Contained dealings: DNIRs and NLRDs

DNIR applications: the assessment process and risk analysis (PDF 613 KB) (Dr Rebecca Newton, Contained Dealings Evaluation)

Changes to the classification of Notifiable Low Risk Dealings (PDF 139 KB) (Dr Jeremy Turner, Contained Dealings Evaluation)

Changes to the classification of viral vectors (PDF 345 KB) (Maryanne Shoobridge, Contained Dealings Evaluation)

Guidance on work practices for viral vector dealings reclassified from DNIR to NLRD (PDF 160 KB) (Dr Liesa Hindmarsh, Contained Dealings Evaluation)

Session 4 – Biosecurity and the research community

Overview of the Biological Weapons Convention (PDF 779 KB) (Associate Professor Christian Enemark, Australian National University - National Centre for Biosecurity)

Ethical/dual use considerations in creating GMOs (PDF 1.8 MB) (Professor Ian Ramshaw, Australian National University - National Centre for Biosecurity)

The revised “National Framework for the Development of Ethical Principles in Gene Technology” – aspirations and implementation (PDF 216 KB) (Professor Don Chalmers, University of Tasmania)

Session 5 – Intentional releases, and preventing Unintentional releases

DIR applications: the assessment process and risk analysis (PDF 326 KB) (Dr Brian Weir, Plant Evaluation)

Licence contingency planning: observations and lessons learnt from recent floods and cyclones PDF 672 KB)(Greg Barber, Monitoring)

Session 6 – Monitoring and compliance

Monitoring of contained dealings and intentional release licences (PDF 146 KB)(Greg Barber, Monitoring)

Compliance and Corporate Responsibility (PDF 217 KB) (Alceo Turello, Legal Unit)

Lessons learned from practice reviews and audits (PDF 289 KB) (Shaun Andrews, Compliance)