| ISBER 2021 Annual Meeting and Exhibits |
ISBER 2021 VIRTUAL Annual Meeting and ExhibitsThe ISBER 2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibits is scheduled to take place May 10-14, 2021 for those in the Western hemisphere and May 11-15, 2021 for those in the Eastern hemisphere. This virtual meeting will feature live and on-demand sessions, oral and poster abstract presentations, interactive workshops, and an exhibit hall. Register Now*Registrations may take up to 24 hours for our staff to process and provide access details to the platform
ISBER 2021 Annual Meeting & ExhibitsMay 10-14, 2021 (Western Hemisphere)
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| On-site (register after May 5) |
$460 ISBER Member $575 Non-Member $230 Student/Technician* |
| Group License** | 10% discount - 5 persons 15% discount - 6-10 persons 20% discount - >10 persons |
| Biobanking 101 Workshop | $36 ISBER Member $45 Non-Member |
*If you are not a current ISBER student/technician member, please submit proof of your student status or a letter from your employer to info@isber.org to receive the student/technician rate.
**Group licenses are only available to ISBER organization members. If you would like to take advantage of this bulk registration discount, please contact info@isber.org
Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs):
Delegates in countries identified by the World Bank as Low and Lower-Middle Income are eligible for a 50% discount. Delegates in countries identified as Upper-Middle Income are eligible for a 25% discount. If you are eligible to receive a discount please contact info@isber.org.
To confirm the income classification for your country, please click here.
Please note that if you are also a technician or student, you will receive only the LMIC discount or the technician/student discount, whichever is higher.
The theme of the meeting is "Connect and Collaborate through Biobanking: Powering Innovation and Discovery"
Click on your preferred timezone below to view the program:
Timezones: AEST= Australia Eastern Standard Time, JST= Japan Standard Time, IST=India Standard Time
Please click here to view the speaker biographies!
Abstract submission is now closed.
All ISBER 2021 Annual Meeting delegates were invited to submit a short 3 minute video or presentation profiling their biobank. The purpose of this is to give delegates the opportunity to share information about their biobank with the international biobanking community and assist with networking.
| BC Children's Hospital BioBank Vancouver, Canada |
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| Biobank Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda Kampala, Uganda |
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| National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) National Biobank Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Cryogenics Facility Adelaide, South Australia |
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| The Health Science Alliance (HSA) Biobank, UNSW Sydney Sydney, Australia |
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| UHN Biospecimen Services Toronto, Canada |
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| NIST Biorepository South Carolina, United States |
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ISBER is now accepting submissions for the ISBER 2021 Outstanding New Product Award! Since we were unable to offer an award in 2020, we are considering products that were developed after May 2019. The winner will be publicized by ISBER via a press release and through a promotional campaign that spans the year! Deadline for submissions is April 16, 2021. For more information and to submit your product for consideration, click below:
If you have any questions about the ISBER Sponsorship Opportunities, please connect via email to sponsorship@isber.org.
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