2018 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry

Symposia organized and chaired by recognized experts will include the following topics:

1. Sample introduction and transport phenomena; Micronebulization and flow processing spectrochemical analysis;
   
2. Nanomaterial analysis and characterization;
   
3. Elemental speciation and sample preparation for speciation;
   
4. Plasma instrumentation, including advanced detectors, chemometrics, expert systems, on-line analysis, microplasmas, software, and remote-system automation;
   
5. Sample preparation, treatment and automation;
   
6. Excitation mechanisms, plasma phenomena and modeling;
   
7. Spectroscopic standards and reference materials, and high-purity materials;
   
8. Plasma source mass spectrometry;
   
9. Glow discharge atomic and mass spectrometry;
   
10. Stable isotope analyses;
    
11. Laser-assisted plasma spectrometry;
    
12. Advanced materials bulk and surface characterization, and
    
13. Novel plasma spectrochemical applications.

Six plenary and 34 invited lectures will highlight advances in these areas. Four afternoon poster sessions will feature applications, automation, and new instrumentation. Six Heritage Lectures will be presented by distinguished scientists and investigators, who have contributed significantly to the development of plasma spectrochemistry and will address critical development areas in sample introduction, instrumentation, elemental speciation, plasma source mass spectrometry, and novel software and hardware. Plenary, invited, and submitted papers will be published in September 2018 after peer review as the official Conference proceedings.