• The changing face of the laboratory in the food industry, growing challenges and concerns, where we are and where we need to go
• What we will accomplish in this conference  

• The New Era of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
  
• The Regulatory Food Testing Lab as a Cornerstone for Ensuring Food Safety
• FDA Developing and Expanding Laboratory Partnerships with Stakeholders: Government, Academia, Industry and Scientific & Laboratory Associations
• Defining Best Practices for the Regulatory Lab
• Data Acceptance and the Need for Uniformity and Quality Data
• Best Laboratory Practices Beyond our Borders
  

• Global Laboratory Initiatives
• Key Foundational Components to Build Lab Capacity
• Sharing Best Practices
• Fostering Effective Global Collaborations
• Communication
  
• Benefits to Industry from FDA's Global Initiatives
  

• What does ISO Certification really mean?
• Successful use of external auditing groups
• Appropriate documentation, control, and monitoring for continuing success

• Communication and Responsibility in the Social Media Age

• The 100K Pathogen Genome Project is a landmark consortium that addresses the persistent food safety concerns by engaging world-wide partners to create a publicly available genetic database of the most common foodborne disease causing microbes.
• This project will revolutionize the methods used in agriculture by bringing a new paradigm to public health to empower precise and robust molecular testing in the food chain – from the farm to the kitchen table.
• This project will sequence 100,000 genomes of important pathogens to increase food security.
  
  

• Rapid Testing Solutions for Food
  Labs, Wolfgang E. Schmidt, Head of Strategic Account Management, EMD Millipore
  
• Laboratory Accreditation, presented by A2LA
  

• Strategies to Combat Food Fraud
  
• Lessons Learned: Food Forensics Case Histories
  
• Food CSI Lab
  

• QC Lab vs. R&D Lab Requirements
• Benefits of Being Part of a Structured Management System

• Budgeting for Laboratory Capital Expenditures
• Designing a Functional, Flexible and Efficient Lab
• How Low Can You Go? Designing More Lab on a Reduced Budget
• Managing The Building Project
• SEED (Socially Ergonomic Environmental Design) Consideration
• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Considerations

• Data, data, data: how much do you need and What to do with it
• FSMA and GFSI Data Requirements and Considerations
• Can Your Current LIMS System Handle the Increased Load?

• Russell Flowers, Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, Mérieux NutriSciences (formally Silliker Labs)
• Timothy Sonntag, MBA, VP, Quality & Technical Services, Wixon, Inc.
• Andrew Altman, General Manager, Environmental & Food Safety, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
• John Reuther, President & Lab Director, Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratory
  
• Eric Putman, Food Safety, Quality & Training Systems Manger, Wixon
• Mark Carter, Director of Food Science, Microbac Laboratories, Inc.

About Pittcon:

Experience the Pittcon Exposition – Four highly productive days of discovering new equipment, finding  solutions to your laboratory challenges, interacting with professionals, and establishing ongoing relationships with vendors.  Learn about all that Pittcon has to offer: 

• Provides a unique venue to compare and evaluate the latest products and services from leading companies from 30 countries – all in one place.  
• Take advantage of a once-a-year opportunity to network with technical personnel who will be available on site to answer questions and troubleshoot any problems you may be experiencing. 
• Participate in exhibitors’ live demonstrations and product seminars.
• Looking for lab equipment? Come to Pittcon, and get exclusive “onsite only” deals and discounts offered by select companies.

Visit the Pittcon Website: www.Pittcon.org

FAQs and Contact us:

The Food Labs Conference is independently owned and produced by Food Safety Tech, a part of Innovative Publishing Co. LLC.

Food Lab Attendees have full access to Pittcon

Registering for Pittcon only, does not grant you access to the Food Labs Conference

The Food Labs Conference is co-located within Pittcon and utilizes Pittcon’s infrastructure, such as meeting rooms as well as registration and housing services for on-site attendees.

When registering for Food Labs, you will be in the Pittcon registration system. Your confirmation and conference badge will clearly identify you as a Food Labs Conference Delegate providing access to both Food Labs as well as Pittcon.

Travel and Hotel arrangements for on-site attendees should be made through Pittcon’s housing link.

Registration Link for on-site Attendees

Housing Link

Registration Link for Virtual Attendees

More Questions?  email Rick

Sponsorship Inquiries: email Marc

Virtual Attendee Questions: email Patty

Not so fine print...

Cancellation and Refund Policy: All cancellations must be made via email.  Should you not be able to attend the conference, you may have someone else from your organization take your place or use your registration fee as credit towards a future Food Safety Tech event. If these options are not possible, you can receive a refund of the registration fee less a 20% processing fee up until 7 business days prior to the conference. There are no refunds for cancellations within the 7 day period prior to the conference or for "no-shows" to the conference.

Topics and speakers are subject to change without notice. Food Safety Tech reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any program, and the full registration fee will be refunded or applied to the rescheduled program in accordance with the registrant's preference.  In the event of cancelled programs, Food Safety Tech assumes no responsibility for transportation, hotel, or other expenses incurred by registrants.