Pre conference course F - The Biocontainment Challenge: BSL2 to BSL3 Upgrade Simulation Game
Instructors
Vips Halkjaer-Knudsen (DK) and Faye Litherland (UK)
Upgrading an operational BSL2 laboratory to BSL3 is a significantly different process than designing a brand-new BSL3 facility, where budgets, expectations, and design principles are established from the beginning. Retrofitting presents an entirely different challenge. Many initiatives start with internal enthusiasm, often from scientific staff who believe the upgrade mainly involves adding a pass-through autoclave or creating a curved floor-to-wall transition. The shift from “minimise release” to “prevent release” is much more complex than it seems, and the hidden complexities, costs, and constraints of old infrastructure are easy to underestimate. This immersive simulation game places participants in the role of biosafety consultants tasked with navigating exactly these challenges.
BMCC
8000 BRUGES
The Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC) is the ideal venue for special events, conferences and trade fairs. Its outstanding location, within walking distance of numerous Bruges hotels and world-famous attractions, meets all the needs of a modern event and conference location. The ground floor — with a total area of 4,500m² — is the ideal space for trade fairs, larger public events and even concerts. The upper floors are designed for meetings and conferences for 10 to 516 participants. The design of this unique building provides all that you need: a plenary room with a retractable seating platform for 516 people, a spacious foyer, poster areas, 12 breakout rooms and a unique space, The View on the top floor with a beautiful view of Bruges city centre.
Hotels in Bruges
8000 BRUGGE
We have hotels in different classes near or in the city center and near the conference center
- IBIS budget hotel * (1,2 km)
- IBIS Style Brugge cenrum *** (1,1 km)
- Hotel Maraboe *** (280 m)
- Hotel 't Putje ***(400m)
- Crown Plaza Brugge**** (1,1 km)
- Radisson Blue hotel *** (1,2 km)
- NH Hotel **** (200 m)
- Hotel le Bois de Bruges **** (150 m)