Call for Abstracts

Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the environment is an international conference bringing together a broad range of expertise to discuss practical and effective biosecurity practices. Biosecurity is a major economic, environmental and social concern throughout the world. This is the first international conference to be held in Australia with a focus on agricultural and environmental biosecurity. It will provide a unique opportunity for representatives from research bodies, governments, agricultural industries, environmental organisations, and other relevant groups to keep up-to-date on world’s best practice.

Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the environment is being held in Brisbane, Australia, 28 February to 3 March 2010. We now invite abstract submissions for presentations and posters.

Conference streams for Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the environment are listed below. Abstract submissions should be 300 words in length and relate to one of the topics listed under each stream from a national or international perspective:

DRIVERS — What makes biosecurity so important? Topics include:

  • Biosecurity: is it just a fad or is it a real global issue?
  • Keeping exotic species out of your country: is it the right approach or should you just manage them when they arrive?
  • Biosecurity and food security: what are the impacts of getting it wrong?
  • Bioterrorism: is the threat real, or are we jumping at shadows?

THREATS and IMPACTS — Understanding risks is the first step in analysing and planning to address biosecurity issues. Topics include:

  • Exotic species (new and established): What are the real economic, social and environmental impacts?
  • New technologies: what is being done to improve surveillance, diagnostic and impact analysis tools?
  • Traditional science and its role in biosecurity: do we need new technologies?

KNOWLEDGE — The ability to get the right information at the right time can be a challenge, with so many agencies and organisations involved across the biosecurity continuum. What information is available, how are you sharing it and what systems underpin it? Topics include:

  • Knowledge from farm to market: how do we achieve harmonisation of knowledge?
  • Global knowledge: is there a need for new and effective strategies to share knowledge from databases?
  • Maintaining the required human capacity for biosecurity: what can be done to address the challenge?

SYSTEMS — Policy, regulation and operational procedures underpin all biosecurity planning and responses. Is a best practice approach possible? Topics include:

  • Biosecurity research and policy: how do we bridge the divide?
  • Biosecurity policy: should we regulate for the worst or anticipate the best?
  • Biosecurity response in practice: what has been learned from past incursions?

Abstracts submissions have closed