Monday, November 6, 2006
3:00 PM- 6:00PM: Registration
Conference Room at Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Airport North
670 Gateway Blvd, South San Francisco, California, United States, 94080

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Conference place: The South San Francisco Conference Center (Salon F)
(from Hotel to Convention Center - Shuttle van - less than 1 mile)

8:00 - 8:30 Registration

8:30 - 8:45 The importance of Rapid methods for Food Safety/Quality
D.H. Kang
- Associate Professor, Washington State University
- Director of Detection Center, National Alliance Food Safety and Security

8:45 - 9:30 Keynote Speaker
XXV Years of Rapid Methods and a Look into the Future
Daniel Y.C. Fung
-Director of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology Workshop (KSU)
-Professor, Dept. Animal Science and Industries
Kansas State University

9:30 - 10:10: Challenges Associated with Detecting and Enumerating Foodborne Pathogens on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Larry Beuchat
-Distinguished Research Professor
Department of Food Science
University of Georgia

10:10 - 10:30 Break / Visit Companies' Booth

10:30 - 11:00 Foodborne Illness CSI: Cracking the Legal Code

William D. Marler, Esq.
-MarlerClark attorneys at Law

11:0 - 11:30 Escherichia coli O157:H7 - The bacterium that revolutionized food
safety policy and practice.

Ann Marie McNamara
-Vice President, Silliker, Inc.
-National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF)

11:30 - 12:00 Rapid Methods and Automation Workshop for 25 years

P.C. Vasavada
-Director of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology Workshop (UW)
-Professor, Dept. Animal Sci & Food Sci.
University of Wisconsin

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch will be supported by conference organization.

Innovative Rapid Methods and Automatic Methods

A. Genetic Methods

1:00 - 1:30 - An Introduction to the Warnex Rapid Pathogen Detection System: A new Approach to Food Safety
Mike Yeager
Warnex Inc

1:30 - 2:00 - Genetics Based Approaches to Food Quality and Safety
Pheakdey Ith
DuPont Qualicon

2:00 - 2:30 - New Genetic Based methods for Detection of Foodborne Pathogens
Neda Vaseghi,
BioControl Systems

2:30 - 3:00 Break / Visit Companies' Booth

B. Immunoassay and Biochemical Methods

3:00 - 3:30 - 40 Years: 40 Products, bioMerieux, a History of Innovation
Terri Pontious
bioMerieux

3:30 - 4:00 - A novel immuno-capture method for the detection of foodborne pathogens
Phil Coombs
Matrix Microscience Inc.

4:00 - 4:30 - Rapid Methods at SDI for Ensuring Food Safety and Quality
Orla Cloak
Strategic Diagnostics Inc.

4:30 - 5:00 - BD Chromogenic Media: Rapid Growth Based Detection of Pathogens
George Wilson
BD Diagnostic Systems

5:00 Adjourn

Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Conference place: The South San Francisco Conference Center (Salon F)
(from Hotel to Convention Center - Shuttle van - less than 1 mile)

8:00 - 8:30 Registration (from Hotel to Convention Center - Shuttle van - less than 1 mile)

8:30 - 9:15 Application of Rapid Methods for Food Industries

Paul Hall
- IAFP President (2004)
- MATRIX MicroScience

9:15 - 10:00 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Semi-automated genetic subtyping and
Quantitative Real Time PCR; using DNA technology to its fullest
practical advantages in detection and microbial identification

Gregory R. Siragusa
-Microbiologist
United State Department of Agriculture -RRC
Athen GA.

10:00 - 10:30 Break / Visit Companies' Booth

10:30 - 11:15 Rapid Methods application for Dairy Industry

Mansel Griffiths
-Director of Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety
-Professor, University of Guelph, Canada

11:15 - 12:00 Importance of validation of detection methods: AOAC

Robert E. Koeritzer
-President of AOAC International (2005-2006)
-3M Microbiology Products

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch will be supported by conference organization.

Innovative Rapid Methods and Automatic Methods

C. Biochemical and Chemical Methods

1:00 - 1:30 - The Total Lab Solution
Jason Cadle
Microbiology International

1:30 - 2:00 - Advances in Chromogenic Media
Wendy Lauer
Bio-Rad Laboratories

2:00 - 2:30 Rapid Screening of Complex Mixtures by TLC-Bioluminescence
Dr. Sheryl Verbitski
Bioluminex/ ChromaDex Analytics

2:30 - 3:00- Break / Visit Companies' Booth

3:00 - 3:30- Current biochemical rapid methods for detection of foodborne pathogens
Richard St.Clair
Remel/Oxoid

D. Rapid Environmental Monitoring Systems

3:30 - 4:00- Rapid Environmental Monitoring Solutions
Luke Lambert
Biotrace International

4:00 - 4:30 - New Frontier in ATP Hygiene Monitoring
Bob Salter
Charm Science

4:30-5:00 - Attendees' Certificate / Adjourn

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