All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
| 9:00am-12:00pm and 2:00-4:30pm | Analytical Solutions Forum, Part 1 |
| 9:00am-12:00pm and 2:00-4:30pm | Analytical Solutions Forum, Part 2 |
| 9:00am-10:45am | Analytical Solutions Forum Plenaries (rescheduled) | |
| 11:00am-3:00pm | Food Authenticity Methods | |
| 2:00-5:00pm | SPIFAN Meeting | |
| 5:00-6:30pm | New Member and First-Time Attendee Welcoming Reception & Orientation, Sponsored by Abbott |
| 10:00am-1:00pm | Working Group on Rosins | |
| 1:00-5:00pm | CASP Meeting |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Keynote Address, presented by Gilles Martin, Eurofins Scientific; Awards Ceremony The future is bright for the next generation of AOAC scientists and leaders | |
| 1:00-1:30pm | Wiley Award Address, presented by Harvey Indyk, Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd. and David Woollard, Independent Consultant | |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Wiley Award Symposium: Food Analysis in Aotearoa | Brendon Gill, Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. |
| 3:30-5:30pm | Board of Directors Meeting | Henry Chin, AOAC President |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Establishing Standards for Color Additives from Natural Sources | Bhakti Petigara Harp, FDA |
| 10:00-11:30am | Botanical Identification Goes Mobile | Yanjun Zhang, Herbalife Nutrition, Silva Babajanian, Herbalife Nutrition, & Adam Kuszak, NIH |
| 12:00-12:45pm | Networking Break, Sponsored by Herbalife Nutrition | |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Tools for Quality Assurance of Quantitative PCR for Microbiological Method | Tetsuhisa Goto, Central Scientific Commerce, Inc. & Scott Leppanen, Agilent Technologies |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Seafood Decomposition: Sensory and Chemical Test Methods | Heather Hawk, FDA & Lisa Newberry, FDA |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Quality by Design (QbD) in Analytical Method Development: Sample Preparation Challenges and Solutions | Aihua Liu, Dyad Labs & Xun Yan, AMWAY |
| 10:00-11:30am | Hot Topic Symposium – Tattoo Inks: Regulatory and Analytical Perspectives | Bhakti Petigara Harp, FDA & Marianita Perez Gonzalez, FDA |
| 1:00-2:30pm | The Power of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry – The “Leatherman” in Analytics | Arne Dübecke, Tentamus Global Center for Food Fraud & Aihua Liu, Dyad Labs |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Probiotics Identification and Quantitation | Deborah McKenzie, AOAC, Silva Babajanian, Herbalife, & Quanyin Gao, Herbalife |
| 3:00-4:00pm | AOAC Business Meeting |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Elemental Analysis in Food, Beverages, and Cannabinoids as Markers for Food-Safety | Kevin Kubachka, FDA & Eve Kroukamp, PerkinElmer |
| 10:00-11:30am | Project Launch to Develop Consensus Standards for Glyphosate and Glyphosate Metabolites: Addressing Method Gaps in Food Matrices | |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Working Groups, Expert Review Panels and Method Validation: The Role of Reference Materials in the AOAC Process | Patrick Bird, PMB BioTek Consulting |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Novel Methods for Contaminants | Markus Obkircher, MilliporeSigma |
| 3:00-4:00pm | TDRM Reception, Sponsored by MilliporeSigma and FONA International Inc. |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Ergot Alkaloids: Analytical Considerations for Up and Coming Regulated Mycotoxins | Sheryl Tittlemier, Canadian Grain Commission & Mark Sumarah, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| 10:00-11:30am | What is the Problem for PCR Quantification? A Solution and New Application | Tetsuhisa Goto, Central Scientific Commerce, Inc. & Bert Popping, FOCOS Gbr |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Methods for the Determination of PFAS by Federal Agencies | Michael Wichman, FDA & Jeffrey Archer, FDA |
| 10:00-11:30am | Analytical Characterization of Dietary Supplements for Public Health Research | Adam Kuszak, NIH |
| 1:00-2:30pm | International Approaches to Tackle Food Fraud | David Hammond, Eurofins & Michael McLaughlin, FDA |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Analytical Strategies to Characterize Products Intended for Inhalation after High-Temperature Vaporization | Matthew Noestheden, Supra Research and Development |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Challenges in Setting Probiotic Quality Standards | Charles Budinoff, DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | AOAC Spotlight On… Dustin Starkey, Abbott: Inspiring the Next Generation of Analytical Food Scientists – Helping AOAC Make a Positive Impact | |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | AOAC Spotlight On… Samuel Benrejeb Godefroy, Université Laval: Setting a Structured Food and Feed Laboratory Testing Capacity in the Arab Region | |
| 11:00 – 11:30am | AOAC Spotlight On… Mark Corey, National Coffee Association with Dawn Frazier, AOAC: Coffee and Testing: From Bean to Cup | |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Novel Methods for Cannabis and Botanicals | Rob O’Brien, Supra Research and Development |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Beyond Presence and Absence: How Innovative Technology, such as MALDI-TOF and NGS, are Rewriting Industry’s Data Needs | Ramin Khaksar, Clear Labs & Patrick Bird, PMB BioTek Consulting |
| Time | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30am | Good Food, Beverages and Chemometrics | James Pyke, Agilent Technologies & Dan Hui Dorothy Yang, Agilent Technologies |
| 10:00-11:30am | The Landscape of CBD/Hemp Testing: Ensuring Harmonization of Standards and Methods from Seed to Sale | Erin Crowley, Q Laboratories |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Salmonella Re-Emergence: What are the Plans for Better Control? | Christophe Cordevant, ANSES French Foodsafety Agency, Emilio Esteban, USDA, & Daniele Sohier, Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Food Allergen and Gluten Analysis on the Fly | Linda Monaci, CNR & Carmen Diaz‐Amigo, FOCOS |
| 10:00-11:30am | AOAC/Eurofins Foundation “Testing for Life” Student Award Symposium | Palmer Orlandi, AOAC INTERNATIONAL |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Hot Topic Symposium: Food and Food Contact Surface Testing in the Era of COVID19 | Michael Brodsky, Brodsky Consultants |
| 2:30-2:45pm | Annual Meeting Closing Announcements |
