15th European Pesticide Residue Workshop (EPRW 2024)

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Welcome to the website of the European Pesticide Residue Workshop (EPRW). The Scientific and Organising Committee are delighted to invite you to the 15th EPRW that will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, from the 16th to the 20th of September 2024.

Join us for this key event dedicated to the latest developments for the analysis of pesticide residues in food and drink. It is a unique opportunity to network with renowned residue experts from around the world in a pleasant atmosphere – specialists and authorities from governmental and private laboratories, public organisations, regulatory bodies, research institutes, food producers and distributors, pesticide manufactures and all major vendors of analytical equipment and consumables.

As in previous EPRWs we set off with a pre-workshop course on Monday afternoon. In the late afternoon there is the welcome reception. From Tuesday to Friday the scientific programme will cover plenary lectures, oral presentations, roundtable discussions, young scientists’ oral presentations, and poster sessions and awards.  Also, vendor sessions and an exhibition area constitute an integral part of the meeting.

Thanks for being a part of our scientific journey, and we look forward to seeing you and your contributions and insights in the world of pesticide residue analysis.

Andreas Schürmann (EPRW 2024 Chair)

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Main Topics

EPRW 2024 will focus on the following main topics:

• Advanced analytical techniques and methods
• Qualitative/quantitative methods using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
• Single residue methods
• Guidelines for analytical quality control and validation procedures
• Quality assurance and requirements for laboratory accreditation
• Toxicology and risk assessment
• Trends in pesticide registration and use
• Monitoring programmes
• Regulatory issues
• Green analytical chemistry
• Analysis of “new food”

Programme

The programme can be found here

15th European Pesticide Residue Workshop (EPRW 2024): programme.

Invited Speakers

Amadeo Fernandez Alba

• EURL FV – European Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruit and Vegetables, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
• Topic: News from the EURL for Fruit and Vegetables

Janusz Pawliszyn

• Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Topic: Facilitating High Throughput Food Determinations with Chemical Biopsy Probe

Efisio Solazzo

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy
• Topic: Dietary Cumulative Risk Assessment

Steven Lehotay

• USDA Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, USA
• Topic: High-Throughput, Miniaturized, Automated, and “Green” Analysis of a Wide Scope of Pesticides and Other Residues in Fatty and Non-Fatty Foods

Luis Carrasco Cabrera

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy
• Topic: EU Pesticide Monitoring

Mette Erecius Poulsen

• EURL-CF – European Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Cereals and Feeding Stuff National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
• Topic: News from the EURL for Cereals and Feeding Stuff

Michelangelo Anastassiades

• EURL SRM – European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Food with Single Residue Methods, CVUA-Stuttgart, Fellbach, Germany
• Topic: News from the EURL for Single Residue Methods
• EPRW 2024 Pre-Workshop Course: Developments in Single Residue Methods

Ann-Kathrin Schäfer

• EURL SRM – European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Food with Single Residue Methods, CVUA-Stuttgart, Fellbach, Germany
• Topic: EPRW 2024 Pre-Workshop Course: Developments in Single Residue Methods

Eric Eichhorn

• EURL SRM – European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Food with Single Residue Methods, CVUA-Stuttgart, Fellbach, Germany
• Topic: EPRW 2024 Pre-Workshop Course: Developments in Single Residue Methods

Björn Hardebusch

• EURL AO – European Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues of Food of Animal Origin and Commodities with High Fat Content, CVUA, Freiburg, Germany
• Topic: News from the EURL for Food of Animal Origin

Till Goldmann

• Nestlé Institute of Food Safety & Analytical Sciences, Switzerland
• Topic: Managing Pesticides: An Industry Perspective

Anton Kaufmann

• Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zürich, Kantonales Labor, Zürich, Switzerland
• Topic: Improving the QuEChERs Extraction

Ignaz Bürge

• Agroscope, Plant Protection Products – Impact and Assessment, Switzerland
• Topic: Chiral Pesticides

EPRW 2024 Pre-Workshop course

Developments in Single Residue Methods

Monday, 16 September 2024 14:00 – 18:00

Tentative programme

• Overview SRM Compounds
• Quick Polar Pesticides (QuPPe) Method
• Ion Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry for Polar Pesticides
• Screening for Dithiocarbamate Residues

Registration

Online registration for EPRW 2024 is now open.

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Registration Fees

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The registration fees will be charged in CHF for all attendees.

*Copy of student ID is required during registration process. 
**The number of attendees for these events is limited. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis.

The registration fee includes:

• Admission to all scientific sessions
• Access to the exhibition area
• Invitation to the Welcome Reception on 16 September 2024
• Refreshments and snack lunches during breaks according to the programme
• Possibility of presenting accepted oral/poster presentation
• Inclusion of the accepted oral/poster abstract in the Book of Abstracts
• EPRW 2024 Book of Abstracts
• Access to the PDF file of the “EPRW 2024 Book of Abstracts”
• Certificate of Participation
• Certificate of Presentation of a lecture/poster at EPRW 2024
• Cancellation

Registered participants who cancel their registrations will receive a refund of the registration fee as follows: Receipt of cancellation by 15 July 2024: Refund of 100% of the registration fee less an administration fee of CHF 25.00. Receipt of cancellation after 16 July 2024: No refund will be issued. All cancellations must be submitted in writing to the conference office ([email protected]).

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission for the EPRW 2024 is now closed.

Vendor Sessions

Tuesday, 17 September 2024

13:20-13:55 - Jianru Stahl-Zeng (SCIEX)

• Advanced mass spec techniques for pesticide analysis

14:10 – 14:45 - Albert Farre Perez (MERCK)

• ChemisTwin™ Portal for Automated Structure Verification and Quantification of Pesticides by NMR    

16:25 – 16:50 - Paul Lynch (Cole-Parmer)

• Sampleprep – Improved Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Food Products (Pesticide Residues) Sample Preparation by Optimising Bulk Sample Comminution Alongside Automated Residue Extraction Equipment      

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

10:50 – 11:15 - Steven J. Lehotay (GERSTEL)

• Comparison of automated vs. centrifugal µ-SPE for the analysis of pesticides and other contaminants in a variety of foods

13:20 – 13:55 - Alan Barnes (Shimadzu)

• New developments in high resolution LC-MS/MS QTOF pesticide analysis from screening to quantitation with DIA and HR-MRM workflows

14:10 – 14:45 - Dr. Hans-Joachim Hübschmann (PALsystem)

• The New PAL Micro-SPE Cartridge for Automated Pesticides Extraction and Clean-up          

16:25 – 16:50 Mikko Hofsommer, Steffen Rothmeier (TRAJAN)

• Automation of relevant workflows for residue analysis

Thursday, 19 September 2024

10:50 – 11:15 - Diego Lopez (RESTEK)

• Is an inert LC-Column Hardware beneficial in for Pesticide Analysis? - Innovative Liquid Chromatography Techniques and Columns

13:20 – 13:55 - Dr. Stuart Adams, David Gould (Waters)

• New and classic approaches for pesticide testing – how to save costs & time and reduce the CO2-footprint
  of your lab without compromising excellent performance!        

14:10 – 14:45 - Jonathan Spencer, Teresa Klink (Agilent)

• Maximizing sample throughput and scope of pesticide residue coverage using high resolution and nominal mass spectrometry techniques.          

16:35 – 17:00 - Dmitrii Rakov (LECO)

• One Analyzer, Multiple Solutions: From MOSH, MOAH, Pesticides, and Beyond

Call for Sponsors

EPRW 2024 invites companies and organisations to participate in this important event as sponsors and exhibitors. A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available for companies who wish to participate at EPRW 2024.

If you are interested in sponsoring EPRW 2024, please contact Jennifer Pluta to request access to our Industry Service Center listing all exhibition and sponsorship opportunities.

Contact

We are at your disposal for any questions or particular queries you may have.

Exhibition & Sponsoring

• Jennifer Pluta
• [email protected]
• +49 89 54 82 34 70

Sponsors

We kindly thank all our sponsors for their contributions to the EPRW 2024

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