AIMS Midyear 2023 Agenda

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Analytical International Methods and Standards Program

AOAC Midyear Meeting Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:30am – 11:30pm ET Draft Agenda

MEETING AGENDA

I. WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (8:30AM – 8:35AM) Allison Baker, AOAC INTERNATIONAL, will welcome attendees and lead introductions.

II. PROGRAM OVERVIEW (8:35AM – 8:45AM) Erin Crowley, Q Laboratories and Morgan Wallace will provide a brief overview of recent work done in the AIMS working group. III. THA FDA PERSPECTIVE (8:45AM – 9:00AM) Alexandre da Silva, FDA, will present an overview of the current work being done by the FDA Cyclospora Taskforce, the benefits of AOAC AIMS, and the relevance that AIMS work has to ISO TC34 and FDA. IV. WORKING GROUP SESSION: CYCLOSPORA (9:00AM – 10:00AM) 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 . V. INTRODUCTION TO LEGIONELLA (10:10am – 10:25am) Michael Lowenstein, Q Laboratories, will introduce the challenge of Legionella testing, confirmation of positive results and an overall lack of standards for validating methods. VI. LEGIONELLA: CHALLENGES AND NEEDS IN THE WATER TREATMENT INDUSTRY (10:25am – 10:35am) 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. VII. LEGIONELLA: THE CONTRACT LABORATORY EXPERIENCE (10:35am – 10:45am) Michael Lowenstein, Q Laboratories, will provide an overview of the challenges of Legionella from the contract laboratory perspective.

VIII. LEGIONELLA: CHALLENGES FOR THE METHOD DEVELOPER (10:45am – 10:55am) Christophe Quiring, Bio-Rad, will provide an overview of the challenges of method development for Legionella.

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IX. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION- (10:55am – 11:25am) Panelists will participate in a facilitated Q&A discussion about Legionella and respond to questions from the audience.

X. WRAP UP AND ADJOURN (11:25am – 11:30am)

*This agenda is subject to change without notification Break from 10:00am – 10:10am