SPADA Meeting Book

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S TAKEHOLDER P ANEL ON A GENT D ETECTION A SSAYS Tuesday, August 13, 2019

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Headquarters First Floor Conference Room 2275 Research Blvd., Rockville, Maryland, 20850 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

STAKEHOLDER PANEL AGENDA

I. Introductions and Call to Order (9:00am – 9:15am) Palmer Orlandi, AOAC INTERNATIONAL

II. Meeting Overview and Objectives (9:15am – 9:30am) Linda Beck, Joint Research and Development (JRAD) , SPADA Chair

III. Voluntary Consensus Standards Development at AOAC INTERNATIONAL (9:30am – 10:00am) Deborah McKenzie, AOAC INTERNATIONAL

IV. Bacterial Strain Verification Working Group (10:00am – 11:00am) Linda Beck & Shanmuga Sozhamannan, DoD JPEO JPMG DBPAO a. Working Group Overview b. For approval: Guidelines for Verifying and Documenting the Relationships Between Microbial Cultures* V. Soil Testing Working Group (11:30pm – 12:30pm) Linda Beck & Morgan Minyard, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) a. Working Group Review b. For approval: Voluntary Consensus Standard for Collection and Use of Soils for Biothreat Agent Method Validation and Site Assessments* VI. In-silico Analysis Working Group (1:30pm – 2:30pm) Linda Beck & Shanmuga Sozhamannan a. Working Group Review b. For approval: Recommendations for Development of Molecular Assays for Microbial Pathogen Detection Using Next Generation In-Silico Analysis*

VII. Emerging Issues & Next Steps (2:30pm – 3:30pm) Linda Beck & Palmer Orlandi

VIII. Adjourn (3:30pm)

* Item requires a vote

An AOAC Provided Lunch Will be Served at 12:30pm

NO GOVERNMENT FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD FOR THIS MEETING