28 February – 3 March 2010 Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Biosecurity has become a major economic issue of concern to governments, agricultural industries and environmental organisations worldwide.

Despite its wide impact and complexities the opportunities for scientific exchange (among researchers and industry) has until now, been limited.

Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the environment will provide a forum for stakeholders from across the biosecurity spectrum, including researchers, industry representatives, policy makers, primary producers and importers/exporters, to:

workshop, network and exchange knowledge on agricultural and environmental biosecurity
facilitate engagement and cross-fertilisation of ideas between researchers and their end-users (industry, regulators and other end-users), and
build cross-disciplinary networks across all biosecurity related disciplines.
The program will focus on agricultural and environmental biosecurity and includes conference streams examining:

DRIVERS - What makes biosecurity so important?

THREATS and IMPACTS - Understanding risks is the first step in analysing and planning to address biosecurity issues.

KNOWLEDGE - Accessing 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?

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