Though the TPC will consider proposals in a wide range of topic areas, the following areas are of particular interest as related to analytical science and food safety and have been identified as Session Tracks for the 2025 Annual Meeting:
- Agriculture, Environment, & Biostimulants – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods related to the analysis of environmental and agriculture samples, including biostimulants
- Bioinformatics, Chemometrics, & Data Analytics – Novel approaches for use of advanced pattern recognition and other tools for interpretation of data to ensure food and supplement quality and safety
- Botanicals & Dietary Supplements – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods or other developments to support potency, safety, or identity of botanicals and dietary supplements, including pre- and probiotics
- Chemical Contaminants & Residues – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine chemical contaminants and residues externally added, naturally present, or produced during processing of foods or supplements
- Food Additives & Colors – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine food additives or colors
- Food Authenticity & Food Fraud – Novel approaches to determine truthfulness or identity of ingredients and to detect deliberate fraudulent actions on foods or supplements
- Food Nutrition – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine nutritional content of foods
- Gluten & Food Allergens – Novel and/or newly validated methods to detect gluten and/or food allergens
- Hemp & Cannabis – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods or other developments to support potency and safety of cannabis and cannabis-containing products, including hemp
- Laboratory Management, Compliance, & Accreditation – New approaches and developments in laboratory management, compliance, and accreditation
- Microbiology & Molecular Biology Methods – Novel and/or newly validated microbiological methods for food and the environment, including Performance Tested MethodsSM
- Novel Foods & Ingredients – New approaches for evaluating quality and safety of novel foods and ingredients
- Quality Assurance & Reference Materials – New approaches and developments in quality assurance, including newly released of reference materials or their use to support quality assurance
