International perspectives on mitigating laboratory biorisks / prepared by International Biological Threat Reduction Program. Sandia National Laboratories electronic resource

Printed December 2010. Supersedes SAND2010-8398 November 2010.

The International Perspectives on Mitigating Laboratory Biorisks workshop, held at the Renaissance Polat Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, from October 25 to 27, 2010, sought to promote discussion between experts and stakeholders from around the world on issues related to the management of biological risk in laboratories. The event was organized by Sandia National Laboratories’ International Biological Threat Reduction program, on behalf of the US Department of State Biosecurity Engagement Program and the US Department of Defense Cooperative Biological Engagement Program. The workshop came about as a response to US Under Secretary of State Ellen O. Tauscher’s statements in Geneva on December 9, 2009, during the Annual Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention.