AIMS Midyear 2023 Agenda
I. WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (8:30AM – 8:35AM) | 1 |
Allison Baker, AOAC INTERNATIONAL, will welcome attendees and lead introductions. | 1 |
II. PROGRAM OVERVIEW (8:35AM – 8:45AM) | 1 |
Erin Crowley, Q Laboratories and Morgan Wallace will provide a brief overview of recent work done in the AIMS | 1 |
working group. | 1 |
III. THA FDA PERSPECTIVE (8:45AM – 9:00AM) | 1 |
Alexandre da Silva, FDA, will present an overview of the current work being done by the FDA Cyclospora Taskforce, | 1 |
the benefits of AOAC AIMS, and the relevance that AIMS work has to ISO TC34 and FDA. | 1 |
IV. WORKING GROUP SESSION: CYCLOSPORA (9:00AM – 10:00AM) | 1 |
AIMS Co-Chairs, Erin Crowley and Morgan Wallace, will lead the group in a working group meeting that is developing an SMPR for the Detection, Identification, and Characterization of Cyclospora cayetanensis. | 1 |
V. INTRODUCTION TO LEGIONELLA (10:10am – 10:25am) | 1 |
Michael Lowenstein, Q Laboratories, will introduce the challenge of Legionella testing, confirmation of positive results and an overall lack of standards for validating methods. | 1 |
VI. LEGIONELLA: CHALLENGES AND NEEDS IN THE WATER TREATMENT INDUSTRY (10:25am – 10:35am) | 1 |
Dave Christophersen, Dave Christophersen Consulting LLC; Certified Water Technologist, will provide an overview of the challenges of Legionella and the needs of the Water Treatment Industry. | 1 |
VII. LEGIONELLA: THE CONTRACT LABORATORY EXPERIENCE (10:35am – 10:45am) | 1 |
Michael Lowenstein, Q Laboratories, will provide an overview of the challenges of Legionella from the contract | 1 |
laboratory perspective. | 1 |
VIII. LEGIONELLA: CHALLENGES FOR THE METHOD DEVELOPER (10:45am – 10:55am) | 1 |
Christophe Quiring, Bio-Rad, will provide an overview of the challenges of method development for Legionella. | 1 |
IX. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION- (10:55am – 11:25am) | 2 |
Panelists will participate in a facilitated Q&A discussion about Legionella and respond to questions from the audience. | 2 |
X. WRAP UP AND ADJOURN (11:25am – 11:30am) | 2 |
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