Thread by @davidmanheim

Very excited to be here for @JHSPH_CHS's Global Forum on Scientific Advances Important to the BWC side event here at the #1972BWC Review Conference in Geneva.

@JHSPH_CHS This follows up on their (interrupted) annual BWC side event, last held in 2019 - centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/event…

They are recording this event for their podcast, hosted by @ggoronvall, in case anyone is worried that they will miss out.

@JHSPH_CHS @AnnaLauraRoss2 is speaking about the diversity of areas in scientific research which pose both opportunities and risks relevant to the #1972BWC, the diversity of actors and organizations with shared responsibility, and the @WHO's (excellent) framework: who.int/activities/ens…

@JHSPH_CHS @AnnaLauraRoss2 @WHO Now, Leifan Wang is speaking about the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines, a critical new effort, one which @JHSPH_CHS has partnered with Tianjin University and The Inter-Academy Partnership to develop and promote.

https://twitter.com/Leifanw/status/1417463861389664256

And as the final guests at the event, @RevillJames, who has led the work of the @UNIDIR on these issues, is speaking, and they are moving on to questions.

@RevillJames @UNIDIR In response to a question from someone from @CSRisks, (whose name I unfortunately missed,) James makes an interesting point about the lack of industry engagement with the #1972BWC, that any association is easily misconstrued as working on bioweapon-relevant projects.

@RevillJames @UNIDIR @CSRisks (The questioner was Dr. Lim - @FuturistYB - apologies!)

https://twitter.com/CSRisks/status/1446460418629701650

@RevillJames @UNIDIR @CSRisks @FuturistYB This is a problem with following people on twitter - you don't always realize who they are if you actually meet them in person!