SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

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Wiley Symposium: Testing for Payment, Quality, and Adulteration: Is It All Hidden in the Mid-IR Spectra?
Chair: Cary Hunter, USDA Federal Milk Markets

Symposium: Harnessing Information: Digital and Analog Approaches to Pathogen Detection
Chair: Chris Silva, USDA – ARS

Symposium: Disinfectants - Exotica Redux
Chair: Donna Suchmann, Microbac Laboratories

Roundtable: Pesticide Formulations - Analytical Challenges, Regulatory Issues, Plus Unique Analyses
Chairs: Adrian Burns, U.S. EPA and Diane Rains, U.S. EPA

Symposium: Non-Targeted Analysis Strategies for Food Safety
Chairs: Alex Krynitsky, U.S. FDA - CFSAN and Jim Chang, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Symposium: Emerging Technologies for Non-Targeted Residue and Contaminant Analysis
Chairs: Joe Romano, Waters Corporation and Jon DeVries, General Mills

Symposium: XRF for Screening of Food’s, Nutritional Supplements; Capabilities, Use and Limitations
Chair: Alexander Seyfarth, Bruker

Symposium: Best Practices for the Determination of Small Molecule Contaminants in Foods
Chairs: Philip Wylie, Agilent Technologies and Peter Stone, Agilent Technologies

Symposium: New Trends in Food Residue Analysis with "New Tech" Mass Spectrometers (Targeted/Non Targeted Analysis)
Chairs: Eric Verdon, French Food Safety Agency, Laboratory for Research and Study on Vet Drugs and Disinfectants and Jo Marie Cook, Florida Department of Agriculture

Symposium: New Blood - Developing Methods for the Detection of Chemical Contaminants
Chairs: Michael McLaughlin, U.S. FDA - CFSAN and Alex Krynitsky, U.S. FDA – CFSAN

Symposium: Chemical Identification of Botanicals Using Chromatographic and Spectral Fingerprinting Methods
Chairs: James Harnly, USDA - ARS and Mark Roman, Tampa Bay Analytical Research, Inc.

Symposium: Phytochemical Analysis of Herbal Raw Materials and Regulatory Challenges
Chairs: Amit Chandra, AMWAY and Jat Rana, AMWAY

Symposium: Novel Molecular Methods for Detection and Identification of Pathogens
Chairs: Mary McBride, Agilent Technologies and Brooke Schwartz, Applied Biosystems/Life Technologies

Symposium: MY WAY is Best! Microbiology Performance Criteria as Defined per Regulatory Agencies
Chairs: DeAnn Benesh, 3M and Michelle Iannucci, Kraft

Symposium: I Want to Use a New Microbiology Method: How Do I Verify Methods for Use in My Own Lab?
Chairs: Michelle Iannucci, Kraft and Pam Wilger, Cargill

Symposium: New Validation Strategies for the 21st Century
Chairs: Paul Wehling, General Mills and Max Feinberg, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

Symposium: Why Did That Happen? And How Do I Fix It? Root Cause Analysis and CAPA as Told by Those Who Live It Every Day in the Lab
Chair: Michele Smoot, Silliker US

Workshop: Traceability - Tested Once, Accepted Everywhere
Chair: M. L. Jane Weitzel, Watson Pharmaceuticals

Symposium: Use of Reference Materials and Resources
Chair: Katherine E. Sharpless, NIST

Symposium: Analytical Challenges: Mycotoxins and Food Safety
Chairs: John Gilbert, FoodLife International Ltd and Michal Godula, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Symposium: Marine Toxin Control - Modern Methods, Validations, Animal Use Reduction, and International Standards
Chairs: Ana Gago Martinez, CRLMB and Lei Bao, Shan Dong Import-Export Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of China

Symposium: Issues and Criteria for Validation of Analytical Methods for Cyanotoxins Detection and Global Suitability
Chairs: Armah de la Cruz, EPA and Keith Loftin, U.S. Geological Survey

Symposium: Natural Toxins Impact and Methods Needs in the Developing World
Chairs: Joerg Stroka, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements and James Hungerford, U.S. FDA – ORA

Symposium: A Promising LC/MS/MS Allergen Detection Alternative - Are We There Yet?
Chairs: Jupiter Yeung, Nestlé Nutrition and Samuel Godefroy, Health Canada

Roundtable: Gluten Detection - Achievements or Else?
Chairs: Carmen Diaz-Amigo, Eurofins CTC and Bert Popping, Eurofins CTC