Call for papers: Smithers Environmental Fate and Metabolism scientists will chair a symposium at the ACS Fall 2025 National Meeting & Exposition, August 17-21, in Washington, DC. The organizers are inviting abstracts for the session. 

Symposium: Non-Target Analysis in Agrochemical and Biocides Research 

Purpose of Symposium:
This symposium will bring together scientists to discuss emerging trends, applications, and advances in non-target analysis (NTA). Special interest is given to presentations on workflow optimization for qualitative and quantitative non-target analysis as required for the recently issued ECHA/EFSA drinking water treatment guideline.   

Presentations from other non-target analysis areas, such as “omics” research, will also be welcomed as there are many cross-discipline synergies. Other ACS divisions that may benefit from this symposium are ANYL, ENVR, and AGFD. 

Suggested Topics:

• Drinking Water 
• Transformation Products 
• Metabolomics and “omics” research 
• Qualitative and Quantitative Non-Target Analysis 
• Advanced software for qualitative and quantitative NTA 
• Mass Spectrometry 
• Suspect Screening 
• High Throughput mass spectrometry 
• Workflow Optimization 
• In silico prediction 

Submit an abstract, or for further information, contact the organizers: 

• Rory Mumford, Smithers, rory.mumford@smithers.com 
• Kalumbu Malekani, Smithers, kmalekani@smithers.com
• Hannah Ward, Charles River Labs, hannah.ward@crl.com