Objective

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.

The director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias opened the Spiez CONVERGENCE 2022 event and subsequently visited Labor Spiez.