The International Organizing Committee (IOC) is primarily responsible for development of the scientific program including speakers, session topics, workshops and abstract selection.

Lorraine Brennan

University College Dublin
Ireland

Darren Creek

Monash University
Australia

Dara Daygon

The University of Queensland
Australia

Julian Griffin

University of Cambridge
UK

Justin van der Hooft

Wageningen University & Research
Netherlands

Christina Jones

NIST
USA

Fabien Jourdan

INRA
France

Christophe Junot

CEA
France

Gabi Kastenmüller

Helmholtz Zentrum München
Germany

Sastia Prama Putri

Osaka University
Japan

Dan Raftery

University of Washington
USA

Nichole Reisdorph

University of Colorado
USA

Uwe Sauer

ETH Zurich
Switzerland

Horst Joachim Schirra

The University of Queensland
Australia

Lloyd Sumner

University of Missouri
USA

Sanjay Swarup

National University of Singapore
Singapore

Fidele Tugizimana

University of Johannesburg
South Africa

Mark Viant

University of Birmingham
UK

Guowang Xu

Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Krista Zanetti

National Cancer Institute
USA

IOC membership concluded in October 2018

Tim Causon

Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Austria

Julia Kuligowski

Health Research Institute La Fe
Spain

 

 

Dear Colleagues,

The jubilee 15th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands, from June 23-27, 2019. The conference will be held at the World Forum Conference Centre, located in The Hague between the beach and the city centre and is reachable within the hour from Schiphol Airport and Rotterdam The Hague Airport. The Netherlands has a strong history in Metabolomics, both in academy as in industry. The 2019 conference will be a big success as we are working together with other European metabolomics associations, and because:

• On the main conference days we will have FOUR parallel tracks: Biomedical Applications, Plant, Food, Environmental and Microbial Applications, and Technology. The fourth track is New Frontiers, a NEW addition in 2019. In this track we will have presentations highlighting new developments that may impact the field of metabolomics, such as regulatory aspects, novel technologies such as artificial intelligence and deep learning and single cell metabolomics and novel application fields such as stem cells organoids and organ-on-chips.
• We will have no less than 18 pre-conference workshops on Sunday afternoon and Monday before the conference starts, covering all aspects and application areas of Metabolomics research, which are of great educational value for Early Career Members and Students.
• New is that we will have two nearly day-long “Introduction to the Field” workshops on Data Acquisition (Sunday) and Data (pre-)processing and biostatistics (Monday) for newcomers to the field.
• On Sunday night we have another new element: Career Night. This is the ideal opportunity for early career researchers to prepare for the next career step, by meeting research groups, research organizations and companies with job openings. In addition, we will organize round table discussions on career-related topics ranging from Networking to Work-Life balance.
• The conference dinner, at a beach club, is included in your registration fee.
• The conference is the official meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. We expect this to be the event in 2019 for metabolomics researchers from around the world, we aim to attract 1000 visitors!
• This year we will have exceptional networking opportunities, as the conference space is all located on one floor. You won’t miss a beat with the sponsors, posters and colleagues at every turn!

We look forward to welcoming you to The Hague this June!

Robert Hall, Thomas Hankemeier, Age Smilde and Merlijn van Rijswijk
on behalf of the Local and International Organizing Committee