EURACHEM Newsletter No. 16 |
Summer 1999 |
Eurachem Events |
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Forthcoming Events | |
| September 1999 |
3rd EURACHEM Workshop on the Status of Traceability in Chemical Measurement 6 - 8 September 1999, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (see Newsletter 15) |
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Quality Assurance of Computer Systems in Laboratories 30 September - 1 October 1999, Berlin, Germany This EUROLAB Workshop with involvement of EURACHEM addresses topics related to computers in the lab, like systems control (including calibration of test equipment), data acquisition, handling, processing, transmission, storage and archiving, the generation of test reports and certificates, administrative tasks, and human aspects of total lab computerisation. Working groups will deal with accreditation and management of computer-based labs, validation of software, and electronic reporting. Registration fee for the workshop is 690 DM, members of organising institutions are granted a deduction. Contact: |
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| November 1999 |
International Workshop on Principles and Practices of Method Validation 4 - 6 November 1999, Budapest, Hungary The FAO-IAEA-AOAC-IUPAC workshop will bring together analytical chemists and representatives of agencies, governments, standard organisations and accreditation bodies involved in method validation, especially for residue analysis of pesticides, veterinary drugs and mycotoxins to define minimum data requirements for procedure characterisation, improve effectiveness of the within-laboratory QC, discuss the estimation of limits of de-tection, determination and quantitation, provide guidance on method performance characterisation, recommend practical validation approaches, and assist analytical laboratories to check compliance of food with Codex and national MRLs. The 3-day workshop will provide a forum for presenting research results/practical solutions and exchanging experience related to in-house method validation in general. Recommendations elaborated in working groups and agreed at the plenary session will be submitted to the Codex Secretariat for consideration. Deadline for abstracts was 30 July 1999. No fees will be charged for participation in the workshop. Contact:
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Symposium & Exhibition ”Gas Analysis” 7 - 9 November 1999, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (note that conference location has changed to Eindhoven, for all other details see Newsletter 15) |
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| May 2000 |
Symposium on Reference Materials for Technologies in the New Millennium 21 - 23 May 2000, BAM Berlin, Germany The symposium (jointly organised with EURACHEM and other institutions) will provide an opportunity for the international exchange of information on, and experience with, reference materials (RM) between prominent RM users and producers with a focus on materials analysis. Sessions will be dedicated to specific topics:
Invited lectures as well as contributed oral and poster presentations will show the state of the latest development in these fields. Persons interested in submitting oral/poster contributions and/or to participate are invited to contact: Dr P Klobes, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Dept. I.1 |
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