The Second Annual South Asia Biosafety Conference  under the auspices South Asian Biosafety will be held September 15-16 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Over15 participants from the Ministry of Environment, GoB, Dhaka University, BRAC University, BARI, BRRI, NIB and a few other institutions from Bangladesh will attend the Conference. The following gives details of the titles of six Plenary Sessions. GNOBB wish the Conference a big success and hope that transgenic organisms will be introduced in the region comprising India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka exercising utmost caution without any health hazard, whatsoever to the users.

Plenary Session I: Perspectives on the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Organisms in South Asia
Parallel Session I: Research and Development of Genetically Modified Organisms in South Asia
Parallel Session II: Biosafety and Regulation of Genetically Engineered Insects
Parallel Session III: Tools for Science Communicators
Plenary Session II: Agricultural Biotechnology and Adaptation to Climate Change
Plenary Session III: Regional Harmonization of Risk Assessment Approaches in Agricultural Biotechnology

Those interested to know greater details may contact the  Organizers. The link in the first sentence will reveal the Conference details.