Call for Sessions Closes: Thursday, January 30, 2:00 PM ET
The AOAC INTERNATIONAL Technical Programming Council (TPC) invites AOAC members and other interested individuals to submit scientific session proposals to be offered at the 139th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, California, USA, August 23 – 28, 2025.
A scientific session may be in the format of a symposium, a roundtable, or a workshop. All scientific sessions at the 2025 Annual Meeting will be 90 minutes in length. All scientific sessions will be in-person.
The TPC is seeking sessions that cover a variety of timely analytical science and food safety topics, particularly emerging issues that pose a significant challenge for our stakeholder communities. AOAC’s Analytical Solutions Forum, New Initiatives, and Integrated Science Programs & Projects all provide a great starting point when considering topics of interest. The TPC’s goal is to provide a meeting program that balances technical topics with broad scientific ideas and opportunities while also maintaining continuity with AOAC’s current integrated programs and projects.
AGAIN IN 2025: AOAC is no longer requesting scientific session proposals that include a list of participants. During submission, Chairs may provide a list of desired participant names for consideration by the TPC. Participants will be assigned to accepted sessions by the TPC based on submissions to the Call for Speakers. (Call for Speakers opens Thursday, February 27, 2025.)
You will be required to submit the following information through our collection database:
The individual who submits the proposal will be notified of acceptance/rejection in late February 2025. Once a proposal is accepted, Chairs must pre-register for the Annual Meeting. Chairs and participants are responsible for their registration, travel, and lodging expenses. Registration opens in late April 2025.
After the Call for Scientific Sessions closes, the Call for Speakers will open. Individuals can submit papers for consideration to an accepted symposium or to be grouped with similar papers to form a new symposium. The TPC will review all submitted papers and assign accepted speakers to symposia. Chairs of accepted symposia can recruit speakers by encouraging development and submission of an abstract to the accepted symposium as part of the Call for Speakers.
Also, during the Call for Speakers, individuals may indicate interest in participating in a roundtable by describing their expertise to support the roundtable goals as described in the abstract. The TPC will review the expertise of interested individuals and make assignments to roundtables.
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:
Submissions will be judged based on the following criteria:
AOAC INTERNATIONAL scientific sessions are designed to focus on new, updated, and emerging topics of analytical science. Session proposals should not be of a commercial nature. (Exhibitors have opportunities to present sponsored sessions that can focus on proprietary topics.) Excessive use of brand, company, product, logo, or trade names is not permitted, and occurrences of such use may affect participation in future meetings.
No scientific sessions offered by AOAC INTERNATIONAL are to be used for commercial sales or presentations by authors or presenters without authorization from AOAC INTERNATIONAL. The TPC will give preference to submissions that provide educational benefits to a wide array of stakeholders.
If you submitted any type of proposal (session, speaker, or poster) in Session Board in 2024 for the AOAC Annual Meeting and you plan on using the same email you used in 2024, simply login to Session Board through the above link. If you are new to Session Board, use the above link and create an account.
Call for Sessions Opens: Thursday, January 2, 2025
Call for Sessions Closes: Thursday, January 30, 2:00 PM ET