Conference
Animal Health Regulatory Affairs: Working Successfully with USDA and FDA
Presented Topics
- An overview of regulating agencies and what each agency regulates
- FDA and USDA inspections
- Pharmacovigilance
- EPA and FDA agreement
- Deviations and corrective action plans
- CRO selection and compliance
- Outlines of production for USDA
- Bioequivalence and biowaivers
Conference Highlights
Learning pathways
Do you work more with the FDA or USDA? Pick a track to learn more about either agency or choose topics related to both agencies that are most relevant to your position.
Networking and professional skills
We've also built in many networking opportunities with colleagues and subject matter experts throughout the conference and at after-hours events.
The first evening of the conference includes a dinner with subject matter experts. You'll choose the SME you'd like to further connect with and join them for a group dinner at a nearby restaurant.
The second day features a professional skills workshop in the afternoon. You'll learn emotional intelligence skills that help you become a better team member and group leader. You'll also learn about how to better engage and work with older and younger members in the multigenerational workforce.
Demonstrated learning
You will leave the conference putting into practice what you've learned, as the afternoon of the third day is dedicated to case study practices. You may bring their own work challenge or use one of the provided examples to work through with teammates and our experts.
Keynote Speakers
Justin Kastner, Ph.D.
Justin Kastner, Ph.D., is the keynote speaker for Day 2. He is a professor at Kansas State University and routinely speaks to community, high school, university and various food-sector industry/regulatory groups.
Kastner holds graduate degrees from the United Kingdom and Canada (Ph.D., food science, University of Guelph; Pg. Dip., public health, University of Edinburgh; M.Sc., Food Safety and Control, London South Bank University) and offers insights into the global food system and trade policy, the history of public health — including the One Health framework, and models for food safety and animal health regulatory cooperation between nation-state governments.
He is a Truman (1997), Fulbright (1998-1999) and Rotary (1999-2000) scholar, and formerly has served in local government (as a city commissioner, 1995-97, in Manhattan, Kansas) and international regulation (with the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland). He also is an ordained Anglican minister.