Recent Conference Agendas
2025 Conference
The 17th Annual AAFP Conference was held September 9-11, 2025 at the Fayetteville Town Center in Fayetteville, AR. Our State’s food safety influence reaches far beyond Arkansas and the region with products and decisions made by global entities headquartered in our State. With this conference and other workshops, our food safety professionals were reminded of their impact at home and beyond Arkansas.
Benjamin Katchman - PathogenDx
Matt Stasiewicz - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sun Ferreira - University of Arkansas
Brigit K. Rollins - National Agricultural Law Center
Betsy Booren - Tyson Foods
Prashant Singh - Florida State University
Steven Ricke - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pathotrak
Pamela Wilger - Post Consumer Brands
Douglas Marshall - Eurofins
Manreet Bhullar - Kansas State University
Juan Silva - Mississippi State University
Ben Miller - The Acheson Group
Student Research Flash Talks
Erin Dreyling - Hygiena
Joshua Lang - Charm Sciences
Matt Morrow - Vikan
2024 Conference
The 16th Annual AAFP Conference was held September 24-26, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center in Fayetteville, AR. Speakers and attendees gathered from across the country to hear about the most recent advances in food safety research, as well as some of the emerging threats to our food supply.