The 2015 Environmental Measurement Symposium, which is the combined meeting of the Forum on Laboratory Accreditation and the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL. The symposium is co-sponsored by The NELAC Institute (TNI) under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Date:
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12.07.2015 - 16.07.2015 |
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National/International:
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International |
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Language:
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English |
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Type:
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Conference |
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Location:
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Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL. |
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Conference web site at:
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This year, the Symposium’s theme is "Big Data: Environmental
Measurement and Monitoring Data in the 21st Century." Some of the
highlights for the week include:
- A special half-day general session focused on the conference theme;
- Over 160 oral and poster presentations on a variety of cutting-edge environmental monitoring issues;
- Meetings of TNI Committees to further TNI efforts on
environmental laboratory accreditation, proficiency testing, and
accreditation of field sampling and measurement organizations;
- An exhibit program showcasing the latest innovations in environmental monitoring;
- Five special keynote presentations on topics of general interest; and
- An open meeting of US Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board
Specific topic areas are:
1. Academic Research Topics in Environmental Measurement and Monitoring
2. Advances in Sample Preparation and Clean-up
3. Air Methods & Monitoring
4. Alternative Methods to Monitoring Toxic Organics in Air
5. Analysis of Metallic Species and Organometallics
6. Best Practices for Reference Materials
7. Changing the Paradigm for Water Pollution Monitoring
8. Citizen Science
9. Collaborative Efforts to Improve Environmental Monitoring
10. Contaminated Sediments
11. Current Topics in Microbiology
12. Data Management
13. Data Quality
14. DOD Organized Session
15. Field Analytics
16. Field Measurements
17. Forensic Chemistry
18. High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Environmental Monitoring
19. Incremental Sampling
20. Laboratory Accreditation
21. LIMS Implementation Issues
22. Method 8260 Productivity Forum
23. Operational and Advocacy Issues Impacting the Environmental Laboratory Industry
24. Sample Preparation and Clean-up
25. Sensors and In-Situ Monitoring
26. Topics in Drinking Water
27. Topics in Shale Gas
28. Vapor Intrusion
Deadlines | January 26,2015 | Submission of abstracts | | June 14,2015 | Registration of presenters |
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