140th AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting & Exposition (2026)

Dates: August 29 – September 2, 2026 Times (registration page): 8/29/2026 9:00 AM – 9/2/2026 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Venue: JW Marriott Indianapolis, 10 S. West Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204 USA Official 2026 page: https://www.aoac.org/2026-aoac-international-annual-meeting-exposition/ Future meetings list: https://www.aoac.org/annual-meeting-exposition/future-meetings/ Hotel information: https://www.aoac.org/2026-aoac-international-annual-meeting-exposition/2026-annual-meeting-hotel-information/ Registration: https://members.aoac.org/AOAC/Meetings/JoinRegister_26AM/26AM_Registration.aspx

Next edition (official 2026 page and future-meetings list)

The 2026 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting & Exposition will be held from August 29 to September 2, 2026, at the JW Marriott Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The future-meetings page lists this as the 140th Annual Meeting & Exposition.

About the meeting (official 2026 page copy)

The AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition provides unparalleled professional development, networking, and collaboration in methods-based science.

• Businesses: Meet scientific and regulatory experts and engage with new trends and standards.
• Scientists: Build professional expertise and network with your community to share information and best practices.
• Regulators: Leverage unprecedented opportunity for stakeholder collaboration on complex testing and analysis challenges, helping improve compliance and public safety.
• Academia: Engage with colleagues – both students and faculty – at all career and research levels.

Keep Pace with Innovation (official page):

• Take advantage of emerging methods, best practices, and trending topics like food fraud and cannabis purity and potency.
• Discover new technologies, from DNA authentication to genomic microbial identification.

Keynote and award (official 2026 page)

Keynote speaker: Dr. Mindy Brashears, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Food Safety. Keynote title stated: Advancing Risk-Based Food Safety Through Methods, Data, and Measurement.

Harvey W. Wiley Award Winner: Dr. Brendon Gill, principal research scientist at the Fonterra Nutritionals Laboratory in Waitoa, New Zealand. He will speak on Advancing Analytical Chemistry in Dairy and Nutrition.

Venue (official hotel information page)

JW Marriott Indianapolis 10 S. West Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 USA

Hotel check-in 4:00 PM; check-out 11:00 AM (hotel information page). The AOAC special guestroom rate is no longer available; additional rooms are based on availability.

Registration (official registration page)

https://members.aoac.org/AOAC/Meetings/JoinRegister_26AM/26AM_Registration.aspx

The 2026 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting & Exposition will be held August 29 through September 2, 2026 at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana USA. When: 8/29/2026 9:00 AM - 9/2/2026 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Where: JW Marriott 10 S West Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 UNITED STATES.

Cancellation policy (registration page): Requests to cancel a registration must be submitted by email to AOAC INTERNATIONAL Customer Service at [email protected] no later than August 11, 2026 and will require a $50.00 administrative fee. No refunds after that date. Substitutions from within the same organization are permitted up to five days before the event.

Accessibility: email [email protected].

Published future Annual Meeting dates (official future-meetings page)

• 140th: August 29 – September 2, 2026, JW Marriott Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
• 141st: August 27 – September 1, 2027, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ontario Canada
• 142nd: August 26 – 30, 2028, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD
• 143rd: August 25 – 29, 2029, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX
• 144th: August 24 – 28, 2030, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD

Frequency: annual (event is the AOAC Annual Meeting; consecutive yearly editions listed through 2030).

Organizer / contact

AOAC INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box 1067 Rockville, MD 20849 Phone: +1 (800) 379-2622 Customer Service: [email protected] Meetings: [email protected]

Sources: https://www.aoac.org/2026-aoac-international-annual-meeting-exposition/ ; https://www.aoac.org/annual-meeting-exposition/future-meetings/ ; https://www.aoac.org/2026-aoac-international-annual-meeting-exposition/2026-annual-meeting-hotel-information/ ; https://members.aoac.org/AOAC/Meetings/JoinRegister_26AM/26AM_Registration.aspx