Impressive Speaker Line Up Focuses on Efficiency Improvements

The full line-up of speakers has now been announced for the 2010 Anatune conference, entitled ‘Automation in the Chromatography Laboratory’ .

The aim of the conference, which will be held at Down Hall Country House Hotel in Hatfield Heath, UK, on 5th & 6th October 2010, is to help delegates find innovative ways of improving efficiency in their laboratories.

The conference promises to be packed full of inspiration and interest for owners or managers of chromatography laboratories and offers plenty of opportunity to interact with the speakers and network with other delegates. Throughout the two day conference the focus will be on lowering overheads whilst improving data quality.

Speakers for this year’s conference come from the UK, Europe, the Far East and the US; all have a wide and impressive background in analytical technology:

Dr Jaroslav Slobodnik – Director of Environmental Institute in Slovakia

Topic: Analysis of Emerging Pollutants in the Context of Risk Assessment in European River Basins

Dr Jim Jones – Managing Director of Jones Environmental, Chester, UK

Topics: Soil Vapour Monitoring and Other Applications; Using Pasivated Canisters for the Collection of Gas Phase Samples

Nobuo Ochiai – Technical Director, GERSTEL Japan

Topic: Selectable 1D or 2D GC-MS in Combination with Olfactometry, Preparative Fraction Collection, and Aroma Office 2D Database for Odor Analysis

Mr Ray Perkins, Managing Director, Anatune Limited, Cambridge, UK

Topics: Reducing Interferences in Cyanide Analysis; Automated, Distillation Free Methods

Mr Bob Green, Technical Director, Anatune Limited, Cambridge, UK

Topic: Review of Recent Automation Solutions Developed in the Anatune Application Laboratory

Mr Pierre Alves, Export Technical Sales Manager, OI Analytical, Texas, USA

Topics: The Role of Selective Detectors in the Chromatography Laboratory; Application of GPC Sample Cleanup to the Analysis of Natural Products: The Case of Essential Oils

Mr Angus Macmaster, Analytical Team Leader, Givaudan UK Ltd, Kent, UK

Topic: The Role of the Integrated GERSTEL MPS2, Headspace and MFX in Automating Product Performance Measurements

Mr Don Harris, President, ASAP Analytical, Kentucky, USA

Topic: The Molecular Detective – Vapour Phase Infra-Red Detection for Gas Chromatography

Mr Kevin MacNamara, Head of Technical Development, Irish Distillers (Pernod Ricard), Co. Cork, Ireland

Topic: Application of Novel Sample Preparation/Introduction Techniques in Combination with Multidimensional GC to the Analysis of Alcoholic Beverages

Down Hall Country House Hotel, the venue for the conference, is set in 110 acres of beautiful parkland and is easily accessible, being just 15 minutes from the M11 and Stansted airport.