Bio-imaging

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kharmen Billimoria, National Measurement Laboratory at LGC, UK, ‘Quantitative approaches for bioimaging’

Geo-imaging

Advances in Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Birk Haertel, University of Calgary, Canada, ‘Method development and first results from zircon U/Pb-(U-Th)/He-Raman triple-dating’

Calibration Strategies and Reference Materials

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Matthieu Baudelet, University of Central Florida, USA, ‘From crush to real thing: the love story of matrix-matched standards for hard biomaterials’

New Instruments/Methods

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Farcy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, ‘PLASMA: A miniature LA-MIP-MS for geochemical analysis of planetary surfaces’

Applications of LA Methods to: Geology, Biology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, Forensics, Material Science

Workshop and exhibition hours are 8am until 5pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided each day.

Poster session and refreshments will be held on June 3 immediately after the workshop sessions end.

There are two scheduled workshop sponsored dinners on Wednesday June 4th and Thursday June 5th.

Exhibitor setup is from 10am until 6pm on Monday June 2. Breakdown starts at 8am on Friday June 6th. Exhibitors must be packed by 5pm on June 6th.