To participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting Call for Poster Abstracts, you must first register for the Annual Meeting. An email with a link to the Call for Posters will be sent to you once the payment is processed. If your poster is not accepted and you decide by Thursday, August 7, 2025 not to attend the Annual Meeting, your registration will be refunded in full.

Registration Rates

Early Bird Fees
(4/24/25 – 6/25/25)
Advanced Reg Fees
(6/26/25 – 8/6/25)
Onsite Reg Fees
(8/7/25 – 8/28/25)
AOAC Member$734$844$954
Non-Member$870$970$1,070
Developing Country$350$350$350
AOAC Student Member$160$160$160
Student Non-Member$215$215$215
AOAC Exhibitor$734$844$954
U.S. Government/
Academic Employee
$550$844$954
One-Day Registration$350$350$350
Guest Registration$250$250$250

The Annual Meeting will be in-person only.


Training Courses

The following additional fees apply for the Training Courses held during the Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 23, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM:

CourseMember FeeNon-Member Fee
Laboratory Accreditation Guidelines (ALACC) Training Course$749$849
Method Validation Training Course$649$749

Members Save on Registration

AOAC Members save on meeting registration fees! If you are not already an AOAC Member, learn more about the benefits of being a member.

Developing Country Registration

Individuals whose primary legal country of residence is included in the List of Developing Countries in the World Development Report published by the World Bank. Countries listed in the Lower to Upper Middle-Income categories are considered developing countries and qualify for the rate.

AOAC Guest Registration Policy

A guest is a spouse/friend/significant other of a presenter/speaker. Someone not in the field of analytical chemistry/microbiology but solely at the Annual Meeting to support a speaker. Not a business associate, staff colleague or fellow student. Guest registration is $250.

Contact AOAC Customer Service, [email protected], to add a guest to your registration.

Guest registration includes:

  • Entry into the exhibit hall
  • Sunday Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & President’s Welcome Reception
  • Monday Keynote Address & Awards Ceremony
  • Tuesday Annual Meeting Celebration

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Requests to cancel a registration must be submitted by email to AOAC INTERNATIONAL Customer Service ([email protected]) no later than Monday, August 11, 2025, and will require a $50.00 administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after this date. Substitutions from within the same organization are permitted up to five days before the event and will not incur an administrative fee.

Letter of Invitation

If you require an AOAC Annual Meeting Invitation Letter for Visa purposes, please contact Lauren Chelf at [email protected].