What are Networking Sessions?

Morning Sessions (10:30 am – 12:00 pm)

Fostering Research at Undergraduate Institutions
Facilitator: Anna Cavinato, Eastern Oregon University
Room 202A

Getting the Most of Your Pittcon Experience
Facilitator: Penny Gardner, The Pittsburgh Conference
Room 203A

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ+) or Questioning and Allies in Measurement Sciences
Facilitator: Matthew Lockett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Room 202B

Quality in the Cannabis Industry
Facilitator: Roger Brauninger, A2LA Room
201C

Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reactions (qPCR) as a Compliant Tool for Detection and Enumeration of Health-Threatening Pathogens in Wastewater and Biosolids
Facilitator: Isaac Brenner, Brenner Scientific
Room 203B

Afternoon Sessions (2:00 pm – 3:30 pm)

How to Leverage Social Media and Modern Marketing Tools to Spread the Word About Your Research and Solutions
Facilitator: Megan Cavanaugh, CSols, Inc.
Room 203A

Miniaturized Sensor Systems and Their Impacts for Environmental and Health Monitoring
Facilitator: Xiangqun Zeng, Oakland University
Room 202B

Portable Instrumentation for Forensics and Homeland Security Applications
Facilitator: Sara Kern, US FDA
Room 203B

Surface and Nanomaterial Characterization
Facilitator: Matthew Linford, Brigham Young University
Room 202A

The New Global Directives on Elemental Impurities in Pharmaceutical Materials: Practical Implementation Strategies
Facilitator: Anthony Destefano, Nuventra Pharma Sciences
Room 201C

Morning Sessions (10:30 am – 12:00 pm)

Face to Face Discussion with National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Directors
Facilitator: Chenzhong Li, National Science Foundation
Room 203A

ISO/IEC 17025:2017 – Comparing Common Deficiencies from the 2005 Standard
Facilitator: Roger Brauninger, A2LA
Room 202B

Novel Approaches to Undergraduate Chromatography Education
Facilitator: Amber Hupp, College of the Holy Cross
Room 203B

Particle Analysis from Nanometers to Millimeters
Facilitator: Jeffrey Bodycomb, Horiba Instruments
Room 202A

Smarter and More Automated LC Systems?
Facilitator: Thomas Swann, Waters Corporation
Room 201C

Afternoon Sessions (2:00 pm – 3:30 pm)

Cell Separation Technologies
Facilitator: Gary Fletcher, RnDDx Solutions LLC
Room 203B

Diversity in the Classroom, Laboratory, and Workplace is not Enough: Creating Inclusive Environments in the Chemical Sciences
Facilitator: Edgar Arriaga, University of Minnesota
Room 203A

Mobile Phase Selection for LC-MS Analysis
Facilitator: Subhra Bhattacharya, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Room 201C

Startup/Small Company Analytical Lab
Facilitator: Heather Watson, Inventure Renewables
Room 202A

Trends in SFC Analysis and Purification
Facilitator: Melissa Wilcox, Regis Technologies
Room 202B

Morning Sessions (10:30 am – 12:00 pm)

Bioanalytical Method Validation and Challenges
Facilitator: Perry Wang, US FDA
Room 202B

Cannabis Testing Forum: New Opportunities for Enhancing Quality and Expanding Research
Facilitator: Joshua Crossney, jCanna, Inc.
Room 201C

Focus on Saliva Analysis
Facilitator: Fabio Di Francesco, University of Pisa
Room 203B

Predictive Dissolution Modeling
Facilitator: Tessa Carducci, Merck & Co.
Room 203A

Techniques for Elemental Speciation Including Medical Applications
Facilitator: Larry Irr, Bettis
Room 202A

Morning Sessions (10:30 am – 12:00 pm)

Extractable & Leachable Analysis
Facilitator: Kate Comstock, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Room 203A

Managing a Successful Graduate Experience
Facilitator: Sean Fischer, Duquesne University
Room 203B

Networking to Build a Community for Those Managing Instrumentation Within an Academic Setting
Facilitator: Suzanne Gilley, Radford University
Room 202A

Reference Materials Discussion Forum
Facilitator: Patricia Atkins, SPEX CertiPrep
Room 201C

Safety in the Laboratory
Facilitator: James Kaufman, Laboratory Safety Institute
Room 202B

Afternoon Sessions (2:00 pm – 3:30 pm)

Advances in Chip Based Bioanalysis
Facilitator: Abhinav Bhushan, Illinois Institute of Technology
Room 202A

Analytical Instrumentation for the Oil and Gas Industry
Facilitator: Jeffrey Bodycomb, Horiba Instruments
Room 202B

Barriers and Misconceptions Concerning Employment for Individuals with Disabilities
Facilitator: Denis Hassick, The Pittsburgh Conference
Room 201C

Hot Topics and Adoption of GCxGC (Comprehensive GC)
Facilitator: Lorne Fell, LECO Corporation
Room 203A

Surveillance and Screening Technologies for Sub-Standard and Falsified Pharmaceutical Products
Facilitator: Ravi Kalyanaraman, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Room 203B