SOFT 2025 Workshop Program

SOFT Member Rate: TBD
Non-Member Rate: TBD

Program Coordinators: Mary Lynn Heffington & Dani Mata
Dates: Monday, October 27 & Tuesday, October 28
Location: Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR
Due Date: Workshop Proposals are due by Friday, April 11
Registration: Meeting Registration Opens June 2025

From the Workshop Coordinators:

With the new year comes new opportunities for SOFT to provide a unique list of workshops for the 2025 SOFT Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon! We want to offer a fully inclusive spectrum of workshops for all skill levels and in all areas of forensic toxicology. The most productive workshops result from workshop chairs who want to learn more about a particular topic.

All proposals should be for a half-day workshops. Full-day workshops are still possible; they just need to be broken into a Part 1 and Part 2 and have separate submissions.

In the feedback survey following the 2024 SOFT meeting in St. Louis, attendees expressed the most interest in the following general topics:

Novel Psychoactive Substances
Expert Witness Testimony
ASB Standards
Postmortem Toxicology
Method Development and Validation
Mental Health in the Workplace
Process Improvements
Pharmacology
Blood and Breath Alcohol

Workshops are always a highlight of our annual meeting, and we need your help in making that happen. Help us accomplish our endeavor by giving 2025 attendees a great set of options to develop and advance our expertise, expand our peer network, and broaden our knowledge. Please notify the workshop coordinators if you plan on submitting a proposal or have any questions about the submission process. We are also happy to discuss possible topics with anyone who is interested in chairing a workshop for 2025. We look forward to seeing you in the City of Roses!

All workshop proposal submissions are due Friday, April 11, 2025.

SUBMIT YOUR WORKSHOP PROPOSAL!