Arms Control

Spiez Laboratory works in the framework of the implementation and preparation of international disarmament and arms control treaties.

Information for business and industry on declaration and inspection obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Initiative to establish quality assurance requirements and further methodology for biological laboratories in order to validate UN fact-finding missions.

Spiez CONVERGENCE intends to inform participants about latest advances on chemistry making biology and biology making chemistry, as well as the adoption of such advances by the biotechnology and chemical industries. Participants discuss how such developments may affect production technologies for toxic chemicals, toxins and microorganisms and assess potential implications for chemical and biological arms control.