All events are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00).
Refer to the “Participation Details” column for details on which sessions will be available to you whether you attend in person or virtually.
All on-demand meetings and sessions will be available until September 30, 2021.
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration | Not available virtually | |
| 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Analytical Solutions Forum (ASF), Part 1 | Live streamed |
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration | Not available virtually | |
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Analytical Solutions Forum (ASF), Part 2 | Live streamed | |
| 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritional (SPIFAN) Meeting | Zoom link & available on-demand | |
| 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | AOAC Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) Meeting | Zoom link & available on-demand | |
| 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) Meeting | Live streamed | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | AOAC Networking Reception | Not available virtually |
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM | Registration | Not available virtually | |
| 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM | AOAC Food Authenticity Methods (FAM) Meeting | Zoom link & available on-demand | |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | AOAC Analytical International Methods and Standards (AIMS) Program Meeting | Zoom link & available on-demand | |
| 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | AOAC Glutens and Food Allergens (GFA) Meeting | Zoom link & available on-demand | |
| 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | AOAC Food Safety and Technology Meeting | Robert Brackett, Independent Food Safety Consultant & Tom Yang, U.S Army Natick Soldier Center, Combat Feeding Division | Live streamed |
| 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM | TDLM Workshop: Validating and/or Verifying New Analytical Methods – When to Choose the Correct Approach | John Szpylka, Food Safety Net Services & Marco Garcia, Hormel Foods, LLC | Not available virtually |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | New Member and First Time Meeting Attendee Orientation | Not available virtually | |
| 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & President’s Welcome Reception, co-sponsored by Herbalife Nutrition | Not available virtually |
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM | TDRM Executive Committee Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration | Not available virtually | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Waters Corporation | Not available virtually |
| 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM | Exhibitor Presentation | Bruker | Not available virtually |
| 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Awards Ceremony & Keynote Address: Why Different Kinds of Minds Hold the Key to Innovation, co-sponsored by Q Laboratories | Professor Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Colorado State University | Live streamed |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | Not available virtually | |
| 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Poster Presentations | In person and available on the virtual platform | |
| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Pickering Laboratories, Inc. | Not available virtually |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Not available virtually |
| 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Shimadzu | Not available virtually |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Poster Author Presentations | Not available virtually | |
| 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | PerkinElmer | Not available virtually |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Wiley Award Address: Addressing New and Never-Ending Challenges in the Analysis of Chemical Residues and Contaminants | Katerina Mastovska, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Eurofins Scientific | Live streamed |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Wiley Award Symposium: High-End Food Analysis for Healthy Life | Jana Hajslova, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague | Pre-recorded/live |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Authentication of Botanical Supplements Using Targeted and Non-Targeted MS and NMR Analysis | James Harnly, USDA & Jianghao Sun, USDA | Pre-recorded/live |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Agilent Technologies | Not available virtually |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Methods for Determination of Pesticide and Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods | Joe Boison, Independent Consultant | Pre-recorded/live |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Challenges and Solutions in Probiotic Strain Identification | Virginia Goldman, US Pharmacopeia; Quanyin Gao, Herbalife Nutrition; & Silva Babajanian, Herbalife Nutrition | Pre-recorded/live |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | New Member and First-Time Attendee Welcoming Reception, sponsored by Abbott Nutrition | Not available virtually | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | ALACC Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Reception for TDLM Members | Not available virtually |
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration | Not available virtually | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Eurofins Scientific Inc. | Not available virtually |
| 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | AOAC Standards and Method Conformity Assessment Orientation | Pre-recorded/live | |
| 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM | Innovative Approaches for the Testing of Natural Products | Adam Kuszak, National Institutes of Health & Jana Hildreth, Synutra International, Inc. | Pre-recorded/live |
| 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | ANKOM Technology | Not available virtually |
| 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Poster Presentations | In person and available on the virtual platform | |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Elemental Analysis of Foodstuffs: Nutrients and Toxicants | Kevin Kubachka, FDA & Eve Kroukamp, PerkinElmer, Inc. | Pre-recorded/live |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Approaches for Improving and Maintaining Laboratory Quality | James Harnly, USDA | Pre-recorded/live |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Dietary Fiber: Importance to Health, Fermentation in the Human Body, Analytical Methodology, and FDA Label Compliance | Barry McCleary, Megazyme & David Plank, WRSS Food & Nutrition Insights | Pre-recorded/live |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Plenary Session: AOAC Communities Speak on Current and Future Directions: Food Fraud, Food Allergens, and Microbiology | Bert Pӧpping, FOCOS; Samuel Godefroy, University Laval; Patrick Bird, AOAC INTERNATIONAL | Pre-recorded/live |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | Megazyme & Neogen | Not available virtually |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Exhibitor/Champion Presentation | SCIEX | Not available virtually |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Poster Author Presentations | Not available virtually | |
| 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | Not available virtually | |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Exhibitor Presentation | Bruker BioSpin | Not available virtually |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | AOAC Committee on Statistics Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | TDLM Executive Committee Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Exhibitor Presentation | bioMérieux | Not available virtually |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Exhibitor Presentation | Interscience Laboratories, Inc. | Not available virtually |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Out of the Lab, into the Wild Green Yonder | Evan Friedmann, Hellma USA, Inc. & Kellan Finney, Eighth Revolution | Pre-recorded/live |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Methods for Determination of Chemical Contaminants in Food and Water | Kai Zhang, FDA | Pre-recorded/live |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | TDRM Members Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Reception for TDRM Members, co-sponsored by MilliporeSigma and FONA International Inc. | Not available virtually |
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration | Not available virtually | |
| 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM | Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods During COVID-19: Analytical Technologies to Ensure Manufacturing Quality Control and Safety | Naren Meruva, Waters Corporation; John Travis, NSF International; & Emily Britton, Waters Corporation | Pre-recorded/live |
| 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Poster Presentations | In person and available on the virtual platform | |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Methods for Determination of Cannabinoids, Contaminants, and Moisture in Cannabis and Cannabis Products | Susan Audino, S. Audino & Associates, LLC | Pre-recorded/live |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Advances in Pathogen Detection | Wendy McMahon, Merieux NutriSciences | Pre-recorded/live |
| 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Technical Programming Council Meeting | Zoom link | |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Poster Author Presentations | Not available virtually | |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Exhibitor Presentation | HORIBA Scientific | Not available virtually |
| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Quality Assurance for Label Compliance: An Orthogonal Approach to Determine Multiple Botanical Ingredients in Dietary Supplements and Food | Yanjun Zhang, Herbalife International of America Inc. & Hong You, Eurofins US Food and Nutritional Supplements | Pre-recorded/live |
| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Food and Natural Product Quality Assurance by Means of Magnetic Resonance | Joerg Koehler, Bruker Corporation & Paul Valder, Purity-IQ | Pre-recorded/live |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Identification and Quantification in Microbiology, Traditional, Current and Future | Tetsuhisa Goto, Central Scientific Commerce, Inc. & Stephen Peterson, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research | Pre-recorded/live |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | AOAC INTERNATIONAL Business Meeting | Live streamed | |
| 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Annual Meeting Closing Reception | Not available virtually |
| Time [Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-04:00)] | Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM | AOAC Official Methods Board Meeting | Zoom link |
| Title | Chair(s)/Speaker(s) | Participation Details |
|---|---|---|
| Food Fraud Prevention and Risk Mitigation in Times of COVID | Bert Popping, FOCOS GbR & Karen Everstine, Decernis | Pre-recorded only |
| Identifying and Mitigating Risk in Life Science Laboratories | Roger Brauninger, A2LA Workplace Training & Brad Stawick, Stawick Laboratory Management, LLC | Pre-recorded only |
| FILTH – Analysis and Method Development | Heather Hawk, FDA; Cheryl Love, FDA; & Monica Pava-Ripoll, FDA | Pre-recorded only |
| How Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Contributes to the Authenticity of our Food | Arne Dübecke, Tentamus Center for Food Fraud & Jesse Miller, Neogen Corporatio | Pre-recorded only |
| Hot Topic Symposium: A Head and Hand Approach to Regulatory Testing – Portable Devices and AI Utilization at FDA | Michael McLaughlin, FDA | Pre-recorded only |
| Updates on Establishing Standards for Color Additives from Natural Sources | Bhakti Petigara Harp, FDA | Pre-recorded only |
| Plenary Session: AOAC Shines the Spotlight on the China and U.S. Midwest Sections | Cheng-Zhu Liang, Qingdao Customs; Fan Yang, China Ocean University; Sally Flowers, Kansas Department of Agriculture | Pre-recorded only |
| COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: A Big Step for Virus Testing in the Food Industry | Patrick Bird, AOAC INTERNATIONAL & Bert Popping, FOCOS GbR | Pre-recorded only |
| STEC Definition, Detection and Testing: Is there a Way to Get a Global Consensus? | Daniele Sohier, Thermo Fisher Scientific & Thomas Hammack, FDA | Pre-recorded only |
| Perspectives on Testing for Allergens and Authenticity | Franz Ulberth, European Commission – Joint Research Centre | Pre-recorded only |
| Diverse and Emerging Contaminants on our Plates: Cutting Edge Techniques for Animal Product Testing | Estelle Dubreil, ANSES-Laboratory of Fougeres & Wendy Andersen, FDA | Pre-recorded only |
| Design of Experiments for Method Validation and Optimization | Chris Edwards, Herbalife International of America Inc.; Maria Rubinsky, Herbalife International of America Inc.; & Horatio Pappa, U.S. Pharmacopeia | Pre-recorded only |
| Student Award Symposium | Palmer Orlandi, AOAC INTERNATIONAL | Pre-recorded only |
