Western Association of Food and Drug Officials (WAFDO) Annual Educational Conference Assistance

项目摘要/摘要 西部食品和药物官员协会 PAR-19-306 一年一度的WAFDO年度教育会议(AEC)的使命是提供 地点，无论是虚拟的还是面对面的，公共卫生领域的从业者和项目 来自该地区的管理人员、行业领袖和学术界可以互动并分享想法 在接收关于影响公共卫生的当前趋势和新问题的信息的同时， 与人和动物食品、药品、化妆品和医疗产品有关的安全。AEC 议程通常包括演示文稿，使与会者有机会了解 国家、地方、国家和国际对所有这些重要公共卫生和 消费者安全话题。 一年一度的WAFDO会议是最全面和最具成本效益的会议之一 西部地区(阿拉斯加、亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、夏威夷、 爱达荷州、蒙大拿州、内华达州、新墨西哥州、俄勒冈州、犹他州、华盛顿州、怀俄明州、不列颠哥伦比亚省 艾伯塔省、关岛、北马里亚纳群岛和墨西哥)，解决了洋流的范围 联邦、州和地方监管项目面临的公共卫生问题。WAFDO保留成本 尽可能低的会议门槛，以使最广泛的人能够进入会议 参与者的范围。会议的低成本使公共卫生专业人员能够从 各级监管界、产业界和学术界都参与进来。 这项申请的目标和目标是成功申请每年25,000美元的五年 年(2021-2026年项目期，奖励总额12.5万美元)，由食品和药物管理局提供会议支助 和科学会议(PAR-19-306)公告，以便WAFDO能够： 为其2021年年度教育提供高质量、全面的虚拟会议 会议。 为与会者提供经济援助，帮助他们前往未来的年度教育 会议(2022-2025)，因预算原因可能无法出差 限制或旅行限制。 为与会者提供适当的印刷材料和其他会议资源。 基金为会议支付会议室和视听设备费用。 2021年WAFDO AEC将在虚拟环境中举行，因为 COVID收集和旅行限制。此应用程序假设未来的年度 从2022年开始的会议将能够在没有COVID或旅行的情况下亲自举行 限制措施到位。如果这一假设是错误的，WAFDO将使用任何奖励资金来支付 与额外虚拟交付相关的成本。 一年一度的教育会议将有助于分享和讨论当前 人类和动物食品、药品、化妆品和医疗产品安全主题，以进一步 其他公共卫生实体之间的相互依赖，因此更接近于完全 综合公共卫生安全体系。

Project Summary/Abstract Western Association for Food and Drug Officials PAR-19-306 The mission of the annual WAFDO Annual Educational Conference (AEC) is to provide a venue, either virtually or in-person, where public health field practitioners and program managers, industry leaders, and academia from across the region can interact and share ideas while receiving information on current trends and emerging issues impacting public health and safety related to human and animal food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical products. The AEC agenda typically includes presentations that will give participants an opportunity to learn about state, local, national and international perspectives on all of these important public health and consumer safety topics. The annual WAFDO Conference is one of the most comprehensive and cost effective educational opportunities in the Western region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia, Alberta, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Mexico) that addresses the range of current public health issues facing federal, state and local regulatory programs. WAFDO keeps the cost of the conference as low as possible in an effort to allow access to the conference to the widest range of participants. The low cost of the conference enables public health professionals from all levels of the regulatory community, industry and academia to participate. The goal and objective of this application is to successfully apply for $25,000 a year for five years (2021-2026 project period, $125,000 total award) under the FDA Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (PAR-19-306) announcement so that WAFDO can:  Provide a high quality, comprehensive virtual conference for its 2021 annual educational conference.  Provide financial assistance for attendees to travel to future annual educational conferences (2022-2025) who might not otherwise be able to travel due to budget limitations or travel restrictions.  Provide attendees with appropriate printed materials and other conference resources.  Fund conference room and audio-visual equipment costs for the conference. The 2021 WAFDO AEC will be held in a virtual environment due to the prospect of ongoing COVID gathering and travel restrictions. This application assumes that future annual conferences starting in 2022 will be able to be held in person with no COVID or travel restrictions in place. If this assumption is false, WAFDO will utilize any awarded funds to defray costs associated with additional virtual deliveries. The annual educational conference will contribute to the sharing and discussion of current human and animal food, drug, cosmetic, and medical product safety topics in order to further mutual reliance between fellow public health entities and therefore move closer to a fully integrated public health and safety system.