Invited Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Peter Schoenmakers​

Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Science (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, and Centre for Analytical Sciences
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Progress in analytical-separation methodology for pesticide analysis
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Amadeo Fernandez Alba

University of Almería
Almeria, Spain

  • Two Decades of HRMS in Pesticide Residue Analysis: From Milestones to Future Directions

News from EFSA and the EC-DG SANTE

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Mónica del Águila

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Parma, Italy

  • News from EFSA on prospective cumulative risk assessment
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Paula Medina

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Parma, Italy

  • The 2024 EU report on pesticide residues in food, latest updates

Martina Klarić

DG SANTE, European Commission

  • Update from DG SANTE of the European Commission on pesticide residues

Themed Day on Challenging Pesticides and Matrices

Michelangelo Anastassiades

EURL SRM – European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Food with Single Residue Methods, CVUA-Stuttgart
Fellbach, Germany

  • 20 years retrospect of EURL-SRM activities on challenging pesticides

Sarah King

Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratory, New Orleans, USA

  • Analytical Challenges of Polar Pesticides in Complex Food Matrices: Case Studies on Botanicals, Dietary Supplements and Green Coffee
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Jonathan DeCenzi

NOW Foods
Bloomingdale, USA

  • Streamlined sample preparation for LC-MS and GC-MS multi-pesticide residue analysis of botanicals and oils in a quality control environment

Newest Developments on Analytical Methods and QA/QC

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Steven Lehotay​

USDA Agricultural Research Service
Wyndmoor, USA

  • The QECh*All Mega-Method is Better than the QuEChERS Method
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Elisa Gredilla​

European Accreditation Laboratory Committee (TN Food and Feed)
Madrid, Spain

  • EA Guidelines on Accreditation of Pesticide Residues Analysis in Food and Feed

Special Session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Pesticide Residues

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Bas van der Velden

Wageningen Food Safety Research
The Netherlands

  • AI in food safety

Leah Riter​​

Bayer Crop Science
Chesterfield, USA

  • AI & Machine learning: Driving Innovation in Regulatory Science

Henrik Hupatz​

Stockholm University and Stockholm University Center for Circular and Sustainable Systems (SUCCeSS)
Stockholm, Sweden

  • Making more of pesticide LC/HRMS Data: machine learning for standard-free quantification and risk-based prioritisation