Wednesday 13th November

7:00 to 8:00 Registration
8:00 to 8:30 Inauguration
8:30 to 9:05 Keynote: "New green extraction processes and new biosolvents for the valorization of underutilized biomass" Elena Ibáñez - COLACRO
9:05 to 9:40 Keynote: "Neuroprotective activity of natural green extracts against Alzheimer’s disease investigated by foodomics" Alejandro Cifuentes - COLACRO
9:40 to 10:10 Commercial exhibition and posters
10:10 to 10:55 Plenary: "Optimization of SPME and Needle Trap Technologies for Fragrance Determinations" Janusz Pawliszyn - EXTECH
10:55 to 11:40 Plenary: "Use and Abuse of Retention Indices in Gas Chromatography" Humberto Bizzo - SPAE
11:40 to 12:30 Oral presentations
12:30 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00 to 14:45 Plenary: "Needle-based microextraction devices coupled with mass spectrometry" Marisol Cárdenas - COLACRO
14:45 to 15:30 Plenary: "The potential of planar sorptive phases from a sustainable perspective" Rafael Lucena - LASEAC
15:30 to 16:05 Keynote: "Enhancing the sustainability of a microextraction technology by using a natural sorptive phase" Pablo Richter - LASEAC
16:05 to 16:40 Keynote: "Transdisciplinary study of the Durazno River Basin (Costa Rica): the role of Analytical Chemistry" Paola Fuentes - LASEAC
16:40 to 17:15 Commercial exhibition and posters
17:15 to 18:05 Oral presentations
18:05 to 19:00 Cocktail Reception

Thursday 14th November

Friday 14th November

7:00 to 8:00 Registration
8:00 to 8:45 Plenary: "What still hinders the application of micro and nano liquid chromatography (microLC and nanoLC) outside the OMICS niche?" Fernando LANÇAS - COLACRO
8:45 to 9:30 Plenary: "Analytical strategies for the determination of pesticide residues in foods and biological samples" Renato Zanella - LASEAC
9:30 to 10:00 Commercial exhibition and posters
10:00 to 10:45 Plenary: "The Observation of Molecular Rearrangements in GC and GC×GC: Making Sense of Unusual GC Data." Philip Marriott - EXTECH
10:45 to 11:30 Plenary: "Nanofibers: Advanced Format of Organic Polymer-Based Materials for Sample Preparation in HPLC" František Švec - EXTECH
11:30 to 12:30 Oral presentations
12:30 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00 to 14:35 Keynote: "Microplastics in aquatic environments: advances and analytical challenges" Marco Tadeu Grassi - LASEAC
14:35 to 15:10 Keynote: "Pairing red wine and stopper: an old issue with new achievements based on multimodal data" Silvia Rocha - LASEAC
15:10 to 15:45 Technical conference
15:45 to 16:20 Keynote: "Aromatic plants: an alternative for the natural ingredients industry in Colombia" Elena Stashenko - SPAE
16:20 to 16:55 Keynote: "The role of analytical chemistry in public policy: the case of lead" Jesus Olivero - EXTECH
16:55 to 18:00 Commercial exhibition and posters
18:00 to 19:00 Oral presentations

8:00 to 8:45 Plenary: "New sustainable trends for passive microextraction techniques" José Manuel Nogueira - EXTECH
8:45 to 9:30 Plenary: "The study of glycosylated aroma precursors in aromatic plants and their ecological importance" Eduardo Dellacassa - SPAE
9:30 to 10:00 Commercial exhibition and posters
10:00 to 10:45 Plenary: "Essential oils: a great future behind them?" Carlo Bicchi - SPAE
10:45 to 11:30 Plenary: "Chromatography and mass spectrometry in the analysis of natural and synthetic psychotropic substances" Elena Stashenko - COLACRO
11:30 to 12:30 Oral presentations
12:30 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00 to 14:35 Keynote: "Chromatography: a valuable tool for the development of peptides with therapeutic potential" Zuly Rivera - COLACRO
14:35 to 15:10 Keynote: "The Thin Film and its challenging applications in the Sustainable Development Goals path. A fine analytical approach" Milton Rosero - EXTECH
15:10 to 15:45 Technical conference
15:45 to 16:20 Keynote: "Sample preparation strategies for the subsequent determination of halogens and their species" Marcia Mesko - LASEAC
16:20 to 16:55 Keynote: "How efficient can the decomposition of difficult samples using diluted solutions be?" Erico Flores - LASEAC
16:55 to 18:00 Commercial exhibition and posters
18:00 to 19:00 Closing ceremony

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