8:35 - 8:55 am Christian Talavera, FDA Single Laboratory Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Quaternary Ammonium Pesticides in Food
8:55 - 9:15 am Julie Kowalski, jkSS, LLC Developing a Practical Pesticide Method Development Handbook for Emerging and Complex Matrices: An AOAC CASP Initiative
9:15 - 9:35 am Tiffany Liden, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Practical Performance Drivers in EPA 1633A: A Case Study in Landfill Leachate
9:35 - 9:55 am Evan Walters, Biotage Optimizing Sample Preparation Strategies for Antibiotic Residue Analysis in Honey Using LC MS/MS
10:25 - 10:45 am Katherine Weddell, Fere Science Limited An alternative statistical approach for method development under EU regulation 2021/808
10:45 - 11:05 am Sue Dantonio, Agilent Technologies Inc. QuEChERS Streamlined: Cut a Step, not corners with the Agilent Multisampler
11:05 - 11:25 am Alexis Shelow, Restek Advancing GC–MS Method Development for Low-Level Analysis: Impacts of Column Chemistry and Modeling Approaches
11:25 - 11:45 am Jacob Jalali, PerkinElmer Cross Matrix Evaluation of a High Throughput Method for 100+ Drugs in Oral Fluid and Hair using QSight LC-MS/MS instrument
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:25am - 11:45am CDT Texas A
1:35 - 1:55 pm Andrew Folkerson, SCIEX Maximizing throughput and robustness for long-term food testing on a new generation triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
1:55 - 2:15 pm Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba, University of Almeria Towards more automated, robust and high-throughput workflows for routine multiresidue pesticide analysis
2:15 - 2:35 pm Justin Smolen, Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry Automated Microplastic Identification in Biological and Environmental Samples by Applying Machine Learning to Multimodal Fluorescence and μFTIR Imaging
2:35 - 2:55 pm Limian Zhao, Agilent Technologies Inc. Analysis of Ultra Short Chain and Short Chain PFAS in Fresh Produce and Beverages using Novel Mixed-mode LC Column and EMR Passthrough Matrix Cleanup
3:25 - 3:45 pm Lukas Vaclavik, Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing Development of Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPR®) for Mycotoxin Analysis in Novel Foods and Ingredients: An Update
3:45 - 4:05 pm Julie Brunkhorst, Trilogy Analytical Laboratory Mycotoxin Testing: Past to Present, Where Have We Been and Where Are We Now
4:25 - 4:45 pm Adam DeWilde, Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing Quantitative Determination of Cereulide Toxin in Infant Formula and Ingredients Using LC–MS/MS.
4:45 - 5:05 pm Stuart Oehrle, Northern Kentucky University, Waters Lab Cyanobacterial toxins in recreational waters using a targeted UPLC/MS/MS method and comparison to metagenomics
5:05 - 5:10 pm Closing remarks for Day 1 - Kelsey Powers, Holly Lee
