BSAF meets approximately six times per year. Two of these events are joint meetings with BIONET, the Southern California chapter of the American Biological Safety Association [ABSA]. The Fall Joint Meeting is held in Northern California (usually in September, timed to avoid the ABSA meeting in October), and the Spring joint meeting is held in Southern California (usually in March, timed to avoid the Buick Open). Upcoming BSAF events are posted here along with some events from other organizations: Save the Date! The next Bionet/BSAF joint meeting date is on Friday March 19, 2010,  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM at the Salk Institute, La Jolla.   Agenda and registration to follow Register Early!   31st Control of Biohazards Course Baltimore, Maryland - April 19-23, 2010 The [Hopkins’ Baltimore, MD] Control of Biohazards Course, the 31st year of the often imitated but never duplicated course, will be held at the Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington Conference Center and Hotel from Monday April 19th through early afternoon on Friday, April 23, 2010. Byron, myself, Joshua, Bob, Joe, Claudia, Michael and Catherine look forward to seeing you in April.   The course consists of in depth lectures, wet laboratory, informal discussions with course faculty, and review of biosafety audiovisual materials. Theoretical and applied biosafety principles will be covered. Prior knowledge of biosafety is not required.   A thousand page course manual with citation sources provides more in-depth information including data tables and graphics used in the lectures and expanded reference material. The manual is in a four inch binder and weighs 10 pounds, so plan for this oversize package when you travel.   Subject areas include: Cell Biology; Risk Management; Microbial Pathogens; Live Bacterial Spore Aerosol Laboratory with Aerosol Sampling; Dissemination of Contaminants; Facility Design (Secondary Barriers); Primary Barriers (Biosafety Cabinets); Equipment Designed for Containment; Laboratory Practices and Techniques; Disposal of Infectious Waste; Bloodborne Pathogens Standard; Biosafety Guidelines; Recombinant & Synthetic NA Guidelines; Institutional Biosafety Committees; Animal Biosafety Facilities/Practices; BMBL 5th Edition & NIH R-NA & S-NA Guidelines Comparisons; Decontamination & Disinfection; Containment Work Practices; Animal BSL-3 Practices/Security/Audits/Select Agent Training; Packaging and Shipment of Biological Materials; Biological Toxins; Bioterrorism/Emerging Diseases; and Biosafety Legal Issues   Attendee Information: Course website with course registration form, conference center registration form and other information http://www.controlofbiohazards.com   Out of town travel information, including airports: http://www.mtwashconfctr.com/maps.html   Johns Hopkins Mt Washington Conference Center Website: http://www.mtwashconfctr.com/mtwashington.html   Course Contacts: Byron S. Tepper, Ph.D., CBSP BioControl, Inc. phone: (410) 828‐6330  fax: (410) 828‐6331   Richard W. Gilpin, Ph.D., RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM) R. Gilpin, LTD (handles credit card charges)  phone: (410) 961-6638 email: gilpin@legionella.com