129th AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition Preliminary Program

WELCOME

Welcome from the President of AOAC INTERNATIONAL Erik Konings On behalf of the entire Board of Directors and staff of AOAC INTRNATIONAL, I am pleased to welcome you to the 129th Annual Meeting and Exposition in Los Angeles, California.

As AOAC continues to empower industry, government, and academia in setting global standards through stakeholder consensus-building activities be sure to check out the many valuable opportunities to educate, network and collaborate. The schedule is filled with high-level standards development activities (stakeholder panels, working groups, and expert review panels), community meetings, symposia, poster presentations and networking events. AOAC is honored to announce this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Richard Stadler, Group Expert Chemical Food Safety at Nestec SA (Switzerland). He is in corporate quality management supporting the Nestlé Quality Assurance Centers (NQAC). His research spans more than 25 years investigating chemistry and bioactivity of foods and food constituents. In his keynote he will elaborate on the needs and challenges of analytical methods to verify food safety and integrity from an industry perspective. This year’s Wiley Award winner, Dr. Joe Boison, Senior Research Scientist & Research Coordinator at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and adjunct professor at the University of Saskatchewan, will reflect on almost 30 years of research on toxicology, kinetics, MRL, and detection methodology of multi-class and multi-kinds of drugs in food animal products. Two of his main innovations related to several pivotal studies on penicillin G residues in edible animal tissues, and a series of studies on olaquindox, carbadox and related compounds which were the basis for risk assessment with subsequent recommendations on use to protect human health. The quality of the technical program at AOAC’s Annual Meeting is renowned and this year is no exception. Thanks to the meeting sponsors, partners and exhibitors, the Exhibit Hall will feature a highly impressive display of the latest technological developments and services to help you with your analytical needs. I invite you to take full advantage of all outstanding opportunities that the AOAC Annual Meeting has to offer. Learn about new research, share your findings, hear from a variety of experts in your field, network with colleagues, and much more. Please join me at the Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and President’s Welcome Reception on Sunday evening to kick off what is sure to be another outstanding AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Erik Konings

President, AOAC INTERNATIONAL

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September 27–30, 2015 |  Westin Bonaventure Hotel |  Los Angeles, California