Past and Upcoming Tradeshows – Fall 2024
By: Kevin McKeown
Hot off the heels of AOAC International and the Wearable Technologies conferences, Pickering Labs is going to have a busy exhibition schedule for the next few months! And I’m here to report that we’re absolutely enjoying being on the road and getting the chance to catch up with customers.
First, let’s recap a few recent tradeshows:
- Traveling to Baltimore, our Technical Support Manager, David Mazawa, and Senior Research Chemist, Dr. Maria Ofitserova, recently attended the AOAC International Conference. Maryland’s famous crabcakes set the scene for our introduction of conveniently packaged mobile phase and reagent consumables for the post-column derivatization HPLC method for PSP/PCOX (Paralytic Shellfish Toxins) analysis.
As warmer ocean temperatures continue to impact global fisheries, we support labs that are ramping up analytical testing to eliminate the use of the traditional Mouse Bioassay for testing Paralytic Shellfish Poisons in a variety of mussels and clams.
- David, along with President, Rebecca Smith, were first-time attendees and exhibitors at the Wearable Technologies conference: https://wearable-technologies.com/events/wt-wearable-technologies-conference-2024-usa
At this show, we focused on our Product Testing Solutions (aka Artificial Body Fluids), which are used to test various consumer products for quality and safety. We learned a great deal about the growing Wearable Technologies market and subcategories of wearables such as “Hearables”, a hot topic due to the introduction of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. It is clear that Wearables will continue to rapidly evolve and play an important role in the healthcare industry. This conference had the added advantage of being the very first show in over 40 years that was walking distance from Pickering’s HQ in Mountain View; hosted at the super cool Computer History Museum!
Next up for our world travelers:
- In early October, Sales Manager, Kevin McKeown, will be traveling to beautiful Savannah, Georgia for the Textile Discovery Summit: https://www.aatcc.org/summit/
This is always a show that we look forward to, as it gives us the opportunity to meet with both existing and new customers in the textile market. This year’s highlights will include our new Synthetic Blood solutions (perfect for stain and penetration testing!) and tons of conversation about colorfastness.
- In late October, Kevin and Maria will be headed up to Portland, Maine for our first attendance and sponsoring of the 12th Annual Symposium on Harmful Algae: https://neiwpcc.org/events/ushab12/ .
The primary topic here for Pickering will be our capabilities around Shellfish/PCOX testing methodology. We have the instrumentation (and now consumables!) that enables laboratories to test rapidly and confidently for the presence of Toxins in Shellfish, with the added bonus that no mice will be harmed in the process!
If you are attending either conference, or in the area, please let us know! We would be happy to discuss our new products with you, or just catch up on how your business has been in 2024.