7 th I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m p o s i u m o n RECENT ADVANCES IN FOOD ANALYSIS November 3–6, 2015  Prague, Czech Republic www.rafa2015.eu Symposium sessions introducing RECENT & EMERGING (BIO)ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES in food safety and quality:         Allergens Industrial contaminants Metals & metalloids Mycotoxins, marine and plant toxins Packaging contaminants Processing contaminants Pesticide residues Veterinary drug residues  Authentication & Fraud  Bioactivity measurements  Flavours & Sensory analysis  FoodOmics  Food forensics  Nanoparticles  Novel foods & supplements  Organic crops & foodstuffs QA/QC & Chemometrics & Data interpretation SIDE EVENTS: WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS (tentative list)     3rd European workshop on Ambient mass spectrometry in food and natural products Interactive seminar: ‘Step by step strategies for fast development of analytical method‘ Tutorial on chemometric data handling in foodomics Workshop on Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics for monitoring of food and feed products, lab-to-the-sample  Seminar on Food safety issues beyond the EU  Joint Research Centre seminar on research activities and opportunities for collaboration  Vendor seminars introducing recent instrumentation and analytical strategies SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS:  Ample space reserved in the main program for oral presentations given by young researchers  Award(s) for the best poster presentation(s) by young scientists  RAFA 2015 Student and young researcher travel grants IMPORTANT DATES: April 30, 2015 June 30, 2015 July 31, 2015 August 31, 2015 September, 2015 Deadline to apply for participation as a Sponsor or Exhibitor Deadline to apply for Student and young researcher RAFA 2015 travel grant Reduced registration fee deadline, Abstract submission deadline (oral presentation) Abstract submission deadline (poster presentation) Last minute posters deadline FOR MORE INFORMATION: For the program updates, abstract submissions, information on exhibition and sponsorship and on-line registration, please visit the RAFA 2015 web site at www.rafa2015.eu; contact us at [email protected]. Symposium chair: Prof. Dr. Jana Hajslova (ICT Prague, Czech Republic) Symposium co-chair: Prof. Dr. Michel Nielen (RIKILT Wageningen UR, The Netherlands)