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Past National Biosecurity Forums

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2023 forum

The 2023 forum was held on 5 April 2023.

It focused on:

  • stronger partnerships and a shared biosecurity culture
  • new opportunities and challenges
  • natural pathways and invasive species
  • integration supported by technology, research and data.

We received more than 1350 registrations nationally and internationally. Participants heard from experts across government, industry, community groups and education.

Thank you to all who attended.

Speakers at the 2023 National Biosecurity Forum
From left: Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp, Chief Plant Protection Officer Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, Acting First Assistant Secretary – Biosecurity Animal Division Dr Brant Smith, and Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer Dr Bertie Hennecke.

2023 National Biosecurity Forum communique

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  • Communique (PDF 755 KB)
  • Communique (DOCX 5.2 MB)

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2023 National Biosecurity Forum program

The program offered a diverse range of speakers from across the biosecurity system.

  • Program (PDF 811 KB)
  • Program (DOCX 4.82 MB)

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Graphic recording

A graphic recording was illustrated throughout the course of the forum. The graphic recording captured the key topics, themes and learnings from each session.

  • Graphic recording (PDF 1.81 MB)

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2023 forum session recordings

Part 1

2023 National Biosecurity Forum: Session 1, Part 1 – transcript (DOCX 4.95 MB)

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Part 2

2023 National Biosecurity Forum: Session 1, Part 2 – transcript (DOCX 4.95 MB)

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2023 National Biosecurity Forum: Session 2 - transcript (DOCX 4.94 MB)

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2023 National Biosecurity Forum: Session 3, Part 1 – transcript (DOCX 4.94 MB)

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2023 National Biosecurity Forum: Session 3, Part 2 – transcript (DOCX 4.94 MB)

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2023 National Biosecurity Forum: Session 4 – transcript (DOCX 4.94 MB)

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2021 program and communique

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  • 2021 National Biosecurity Forum program (PDF 1.6 MB)
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  • 2021 National Biosecurity Forum – Communique (PDF 266 KB)
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2021 forum session recordings

2021 National Biosecurity Forum - Session 1 - transcript (DOCX 155 KB)

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2021 National Biosecurity Forum - Session 2 - transcript (DOCX 152 KB)

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2021 National Biosecurity Forum - Session 3 - transcript (DOCX 153 KB)

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2021 National Biosecurity Forum - Session 4 - transcript (DOCX 156 KB)

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2021 National Biosecurity Forum - Australian Biosecurity Awards ceremony - transcript (DOCX 143 KB)

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Australian Biosecurity Awards Q&A - transcript (DOCX 147 KB)

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2020 communique

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  • 2020 National Biosecurity Forum communique (DOCX 276 KB)

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2020 forum session recordings

The 2020 National Biosecurity Forum ran as a virtual event.

Plenary transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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Biosecurity innovations, research and development (DOCX 116 KB)

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Tackling e-commerce biosecurity risks transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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Detector dog innovations across Australia transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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Supporting biosecurity champions across the country transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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Community and industry engagement transcript (DOCX 148 KB)

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Indigenous environmental biosecurity transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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2020 Australian Biosecurity Award winners transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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Managing in a crisis, lessons learnt and supporting future directions transcript (DOCX 116 KB)

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