2025 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting & Exposition
The AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting: A Unique Analytical Science Opportunity
The 2025 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting & Exposition will be held from August 23 to 28, 2025, at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego, California, USA.
The AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition provides unparalleled professional development, networking, and collaboration in methods-based science.
- Businesses: Meet scientific and regulatory experts and engage with new trends and standards.
- Scientists: Build professional expertise and network with your community to share information and best practices.
- Regulators: Leverage unprecedented opportunity for stakeholder collaboration on complex testing and analysis challenges, helping improve compliance and public safety.
- Academia: Engage with colleagues – both students and faculty – at all career and research levels
Keep Pace with Innovation
- Take advantage of emerging methods, best practices, and trending topics like food fraud and cannabis purity and potency.
- Discover new technologies, from DNA authentication to genomic microbial identification.
- Get professional insights from industry insiders through the AOAC Spotlight.
Experience the AOAC Analytical Solutions Forum
This multi-faceted “idea incubator” focuses on regulatory changes and emerging food safety issues. A plenary and two breakout sessions feature thought-provoking ideas to identify and meet analytical needs—before public health emergencies arise.
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Registration
Registration for the AOAC Annual Meeting at the Town & Country Resort will open Thursday, April 24, 2025. The Annual Meeting will be in-person only.
To participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting Call for Posters, you must first register for the Annual Meeting. An email with a link to the Call for Posters will be sent to you once the payment is processed. If your poster is not accepted and you decide by August 7, 2025, not to attend the Annual Meeting, your registration will be refunded in full.
Registration Rates
AOAC Member Fees
- Early Bird: $734
- Advanced Reg: $844
- Onsite Reg: $954
Non-Member Fees
- Early Bird: $870
- Advanced Reg: $970
- Onsite Reg: $1,070
Developing Country Fees
- Early Bird: $350
- Advanced Reg: $350
- Onsite Reg: $350
AOAC Student Member Fees
- Early Bird: $160
- Advanced Reg: $160
- Onsite Reg: $160
Student Non-Member Fees
- Early Bird: $215
- Advanced Reg: $215
- Onsite Reg: $215
AOAC Exhibitor Fees
- Early Bird: $734
- Advanced Reg: $844
- Onsite Reg: $954
*Early bird Fees (24 April - 25 June 2025)
*Advanced Reg Fees (26 June - 6 August 2025)
*Onsite Reg Fees (7 August - 28 August 2025)
Members Save on Registration
AOAC Members save on meeting registration fees! If you are not already an AOAC Member, learn more about the benefits of being a member.
Developing Country Registration
Individuals whose primary legal country of residence is included in the List of Developing Countries in the World Development Report published by the World Bank. Countries listed in the Lower to Upper Middle-Income categories are considered developing countries and qualify for the rate.
AOAC Guest Registration Policy
A guest is a spouse/friend/significant other of a presenter/speaker. Someone not in the field of analytical chemistry/microbiology but solely at the Annual Meeting to support a speaker. Not a business associate, staff colleague or fellow student. Guest registration is $250.
Contact AOAC Customer Service, [email protected], to add a guest to your registration.
Guest registration includes:
- Entry into the exhibit hall
- Sunday Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & President’s Welcome Reception
- Monday Keynote Address & Awards Ceremony
- Tuesday Annual Meeting Celebration
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Requests to cancel a registration must be submitted by email to AOAC INTERNATIONAL Customer Service ([email protected]) no later than Thursday, August 10, 2025, and will require a $50.00 administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after this date. Substitutions from within the same organization are permitted up to five days before the event and will not incur an administrative fee.
Letter of Invitation
If you require an AOAC Annual Meeting Invitation Letter for Visa purposes, please contact Lauren Chelf at [email protected].
Call for Scientific Sessions
The 2025 Annual Meeting Call for Sessions is closed. If you would like to participate as a Presenter at the Annual Meeting, the Call for Speakers will open on February 27, 2025.
Call for Speakers
(More information coming soon.)
The AOAC INTERNATIONAL Technical Programming Council (TPC) invites AOAC members and other interested individuals to submit speaker proposals for the 139th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, CA, August 23 – 28, 2025. All scientific sessions at the 2025 Annual Meeting will be 90 minutes in length. All scientific sessions will be in-person.
AOAC offers three types of Call for Speakers submissions:
- Individuals interested in participating in a roundtable accepted by the TPC
- A paper submitted to a specific symposium accepted by the TPC. If you submit a proposal to the Call for Sessions and it is accepted by the TPC and you would like to participate as a Speaker in addition to being the Chair, you will need to submit your paper through the Call for Speakers.
- A paper not submitted to a specific symposium but if accepted, will be grouped with related topics to create a symposium. If accepted, you may be asked to Chair the session.
All accepted speakers/roundtable participants are responsible for their registration, travel, and lodging expenses. Registration opens in late April 2025.
Call for Speakers Opens: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Call for Speakers Closes: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 2:00 PM ET
Call for Poster Abstracts
Poster presenters MUST attend the AOAC Annual Meeting to submit a poster. The Annual Meeting will be in-person only.
To submit a poster abstract to the 2025 Annual Meeting, you must first register for the Annual Meeting. Registration for the Annual Meeting will open Thursday, April 24, 2025. Once the payment is processed, an email with a link to the Call for Poster Abstracts submission site will be sent to you. If your poster is not accepted and you decide by August 7, 2025, not to attend the Annual Meeting, your registration will be refunded in full.
All poster abstracts will go through a review process. AOAC posters are designed to focus on new, updated, and emerging topics of analytical science. Poster abstracts should not be of a commercial nature. (Exhibitors have opportunities to present sponsored sessions that can focus on proprietary topics.) Excessive use of brand, company, product, logo, or trade names is not permitted, and occurrences of such use may affect participation in future meetings. Posters are NOT to be used for commercial sales or presentations by authors or presenters. Acceptance/rejection emails will be sent to Poster Authors by Monday, June 16, 2025.
Authors will be required to upload a PDF of the accepted poster. More information will be sent to accepted poster submitters.
All authors will be required to present the physical poster in the Poster Hall at the AOAC Annual Meeting at the Town & Country Resort in San Diego, CA.
Call for Poster Abstracts Opens: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Call for Poster Abstracts Closes: Thursday, May 22, 2025, 2:00 PM ET
Poster Tracks:
- Agriculture, Environment, & Biostimulants – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods related to the analysis of environmental and agriculture samples, including biostimulants
- Bioinformatics, Chemometrics, & Data Analytics – Novel approaches for use of advanced pattern recognition and other tools for interpretation of data to ensure food and supplement quality and safety
- Botanicals & Dietary Supplements – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods or other developments to support potency, safety, or identity of botanicals and dietary supplements
- Chemical Contaminants & Residues – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine chemical contaminants and residues externally added, naturally present, or produced during processing of foods or supplements
- Food Additives & Colors – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine food additives or colors
- Food Authenticity & Food Fraud – Novel approaches to determine truthfulness or identity of ingredients and to detect deliberate fraudulent actions on foods or supplements
- Food Nutrition – Novel and/or newly validated methods to determine nutritional content of foods
- Gluten & Food Allergens – Novel and/or newly validated methods to detect gluten and/or food allergens
- Hemp & Cannabis – Novel and/or newly validated chemical methods or other developments to support potency and safety of cannabis and cannabis-containing products, including hemp
- Laboratory Management, Compliance, & Accreditation – New approaches and developments in laboratory management, compliance, and accreditation
- Microbiology & Molecular Biology Methods – Novel and/or newly validated microbiological methods for food and the environment, including Performance Tested MethodsSM
- Novel Foods & Ingredients – New approaches for evaluating quality and safety of novel foods and ingredients
- Quality Assurance & Reference Materials – New approaches and developments in quality assurance, including newly released of reference materials or their use to support quality assurance
2025 Annual Meeting Sponsorship Opportunities
AOAC invites you to participate as a sponsor for the 139th Annual Meeting & Exposition. Sponsorship provides an opportunity to position your company/organization as a supporter of AOAC. Please review the listings below to select the item or event that best aligns with your sponsorship goals. Reservations will be taken in the order they are received. Partial sponsorship may be available.
Sponsorship Opportunities
- AOAC Mobile App Banner (Full sponsorship of App): $25,000
- Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & President’s Welcome Reception: $10,000
- Annual Meeting Celebration: $10,000
- Exhibit Hall Lunch (Monday or Tuesday): $7,500/ea
- President’s Reception in Honor of AOAC Organizational Members: $5,000
- AOAC Mobile App Annual Meeting Event Banner (includes one in-app notification): $5,000
- New Member and First-Time Attendee Welcome Reception: $5,000
- Reception for TDLM Members: $5,000
- Reception for TDRM Members: $5,000
- Community Mixer Reception: $3,500
- Botanical Ingredients and Dietary Supplement Integrity (BIDSI) Program Reception, Sponsored by Alkemist Labs: SOLD ($3,000)
- Conference Bag: $3,000
- Exhibit Hall/Poster Presentation AM or PM Coffee Break: $2,500/ea
- New Member and First Time Meeting Attendee Orientation: $1,500
- Poster Presentation (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday): $1,000/ea
- One-minute video to be played before any one scientific session: $1,000
All Sponsors Receive:
- Hyperlinked company logo displayed on AOAC’s 2025 Champions & Sponsors web page
- Company logo displayed before the start of the Annual Meeting Keynote Address &
- Awards Ceremony
- Signage at the sponsored event
- Company logo on the Annual Meeting Entrance Unit
- Hyperlinked company logo on the Annual Meeting mobile app
- Company name listed in the mobile app Schedule
- Company name listed on the Annual Meeting Schedule web page
- Company name listed on the Annual Meeting Schedule at a Glance distributed on-site at the Meeting
To become a sponsor, please contact Lauren Chelf, AOAC Director of Meetings & Expositions at [email protected].
Engagement Packages
All AOAC Engagement Packages offer a 10′ x 10′ booth at the 2025 AOAC Annual Meeting, a complimentary meeting registration, a listing on the Annual Meeting website, and an organization listing in the Annual Meeting mobile app. Choose a higher package level for added benefits like additional complimentary meeting registrations, vendor presentation opportunities, advertisements, attendee lists, and more.
- Champion Level: $10,000
- Trailblazer Level: $8,000
- Leader Level: $4,000
- Patron Level: $2,750
View Engagement Package Levels
Champion Level ($10,000)
- Booth space priority and 1 corner 10’x10’ booth at the Annual Meeting & Exposition.
- 40-minute vendor presentation at the Annual Meeting
- 4 complimentary registrations for the Annual Meeting
- Attendee list (in electronic format) for the Annual Meeting and Midyear Meeting for both pre-meeting and post-meeting marketing**
- Your materials (brochures, etc.) inserted into the Annual Meeting registration bags provided to every registrant
- Hyperlinked logo on the:
- Annual Meeting & Midyear Meeting email blasts (approx. 30 blasts)
- Annual Meeting & Midyear Meeting web sponsor pages
- Annual Meeting & Midyear Meeting mobile app
- Inside Laboratory Management*
- Champion recognition with company logo included in the:
- Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL (print & online versions)
- Annual Meeting & Midyear Meeting signage
- Social media “thank you” post with link to the Champions web page, issued twice a month in July and August for the Annual Meeting (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn)
- Two half-page advertisements within the May/June and July/August issues of Inside Laboratory Management*
- Company profile and hyperlinked logo included in the weekly electronic newsletter sent to all members, The Spectrum
- Usage of AOAC Champion Logo on the company’s website and social media
Trailblazer Level ($8,000)
- 1 corner 10’x10’ booth at the Annual Meeting & Exposition
- 20-min exhibitor presentation at the Annual Meeting
- Three complimentary registrations for the Annual Meeting
- Attendee list (in electronic format) for the Annual Meeting for both pre-meeting and post-meeting marketing**
- Your materials (brochures, etc.) inserted into the Annual Meeting registration bags provided to every registrant
- One half-page electronic advertisement within the July/August issue of Inside
Laboratory Management* - Trailblazer recognition with company logo included in the:
- Annual Meeting mobile app
- Inside Laboratory Management *
- Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL (print & online versions)
- Annual Meeting & Midyear Meeting signage
Leader Level ($4,000)
- 1 interior 10’x10’ booth at the Annual Meeting & Exposition
- Two complimentary registrations for the Annual Meeting
- Attendee list (in electronic format) for the Annual Meeting for pre-meeting marketing**
- Leader recognition with company logo included in the:
- Annual Meeting mobile app
- Annual Meeting & Midyear Meeting signage
Patron Level ($2,750)
- 1 interior 10’x10’ booth at the Annual Meeting & Exposition
*Inside Laboratory Management is electronic only.
**Attendees will have the ability to opt out from these communications and be excluded from this list
Exhibitor Information Contact
Lauren Chelf
Director, Meetings & Exposition
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 240-801-8672
Exhibitors
Join analytical chemists and microbiologists whose scientific interests are in the agricultural, food, drug, and environmental sciences by reserving a booth at the AOAC INTERNATIONAL 139th Annual Meeting & Exposition, August 23 – 28, 2025 at the Town & Country Resort in San Diego, California, USA.
Exhibitor Information
All AOAC Engagement Packages offer a 10′ x 10′ booth at the 2025 AOAC Annual Meeting, a complimentary meeting registration, a listing on the Annual Meeting website, and an organization listing in the Annual Meeting mobile app. Choose a higher package level for added benefits like additional complimentary meeting registrations, vendor presentation opportunities, advertisements, attendee lists, and more.
- Champion Level: $10,000
- Trailblazer Level: $8,000
- Leader Level: $4,000
- Patron Level: $2,750
If you are new to AOAC and would like to purchase an Engagement Package/booth, please contact Lauren Chelf at [email protected] to obtain login information.
Installation of Exhibits
- Sunday, August 24, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Hours
- Sunday, August 24, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Monday, August 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Exhibitors may enter the hall 30 minutes prior to the start time and stay within the hall 15 minutes after the hall closes. Booths must be staffed at all times while the hall is open.
Dismantling of Exhibits
- Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Booths may not be dismantled before 3:00 PM on Tuesday and move out must be completed by 8:00 PM on Tuesday.
Booth Rental
Each 10′ x 10′ booth comes with:
- One complimentary meeting registration (Add-on interior booths do not include complimentary registration.)
- A listing on the Annual Meeting website
- An organizational and product/service description in the Annual Meeting mobile app
- Pipe and drape (8’-high back-drapes and 3’-high side drapes) in show colors
- Booth identification sign (7” x 44”) with company name and booth number
- 6’ draped table, two chairs, and a wastebasket (for each booth ordered)
Hotel Information
AOAC INTERNATIONAL has arranged discounted sleeping room rates at the Town & Country Resort. Complete hotel information will be emailed to all exhibitors after booths are assigned.
Exhibit Contractors
Levy Exposition Services Inc. is AOAC’s official service contractor. In June 2025, Exhibitor Service Kits will be emailed to each person listed as the exhibit contact. This kit is to be used to order additional booth furnishings, electrical, drayage, and other services.
Airways Freight is the official shipping contractor and shipping information will be emailed to exhibitors in June 2025.
Booth Allocation Process
A completed contract and full payment are required to reserve booth space. Register early to receive the best booth location and maximum exposure for your company. Booth space priority will be given to companies that sign-up as Champions and submit payment by Friday, November 22, 2024. Then, space priority will be given to all other companies that submit payment by Friday, November 22, 2024. If more than one company requests the same booth(s), priority will be given to the company that has the longer exhibiting history with AOAC.
Exhibitor Information Contact
Lauren Chelf
Director, Meetings and Exposition
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 240-801-8672
2025 Annual Meeting Exhibitors
The AOAC Exposition is designed to be an integral part of your learning experience, with a superb range of new services and technologies to examine and featuring leading suppliers to the analytical communities. The Exposition offers an outstanding opportunity to learn about resources available to enhance both your individual and company performance.
2025 Exhibitors
Company / Booth
- A Chemtek Inc. / 104
- Advanced Food Diagnostics AFD / 210
- Agilent Technologies / 204 & 206
- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. / 306
- CEM Corporation / 205
- Extrasynthese / 308
- GERSTEL, Inc. / 208
- Hardy Diagnostics / 303
- LECO Corporation / 107
- Microbiologics / 207
- Milestone, Inc. / 213
- Nacalai USA, Inc. / 109
- NIST / 218
- Phytolab GMBH & Co. KG / 209
- Pickering Laboratories, Inc. / 212
- SCIEX / 215 & 217
- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments / 105
- Verder Scientific, Inc. / 304
- Waters Corporation / 100 & 102
AOAC Champions & Sponsors
AOAC Engagement Packages offer opportunities for organizations to form partnerships and continue long-standing relationships with the Association. The Champions represent the highest level of engagement with AOAC.
Thank You to Our 2025 AOAC Champions!
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