Biotechnology and Resilient Human Systems Workshop 2026
- Workshops & Conferences
The focus of the 2026 Biotechnology and Resilient Human Systems Workshop will be Preparing for Future Biological Effects. This two-day, in-person event will feature sessions highlighting the dual-use nature of biotechnology, building a resilient biosurveillance system, and developing broad medical countermeasures. The workshop will feature keynote presentations from leaders across the U.S. government highlighting critical national security challenges and opportunities created from advanced biotechnology, and will also exhibit state-of-the-art research and innovations from the rapidly expanding biotechnology ecosystem.
Government and industry leaders, national security experts, UARCs, FFRDCS, national labs, entrepreneurs, and academic innovators will jointly discuss and showcase how to rapidly transition biotechnology-enabled technologies into operational capabilities that effectively address critical national security challenges.
Key themes will include:
- Discussion of emerging and potential future biological threats
- Harnessing diverse technology disciplines to accelerate biotechnology R&D and operational capabilities
- Building an integrated, actionable, and highly-effective biosurveillance system
- Developing rapid and broad medical countermeasures Partnering with industry to productize biotechnology-enabled solutions.
This in-person event is planned for June 2026 by MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA. All attendees must register in advance. For more information or an invitation to this workshop series, please contact [email protected]