Association of Food and Drug Officials

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2018 AEC Conference Presentations

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

August 22, 2020

General Sessions | Food Breakouts  | Retail Breakouts | Drug & Medical Device

General Sessions

8:15 am – 8:45 am

Public Health Crisis of Opioid Addiction

Presenters


8:45 am – 9:15 am

Children with Intractable Seizures: The History of Cannabidiol and GW Pharmaceuticals

Presenters

  • Alice Mead, Vice President of US Public Policy and Public Affairs for GW Pharma, Greenwich Biosciences

9:15 am – 10:15 am

Data Integrity

Presenters


11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Why??

Presenters

Food Breakouts 

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Moving Towards a Public Health Systems Approach

Presenters

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

A Conversation with the Experts on Produce Safety

Presenters

  • Samir Assar, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Produce Safety, CFSAN, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Elizabeth Bihn, Ph.D., Director, Produce Safety Alliance, Cornell University
  • Kristin Esch, Produce Specialist, Michigan Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Joseph Reardon, Assistant Commissioner of Consumer Protection, North Carolina Depart of Agriculture and Consumer Services

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

FSMA Imports and Systems Recognition

Presenters


4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Preventive Controls: Moving Food Safety into the 21st Century

Presenters

Retail Breakouts 

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

The Culture of Change….How to get better at getting better.

Presenters

  • Benjamin Chapman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Food Safety Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences, North Carolina State University

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Alexa, Bring Me Dinner

Presenters

Drug & Medical Device 

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Health Canada’s Role in the Management of Drug Shortages

Presenters


11:00 am – 12:00 pm

ISO 13485:2016 – Starting The Final Countdown

Presenters


12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Working Lunch : Handling Regulatory Challenges with Grace Under Pressure

Presenters

  • Nancy Singer, President, Compliance-Alliance
  • Courtland Imel, CEO, Ceutical Labs
  • Daniela Drago, PhD, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Julie Larsen, Senior Partner, BioTekenica
  • Diane Amador-Toro, New Jersey District Director, Pharma Program Division I Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food & Drug Administration
  • Adam E. Saltman, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Officer, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Compliance, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm

Aligning Hygienic Design Requirements with Inspections

Presenters

  • Angela Anandappa Ph.D., Director, Alliance for Advanced Sanitation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Quality System and Design Controls for Combination Products

Presenters

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Using Benefit Risk in Making Post Market Decisions

Presenters

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm

Compliance Questions Panel

Presenters

  • Diane Amador-Toro, New Jersey District Director, Pharma Program Division I Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food & Drug Administration
  • Mark Bailey, Supervisor, Medical Devices Inspection Program, Health Canada
  • M. Isabel Tejero del Rio, MD PhD, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Compliance, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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