<h3><strong>Invitation to the <a href="https://gcms.cz/events/53">RAFA</a></strong></h3>
<p>On behalf of the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague, Czech Republic) and Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University &amp; Research (The Netherlands), we are delighted to invite all food scientists from academia and industry and representatives of national and international agencies, control authorities, governmental and commercial laboratories to attend the <strong>Virtual event highlighting current Trends &amp; Views on RECENT ADVANCES IN FOOD (RAFA 2021)</strong>.</p>
<h4><a href="https://www.rafa2021.eu/registration.html"><strong>FREE REGISTRATION</strong></a> at RAFA 2021 is OPEN!</h4>
<p><em>(Registration deadline November 1, 2021)</em></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/RAFA_2021_14c13ac008/RAFA-2021.jpg" alt="RAFA 2021"/></p>
<h3><strong>RAFA 2021 PROGRAM</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Wednesday - November 3, 2021</strong></h3>
<p>(Chairs: Jana Hajslova (UCT Prague) &amp; Michel Nielen (WFSR))</p>
<h5><strong>9:00-13:00 Series of vendor webinars I</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/webinars?search=RAFA"><strong>LCMS RAFA Webinars</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars?search=RAFA"><strong>GCMS RAFA Webinars</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=10"><em>Agilent Technologies</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=11"><em>Axel Semrau GmbH &amp; Co. KG</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=24"><em>LECO</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=4"><em>PerkinElmer</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=50"><em>Phenomenex, Inc. - Torrance, CA</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=7"><em>Restek</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=55"><em>SCIEX</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><em>SepSolve Analytical Ltd</em></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=1"><em>Shimadzu Europa GmbH</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=3"><em>Thermo Fisher Scientific</em></a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:45-14:00 Welcome at RAFA 2021</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Jana Hajslova</strong> &amp; <strong>Michel Nielen</strong>, RAFA chairs</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Session 1 Analytical challenges I</strong></h4>
<h5><strong>14:00-14:20 L1 Fighting food frauds exploiting chromatography-mass spectrometry &amp; infrared technologies: scientific literature vs real industrial approaches</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Michele Suman</strong> (Barilla G. R. F.lli SpA, Advanced Laboratory Research, Parma, Italy)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>14:20-14:40 L2 How can we measure and tackle the world wide occurrence of mycotoxins in view of climate change?</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Rudolf Krska</strong> (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, IFA-Tulln, Austria)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>14:40-15:00 L3 Potential of imaging mass spectrometry in characterisation of food crops</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Chiara Dall ́Asta</strong> (University of Parma, Parma, Italy</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>15:00-15:20 L4 Dimensional Chromatography with Quadruple Parallel Mass Spectrometry, LC3MS4, for Infant/Adult Formula Analysis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Craig Byrdwell</strong> (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USA)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>15:20-15:30 L5 Towards decentralized food safety: a FoodSmartphone perspective</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Georgina Ross</strong> (Wageningen University &amp; Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>15:30-15:40 Chat discussion with speakers L1-L5</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Led by Jana Hajslova &amp; Michel Nielen</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>15:40-16:00 Refreshment break</strong></h5>
<h4><strong>Session 2 Metabolomics</strong></h4>
<h5><strong>16:00-16:20 L6 Metabolomics and lipidomics approaches to advance food Science and nutrition research</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Alejandro Cifuentes</strong> (National Research Council of Spain, Madrid, Spain)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>16:20-16:40 L7 Confidence in metabolite annotations from high-resolution MS/MS in food digestion along the human GI tract</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Olivier Fiehn</strong> (UC Davis West Coast Metabolomics Center, Davis, USA)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>16:40-17:00 L8 Deciphering the gut microbiota function by LC/GC-MS metabolomics approaches</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Josep Rubert</strong> (Wageningen University &amp; Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:00-17:20 L9 One class modelling, a simple approach to botanical authentication</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>James Harnly</strong> (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USA)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:20-17:40 Chat discussion with speakers L6-L9</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Led by Jana Hajslova &amp; Michel Nielen</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:40-18:30 Opportunities for networking (tbc)</strong></h5>
<h3><strong>Thursday - November 4, 2021</strong></h3>
<p>(Chairs: Jana Pulkrabova (UCT Prague) &amp; Stefan van Leeuwen (WFSR))</p>
<h4><strong>Session 3 Food fraud &amp; authentication</strong></h4>
<h5><strong>09:00-09:20 L10 From targeted to non-targeted analysis for food authentication: challenges of change</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Carsten Fauhl-Hassek</strong> (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:20-9:40 L11 Diving into the beer metabolome and discover signatures of materials, technologies and reactions</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Michael Rychlik</strong> (Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:40-10:00 L12 Alternative proteins for conventional animal products in China: regulatory process</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Yongning Wu</strong> (China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:00-10:10 L13 Wine varietal identification: solution of an uneasy task</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Leos Uttl</strong> (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:10-10:20 L14 The story of a leaf: a 2-tiered system for tea authenticity</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Di Wu</strong> (Queen&#39;s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:20-10:40 L15 Food authenticity from a regulatory science perspective</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Franz Ulberth</strong> (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:40-11:00 Chat discussion with speakers L10-L15</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Led by Jana Pulkrabova &amp; Stefan van Leeuwen</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:00-11:20 Refreshment break</strong></h5>
<h4><strong>Session 4 Analytical challenges II</strong></h4>
<h5><strong>11:20-11:40 L16 Comparison of analytical methods and results:  “Devil is in the details”</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Katerina Mastovska</strong> (Eurofins Scientific, USA)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:40-12:00 L17 Scientific and regulatory challenges and developments for EU Reference Laboratories in food safety areas</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Piotr Robouch</strong> (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:00-12:20 L18 Transition to a circular economy: analytical challenges for contaminants in the food chain</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Stefan van Leeuwen</strong> (Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University &amp; Research, The Netherlands)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:20-12:30 L19 Smartphone-based pesticide residue screening: goals achieved &amp; challenges to be faced</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Aristeidis Tsagkaris</strong> (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:30-12:50 L20 Determining the source of our soya using an analytical toolbox</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Christopher Elliott</strong> (Queen&#39;s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:50-13:10 Chat discussion with speakers L16-L20</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Led by Jana Pulkrabova &amp; Stefan van Leeuwen</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:10-13:20 Summary of RAFA 2021, Trends &amp; Views</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Michele Suman</strong> (Barilla Food Research Labs, Parma, Italy)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:20-13:30 Announcement of RAFA 2022</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Jana Hajslova &amp; Michel Nielen, RAFA chairs</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:30-18:30 Series of vendor webinars II</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/webinars?search=RAFA"><strong>LCMS RAFA Webinars</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars?search=RAFA"><strong>GCMS RAFA Webinars</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=10"><em>Agilent Technologies</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=8"><em>Bruker Daltonics</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><em>Büchi Labortechnik AG</em></p>
</li>
<li><p><em>Milestone Helping Chemists</em></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=50"><em>Phenomenex, Inc. - Torrance, CA</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><em>R-Biopharm AG</em></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=7"><em>Restek</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=52"><em>Syft Technologies GmbH</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=3"><em>Thermo Fisher Scientific</em></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=5"><em>Waters Corporation</em></a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://www.rafa2021.eu/programme.html"><strong>RAFA 2021 Programme details including Abstracts and Invited speakers info</strong></a></h3>


RAFA 2021 - VIRTUAL & FREE OF CHARGE - PROGRAM

<p>On behalf of the <strong>University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague</strong> (UCT Prague, Czech Republic) and <strong>Wageningen Food Safety Research</strong> (WFSR), part of <strong>Wageningen University &amp; Research</strong> (The Netherlands), we are delighted to invite all food scientists from academia and industry and representatives of national and international agencies, control authorities, governmental and commercial laboratories to attend the 10th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2022).</p>
<h3><strong>Registration for RAFA 2022 is OPEN.</strong></h3>
<h4>👉<a href="https://www.rafa2022.eu/registration.html"><strong>Register here</strong></a></h4>
<h5>After successful submission of your registration, you will receive by e-mail:</h5>
<ul>
<li>(i) an automatic confirmation of receipt indicating the total amount of payment due (either for bank transfer or for on-line payment by card),</li>
<li>(ii) login to Member section where you can administrate your profile, submit your abstracts, and from July 2022 register for satellite workshops and seminars.</li>
</ul>
<p>As soon as payment of registration fee is processed, you will also receive by e-mail (iii) confirmation of payment.</p>
<blockquote>
<h5><strong>Deadlines for registration</strong></h5>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><strong>May 15, 2022:</strong> Deadline to apply for Young researcher travel grant</li>
<li><strong>June 15, 2022:</strong> Reduced registration fee deadline</li>
<li><strong>July 15, 2022:</strong> Deadline to apply for participation as a Sponsor or Exhibitor</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<h5><strong>The regular registration fee will include:</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Attendance at all scientific sessions, workshops, seminars, vendor seminars and other satellite events</li>
<li>Access to the poster and exhibition area</li>
<li>Conference kit (name badge, conference bag, conference documents, certificate of participation, certificate of presentation on request)</li>
<li>Final programme</li>
<li>E-Book of abstracts</li>
<li>Coffee breaks</li>
<li>Buffet luncheons</li>
<li>Welcome drink</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>RAFA 2022 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE – General schedule (tentative)</strong></h3>
<p>The scientific committee and the organizers of the 10th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2022) aim to prepare a balanced program with many top quality presentations followed by stimulating discussions, several satellite events, a large state-of-the-art exhibition and an attractive social program. Scientific contributions will be presented by leading scientists through keynote lectures and by contributed oral and poster presentations.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/RAFA_RAFA_2022_PROGRAMME_AT_A_GLANCE_4fa7c1acf9/RAFA-RAFA-2022-PROGRAMME-AT-A-GLANCE.webp" alt="RAFA: RAFA 2022 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE"/></p>
<h3><strong>INVITED SPEAKERS</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Prof. Chiara Dall&#39;Asta</strong>, University of Parma, Italy</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Vincent Baeten</strong>, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Gembloux, Belgium</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Jacob de Boer</strong>, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Christopher Elliott</strong>, Queen&#39;s University Belfast, Belfast, Great Britain</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Carsten Fauhl-Hassek</strong>, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Jana Hajslova</strong>, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Amadeo R Fernández-Alba</strong>, European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruit &amp; Vegetables, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Christoph von Holst</strong>, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Hans-Gerd Janssen</strong>, Unilever Research and Development, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Christian W. Klampfl</strong>, Institute of Analytical and General Chemistry/Department of General Chemistry Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Jacob van Klaveren</strong>, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Achim Kohler</strong>, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), As, Norway </li>
<li><strong>Prof.Rudolf Krska</strong>, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, IFA-Tulln, Austria</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Stefan van Leeuwen</strong>, Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University &amp; Research, The Netherlands</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Katerina Mastovska</strong>, Eurofins Scientific, US Food Division, United States</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Clare Mills</strong>, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Hans Mol</strong>, Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University &amp; Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Nicola Randall</strong>, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Josep Rubert</strong>, Wageningen University &amp; Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Michael Rychlik</strong>, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin</strong>, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany</li>
<li><strong>Prof. Jens Sloth</strong>, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Michele Suman</strong>, Barilla Food Research Labs, Parma, Italy</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Frans Verstraete</strong>, European Commission, DG Health and Consumers (DG SANTE), Brussels, Belgium</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.rafa2022.eu/speakers.html"><strong>Details and CVs of speakers and the overview of challenging topics to be presented.</strong></a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3><strong>WORKSHOPS &amp; SESSIONS ON NOVEL CHALLENGES</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Workshop on <strong>&quot;Vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics&quot;</strong></li>
<li>Workshop on <strong>&quot;Analysis of contaminants &amp; migrants in circular food production&quot;</strong></li>
<li>Tutorial on <strong>&quot;Data quality and smart data handling in food analysis&quot;</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>INTERACTIVE SEMINAR: BE ACTIVE AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Step by step strategies for fast development of smart analytical methods</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>EU REFERENCE LABORATORIES COLLOQUIUM</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Workshop on &quot;Experiences, achievements and challenges of EU Reference Laboratories&quot;</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>VENDOR SEMINARS &amp; EXHIBITION</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Vendor seminars introducing recent instrumentation and analytical strategies for advanced food quality and safety control</li>
<li>Exhibition of modern instrumentation, laboratory equipment, chemicals and consumables</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS, MEDIA PARTNERS</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=10"><strong>Agilent Technologies LCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=10"><strong>Agilent Technologies GCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=3"><strong>Thermo Fisher Scientific LCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=3"><strong>Thermo Fisher Scientific GCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/RAFA_RAFA_2022_GOLD_SPONSORS_903eacef3f/RAFA-RAFA-2022-GOLD-SPONSORS.webp" alt="RAFA: RAFA 2022 GOLD SPONSORS"/></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=5"><strong>Waters Corporation LCMS</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=5"><strong>Waters Corporation GCMS</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/RAFA_RAFA_2022_SILVER_SPONSORS_eba74731e1/RAFA-RAFA-2022-SILVER-SPONSORS.webp" alt="RAFA: RAFA 2022 SILVER SPONSORS"/></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=11"><strong>Axel Semrau LCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=11"><strong>Axel Semrau GCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=8"><strong>Bruker Daltonics LCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=8"><strong>Bruker Daltonics GCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=7"><strong>Restek LCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=7"><strong>Restek GCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=52"><strong>Syft Technologies LCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?mainauthorItems=52"><strong>Syft Technologies GCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/RAFA_RAFA_2022_BRONZE_SPONSORS_587b47e3af/RAFA-RAFA-2022-BRONZE-SPONSORS.webp" alt="RAFA: RAFA 2022 BRONZE SPONSORS"/></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/RAFA_RAFA_2022_MEDIA_PARTNERS_e4c11fc4ec/RAFA-RAFA-2022-MEDIA-PARTNERS.webp" alt="RAFA: RAFA 2022 MEDIA PARTNERS"/></p>


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