Automation Conference Agenda

The agenda for the conference will appear here as topics are confirmed.

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Day One

11.30am - 12.50pm
Registration and Buffet Lunch
12.50pm - 1.00pm
Welcome
Mr Ray Perkins
Managing Director, 
Anatune
1.00pm - 1.40pm
Getting to Lower Detection Limits with Headspace Sampling
Mr Ray Perkins
Managing Director, 
Anatune
1.40pm - 2.20pm
Use of the Headspace Preconcentrator for the Measurement of Volatiles in the Context of Personal Care Products
Dr Rajesh A Salkar
Research and Development Scientist, 
Unilever Research, Port Sunlight, UK
2.20pm - 3.00pm
New Tools for Chromatography Automation
Mr Paul Roberts
Applications Laboratory Manager, 
Anatune Ltd, Cambridge, UK
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Tea & Coffee Break
3.30pm - 4.10pm
Automating the Analysis of Formaldehyde and Other Carbonyl Compounds in Air
Mr Dan Carrier
Applications Chemist, 
Anatune Ltd, Cambridge, UK
4.10pm - 4.50pm
Purge and Trap Sampling - Current State of the Art
Mr Tom Hartlein
International Sales Manager, 
Teledyne Tekmar Inc, USA
4.50pm - 5.20pm
Poster Session
6.45pm - 7.30pm
Pre-Dinner Drinks in the Lyndhurst Suite
7.30pm
Dinner

Day Two

7.00am - 8.45am
Breakfast (served between these times)
9.15am - 9.50am
Review of Applications and Automation Projects from GERSTEL in Mulheim
Dr Eike Kleine-Benne
R&D Scientist, 
GERSTEL GmbH, Germany
9.50am - 10.25am
Chromatography in the world of Health and Safety
Mr Owen Butler
Principle Scientist, 
UK Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, UK
10.25am - 11.00am
Utilization of SPME, ITEX & TD to Access the Volatile Profiles in Cheddar Cheese
Dr Kieren Kilcawley
Senior Scientist, 
Teagasc, Fermoy, Ireland
11.00am - 11.15am
Tea/Coffee
11.15am - 11.50am
Speed and Efficiency in the Chromatography Laboratory
Dr Hans-Gerd Janssen
Professor Biomacromolecular Separations, 
Unilever Research, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, University of Amsterdam
11.50am - 12.25pm
Recent Developments in Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME)
Klaus Buchendahl
European Tactical Marketing Manager, Sample Preparation, 
Sigma-Aldrich, Germany
12.25pm - 1.00pm
Rapid Clean-up and Screening of Pain Management Drugs in Urine Using automated Disposable Pipette Extraction
Dr Oscar G Cabrices
Field Applications Scientist, 
GERSTEL Inc., USA