Combating biological threats requires strong leadership across the domains of science, policy, and global governance. Developing the next generation of leaders is therefore critical to ensuring the world is better prepared to anticipate, prevent, and respond to future biological risks.

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) remains a cornerstone of global biosecurity, yet its verification architecture has long been recognized as a critical gap. Rapid advances in AI and the expansion of open science are reshaping how biological research is conducted—lowering barriers to innovation while heightening risks of misuse. These developments underscore a need to rethink traditional approaches to verification.

The 100 Days Mission envisions a world where vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics can be developed, approved, and deployed within 100 days of identifying a new pathogen with pandemic potential. This seminar examined challenges and identified practical policy, scientific, and collaborative pathways to accelerate diagnostic readiness in support of the 100 Days Mission, drawing on lessons from COVID-19 and more.

While several countries and regions have implemented or are developing AI regulations, regional efforts to regulate AI's intersection with biological hazards remain underdeveloped and show significant variation in approach. Multiple countries and regions in the Global South are developing their own guidelines and could offer valuable perspectives (e.g. African Union, Brazil, China, ASEAN etc).

In this seminar the focus was on the regional policies on dual-use research and included panleits from groups like Uganda's National Institute of Public Health, the Pasteur Institute of Tunis and Africa CDC

This seminar focuses on the background of the 100-Days Mission and highlights the work from organizations such as CEPI and ASLM

Inaugural Next Gen Biosecurity Game Changers Seminar focused on detection and surveillance methods across the globe.