STRENGTHENING COMPETENCY AND COLLABORATION FOR RESILIENT BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY
MCBB 2026
23 - 24 JUNE 2026
Pre-Conference Workshops
22 June 2026
Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline 30 May 2026
Abstract acceptance deadline 5 Jun 2026
Payment of fees deadline 12 Jun 2026
Conference 23-24 June 2026
STRENGTHENING COMPETENCY AND COLLABORATION FOR RESILIENT BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY
The Malaysian Conference on Biosafety and Biosecurity 2026 (MCBB2026) builds upon the foundation established during MCBB023, which centred on the theme of One Health as an integrated and unifying platform for biosafety and biosecurity applications.
Serving as a strategic continuation of these efforts, MCBB2026 shifts the focus from awareness to implementation. The conference emphasises strengthening competencies, enhancing institutional readiness, and fostering multidisciplinary collaboration to build a more resilient biosafety and biosecurity ecosystem at national and regional levels.
MCBB2026 aims to provide participants with a practical and accurate understanding of internationally aligned good practices in biosafety and biosecurity.
Objectives:
1. To highlight developments in biosafety and biosecurity science and policy.
2. To address current and emerging biological threats, including dual-use research, synthetic biology, and infectious disease risks.
3. To enhance institutional and national capabilities for biosafety and biosecurity implementation.
4. To foster regional and international collaboration on biological risk management.
Call for Poster Presentation
TOPICS:
Theme 1: Emerging Biological Threats
- Surveillance of high-risk pathogens
- Lessons learned from pandemics and outbreaks
- Biosecurity implications of climate change and migration
- Governance of dual-use research of concern (DURC)
- Advances and risks in gene editing and synthetic biology
- Ethical considerations in biotechnology innovation
- Biosafety Level 3 and 4 facility management
- Automation and digital solutions for biosafety compliance
- Incident reporting, root-cause analysis, and learning systems
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Updates and Implementation
- Biosecurity in line with the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
- National and institutional biosafety committees (IBCs): Challenges and solutions
We also consider other appropriate topics that relate to the theme
of the conference.
MCBB2026 partners
Conference co-organizer
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