SPADA Agenda Annual Meeting 2023

AOAC INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PROGRAM ON AGENT DETECTION ASSAYS Meeting of the Working Groups

AOAC Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, August 26, 2023 1 :00PM – 3 : 00 PM CDT Draft Agenda Moderator: Deborah McKenzie (AOAC INTERNATIONAL)

I. PRELIMINARY ITEMS (1:00PM – 1:15PM) Deborah McKenzie will welcome attendees, introduce speakers, and provide an overview and history of SPADA to date. II. WORKING GROUP II – OVERVIEW & NEXT STEPS (1 :15 PM – 1:45 PM) Dr. Shanmuga Sozhamannan - Technical Coordinator Joint Research and Development, Inc. (JRAD) supporting Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO) at the JPEO, Joint Project Lead, CBRND Enabling Biotechnologies (JPL CBRND EB) Dr. Sozhamannan will discuss ASqMI and SMPR needs for both Amp Seq and Meta Seq (genomics) and review the successful completion of the Amp Seq SMPR. III. VALIDATION OF BIOTHREAT METHODS ( 1:45 PM – 2: 15 PM) Dr. Sharon Brunelle – Technical Consultant, AOAC INTERNATIONAL Dr. Brunelle will discuss the SMPR for the Detection of Multiple Biothreat Agent Organisms in Environmental Samples by Amplicon Sequencing (Amp Seq) and review related method validation guidelines. IV. HOW SPADA GOT US TO METAGENOMICS (2: 15P M – 2:45 PM) Dr. Michael Sussman - Senior Research Scientist, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Agricultural Analytics Division Dr. Sussman will provide a summary on VNGS, FAIR, and Artificial Intelligence as it relates to the work that has been accomplished in SPADA.

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WRAP UP & ADJOURNMENT ( 2:45 PM – 3: 00 PM) Deborah McKenzie and Allison Baker (AOAC INTERNATIONAL) will discuss next steps.

This agenda is subject to change without notice.