Join us for a Virtual Asia Pacific Open Forum on March 3rd, 2023

Please join us for a virtual program on Friday, March 3, 12:30 Japan Time (11:30 – 2:30 pm Singapore Time; Thursday, March 2 7:30 pm Pacific Time) entitled "Discussing the International Use of Biospecimens and Associated Data".

This will be an open forum discussion about the Asia Pacific landscape governing the access and sharing of biospecimens and associated data. We will be discussing the variable infrastructure for and familiarity with biobanking across the region and explore the importance of diversity within and representativeness of biospecimen collections. The event is free and open to all interested in promoting the sharing of biospecimens and data in an ethically and socially responsible way.

Why?

Despite national and international efforts to come together on recommendations that would ensure diverse, well-characterized samples are collected, handled, used, and shared in ways that consider and secure the patients' rights while also allowing for research and innovation to flourish, the current environment is complex for both patients and researchers to navigate.

With this forum, we are aiming to convene individuals from across the Asia Pacific region who can help us explore the challenge from a broad range of perspectives with the goal of understanding the current status and identifying a path towards strengthening global research with biospecimens in an ethical and socially responsible way.

The link to register is here:
https://mailchi.mp/1bc52ea4a045/2023-biospecimen-open-forum

For a detailed event guide (which also includes the registration link), click here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRCILql1zVaxnjOPQ-S7rK6iRtXrsqL-gZpfzH8_saI0MsWoNWHbY_0K6d-Gzfc0kPYYJHh3nSXcY3O/pub?urp=gmail_link