Institute of Safety in Technology and Research

ISTR - The Institute of Safety in Technology and Research supports the interests of safety professionals in their specialist area of research & technology.

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As we finish our 2022 Symposium and close out our events for another year - we'd like to thank all the speakers, session chairs, event organisers, our venue and of course you the members for attending or following. We look forward to seeing you in 2023! 🙂🥳

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Our keynote speakers @BAS_News in our final session for today - fascinating talks about sample, chemical, equipment and people transport to and from the Arctic and Antarctic

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The 'biggest beard in Biosafety' - Adam Stevenson @Thedoctorslab discussing Monkeypox sample transport

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An out of this world talk about bringing samples back from Mars from @MerrickCompany @Camfil_UK 🚀🌍

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Great talk from Institute member Marian Blokpoel @LSHTM on travel emergency management - ranging around the world taking in case studies from 🇨🇩🇺🇬🇭🇰🇸🇱🇪🇹🇦🇫

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We're back for day 2 of the Symposium @RailwayMuseum - another fantastic line up of speakers from across public and private sectors on topics of travel & transport 🙂

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Stunning venue and great food tonight @RailwayMuseum for our Autumn Symposium. Great to catch up with colleagues old and new 🙂🙂

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Further speakers from our 2nd session this afternoon - speaking on the topic of staff and researchers conducting foreign & domestic travel

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Thanks to all our speakers so far today - here's Jaspreet Chana @ESCGlobal_Ltd with a token of appreciation from our Chair

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Some of the speakers for our first session. Lots of fantastic ideas, approaches and practical examples on the theme of travel and transport

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We've arrived @RailwayMuseum for day 1 of the symposium! Look forward to seeing you soon 😊

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We're looking forwards to our Autumn Symposium - the first face to face since 2019! It all starts tomorrow, hope to see lots of new and familiar faces there 🙂 look out for tweets and some pics on this account with highlights as the days progress!

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Scientists, we know how important it is to be recognized for your hard work. Time to pay it forward and celebrate a peer for their #NextGreatImpossible work? 👏
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Just 1 week to go! Our symposium keynote session on day 2 - three speakers from @BAS_News discussing “Transporting chemicals to the Antarctic & samples back to the UK”, then “Transporting people, fuel & equipment to the Antarctic”. View the full programme: https://t.co/MsuEYuPcYZ

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Another short talk on symposium day 2 will come from Adam Stevenson The Doctors Laboratory & Health Services Laboratories presenting on “Transport of Monkey Pox samples for diagnostic testing during an outbreak”. Get the full programme https://t.co/MsuEYv6Onz

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Symposium day 2 will feature more short talks - Chris Hews @Camfil_UK & Tim Burke @MerrickCompany will discuss “Bringing material back from Mars”. Get the full out of this world programme online https://t.co/MsuEYv6Onz

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Symposium day 2 will feature Marian Blokpoel @LSHTM with a talk “Travel emergency management and the use of technology” & Ian Hackford @GSofA with a talk “Travel in a hostile environment”. Get the full programme on our website https://t.co/MsuEYv6Onz