Held on the margins of the ninth session of the Working Group for Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), this multistakeholder dialogue showcased concrete, applied use cases (from screening and risk-assessment platforms to institutional self-evaluation tools) that strengthen biosecurity, technical assessment and biorisk governance.
Emerging advances in science and technology are creating practical tools that support the object and purpose of the Convention. As such, technical experts and speakers from research organizations, and international bodies presented insights grounded in operational experience and current technological practice, illustrating how these tools can inform confidence-building and transparency in support of the BWC.
This event is organized as part of UNIDIR’s Science and Technology Watchtower project, and in collaboration with the BWC Implementation Support Unit and its joint series of Technical Briefs on emerging technologies and the Biological Weapons Convention.
Event recording
Speakers
- Dr Mahlaqua Noor, Analyst, RAND Europe.
- Dr Emmanuelle Tuerlings, Technical Officer, Foresight, Leadership and Ethics in Science, WHO.
- Dr Gunnar Jeremias, Postdoctoral Fellow and Head of Research Group INFABRI, University of Hamburg.
- Alberto Muti, Co-Programme Director, Verification and Monitoring Programme, VERTIC.
- O’Neil Hamilton, Deputy Director, IBBIS.
Moderated by Kristoffer Burck, Associate Political Affairs Officer, UNODA.
When and where
Friday, 21 August 2026 | 13:15 – 14:45 CEST | Building A, Room IX, Palais des Nations, Geneva and online.
Further information
For any questions, please contact Clarissa Rios Rojas at clarissa.riosrojas@un.org or Federico Mantellassi at federico.mantellassi@un.org.
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