RAFA 2024

In line with the concept of the previous events, RAFA 2024 Symposium will provide an overview of contemporary trends in the ANALYTICAL & BIOANALYTICAL STRATEGIES IN FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY CONTROL and discuss the CHALLENGES AND NOVEL APPROACHES IN FOOD AND NATURAL PRODUCTS ANALYSIS.

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The organizers of the RAFA 2024 plan to prepare a balanced programme including oral presentations given both by invited speakers, researchers and young scientists, satellite workshops, interactive and vendor seminars, extensive poster sessions and nice social events.

Following tentative RECENT & EMERGING ISSUES will be addressed in the RAFA 2024 sessions:

• Food additives, healthy nutrients & vitamins
• Food allergens
• Flavour & off-flavours
• Alternative proteins
• Mycotoxins, marine and plant toxins in a changing climate
• Pesticide & veterinary drug residues
• Process induced contaminants
• Environmental contaminants
• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
• Metals & metalloids, including their speciation
• Migrants from food packaging materials
• Micro- and nanoplastics in food
• Food authenticity, fraud and forensics
• (Multi)omics in food analysis
• Illegal and natural food supplements
• Exposomics & Human biomonitoring
• Sensors & Portable food analysis
• Circularity and sustainability
• Green food analysis
• Next generation sequencing for food quality & safety
• Effect based analysis & bioassays
• Spatially resolved food analysis
• Food legislation requirements for food control
• Artificial Intelligence in food analysis
• QA/QC, Chemometrics & Big data handling

We are looking forward to meeting you again in beautiful Prague!

• Prof. Jana Pulkrabova & Dr. Stefan van Leeuwen, Symposium Chairs

• Prof. Michele Suman, Symposium Co-chair

• Prof. Jana Hajslova & Prof. Michel Nielen, Symposium Honorary chairs

Important dates and deadlines

Registration

• June 17, 2024: Deadline to apply for Young researcher travel grant
• June 17, 2024: Deadline to apply for participation as a Sponsor or Exhibitor
• July 31, 2024: Reduced registration fee deadline

Call for papers

• June 15, 2024: Abstract submission for oral presentation
• August 31, 2024: Abstract submission for poster presentation
• September 30, 2024: Notification of Abstracts acceptance
• September 30, 2024: Last minute posters deadline
• October, 2024: Final programme

Conference programme (dates for diary)

• November 4, 2024: Registration desk open from 4.00 to 7.00 p.m.
• November 5, 2024: Registration desk open from 7.30 a.m.
• November 5-8, 2024: Symposium sessions, seminars, workshops and vendor seminars
• November 5, 2024: Welcome Cocktail
• November 7, 2024: Symposium Dinner

Programme

Invited speakers

• Coming soon

Special opportunities for young scientists

• Ample space reserved in the main program for oral presentations given by young researchers
• Award(s) for the best poster presentation(s)
• RAFA 2024 competitive travel grants

Satellite events, seminars and workshops

Workshops on novel challenges:

• Workshop on “Vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics”
• Workshop on “Smart data handling and AI in food analysis”

Interactive seminar – Be active and learn from each other:

• Step by step strategies for a fast development of smart analytical methods

Experts´ summit, EU and beyond:

• Session “AOAC INTERNATIONAL: Method Validation & Harmonization”
• Session “Food integrity from an EU – Asia perspective”

EC Reference Laboratories colloquium:

• Workshop on “Experiences, achievements and challenges by EU Reference Laboratories”

Workshops & Sessions on EU Framework Programs and other projects:

• Workshop on “Opportunities to collaborate in a European research and innovation area”

Vendor seminars & Exhibition:

• Vendor seminars introducing recent progress instrumentation and analytical strategies
• Exhibition of up-to-date instrumentation, laboratory equipment, screening tests, standards/reference materials, and consumables used in food analysis