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2. Additionally, John Allan mentioned the
upcoming Regulatory Roundup conference
scheduled for July 25-26, 2023.
* David Legan, representing Eurofins
Microbiology, presented on the evaluation
of microbiological method equivalence. He
discussed the distinction between verification
and validation, as well as the challenges
and considerations involved in adopting an
equivalent method for pathogen detection
enumeration.
After the presentations, the floor was opened up for
ideation for the 2024 symposia and roundtable topics.
Interim PDG meetings will be held throughout
the year via GoTo Meeting. Information on meeting
dates and times will be communicated through IAFP
Connect.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Josie Greve-Peterson.
Data Management and Analytics PDG
Attendees: Daniel Weller (Vice-Chair), Shahram
Ajamian, Jjuan Archila, Charles Bakin, Clifton Baldwin,
Chris Boyles, Janet Buffer, Jack Burnett, John Kevin
Castro, Sejin Cheong, Taejung Chung, Tyler ChandrossCohen,
Sitara Cullinan, De Ann Davis, James Doyle,
Sofia Santillana Farakos, Connie Freese, Yupawadee
Galasong, Alberto Garre, Steven Gendel, Gabriella
Gephart, Stephen Grove, Abdul Aziz Al Hajeri, Olivia
Haley, Roger Hancock, Eelco Heintz, Joe Heinzelmann,
Dave Hill, Allison Howell, Brian Izdepski, Basel Al
Jaberi, Megan Jensen, Chris Jordan, YeonJin Jung,
Ahmed Al Kaabi, Paula Klassen, Barbara Kowalcyk,
Michala Krakowski, Vijay Krishna, Bobby Krishna,
Devin LaPolt, Xiyang Liu, Jinxin Liu, Nicolas Nguyen
Van Long, Yuxiao Lu, Steven Mandernach, William
Melnyczenko, Caroline Motzer, Claire Murphy, Kefang
Nie, Dana Hoffman-Pennesi, Brian Perry, Harmeen
Prasher, Chenhao Qian, Erin Ramsay, Gustavo Reyes,
Carrie Rigdon, Lisa Robinson, Todd Ruthman, Deepti
Salvi, Mansour Samadpour, Elisa Guardado Servellon,
Natalie Seymour, Julie Simcox, Matthew Stasiewicz,
Kelly Stevens, Sriya Sunil, Abdullatif Tay, Corey
Troutman, Xiaohong Wei, Linghuan Yang, Jiyoon Yi,
Pam Young.
Number of Attendees: 72.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
Eastern Time, July 16, 2023.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Daniel Weller and
Elisa Guardado Servellon.
Old Business: We started the first annual, inperson
PDG with an introduction of the PDG's mission
and history (Barbara Kowalcyk). We then moved
forward with brief introductions. After introductions,
we reviewed the antitrust guidelines before moving on
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to IAFP Executive Board announcements (from Mark
Carter). Key updates centered on the importance of
IAFP Connect, and reminders about 2023 in Toronto
(e.g., to check passport and visa requirements,
that COVID19 vaccines are mandated for entry to
Canada). The student liaison then provided updates
from the Student PDG (Claire Murphy); if members
are interested in getting involved with the Student
PDG activities (e.g., mentoring programs contact
Claire Murphy at cmarik@vt.edu). We then reviewed
the events at IAFP 2022 that the DMA PDG cosponsored
(there were four total). Attendees were
engaged in a discussion, through break-out groups,
on data management and analytic needs for the IAFP
community. Each break-out group then shared their
ideas with the PDG. Most ideas focused on data
integration; working with and addressing messy and
dirty data; data sharing and ownership; and/or data
translation and communication (e.g., storytelling).
Other common themes included how to generate
practicable outputs (visualizations and models) that
can be used by companies with limited and/or by
companies with ample resources, and how to identify
data business needs and capabilities.
Afterward, we discussed how to best structure
the PDG moving forward to best meet the PDG and
wider IAFP needs. We first discussed how frequently
we would like to meet. Suggestions were made for
monthly, bimonthly, and quarterly. We settled on
meeting bimonthly but recognized that this frequency
could be increased or decreased as needed. We
then discussed in break-out groups how and when
to organize webinars (e.g., as part of the bimonthly
meetings) and potential webinar ideas; these ideas
were recorded in the Google sheet (https://bit.
ly/3zM7OxE). One point of discussion was if the
webinars were to support analytical skill development
of the PDG members or to support data management
and use within the wider IAFP community. We
determined that the webinars could support both
aims. We then moved forward with idea generation
for symposium and roundtable for IAFP 2023. We
started with a Word Cloud which will be posted in IAFP
Connect. Top words included data standardization,
management, and literacy as well as predictive
modelling, spoilage, successes, digital decision
management, data communication and translation.
We then split into small break groups and reported
back with these symposium ideas. We discussed ideas
on how to best establish collaborations with other
PDGs or with speakers. Ways discussed to do this
included sharing your ideas in other PDG meetings
and reaching out to the speakers from or leadership of
the other PDG in-person while at the conference. Ideas
and submission progress will be recorded in https://
bit.ly/3zM7OxE. We also discussed recommendations
to the IAFP Executive Board and reminded attendees
about symposium proposals and abstracts. Finally,
it was announced that an election will be held for a
new Secretary in spring 2023; at IAFP 2023 Barbara
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