February 25-26, 2025

Price: $40 USD Members / $120 USD Non-Members.

Format: Online, for a total duration of 3.5 hours (30 min ISBER tool highlight followed by a 3 hour-workshop on Accreditation, Certification and Standardization). Attendees are expected to attend one or the other day, based on their location:

• Eastern Americas; EMEA: 9am EST start on February 25
• Western Americas; IPR; China: 6:30 pm EST start on February 26

NB: The workshop will be recorded and made available to watch on-demand to all registered attendees. 

Part 1 - ISBER Tool highlight: ISBER Mentorship Program  

Duration: 30 min

Part 2 - Accreditation, Certification and Standardization: Demystifying the Black Box of Certification and Accreditation of Biobanks

Presented by:

• Shannon McCall, MD, Duke University, USA
• Sheila O'Donoghue, RN, BPHE, MA, BC Cancer, Canada
• Additional trainers TBD

Moderated by the biobanking 101/201 Workshop Task Force - Debra Garcia, Dee McGarvey, and Marianne Henderson

 

Learning Objectives

1) The difference between Standards and Best Practices

2) Standards and the concept of conformity assessment

3) How and why a biobank might choose to pursue accreditation

4) Current biobanking standards and their differences

5) Fit for purpose of the Best Practices, Certifications and Accreditations to your biobank