Held on the margins of the ninth session of the Working Group for Strengthening the Convention, this multistakeholder dialogue will showcase 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 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). As such, technical experts, and speakers from research organizations, and international bodies will present 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.
Agenda
More information on the agenda will be shared in due course.
When and where
Friday, 21 August 2026 | 13:15 – 14:45 CEST | Building A, Room IX, Palais des Nations, Geneva and online.
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RSVP
For in-person attendance, please register here.
For online attendance, please register here.
Participants
The sessions are open to State representatives, civil society, academics and industry experts working on or interested in science and technology issues pertaining to the Biological Weapons Convention.
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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