2020 Midyear Meeting

March 9-13, 2020
Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center
9751 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA

The Midyear Meeting and Analytical Solutions Forum

The AOAC INTERNATIONAL Midyear Meeting and Analytical Solutions Forum has evolved to empower the scientific community to take the lead on addressing global issues.
 
The Forum serves as a science-based, open meeting where global stakeholders from government, industry and academia convene to identify issues and articulate standard method performance requirements (SMPRs) needed for eliminating trade barriers; substantiating health claims; and meeting and/or establishing regulatory requirements. Topics include Food Authenticity/Fraud, Allergens, Infant Formula, Cannabis/Hemp, and more.

Here’s what happened

• Analytical Solutions Forum Plenary Session with regulatory and industry speakers to address emerging issues like glyphosate, mycotoxin, natural food colors, and cannabis. And hear from international leaders on emerging global issues.
• Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) Learn how AOAC is prioritizing method development for cannabis and hemp
• Town Hall on Vaping: Cutting through the haze on vaping products and inhalants
• Roundtable on botanicals, authenticity and whole genome sequencing
• Working Groups on Food Authenticity and Fraud, Allergens, and also Microbiology Acceptance Criteria
• Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) Meeting and an Expert Review Panel(s)
• Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) meeting
• Multiple networking opportunities to connect with other professionals
• Introducing AIMS: The Analytical International Methods and Standards Program
• And much more – See the Schedule at a Glance