Over last days, CBWNet members welcomed our implementation partners from the German Federal Foreign Office and the Comittee for the Handling of Security-Relevant Research at the German Academy of Sciences in the Berlin Office of the IFSH. Together with our guest Dr Jonathan Forman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, we discussed the impact of digitalization and artificial intelligence in the chemical field. We further discussed challenges and opportunities at the upcoming 9th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention. Grateful to everyone involved!