USDA ARS 5th International Biosafety and Biocontainment Symposium: Biorisk and Facility Challenges in Agriculture
February 11-14, 2019, Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Symposium Program

February 11, 2019

Opening Reception

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

February 12, 2019

Tuesday

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration

9:00 am – 4:00 pm Exhibits

Welcome

8:00 am – 8:30 am

8:00 – 8:15 am
USDA ARS Welcome
Joseph Kozlovac, MS, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD

8:15 – 8:30 am
ABSA International Welcome
Dee Zimmerman, ABSA International President, Galveston, TX

Session I: Managing Risks

8:30 am – 9:45 am

Moderator: Bruce Whitney, PhD, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Restate the management of risks in agriculture worldwide
  • Explain the lessons learned about risk management from recent events involving Horsepox

8:30 – 9:15 am
Keynote: A Global Perspective on Biorisk and Facility Challenges in Changing Agricultural Landscapes (PDF, 46MB)
Henk Jan Ormel, DVM, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

9:15 – 9:45 am
Horse Pox (PDF, 2MB)
Victoria Olson, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Break in Exhibit Hall

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Mini Session Governance Updates

10:15 am – 11:15 am

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Recall the current status of efforts to revise the BMBL
  • Recognize the current status of efforts regarding the development of ISO 35001
  • State the current status of efforts regarding the development of an USDA ABC

10:15 – 10:25 am
BMBL Update (PDF, 135KB)
Paul Meechan, PhD, RBP, CBSP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

10:25 – 10:45 am
ISO 35001 (PDF, 23MB)
Patricia Olinger, JM, RBP, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

10:45 – 10:55 am
USDA ABC (PDF, 1021KB)
Joseph Kozlovac, MS, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD

10:55 – 11:15 am
Questions & Answers

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Session II: Facilities: The Life Cycle of Risk (part 1)

12:45 pm – 3:25 pm

Moderator: Dee Zimmerman, Galveston, TX

12:45 – 1:15 pm
Contract Mechanisms for Containment Labs (PDF, 3MB)
Bradley Andersen, RA, Merrick & Company, Greenwood Village, CO

1:15 – 2:25 pm
Roundtable: Pros/Cons of Design Methodologies

Panelists:
Principal Investigator: Allison Ficht, PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Project Manager: J. Brett Cumpton, AIA, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Biosafety Officer: Bruce Whitney, PhD, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
Builder: Michael Briselden, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Atlanta GA
Commissioning Agent: Bradley Andersen, RA, Merrick & Company, Greenwood Village, CO

Global Health Research Complex (PDF, MB)
Allison Ficht, PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2:25 – 2:55 pm
Risks of Deferred Maintenance
John Henneman, MS, RBP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

2:55 – 3:25 pm
Challenges in Certifying Equipment (PDF, 6MB)
Mary Ann Sondrini, Eagleson Institute, Sanford, ME

Break in Exhibit Hall

3:25 pm – 3:55 pm

Session II: Facilities: The Life Cycle of Risk (part 2)

3:55 pm – 5:30 pm

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the broad implications of worldwide risks posed by specific infectious diseases
  • Discuss challenges in mitigating infectious disease risks to animals, humans and crops
  • Implement risk analysis to define potential mitigation measures
  • Apply knowledge gained to formulate risk mitigation plans for individual infectious disease situations locally, nationally and globally

3:55 – 4:15 pm
Factoring Biorisk Management into Sustainable Design
Heather Sheeley, MS, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

4:15 – 4:35 pm
Unique Risk of Large-scale/Pilot Plant Design
Brian Petuch, RBP, CBSP, Merck & Co, Inc., West Point, PA

4:35 – 4:55 pm
A High Containment Greenhouse for the University of Malaysia-Sabah (PDF, 16MB)
Dann Adair, BS, Conviron, North Branch, MN

4:55 – 5:15pm
Integrated Security Planning for Animal Laboratory Programs (PDF, 15MB)
Ryan Burnette, PhD, Merrick & Company, Greenwood Village, CO

5:15 – 5:30 pm
Question and Answer

February 13, 2019

Wednesday

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Exhibits

Session III: Disease Agents: The Drivers of Risk (part 1)

8:00 am – 9:30 am

Moderators: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

8:00 – 8:30 am
Foot and Mouth Disease (PDF, 13MB)
Luis Rodriguez, DVM, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Orient Point, NY

8:30 – 9:00 am
Rabies (PDF, 13MB)
Mathew Muturi, DVM, Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya

9:00 – 9:30 am
Coxiella burnetii and Q Fever: Challenges & Opportunities
Stephen White, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA

Break in Exhibit Hall

9:30 am – 10:00 am

Session III: Disease Agents: The Drivers of Risk (part 2)

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Moderators: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

10:00 – 10:30 am
Leptospirosis
Michael Lappin, DVM, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

10:30 – 11:00 am
Emerging Crop Diseases and Food Security
James Stack, PhD, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

11:00 – 11:30 am
Occupational Health Laboratory to Field (PDF, 3MB)
Lee Wugofski, MD, MPH, FACOEM, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, San Francisco, CA

Lunch in Exhibit Hall and Poster Session

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Session III: Disease Agents: The Drivers of Risk (part 3)

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the broad implications of worldwide risks posed by specific infectious diseases
  • Discuss challenges in mitigating infectious disease risks to animals, humans and crops
  • Implement risk analysis to define potential mitigation measures
  • Apply knowledge gained to formulate risk mitigation plans for individual infectious disease situations locally, nationally and globally

Moderators: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

1:00 – 1:30 pm
Weissellosis: An Emerging Disease of Farmed Rainbow Trout
Tim Welch, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Panel: Risk Assessment Scenarios
David White, DVM, PhD, RBP, DACVM, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA
Bruce Whitney, PhD, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
Susan Harper, DVM, DACLAM, DACVPM, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD
Dee Zimmerman, Galveston, TX

Break in Exhibit Hall and Poster Session

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Mini Session: Risk Management & Communication

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Moderator: John Balog, RBP, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the risks of community outreach
  • Restate the ways of engaging with regulatory institutions regarding gene editing and gene therapy
  • Define food defense

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Food Defense Authorities and Response (PDF, 3MB)
LeeAnne Jackson, PhD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD

4:00 – 4:30 pm
Community Outreach Risks (PDF, 29MB)
Connie Holubar, MBA, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

4:30 – 5:30 pm
Gene Editing/Gene Therapy and Dealing with Regulatory Pathways

4:30 – 4:45pm
Federal Roles for Products of Biotechnology & USDA’s Plan Biotechnology Program (PDF, 796KB)
Biotechnology Regulatory Service (BRS)—U.S. Department of Agriculture
Michael Firko, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, MD

4:45 – 5:00 pm
FDA Regulation of Animals with Intentionally Altered Genomic DNA (PDF, 3MB)
Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)—U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Laura Epstein, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

5:00 – 5:15 pm
Regulatory Pathway for Replicating Recombinant Veterinary Biologics (PDF, 424KB)
Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)—U.S. Department of Agriculture
Paul Hauer, DVM, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture—APHIS, Ames, IA

5:15 – 5:30 pm
Question and Answer

February 14, 2019

Thursday

7:00 am – 11:00 am

7:00 – 11:00 am Registration

Announcement of Poster Awards

8:00 am – 8:10 am

Hank Parker, PhD, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Session IV: Arthropod-borne Diseases and Pests (part 1)

8:10 am – 10:10 am

Moderator: Paul Meechan, PhD, RBP, CBSP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

8:10 – 9:10 am
Select Agent Update
Samuel Edwin, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Joyce Bowling-Heyward, DVM, MS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, MD

9:10 – 9:40 am
African Swine Fever—Global Gap Analysis
Douglas Gladue, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Orient Point, NY

9:40 – 10:10 am
Cattle Tick Fever
Javid Kashefi, BcS, European Biological Control Lab—U.S. Department of Agriculture, Thessaloniki, Greece

Break

10:10 am – 10:30 am

Session IV: Arthropod-borne Diseases and Pests (part 2)

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Moderator: Paul Meechan, PhD, RBP, CBSP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify biorisk management issues regarding sterile fly production
  • Restate arthropod-borne threats to pork and citrus production
  • Summarize novel control strategies for arthropod vectors of importance to public health

10:30 – 11:00 am
Citrus Greening
Eduardo Chumbinho de Andrade, PhD, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation—Embrapa Cassava and Fruits, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil

11:00 – 11:30 am
Hot Topic—Spotted Lantern Fly Overview
Tracy Leskey, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture—Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, WV

11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Novel Control Strategies for the Management of Arthropod Vectors of Public Heath Importance
Douglas Norris, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Closing Comments & Adjourn

12:00 pm

Joseph Kozlovac, MS, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD