2025 ABSANZ Conference Presenters
Alfred Alinda Khamala | National Biosafety Authority-Kenya | 2025 IFBA - ABSANZ International Scholarship
“ Future-Proofing Biosafety: Adapting to Emerging Disruptors in Biotechnology"
Ann Cornish| VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY (VIDRL)
“Biorisk management systems in the Australian regulatory landscape”
Avrill Aspland |
“The Critical Aspects of Flow Cytometry Capabilities and Aerosol Containment Testing”
Bernadette Bradley| Curtain University
" Future labs for people with disability, neurodivergence and enhanced ability"
Bettina Bartos | BLP and Kiri Collins | Children's Cancer Institute Australia
“Transforming cancer research through the reimagined laboratory ”
Bettina and Kiri Bio Bettina and Kiri Abstract
Carl Ramage| Rautaki Solutions
“Balancing innovation, safety, and trust: Regulatory pathways for emerging food technologies in Australasia ”
Gregor Riese | Giant Hygiene Services (GHS)
“Can Class II Biological Safety Cabinet designs be improved to reduce laboratory-associated infections? "
Gregor Riese Bio Gregor Riese Abstract
Jake Balzan | CSIRO
“Movement and maintenance of large equipment safely within a high biocontainment facility”
Jake Balzan BioJake Balzan Abstract
Joanne Kelly | Labworks Architecture
“Designing Containment Facilities in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape"
Letitia Clark | Flinders University
“New building design and transitions- The challenge of new research builds from a biosafety perspective”
Letitia Clark Bio Letitia Clark Abstract
Leesa Bruggink | Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL)
“ Poliovirus GAPIV requirements and the efficacy of commercial disinfectants against poliovirus ”
Sandhya Dhawan | Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
“Modelling the risk of inadvertent laboratory-origin outbreaks”
Sandhya Dhawan Bio Sandhya Dhawan Abstract
Simone Benvenuti and Amy Papas| HDR
“Data-Driven Design Meets Human-Centered Planning: Blending technology and collaboration to future-proof laboratory environments”
Simone and Amy Bio Simone and Amy Abstract
Stuart Blacksell | Tropical Microbiology at the University of Oxford
“Global Biosafety Governance in Action: Updates from WHO Technical Advisory Groups on Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Responsible Life Sciences”
Stuart Blacksell BioStuart Blacksell Abstract
Shane Riddell | CSIRO
“Heat me baby one more time - at 56C for 30min ”
Shane Riddell Bio Shane Riddell Abstract
Stephen Coulter| Coulter Advisory
"Future Proofing Biosafety "
Suzanne Manley | Wood
“Single-use technology - a crucial challenge"
