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2008 ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: ISO 17025 Management Systems for the Laboratory
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Training Course Lunch
 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:30 am - 6:00 pm Official Methods Board Meeting
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Editorial Board Meeting
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Quality Assurance for Analytical Laboratories
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Collaborative Study Design and Management
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: ISO 17025 Management Systems for the Laboratory
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Quality Assurance for Microbiological Laboratories
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Single Laboratory Validation of Analytical Methods for Dietary Supplements
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Training Course Lunch
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Journal Section Editors Meeting
 
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2008
7:30 am - 7:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 12:00 pm AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors Meeting
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Quality Assurance for Analytical Laboratories
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Collaborative Study Design and Management
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: ISO 17025 Management Systems for the Laboratory
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Quality Assurance for Microbiological Laboratories
8:30 am - 4:30 pm TRAINING COURSE: Single Laboratory Validation of Analytical Methods for Dietary Supplements
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Performance Tested Method Program: Validation of Rapid Microbiological Methods
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Training Course Lunch
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Dietary Supplements Community Meeting
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Official Methods Board Training Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Methods Committee on Natural Toxins and Food Allergens Meeting
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Methods Committee on Food Nutrition Meeting
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Methods Committee on Microbiology Meeting
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm President's Welcome Reception, Co-Sponsored by 3M Microbiology
 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
7:00 am - 8:00 am TDRM Executive Committee Meeting
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:30 am Keynote Address and Awards Ceremony
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 am - 5:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Botanicals and Dietary Supplements, Detection and Measurement of Natural Toxins, and Emerging Issues in Food Safety and Security
10:30 am - 11:00 am EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.
11:30 am - 12:00 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Committee on Sections Meeting
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Waters Corporation
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm H.W. Wiley Award Address
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm SYMPOSIUM: Contaminant Community - Progress Update and Visions by Community and Sub-Community Chairs
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm SYMPOSIUM: Disinfectants - Efficacy Testing
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm WILEY AWARD SYMPOSIUM: Innovations in Mass Spectrometry - Advancing Research in Natural Products
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Methods Committee on Pesticides and Disinfectant Formulations Meeting
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: LECO Corporation
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm Chemical Contaminants and Residues in Food Community Meeting
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm TDLM Executive Committee Meeting
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm SYMPOSIUM: Trans Fats - Update on Methodology and Levels in Processed Foods
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm SYMPOSIUM: Trends in Pesticide Formulation Analyses
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm SYMPOSIUM: Methods of Detecting Viruses and Prions in Foods
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program Advisory Committee Meeting
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Methods Committee on Antimicrobial Efficacy Testing Meeting
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Abraxis LLC
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm New Member Welcoming Reception, Sponsored by Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Taiwan Section Business Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Japan Section Business Meeting
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Agricultural Materials Community Meeting
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Reception for TDLM Members, Sponsored by Medallion Labs
 
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
7:30 am - 8:30 am Committee on Membership Meeting
7:30 am - 8:30 am Nominating Committee Meeting
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 12:00 pm AAFCO Meeting
8:15 am - 9:45 am SYMPOSIUM: International Regulatory Initiatives on Priority Food Allergens
8:15 am - 9:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Emerging and Developing Food Safety Trends
8:15 am - 11:45 am WORKSHOP: Method Verification Workshop
9:45 am - 10:15 am EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Thermo Scientific
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break, Sponsored by Pickering Laboratories
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitor Hall Open
10:00 am - 5:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Analysis of Non-Process Contaminants and Residues, Analysis of Process Contaminants and Residues, and Pharmaceutical Analysis, Authenticity and Safety
10:15 am - 11:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Food Allergen Thresholds - Risk Assessment Approaches
10:15 am - 11:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Impact of Molecular and Conventional Bacteriological Methods on Food Safety
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Dionex Corporation
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Food Allergen Risk Management - Impacts on Quality of Life and Society
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Natural Toxins and Toxic Microorganisms Detection - Impact of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Restek Corporation
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Food Allergens - Analytical Challenges
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm TDRM SYMPOSIUM: Proficiency Testing and Reference Materials - Interrelations and Opportunities
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Natural Toxins - Method Development, Validation: Expanding Needs and Stakeholder Perspective
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Applied Biosystems
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Methods Committee on Feeds, Fertilizers, and Related Topics Meeting
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Methods Committee on Dietary Supplements Meeting
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Methods Committee on Biological Threat Agents Meeting
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm Food Allergen Community Meeting
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm TDRM Members Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm TDRM Members Reception
 
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am Research Institute Business Meeting
8:00 am - 1:00 pm Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) Meeting
8:15 am - 9:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Hot Topic - Authenticity and Speciation
8:15 am - 9:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Separating and Quantifying Vitamins Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - Updated Methods to Determine Vitamins by LC/MS
8:15 am 11:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Bioactives - Detecting the Unknown, and Parallels in Drug Discovery and Toxin Detection
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Joint Mycotoxin Committee Meeting / Mycotoxin Community Meeting
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Research Institute Advisory Council and Research Institute Board of Directors Meeting
9:00 am - 1:00 pm Juice and Juice Products Community Meeting
9:45 am - 10:15 am Refreshment Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am Committee on Safety Meeting
10:00 am - 11:00 am Committee on Statistics Meeting
10:00 am - 11:30 am Technical Programming Council Meeting
10:00 am - 5:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Feeds, Fertilizers and Related Agricultural Topics, Food Nutrition and Food Allergens, Microbiological Reference Methods, and General Analytical Methods, Quality Assurance and Accreditation
10:15 am - 11:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Separating and Quantifying Vitamins Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - Sample Presentation/Applications for Determining Vitamins
10:15 am - 11:45 am SYMPOSIUM: Quality Requirements for Conducting Reliable Analysis
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Analytical Challenges in Dietary Supplements
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Juices and Juice Products - Issues and Opportunities
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Problems and Solutions that Analytical Chemists Provide Toxicologists
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Marine and Freshwater Toxins Community Meeting
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: Analytical Challenges to Consider When Analyzing Trace Level Contaminants in Food
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm SYMPOSIUM: New Analytical Technologies - X-Ray Fluorescence
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm AOAC INTERNATIONAL Business Meeting
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Closing Reception Hosted by the "Poison Squad" and Directed by Harvey W. Wiley, Co-Sponsored by AOAC Research Institute





 

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